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Call for Applications
The Society of Fellows in the Humanities at HKU invites applications for the 2021-2022 intake. Up to six Post-Doctoral Fellowships will commence on August 1, 2021 or as soon as possible thereafter, for a period of three years. Submission deadline is 23:00 on February 1, 2021 (Hong Kong Time). Application Guidelines EligibilityThe Society of Fellows... Continue Reading →
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Four Fellows to Take up New Positions Despite a difficult job market, the Society of Fellows in the Humanities continues to boast a successful job placement record. Following Yu Zhang's departure last year, to take up a tenure-track position in Chinese Literature at Poly U, this year we saw a record four post-doctoral fellows accept as many positions.... Continue Reading →
April 27: Scott Trigg – Visualizing the Configuration (hay’a): Thinking with Images in Islamic Astronomical Manuscripts
April 27, 12:00 nn (HK Time), Zoom (registration required) Dr. Scott TriggSociety of Fellows in the Humanities, Faculty of Arts, HKU Visualizing the Configuration (hay'a): Thinking with Images in Islamic Astronomical Manuscripts Please register at https://hku.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jgof-zF4Q5KBhTGO8D5nBA For details of the seminar, please visit https://www.hkihss.hku.hk/en/events/seminar-by-dr-scott-trigg-20210427/ Organized by Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences,... Continue Reading →
April 19: Timothy Gitzen – Security’s Porosity
April 19, 7:30PM (HK Time), Zoom (registration required) Dr. Timothy GitzenSociety of Fellows in the Humanities, Faculty of Arts, HKU Respondent: Alvin K Wong, Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, School of Humanities, HKU Moderator: Mercedes Vázquez, Lecturer and Honorary Assistant Professor, Spanish Programme, School of Modern Languages and Cultures, HKU Security's Porosity For registration and details... Continue Reading →
April 9: Aleksandar Stević – Rethinking the Bildungsroman
April 9, 5PM HKT, Zoom (https://hku.zoom.us/j/99898495115?pwd=YjY3U2t2Tnc5b2NDM0pCNy9JVEpRQT09) Dr. Aleksandar StevićLingnan University Rethinking the Bildungsroman
March 23: Pete Millwood – A Source of Vernacular Knowledge or a Final Frontier for Globalizd Science? American and Chinese Discourses on Science in the People’s Republic of China, 1971-1978
March 23, 8:30PM HKT (8:30AM EDT), Online Dr. Pete MillwoodSociety of Fellows in the Humanities, Faculty of Arts, HKU "A Source of Vernacular Knowledge or a Final Frontier for Globalized Science? American and Chinese Discourses on Science in the People's Republic of China, 1971-1978"in the Session "Science and China's Foreign Relations, from 1945 to the... Continue Reading →
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