CGED Events 2021-2022
CGED Knowledge Exchange Series
Blurring the Color Line: Screening and Q&A with the Director Crystal Kwok
Speaker:
Crystal Kwok, Director, Producer & Writer, Blurring the Color Line
Introduction by:
Gina Marchetti, Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, School of Humanities, HKU
Moderator:
Staci Ford, Affiliated Associate Professor, Department of History and School of Modern Languages and Cultures, HKU
Date: Thursday, May 5, 2022
Screening: 6:45 pm Hong Kong Time
Q&A: 8:15 pm Hong Kong Time
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Prevention of Sexual Harassment Subcommittee Event
Panel Discussion #MeToo: 5 years on in Hong Kong
Panelists:
Anna Marie Bautista, Lecturer, Gender Studies and American Studies, HKU
Jacey Kan, Advocacy Officer, Association Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women
Gina Marchetti, CGED Chair and Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, HKU
Moderator:
Aditi Jhaveri, Lecturer, Centre for Applied English Studies, HKU
Date: 3 May 2022 (Tuesday)
Time: 5:00 PM Hong Kong Time
Delivery: via Zoom
CGED Knowledge Exchange Series
WORKSHOP | Assertive Dialogue: Holding Your Position Against Gender Oppression and Negative Power Dynamics
Facilitator: Sally Dellow, Dramatic Difference
Moderator: Li Chong, German Programme, School of Modern Languages and Cultures, HKU
Date: 20 April 2022 (Wednesday)
Time: 5:30 – 6:30 PM
Delivery: via Zoom
CGED Research Seminar Series
“Little Flowers”: Gender, Religion and Epistolary Writing in Rural China
Speaker: Ji Li, Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor of History, School of Modern Languages and Cultures (China Studies) and Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, HKU
Respondent: Su Yun Kim, Associate Professor, Korean Studies, School of Modern Languages and Cultures, HKU
Moderator: Pete Millwood, Postdoctoral Fellow, Society of Fellows in the Humanities, Faculty of Arts, HKU
Date: 13 April 2022 (Wednesday)
Time: 5:00 PM
Delivery: via Zoom
Art History Seminar
Mapping the Border: Women Artists’ Reconceptions of Space, Gender and Representation
Speaker: Maria Photiou, Research Fellow, University of Derby
Moderator: Vivian Sheng, Assistant Professor, Department of Art History, HKU
Date: Thursday, April 7, 2022
Time: 4:00 pm Hong Kong Time
Venue: On Zoom
Art History Seminar
Queer Chinese Feminist Archipelago: Shanghai, Miami, and San Francisco
Speaker: Alpesh Kantilal Patel, Associate Professor, Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University
Moderator: Vivian Sheng, Assistant Professor, Department of Art History, HKU
Date: Thursday, March 31, 2022
Time: 7:30 pm Hong Kong Time
Venue: On Zoom
CGED Knowledge Exchange Series
Making A Positive Difference For All Women: A Virtual Round Table Discussion for Women's Month 2022 #BreakTheBias
Speakers:
Mikee Inton Campbell, Assistant Professor, Department of Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, California State University San Marcos
Joscelyn M. Inton Campbell, Researcher at the OMNI Institute, a US-based NGO, and PhD Candidate in Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Otago
Sonia Wong, Lecturer in the Gender Studies Programme, CUHK and co-founder of the Women's Festival HK
Vera Lui, Founder of Sally Coco, the first female-friendly intimate lifestyle store in Hong Kong
Marites Palma, Founder of Social Justice for Migrant Workers and Fellow, Resolve, a HK-based NGO
Respondent: Brenda Alegre, Lecturer, Gender Studies Programme, School of Humanities, HKU
Moderator: Yu Ki Yan "Milly," a Year 2 student in Business and Law at HKU
Date: 29 March 2022 (Tuesday)
Time: 10am - 12pm
Language: English
Delivery: via Zoom
CGED Research Seminar Series
Transpacific Celebrity: Xiao Hong, Agnes Smedley, and Eileen Chang
