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[Book Talk] Botanical Imagination: Rethinking Plants in Modern Japan
Emerging Research on Modern East Asian Literature Speaker: Jon L. Pitt, Associate Professor of Japanese Environmental Humanities in the East Asian Studies Department at the University of California, Irvine Moderator: Edwin Michielsen, Japanese Studies, HKU Date: Thursday, November 12, 2026 Time: November 12 (Thursday) 9:30-11:00 am (HK Time) // 10:30 am (Japan, Korea Time) // November 11 (Wed) 5:30-7:00 pm (PST) Venue: on Zoom Registration link: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuem
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Oct 23


Triangle Republics: Cross-Border Literary Transits between the Cold War Koreas and Japan
Modern East Asian Literature Research Cluster presents Emerging Research on Modern East Asian Literature Speaker: I Jonathan Kief, Associate Professor of Korean Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Moderator: Su Yun Kim, Associate Professor, Korean Studies, HKU. Date: Thursday, October 22, 2026 Time: 9:30-11:00am (HK Time) // Oct 21 (Wed) 9:30-11:00pm (EDT) Venue: on Zoom All are welcome. Registration is required. In this talk, I Jonathan Kief introduce
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Oct 6


Sentimental Republic: Chinese Intellectuals and the Maoist Past
Modern East Asian Literature Research Cluster presents Emerging Research on Modern East Asian Literature Book Talk Sentimental Republic: Chinese Intellectuals and the Maoist Past Speaker: Hang Tu Assistant Professor of Chinese Studies | National University of Singapore Moderator: Pei-yin Lin Associate Professor | School of Chinese | The University of Hong Kong DATE: 25 FEB 2026 (WED) 4:00–5:30 pm (HKT) VENUE: ON ZOOM REGISTRATION: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetai
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Feb 2


The Sensational Proletarian: Affect and Leftist Cultures in Colonial Korea
Modern East Asian Literature Research Cluster presents Emerging Research on Modern East Asian Literature Speaker: Kimberly Chung Korea Foundation Assistant Professor of Korean Literary and Cultural Studies | McGill University Moderator: Su Yun Kim Associate Professor in Korean Studies | The University of Hong Kong DATE: 30 JAN 2026 (FRI) 10:00–11:30 am (HKT) VENUE: ON ZOOM REGISTRATION: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=104269 Visceral sensati
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Dec 16, 2025


Literature for the Masses: Japanese Period Fiction, 1913-1941
Modern East Asian Literature Research Cluster presents Emerging Research on Modern East Asian Literature Literature for the Masses: Japanese Period Fiction, 1913-1941 Speaker: James Reichert Associate Professor of Modern Japanese Literature | Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures | Stanford University Moderator: Daniel Poch Associate Professor | Japanese Studies | The University of Hong Kong DATE: 6 NOV 2025 (THU) 12:00–1:30 pm (HKT) VENUE: ON ZOOM REGISTRAT
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Oct 16, 2025


The Politics of Art in Contemporary Korean Fiction
Modern East Asian Literature Research Cluster presents Emerging Research on Modern East Asian Literature The Politics of Art in...
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Jan 17, 2025


Transpatial Modernity: Chinese Cultural Encounters with Russia via Japan (1880–1930)
Modern East Asian Literature Research Cluster presents Emerging Research on Modern East Asian Literature Speaker : Xiaolu Ma Assistant...
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Aug 30, 2024


States of Disconnect
Modern East Asian Literature Research Cluster presents Emerging Research on Modern East Asian Literature Speaker: Adhira Mangalagiri...
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Jan 1, 2024


NEW DATE: Ocean Passages: Navigating Pacific Islander and Asian American Literature
Speaker: Erin Suzuki Associate Professor Department of Literature | University of California, San Diego Moderator: Alvin Wong Assistant...
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Nov 22, 2022


The Values in Numbers: Reading Japanese Literature in a Global Information Age
Modern East Asian Literature Research Cluster presents Emerging Research on Modern East Asian Literature The Values in Numbers: Reading...
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Mar 17, 2022


The Translatability of Revolution: Guo Moruo and Twentieth-Century Chinese Culture
Modern East Asian Literature Research Cluster presents Emerging Research on Modern East Asian Literature The Translatability of...
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Mar 15, 2022


Figures of the World: The Naturalist Novel and Transnational Form
Speaker: Christopher Hill (Associate Professor | Asian Languages and Cultures | University of Michigan) Moderator: Daniel Poch (Associate...
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Oct 29, 2021


Nov 6, 2021: A Conversation About Speculative Fiction In Translation
MEAL members to be featured in HK International Literary Festival on Nov 6! Building Other Bodies: A Conversation About Speculative...
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Oct 12, 2021


How (Not) To Find Yu Dafu: Refractions across the Transpacific
Speaker: Clara Iwasaki (Assistant Professor | Department of East Asian Studies | University of Alberta) Moderator: Dylan Suher...
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Oct 7, 2021


Global Healing and the Covid Era: Literature, Advocacy, Care
Emerging Research on Modern East Asian Literature Inaugural Lecture Global Healing and the Covid Era: Literature, Advocacy, Care Speaker:...
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Sep 18, 2021
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