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Seminar Series
2021-2022 First Semester
Unless otherwise specified, all seminars are on Thursdays and will begin at 4:30 pm via Zoom. Live broadcast will be available in Room CRT-7.45, 7/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU. Questions, corrections, or comments to Dr Anjuli Gunaratne.
21 Oct 2021
Dr. Sarah Meer, Senior University Lecturer in English, Cambridge University
American Claimants: A Romance in New Clothes
American Claimants: A Romance in New Clothes
28 Oct 2021
Dr. Aleksandar Stevic, Assistant Professor of English, Lingnan University
Aestheticism on the Margins: Aesthetic Detachment and the Ethics of Testimony in Twentieth-Century Literature
Aestheticism on the Margins: Aesthetic Detachment and the Ethics of Testimony in Twentieth-Century Literature
04 Nov 2021
Dr. Irving Goh, Assistant Professor of Literature, National University of Singapore
Failure's Shared Unshareability in Yiyun Li
Failure's Shared Unshareability in Yiyun Li
12 Nov 2021
Dr. Waiyee Loh, Assistant Professor of World Literature , Kanagawa University, Japan
Neo-Victorian Fashion in Singapore: The Intertwined Legacies of English Literature and Race
Neo-Victorian Fashion in Singapore: The Intertwined Legacies of English Literature and Race
Friday 4:00pm
18 Nov 2021
Dr. Klaudia Lee, Associate Professor, Department of English, City University of Hong Kong
Stella Benson, Transnational Crossing, and the Unconsoled
Stella Benson, Transnational Crossing, and the Unconsoled
25 Nov 2021
Dr. Mario Saraceni, Reader in English Language & Linguistics, School of Languages and Applied Linguistics, University of Portsmouth
Decolonizing English(es): which statues must fall and why?
Decolonizing English(es): which statues must fall and why?