Anna Tso, Associate Professor of the Department of English, recently published a book called Digital Communication and Learning: Changes and Challenges with Alex Chi-keung Chan, Wendy Wing Lam Chan, Peter Edward Sidorko, Will W. K. Ma. The book aims to examine challenges and possibilities of using social media and educational technology, and to investigate the changing environment and pedagogical…
Apply now – on HSUHK Undergraduate Application System or E-APP (HKDSE candidates only)! Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in English Programme is designed to help students build a sound knowledge base in English literature and linguistics as well as develop strong language and cultural awareness essential for an increasingly globalised world and economy. Admission for the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in…
Admissions for the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in English Programme (Semester 2, 2021/22) is now open. Semester 2 intake of 2021/22 is only applicable to local applicants who have completed the public examination and fulfilled the minimum entry requirement(s) of the University. Admittees of Semester 2 intake shall settle the full-year tuition fee of 2021/22 upon admission and should…
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…
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…
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…
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…
We’re very proud to share that Dr. Anna Tso, Associate Professor of the Department of English, has recently received two accolades for her writing. Her book, 《The Summer of 1997》(2017) received an Honourable Mention in the 2020 Incipere Awards from Entrada Publishing (Utah, USA), and her book, 《Culinary Charades》(2017) was shortlisted in the 2020 Wishing Shelf Book Awards (UK)….
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…
Introduction This project aims to recognise the hard work and ingenuity of our students for exercising their critical thinking faculties in giving their voices in academia. With the steadily increasing quality of teaching and learning in HSUHK, it has been observed that students are capable of producing exceptional research writings in their respective fields. That said, while their written…
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