Reading in Blowing Wind
- 2022
- Research
- Research Centre for Chinese Literature and Literary Culture
During the second half year of 2021, RCCLLC sorganised a series of Hong Kong Literary Culture Salons. On 7 September, “Against the Wind: Running an Independent Bookstore in Hong Kong”, hosted by Dr Yip Cheuk Wai, presented guest speakers Mr Pong Yao Ming and Miss Wong Tin Mei who shared their experiences of managing a book store under the different environment. On 30 October, “Reading Discourses on Chinese Lyrical Tradition and Literary Historiography” hosted by Professor Wong Nim Yan of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), presented the author Professor Leonard Chan Kwok Kou of the National Tsinghua University of Taiwan who shared his insight on the Lyrical Tradition in the history of Chinese literature. In the salon on 4 December, “Trans-regional Flow: Taiwanese Writers and Hong Kong”, with Dr Emily Chau Tsz Yan of The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong as the host, Dr Yip Ka Wing of CUHK and Dr Huang Kuan Hsiang of The Education University of Hong Kong presented the writings about Hong Kong by Taiwanese writers. In addition, the “International Symposium on Hong Kong Language and Literary Culture: Japan and Hong Kong” was successfully held on 21 May. For leaving a record of this academic activity, symposium booklets have been produced in Chinese, English, and Japanese language, which are currently downloadable from the homepage of RCCLLC.
The host and guest speakers of the salon “Against the Wind: Running an Independent Bookstore in Hong Kong”.
The cover of “International Symposium on Hong Kong Language and Literary Culture: Japan and Hong Kong” booklet.
