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SCHOOL OF ENGLISH
Welcome to the School of English at the University of Hong Kong
2020 - 2022 PART-TIME
APPLY NOW! Deadline: 12:00 noon (HKT), June 30, 2020
THE MFA AT HKU 2020-2021 FULL-TIME
APPLY NOW! Deadline extended: May 29, 2020 at Noon (HKT)
EVENTS
28 May 2020
Managing your Bibliography: a Zotero Workshop

Professor Janny Leung, HKU

4.30pm, Room 7.45, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU

The workshop will also be available via Zoom.



Venue: HKU; The workshop will also be available via Zoom.
04 Jun 2020
"Premium Power" - Critical Sociolinguistics in Action

Professor Crispin Thurlow, University of Bern

Hong Kong: 16:30; Bern: 10:30

Seminar via Zoom



Venue: Seminar via Zoom
07-10 Jun 2021
Sociolinguistics Symposium 23

As a premier gathering of international sociolinguists, this biennial event has emerged as a unique and innovative forum to develop and exchange new ideas, broaden the scope of the discipline, and create new academic networks.



Venue: The University of Hong Kong
28 May 2020
Managing your Bibliography: a Zotero Workshop

Professor Janny Leung, HKU

4.30pm, Room 7.45, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU

The workshop will also be available via Zoom.



Venue: HKU; The workshop will also be available via Zoom.
04 Jun 2020
"Premium Power" - Critical Sociolinguistics in Action

Professor Crispin Thurlow, University of Bern

Hong Kong: 16:30; Bern: 10:30

Seminar via Zoom



Venue: Seminar via Zoom
07-10 Jun 2021
Sociolinguistics Symposium 23

As a premier gathering of international sociolinguists, this biennial event has emerged as a unique and innovative forum to develop and exchange new ideas, broaden the scope of the discipline, and create new academic networks.



Venue: The University of Hong Kong
NEWS
13Apr2020
School Office Opening Hours

In light of the latest developments of the novel coronavirus, the School office will open from 10:00 to 16:00 from 14th April, 2020 until further notice. We are sorry for the inconvenience caused.

27Mar2020
Master of Arts in English Studies 2020-2022 (MAES) Part-time is now open for Applications

Deadline: 12:00 noon (HKT), June 30, 2020

11Mar2020
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing in English (MFA) 2020-2021 Full-time is now open for Applications
Deadline: May 29, 2020 at Noon (HKT)
13Feb2020
Job Opening: MFA Part-time Lecturer (several posts) (Ref.: 499608)
Applications close: May 30, 2020 (HK Time)
25Sep2019
Job Opening: Part-time administrative position in the School of English
06Aug2019
Job Opening: Adjunct teaching positions in MA programme
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Curriculum
Programme Handbook
Course Offerings and Timetable
FEATURED RESEARCH
Book chapter

Professor Adam Jaworski

EAT, LOVE and other (small) stories: Tellability and multimodality in Robert Indiana’s word art

2020. In Crispin Thurlow (ed.) The Business of Words: Linguists, Wordsmiths, and Other Language Workers. London: Routledge. 86–109.
PUBLICATION

Dr Anjuli Gunaratne

Corps Perdu: Aimé Césaire’s Theory of Tragedy

forthcoming, Research in African Literatures, Spring 2020.
Book Chapter

Dr Ricky Chan

Tone languages

In F. Nolan, K. McDougall & T. Hudson (Eds), Oxford Handbook of Forensic Phonetics. Oxford University Press. (expected in 2020)
Book chapter

Dr Otto Heim

Beyond the Rim? Redrawing Boundaries in Pacific Theatre

Shifting Grounds: Cultural Tectonics along the Pacific Rim. Ed. Brigitte Glaser and Jutta Ernst. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, forthcoming 2020.
Editorship

Dr Adrian Pablé

New Directions for Integrational Linguistics

Duncker, Dorthe & Adrian Pablé. (eds.). 2020.  London: Routledge. (forthcoming)
Book chapter

Professor Adam Jaworski

EAT, LOVE and other (small) stories: Tellability and multimodality in Robert Indiana’s word art

2020. In Crispin Thurlow (ed.) The Business of Words: Linguists, Wordsmiths, and Other Language Workers. London: Routledge. 86–109.
PUBLICATION

Dr Anjuli Gunaratne

Corps Perdu: Aimé Césaire’s Theory of Tragedy

forthcoming, Research in African Literatures, Spring 2020.
Book Chapter

Dr Ricky Chan

Tone languages

In F. Nolan, K. McDougall & T. Hudson (Eds), Oxford Handbook of Forensic Phonetics. Oxford University Press. (expected in 2020)
Book chapter

Dr Otto Heim

Beyond the Rim? Redrawing Boundaries in Pacific Theatre

Shifting Grounds: Cultural Tectonics along the Pacific Rim. Ed. Brigitte Glaser and Jutta Ernst. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, forthcoming 2020.
Editorship

Dr Adrian Pablé

New Directions for Integrational Linguistics

Duncker, Dorthe & Adrian Pablé. (eds.). 2020.  London: Routledge. (forthcoming)