19 FHM Newsletter ． 人文學院通訊 Department & Centre Highlights 流行文化與人文學研究中心 Centre for Popular Culture in the Humanities The Centre for Popular Culture in the Humanities (CPCH) is a focal point for research on popular culture in the humanities. Taking a broad view of popular culture, the CPCH supports research covering culture of everyday life and its mediation through print, multimodal media, and new digital media of various kinds. From the vantage point of Hong Kong, the CPCH will explore issues of popular culture in the Humanities from an Asian perspective. Relevant perspectives on Asian popular culture include linguistic, historical, postcolonial, and gender studies, and there is also a focus on new multilingual and multicultural forms of culture in Asian settings. In 2014, the CPCH organised three meetings of the “Modern and Contemporary Literature and Critical Theory Reading Group,” which is affiliated to the Centre, involving two guest speakers, one from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and the other from The University of the South Pacific, Fiji, and a sharing session titled “Culture, Society, Academic Activities Date Topic Speaker 5/3/2014 The 1st Modern and Contemporary Literature and Critical Theory Reading Group: “Waste” Hosts: Dr. Emily Anna Maria Ridge and Dr. Jeffrey Michael Clapp 23/4/2014 The Aesthetic as Intrinsic Motivation: Teachers' Use of Drama for Language Education Dr. Matthew DeCoursey; organised by the Department of Literature and Cultural Studies; co-organised by the Centre for Popular Culture in the Humanities 25/4/2014 The 2nd Modern and Contemporary Literature and Critical Theory Reading Group: “Sianne Ngai’s book Our Aesthetic Categories: Zany, Cute, Interesting (2013)” Host: Prof. Michael O'Sullivan (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) 25/6/2014 Sharing Session: “Culture, Society, and Medicine: Tracing the History of Hong Kong in London” Dr. Kang Jong Hyuk, David and Dr. Hau Lai Ying 18/7/2014 The 3rd Modern and Contemporary Literature and Critical Theory Reading Group: “Driven to Repeat: Flann O'Brien's The Third Policeman and Cycles of Desire” Dr. Maebh Long (The University of the South Pacific, Fiji) 23/9/2014 Visiting Scholar Lecture Series: “HBO'S Game of Brands” Prof. Michael Szalay (University of California, Irvine) Organised by the Department of Literature and Cultural Studies; co-organised by the Centre for Popular Culture in the Humanities 24/9/2014 Visiting Scholar Lecture Series:“The Manchurian Candidate, Then and Now” 10-11/4/2015 International Conference on Hong Kong History and Literature Organised by the Department of Literature and Cultural Studies; co-organised by History Department of Hong Kong Shue Yan University and the Centre for Popular Culture in the Humanities For more information about the CPCH, please visit http://www.ied.edu.hk/cpch. and Medicine: Tracing the History of Hong Kong in London.” The CPCH also organised three lectures with the Department of Literature and Cultural Studies (LCS), two of which were delivered by the visiting scholar Professor Michael Szalay from University of California, Irvine. All the events were open to HKIEd colleagues and research students. In addition, the CPCH launched its first Knowledge Transfer project in promoting knowledge of history and culture, including popular culture, to secondary school teachers and students of Hong Kong. In April 2015, the CPCH co-organised with LCS and the History Department of Hong Kong Shue Yan University an international conference on Hong Kong history and literature, which also admitted papers on cultural studies. The CPCH will organise a number of guest lectures in the near future.
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