IRCCS Successfully Holds the ‘Hong Kong 2023 Humanities Conference on Comparative Cultures of Care’: The First of Its Kind in Hong Kong
- 2024
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- International Research Centre for Cultural Studies
The International Research Centre for Cultural Studies (IRCCS) has concluded its highly anticipated conference in November 2023: ‘Hong Kong 2023 Humanities Conference on Comparative Cultures of Care’. The event took place on 2-3 November at The Education University of Hong Kong and simultaneously online to an international audience.
The conference is part of a larger project on ‘Comparative Cultures of Care’, which is a strategic research focus of FHM. It follows an eight-month-long online reading course, ‘Theorizing Care’, which ran from February to September 2023, to further expand the ongoing discussions surrounding care ethics and politics.
EdUHK Vice President (Academic), Prof May Cheng May-hung, Vice President (Research and Development), Prof Chetwyn Chan Che Hin, and Dean of Humanities and IRCCS Director, Prof John Erni, graced the event and delivered their welcoming speeches.
Sixteen scholars from Canada, the UK, the USA, Australia, and Hong Kong participated in the conference. Each presented original research around the three conference themes, including ‘Theory, Culture, Care’; ‘Environment, Technology, Care’; and ‘Care, Pedagogy, Community’. The papers touched upon both local Hong Kong issues and global perspectives, fostering a critical understanding of care in different contexts and with different theoretical approaches.
Through this conference, the IRCSS seeks to establish a tight-knit community of scholars who support and promote curiosity and innovation in international research.
Two special journal issues based on the original conference papers are in the pipeline. It is expected that the knowledge shared and connections formed during this event will continue to inspire groundbreaking research in the future.
For more information, please visit: https://www.culturesofcare.net/hkconference.
Conference poster
Group photo
Prof Chetwyn Chan Che-hin (left), Prof John Erni (middle), and Prof May Cheng (right) delivered their welcoming speeches for the conference
Prof John Erni introducing the ‘Comparative Cultures of Care: An Interdisciplinary Project’
