February 28: Yunfei Bai – Lost in Translation? The French and American Afterlives of Padmasambhava’s Hagiography

February 28, 7PM, Room 4.34, 4/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Dr. Yunfei Bai Society of Fellows in the Humanities, HKU Lost in Translation? The French and American Afterlives of Padmasambhava's Hagiography Online registration: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_regform.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=68655 Organized by Centre of Buddhist Studies, HKU Co-organized by Society of Fellows in the Humanities, Faculty of... Continue Reading →

January 17, 2020

Call for Applications

The applications for the 2019-2020 intake are open. Up to six Post-Doctoral Fellowships will commence on August 1, 2020 or as soon as possible thereafter, for a period of three years. Submission deadline is 23:00 on January 7, 2020 (Hong Kong Time). Application Guidelines Eligibility The Society of Fellows invites applications from qualified candidates who... Continue Reading →

October 28, 2019

November 4: Joshua Ehrlich – Historical Relations between Port Cities and Mainlands: The Example of Calcutta

November 4, 5PM, Room 4.36, 4/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Dr. Joshua Ehrlich University of Macau Historical Relations between Port Cities and Mainlands: The Example of Calcutta Co-sponsored with Department of History

October 18, 2019

October 30: Diana Lemberg – Barriers Down: How American Power and Free-Flow Policies Shaped Global Media

October 30, 5PM, Room 4.36, 4/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus Dr. Diana Lemberg Lingnan University Barriers Down: How American Power and Free-Flow Policies Shaped Global Media *Reception to follow

October 17, 2019

News

Four Fellows to Take up New Positions Despite a difficult job market, the Society of Fellows in the Humanities continues to boast a successful job placement record. Following Yu Zhang's departure last year, to take up a tenure-track position in Chinese Literature at Poly U, this year we saw a record four post-doctoral fellows accept as many positions.... Continue Reading →

October 16, 2019

October 24: Nathanel Amar – Special Feature Launch – Sinophone Musical Worlds (1): Circulation of Sounds, Affects and Identities

October 24, 5PM, Room 4.36, 4/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus Dr. Nathanel Amar French Centre for Research on Contemporary China, Taipei Office Special Feature Launch - Sinophone Musical Worlds (1): Circulation of Sounds, Affects and Identities Co-sponsored with the French Centre for Research on Contemporary China

October 4, 2019

Fall Programme

September 16: Mark Philip Bradley, University of Chicago, “When the World Went South” (Co-sponsored with Centre for the Study of Globalization and Cultures & Department of Comparative Literature), 4:30 PM October 30: Diana Lemberg, Lingnan University, “Barriers Down: How American Power and Free-Flow Policies Shaped Global Media”, 5 PM November 4: Joshua Ehrlich, University of Macau, “Historical Relations between Port Cities... Continue Reading →

September 18, 2019

September 16: Mark Philip Bradley – When the World Went South (Reception to follow)

September 16, 4:30PM, Room 4.36, 4/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus Professor Mark Philip Bradley The University of Chicago When the World Went South Reception to follow Co-sponsored with the Center for the Study of Globalization and Cultures & Department of Comparative Literature

September 4, 2019

Welcome back!

Welcome back from the summer break! Here's an update of our people - Four new Fellows has joint us this Fall: Dr. Yunfei Bai, Dr. Timothy Gitzen, Dr. Areti Theofilopoulou and Dr. Nicholas Y.H. Wong. Click to here read their profiles. Let's welcome them on board! Meanwhile, two of us had moved on to other... Continue Reading →

September 4, 2019

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