Date: April 24, 2026 (Fri) Time: 11:30am-12:30pm Venue: Online ( Zoom link ) The School of Modern Languages and Cultures is set to offer two new MA programmes, the Master of Arts in the field of East Asian Studies (MAEAS) and the Master of Arts in the field of European Studies (MAEUS) , in the coming academic year. Both programmes are the first area studies MA programmes in Hong Kong with foreign language learning integrated into the curriculum. Both programmes have a strong

Speaker: Prof. Hyeok Hweon Kang | Washington University in St. Louis | Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures Date: April 28, 2026 (Tue) Time: 4:00pm – 5:30pm Venue: CRT-5.41, 5/F., Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU This talk examines the culture of material design in early modern Korea (1392–1910). Drawing on archival research, material artifacts, and experimental “rework” methods—including 3D modeling and prototype fabrication—I argue that technic

Speaker: Prof. Si Nae Park | Harvard University | Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations Date: April 24, 2026 (Fri) Time: 4:00pm – 5:30pm Venue: CRT-5.41, 5/F., Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU When we think of literature, we tend to imagine written texts. But did texts exist only in written form? This talk foregrounds the sound of reading—especially the practice of reading aloud revered texts—to argue that writing in Chosŏn Korea often existe

Speaker: Prof. Irhe Sohn | Smith College | Assistant Professor of Korean Language & Literature Date: April 21, 2026 (Tue) Time: 4:00pm – 5:30pm Venue: CRT-5.41, 5/F., Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU This talk offers a history of colonial Korean cinema organized not around emergence or achievement but around structural failure. Korea was a Japanese colony from 1910 to 1945, and the institutional conditions for a viable national cinema never materialized: films were

Dear Students,   The online site for Student Feedback on Teaching and Learning (SFTL) of the second semester of 2025-26 is open during the survey period from April 10 to May 8, 2026 . (Please note that the GLAS field trip courses will have a different survey period.)   Please go to the website http://sftl.hku.hk/ where you would see a list of forms to be completed for the UG courses you have enrolled for this semester. There are separate forms for the course/practicum, the t

Date: March 31, 2026 (Tue) Time: 6 pm Place: CPD-LG.62, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong Trigger warning: sexual and workplace harassement. Not recommended for children under 12. The 8 th  of March, el Día Internacional de los Derechos de la Mujer, we celebrate the long way we have come when it comes to women's rights. And we want to close out this month with the harrowing story of a brave woman who was the pioneer of the Me too movement in Spain, even before th

Date: March 31, 2026 (Tue) Time: 5:00pm–6:00pm Venue: CRT-5.41, 5/F., Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Speaker: Prof. Barbara Abrams | Suffolk University (PhD, MPhil Columbia, MA Cincinatti, BA Loyola) Professor of French and Women's and Gender Studies and Chair for the Department of Global Humanities: History, Language, Global Culture and Philosophy at Suffolk University Speaker’s Bio: Prof. Abrams' work focuses on the French language, 18th-century French literatur

Date: March 26, 2026 (Thursday) Time: 7:00pm Venue: CPD-2.37, 2/F., The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong STORIES OF BOOKS  is a reading performance created and showcased by Enrico Paci featuring music by Tarek Komin that tells the story of the book through the history of the Paci Publishing Bookstore LA TIFERNATE in Città di Castello and the reprinting of great classics of Italian literature, with a particular focus on Carlo Collodi’s text The

Date: March 18, 2026 (Wednesday) Time: 1:00pm - 3:30pm Venue: Area outside Bank of East Asia, G/F, Centennial Campus, HKU Among different festivals in rich Russian culture, the Maslenitsa is the warmest and one of the most delicious ways of saying farewell to a long winter. Cold weather and darkness is beaten by a cup of hot tea with herbs and round shaped yellow pancake. Festival which goes with it roots to the times of Rus before baptizing is waiting for you to join. Use yo

German Programme Public Lecture Series "Culture of the German-speaking Counties" Germany and Hong Kong: Facing Challenges of the Future Date: March 24, 2026 (Tuesday) Time: 5:30-6:30pm Venue: CRT-4.36, 4/F., Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Speaker: Dr. Annika Bolten-Drutschmann, Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Hong Kong SAR   All are welcome. Please register at https://forms.office.com/r/w6PiRjXqza?origin=lprLink For enquiries, please contact D

