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[Book Talk] East Asian Auteurism, Cinephilia and the Media Platform Era

January 9, 2026

Join us for the book talk in which Dr. Dorothy W.S. Lau from Hong Kong Baptist University will examine how the platform-driven cinephilic engagement evokes a new imaginary of auteurs in East Asian cinema.


[Call For Proposals] Backreading Hong Kong Symposium 2026 @ UBC: Everyday Life Reimagined

January 9, 2026

Submit your proposal before January 23, 2026 to be part of the Backreading Hong Kong Symposium at the University of British Columbia on March 10-11, 2026


[Publications] On the frontier of party-state capitalism: mapping the geopolitical economies of China’s Greater Bay Area

August 1, 2025

Check out this journal article by HKSI Faculty Associate Dr. Jamie Peck


[Achievement] HKSI Faculty Associate Dr. Hedy Law appointed as Director of School of Music

June 1, 2025


[Publications] Mourning for the Death of a Political System: Cantonese Opera and Cantopop in Requiem HK (2017)

April 11, 2025

Check out this book chapter by HKSI Faculty Associate Dr. Hedy Law


[News] The opening of the 2025 Asian Independent Cinema Showcase drew over a hundred audience members and local media attention from Pancouver, OmniTV Cantonese, and Singtao Canada.

March 11, 2025

The Vancouver premiere of Kissing the Ground You've Walked On and Conversation with Macau filmmaker Hong Heng-Fai was successfully held in UBC Robson Square on 6 February 2025.


[Newsletters] The HKSI March 2025 Update is out!

March 5, 2025


[Newsletters] The HKSI February 2025 Update is out!

February 4, 2025


[Publications] Survey study on Hong Kong residents recently arrived in Canada (second wave): Preliminary report

January 31, 2025

Check out this preliminary report by HKSI Faculty Associate Dr. Miu Chung Yan


[Awards] HKSI Faculty Associate Dr. Jamie Peck elected as University Killam Professor

January 15, 2025