人文學院通訊 FHM Newsletter Message from the Head Since its founding in 2012, the Department of Literature and Cultural Studies (LCS) has been actively contributing to curriculum development, programme management, and research in the wake of HKIEd’s transformation into a multi-disciplinary university of education. LCS focuses its research endeavours in the following areas, namely, traditional Chinese literature and culture, modern and contemporary Sinophone literature and culture, Anglophone literature and cultural studies, and history. In 2015, LCS successfully obtained 6 Research Grant Council (RGC) grants, and now it has 12 on-going RGC-funded projects. The research fields that have been fruitfully developed include traditional Chinese literature, intellectual history, Hong Kong literature, children’s literature, new English literatures, and film studies. Regarding curriculum development, a new Bachelor of Education programme, BEd(History), was introduced in 2015/16, and a related programme, BEd(Chinese History), will be launched in 2016/17. With the collaboration of its seasoned academic and research staff and the contribution of new recruits, the Department will continue to explore promising new fields of study and novel pedagogical practices. Professor Yu Kwan Wai, Eric (余君偉教授) Head, Department of Literature and Cultural Studies In his lecture, Dr. David Kang showed that the interaction between the healing culture of Chinese Medicine, and the Western Medicine introduced to China in the nineteenth century, had particularly important ramifications for women and women’s health. Dr. Zhou Lulu shared her views on gender politics to the audience. Prof. Lai Shi-san received a souvenir from Prof. Eric Yu, Head of the Department of Literature and Cultural Studies. To help LCS colleagues better understand how to use technology in their teaching, a workshop on e-learning was organized on 3 February 2016. Mr. Wilson Cheng of LTTC was invited to do the demonstration. epartment of Literature and Cultural Studies 文學及文化學系 14 On 18 February 2016, Prof. Paul G Pickowicz, visiting professor of LCS, examined Shanghai filmmaking in the 1920s. Audiences were led to explore how popular films depicted the moderm marriage. D
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