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Modern East Asian Literature Research Cluster presents Emerging Research on Modern East Asian Literature The Sensational Proletarian: Affect and Leftist Cultures in Colonial Korea Speaker: Kimberly Chung Korea Foundation Assistant Professor of Korean Literary and Cultural Studies | McGill University Moderator: Su Yun Kim Associate Professor in Korean Studies | The University of Hong Kong DATE: 30 JAN 2026 (FRI) 10:00–11:30 am (HKT) VENUE: ON ZOOM REGISTRATION: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec...

In Conversation with Leïla Slimani Saturday, 29 November 2025 15:30 - 16:45 Room CRT-4.36 4/F, Run Run Shaw Tower Centennial Campus The University of Hong Kong Celebrated French-Moroccan author Leïla Slimani is renowned for her incisive explorations of desire, power, and cultural identity. Born in 1981 in Rabat, Morocco, Slimani moved to France as a teenager and later became a journalist and novelist. Her breakthrough novel, "Lullaby" (Chanson douce), a chilling psychological thriller, won...

The Global and Area Studies programme is organising a field trip to Turkey for HKU students next year. Interested students may attend the following information session to find out more: Date: November 26, 2025 (Wed) Venue: CPD-3.16, 3/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Time: 18:00-19:50 No registration is required to attend this event, nor is it mandatory for students to attend should they wish to participate in the field trip (attendance is still strongly recommended). For...