Welcome to join The Second “Thirty-Cent Novels” Academic Conference

The Second “Thirty-Cent Novels” Academic Conference will be held on August 11, 2023 (Friday) by Research Centre for Chinese Literature and Literary Culture. We intend to foster connectivity: connecting the present with the past, connecting Hong Kong with East Asia and the West, and connecting research perspectives and methodologies. Through exploring connectivity, we hope to expand the scope of research on the “Thirty-Cent Novels” and discover its uncharted values.

We have invited Prof David EARLE and Dr Kwok-kwan Kenny NG to deliver keynote speeches at the Conference. Scholars specializing in popular literature will also present their latest research.

We eagerly await your participation in this Conference!

[Keynote Address I]

Title: Cold War Geopoetics: Narrating Nanyang in Hong Kong-produced Story Paper

Speaker: Dr Kwok-kwan Kenny NG (Associate Professor and Director of Centre for Film and Moving Image Research Academy of Film, Hong Kong Baptist University)

[Keynote Address II]

Title: American Pulp Magazines and Their Legacy: The Rise and Fall of an Industry

Speaker: Prof David EARLE (Professor of English and Chair of the Department of Art and Design, University of West Florida)

Date: 11 August 2023, Friday

Time: 09:45-17:15 (HKT)

Location: Council Chamber, 4/F, Cho Kwai Chee Foundation Building (Block A), The Education University of Hong Kong

Reservation: https://forms.gle/ewp5iFw5aLMgTyj6A

Organizer: Research Centre for Chinese Literature & Literary Culture, EdUHK

Co-organizer: Faculty of Humanities, EdUHK