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EVENTS
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.
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.
NEWS
27Nov2020
November's updates for HKU School of English Alumni Magazine

This month we have a write-up by Monirul Huq of his recent experience carrying out field research under twin pressures, of global warming and pandemic, in Bangladesh. 

26Nov2020
Mind HK PhD Scholarship

Mind HK, in collaboration with the University of Hong Kong, is pleased to invite applicants for a fully-funded PhD programme. Funding will cover a 3-year PhD studentship commencing in September 2021.

24Nov2020
Job Opening: Project Associate (Ref.: 502655)

HKU Project Associate Scheme aims at providing fresh graduates with development opportunities and hands-on experience in various projects.

Applications close: Dec 17, 2020 (HK Time)

13Nov2020
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (MFA) is now open for Applications

2021-2022 Full-time

Deadline for application

Round 1: 12:00 noon (GMT +8), December 30, 2020
Round 2: 12:00 noon (GMT +8), March 30, 2021

06Nov2020
Master of Arts in English Studies (MAES) is now open for Applications

2021-2022 Full-time / 2021-2023 Part-time

Deadline for application

Round 1: 12:00 noon (GMT +8), December 4, 2020
Round 2: 12:00 noon (GMT +8), March 26, 2021

30Oct2020
e-SS23 Welcome Video

The Sociolinguistics Symposium 23 organizing committee welcomes you all virtually to the e-SS23 with our welcome video. 

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
Publication

Dr Rashna Nicholson

The Colonial Public and the Parsi Stage: The Making of the Theatre of Empire (1853-1893), Transnational Theatre Histories series

London: Palgrave Macmillan, (2021)
Article

Dr Brandon Chua

The Adventures of Eovaai and the Politics of Chinese Exoticism

Postcolonial Studies, 23: 3 (2020), pp. 330-347.

 
Book chapter

Dr Otto Heim

Beyond the Rim? Redrawing Boundaries in Pacific Theatre

Shifting Grounds: Cultural Tectonics along the Pacific Rim. Ed. Jutta Ernst and Brigitte Glaser. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, 2020. 63-77.
Publication

Dr Nicholas Luke

Avoidance as Love: Evading Cavell on Dover Cliff

Modern Philology 2020 117:4, 445-469
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, Fall 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)
Editorship

Dr Adrian Pablé

New Directions for Integrational Linguistics

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

Dr Rashna Nicholson

The Colonial Public and the Parsi Stage: The Making of the Theatre of Empire (1853-1893), Transnational Theatre Histories series

London: Palgrave Macmillan, (2021)
Article

Dr Brandon Chua

The Adventures of Eovaai and the Politics of Chinese Exoticism

Postcolonial Studies, 23: 3 (2020), pp. 330-347.

 
Book chapter

Dr Otto Heim

Beyond the Rim? Redrawing Boundaries in Pacific Theatre

Shifting Grounds: Cultural Tectonics along the Pacific Rim. Ed. Jutta Ernst and Brigitte Glaser. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, 2020. 63-77.
Publication

Dr Nicholas Luke

Avoidance as Love: Evading Cavell on Dover Cliff

Modern Philology 2020 117:4, 445-469
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, Fall 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)
Editorship

Dr Adrian Pablé

New Directions for Integrational Linguistics

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