Speaker: Clara Iwasaki, Assistant Professor, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Alberta
Discussant: Nicole Huang, Professor and Chair, Department of Comparative Literature, School of Humanities, HKU
Moderator: Elizabeth LaCouture, Director and Assistant Professor, Gender Studies Programme, School of Humanities, HKU
Date: Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Time: 10:00 am Hong Kong Time
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CGED Knowledge Exchange Series
Gender Parity in Germany - Current Situation and Strategies
Speakers:
Stefanie Seedig, Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Hong Kong SAR
Almuth Meyer-Zollitsch, Director, Goethe-Institut Hong Kong
Moderators:
Li Chong, German Programme, School of Modern Languages and Cultures, HKU
Ebbie Ng, HKU Undergraduate Student, minoring in Gender Studies and German
Date: 8 March 2022 (Tuesday)
Time: 5:00 PM (Hong Kong Time)
Language: English
Delivery: via Zoom
CGED Research Seminar Series
Transnationalizing Transgender: Tracey, Queer Globalities, and Regionalism
Speaker: Alvin K. Wong, Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, School of Humanities, HKU
Respondent: Brenda Alegre, Lecturer, Gender Studies Programme, School of Humanities, HKU
Moderator: Mercedes Vázquez, Lecturer and Honorary Assistant Professor, Spanish Programme, School of Modern Languages and Cultures, HKU
Date: 23 February 2022 (Wednesday)
Time: 5:00 PM
Delivery: via Zoom
CGED Research Seminar Series
Children as Charismatic Conservationists in 1960s Japan
Speaker: Janet Borland, Assistant Professor, Department of Japanese Studies, School of Modern Languages and Cultures, HKU
Respondent: Staci Ford, Affiliated Associate Professor, Department of History and School of Modern Languages and Cultures, HKU
Moderator: Alastair McClure, Assistant Professor, Department of History, School of Humanities, HKU
Date: 26 January 2022 (Wednesday)
Time: 5:00 PM
Delivery: via Zoom
CGED Research Seminar Series
Book Talk — Televising Chineseness: Gender, Nation and Subjectivity
Speaker: Geng Song, Associate Professor, School of Chinese, HKU
Respondent: Alvin K. Wong, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Comparative Literature, School of Humanities, HKU
Moderator: Angie Baecker, Lecturer, Department of Art History, School of Humanities, HKU
Date: 8 December 2021 (Wednesday)
Time: 5:00 PM
Delivery: via Zoom
Zoom recording available here.
Publication information available here.
Knowledge Exchange Series
Panel Discussion: Gender-Based Violence & Marginalised Populations in Hong Kong
Moderator:
Brenda Rodriguez Alegre, Lecturer in the Gender Studies Programme, School of Humanities, The University of Hong Kong
Panelists:
Anthony, Refugee Artist
Marisol, Migrant Worker
Lynette Nam, Senior Legal Advisor, Justice Centre Hong Kong
Johannie Tong, Community Relations Officer, Mission For Migrant Workers
Syeda Safeena-E-Zahra Zaidi, HKU Undergraduate Student
Date: Wednesday, November 24, 2021
Time: 6:30-8:00 pm Hong Kong Time
Venue: On Zoom
Knowledge Exchange Series
Women, Leadership and Technology
Speaker: Flora Ng, Chief Information Officer and University Librarian, The University of Hong Kong
Moderator: Ying Chan, Professor and Founding Director (1999-2016) of the Journalism and Media Studies Centre, HKU
Date: 27 October 2021 (Wednesday)
Time: 5:00 PM
Delivery: via Zoom
CGED Research Seminar Series
“The Heathen Chinee”: Chinese Migration and the American West in "The Way We Live Now" and the Late-Victorian Periodical Press
Speaker: Jessica Valdez, Associate Professor, School of English, HKU
Respondent: Julia Kuehn, Professor, School of English, HKU
Moderator: Alvin K. Wong, Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, HKU
Date: 29 September 2021 (Wednesday)
Time: 5:00 PM
Delivery: via Zoom