Join us for the German Alumni Career Talk Series  - a relaxed, student-focused event where our alumni come back to share what happened after graduation. This series is all about real stories and honest advice: How they use German in their jobs What it is like working in fields like business, education, culture, or NGOs What are their personal tips You will have the chance to: Ask questions in an open Q&A Get practical ideas for what you can do with German after graduation Bui

Date: March 20, 2026 (Fri) Time: 3:30-5:30 pm Venue: CRT-5.41, 5/F,. Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Speaker: Prof. Kyle Peters Abstract: This presentation takes as its topic the intersection of media theory and social movements in 1930s Japan. It focuses on the understudied Kyoto School philosopher and media theorist Nakai Masakazu and three of his print venues from this period: Bi-Hihyō (美・批評, Aesthetics & Criticism), Sekai Bunka (世界文化, World Culture), and Doyōbi

Ida Vitale (Montevideo, 2 November 1923) is one of the most distinguished poets of Spanish-speaking literature. A leading figure of the Generación del 45 and recipient of the Miguel de Cervantes Prize, her work has played a decisive role in shaping modern Hispanic literature. This event celebrates her extraordinary legacy through film, critical dialogue and shared reflection. The film Ida Vitale (2023) is an intimate documentary portrait that explores the poet’s life and work

Date: 21 March 2026 Time: 2.00pm to 6.00pm Venue: CRT-4.35, XR Space, Arts Tech Lab, Run Run Shaw Tower, 4/F, Centennial Campus, HKU Team up with German learners from different universities! Compete in fun challenges on German and Swiss culture and language! Win Goethe language courses, lunch vouchers for the German restaurant Heimat, German and Swiss goodie boxes, and more! Beginners are also welcome, as the event is mainly about having fun and you can support each other

Date: April 1, 2026 (Wednesday) Time: 15:30-17:30 Venue: MB256, 2/F., Main Building, Main Campus, HKU Speaker: Prof. Stevie Suan Speaker's Bio: Stevie Suan is an Associate Professor at Hosei University in the Faculty of Global and Interdisciplinary Studies. He is the author of Anime's Identity: Performativity and Form beyond Japan (University of Minnesota Press, 2021: winner of the Japan Society for Animation Studies Award) Abstract: Examining some of the ways color operates

Date: March 17, 2026 (Tuesday) Time: 3:15 pm - 4:30 pm Venue: CPD-2.19, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong Speaker: Elisa Shua Dusapin in conversation with Claire Gullander-Drolet (Assistant Professor, Dept of English, CityUHK) Moderator: Su Yun Kim (Associate Professor, Korean Studies, HKU) All are welcome. Please register at https://forms.office.com/r/t6KhEG096Y Please join us for an afternoon of conversation with acclaimed Franco-Korean author Elisa Shua Dusapi

Date : Apr 2, 2026 (Thursday) Venue : Faculty Lounge, CRT-4.30, 4/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus (HKU) Registration : https://forms.office.com/r/wJ9ssZ0GLd?origin=lprLink   9:00–10:00     Keynote Lecture (includes a short Q&A) Introduction to the Conference: Su Yun Kim (HKU) Revolution and Literature: The Trajectories of Global Socialist Culture Vladimir Tikhonov (University of Oslo)   10:10–11:50    Panel 1 (Moderated by Su Yun Kim)                         Nation a

From Ainu Cosmologies to Imperial Symbols: The Colonial Narratives of Mt. Asahidake in Hokkaido, 1900s-1930s Date: March 4, 2026 (Wed) Time: 17:00-19:00 Venue: CRT-5.41, 5/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU This talk examines how Japanese settlers reimagined and branded Mt. Asahidake, Hokkado's highest peak, to advance colonial goals. For the Ainu, it was a sacred and distant realm, but after Hokkado's annexation in 1869, settlers replaced Ainu cosmologies with new

The School of Modern Languages and Cultures is proud to announce that it will offer the new Master of Arts in the field of European Studies programme and the Master of Arts in the field of East Asian Studies programme in the 2026/27 academic year. Prospective applicants unable to attend the in-person briefing session on March 6th are invited to join this virtual session to familiarise themselves with the programme in greater detail. Future teachers of both programmes will be

Date: March 20, 2026 (Friday) Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Venue: CPD 4.16, Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Speakers: Athena Lee | Ernst & Young Advisory Service Limited, Business Consulting Manager Wang Junlin | ISS-STOXX, Index Associate This career talk features two alumni working in the finance industry who will share practical advice, career insights, and their personal journeys. Students will gain a better understanding of career opportunities in finance and have a