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Assistant Professor, Dr Jay Parker has just published a new collection of essays. Edited with President of the Joseph Conrad Society US, Prof Joyce Wexler (Loyola University Chicago), Joseph Conrad and Postcritique: Politics of Hope, Politics of Fear is a collection of essays that challenges the traditional view of Conrad as thoroughly sceptical. The collection “constitutes a paradigm shift in Conrad studies.” Prof. Robert…

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More than 30 students and staff members attended the first seminar of the HSUHK English Lecture Series on 2 September 2021, where Dr Ken Lau, Senior Lecturer from the Centre for Applied English Studies, The University of Hong Kong, shared his findings on the topic Unpacking Criticality: A Text-Informed Inquiry. Dr Lau introduced his research and explained the implication…

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Dear colleagues and students, The Department of English invites you to join the first event of the HSUHK English Lecture Series on 2 September 2021. The details are as follows: Date: 2 September 2021 (Thursday)Time: 10:30 am – 12:30 pmVenue: Room A314, S H Ho Academic Building Topic: Unpacking Criticality: A Text-Informed InquirySpeaker: Dr Ken Lau, Senior Lecturer, Centre for Applied…

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Are you interested in:  ·  Serving the community by being a student teacher to secondary school students? ·  Learning how to prepare teaching materials and interactive learning activities?   ·  Equipping yourself with teaching and communication skills?  ·  Enhancing your own English-language competencies?  ·  Committing yourself to a semester-long or a year-long service-learning engagement?  If your answer is YES, you…

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The Centre for Greater China Studies (CGCS) and the English Department cordially invites you to join the following online lecture supported by a grant from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (Project No.:UGC/IDS14/17): Date: 24 May 2021 (Monday)Time: 4:30 – 5:45pmVenue: Space4ALL, G/F LibraryRegistration: https://bit.ly/3nTQOOh(Meeting link will be sent to successful registrants one…

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Register now! 立即登記！ The Department of English is pleased to introduce the latest HSUHK English Taster Lecture series conducted by professors of linguistics and literature from the Department. We will discuss different aspects of English, its latest developments and real-world applications of linguistic and literary knowledge, which are most suitable to Secondary 4-6 students interested in English. Each of…

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