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News, trends and culture through the lens of gender from The New York Times.
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GSC Library Exhibition 2024
Period: 8 January to 8 February 2024
Venue: Venue: Trans-disciplinary Discovery Commons
(2/F, Au Shue Hung Memorial Library)
All are welcome!
[GSC Co-organized Event]
The Third Forum on Recent Research in Gender and Ming-Qing Culture 第三屆性別與明清文化研究論壇
Date: 10 December 2021 Friday
Time: 9:30-12:00 (HKT)
Venue: Zoom
Language: English
Zoom Meeting ID: 944 8034 2243
Passcode: 719674
Gender Studies Concentration x HUMN2025
Doing Gender on Campus
— Presentation of HUMN2025 student projects
Meeting ID: 998 9767 3451
Passcode: 599477
Date: 21 April 2021 (Wednesday)
Time: 13:30-14:30
Language: Cantonese
Course Instructor: Dr. Chow Yiu Fai, Department of Humanities and Creative Writing
Description: Students of HUMN2025 Gender: Theory and Culture were asked to propose projects to engage with gender issues on campus. Three projects that won the most votes from fellow students were sponsored by the Gender Studies Concentration for implementation. On 21 April, these students will share with us their experience, and show us documentation of their projects, on love, drag, and body image. Please join us!
2021.03.24 Gender Studies Concentration Lecture Series "Love in the Time of Coronavirus": “Gendering Hong Kong Cinema" (via Zoom)
Date: 24 March 2021 (Wednesday)
Time: 12:30-14:00 (HKT)
Language: English
Speaker: Dr. Alvin K. Wong, Department of Comparative Literature, University of Hong Kong
Moderators: Dr. David Schley (HIST) and Dr. Ellen Zhang (REL), HKBU, GSC Members
Zoom Meeting ID: 939 5892 8979
Enquiries:34115538 / gender@hkbu.edu.hk
After registering, we’ll send you a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. (Deadline: 23 March 2021)
Gender Studies Concentration Lecture Series "Love in the Time of Coronavirus"
A ZOOM Talk “Gender-based Violence in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Insights from Canada”
Date: 22 February 2021 (Monday)
Time: 13:30-15:00 (HKT)
Language: English
Speaker: Prof. Christine Walsh and Ms. Nathalie Bouchard
Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary, Canada
Moderator: Prof. Shirley Hung, Department of Social Work, HKBU (GSC Co-Chair)
Meeting ID: 982 2862 6268
Registration is required; After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Enquiries:34115538/gender@hkbu.edu.hk
[CCL Talk via ZOOM]
"Embodying Place and Class Habitus: Passing Practices of Male-to-Female Cross-dressers in Hong Kong"
Date: 5 November 2020 (Thursday)
Time: 14:30-16:00
Speaker: Dr. Day Wong, Department of Sociology
ZOOM link:
https://hkbu.zoom.us/j/92391813346
ZOOM ID: 92391813346
Language: English
Inquiries: 34117131 / soc@hkbu.edu.hk
2020年第17屆人類學營《人•性──當代性別議題與人類學》
The 17th Anthropology Camp in 2020
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Registration period:2020-05-15 08:00 ~ 2020-06-21 23:00
性別議題一直具有相當複雜的面貌，尤其在加速社會的現代性情境，城鄉區隔、移動遷徙、全球資本流動以及網際網路無線連結的當代社會情境中，更隨著不同文化脈絡及社會結構的鑲嵌，其多元性與變化性更甚以往。據此，本次營隊邀請相關領域學者，從不同角度探討近代性別議題與人類學之相互遭遇、辯詰及對話，並深入性別認同、性別政治與同志運動、國家形構之間的關聯，非常規性別主體的打造、論述及體現，同性戀正典化，族群與性別的交織與互動等各項主題。營隊研習之內容將環繞「人．性」於社會體系、實踐與象徵符號與資源的各個面向展開其探討，並且反思相關現象與理論的限制，進而思考新的可能性與研究取徑。
Date: 25-28 August 2020 (Tue to Fri)
Venue: Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica, Taipei
Gender Studies Concentration Lecture Series "Love in the Time of Coronavirus"
A ZOOM Talk “Sex Variation and Gender: Language and the Biopolitics of Intersex”
Date: 13 May 2020 (Wednesday)
Time: 16:30-18:00
Speaker: Dr. Brian KING, School of English, The University of Hong Kong
Moderator: Dr. Benedict ROWLETT, English Language and Literature, HKBU (GSC Member)
ZOOM link: https://hkbu.zoom.us/j/96057353560
ZOOM ID: 960 5735 3560
Language: English
International Conference on Gender, Language and Education (ICGLE)
2 – 4 December 2020
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Deadline: 30 April 2020 (Thursday)
Proposal submissions are called for the International Conference on Gender, Language and Education (ICGLE). ICGLE seeks to bring together academics, researchers, community leaders, policymakers, education practitioners and research postgraduate students from the worldwide community to explore equality and diversity issues in language and education through a gendered lens. Since gender inequalities have been the focus of heated debate around the world, the ICGLE aims to call for collaborative action to address systemic (gender) inequalities, particularly in the Asian context.
Keynote speakers:
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Ms Zuriel Oduwole, American Education Advocate and Film Maker, The Youngest Person Profiled by Forbes
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Dr Jane Sunderland, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
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Professor Theresa Der-lan Yeh, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Date: 2 – 4 December 2020
Venue: The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Conference theme: Gender, Language and Education: Equality and Diversity Issues in Asia
Types of submissions: Paper/Poster presentations and themed panels. Please submit your proposals to EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icgle2020) by 30 April 2020. For themed panels, abstract submissions should be sent directly to the Conference Secretariat (icgle2020@eduhk.hk) using the application form downloaded from the ICGLE website.
For more details, please refer to ICGLE website. For enquiries, please write to us by email at icgle2020@eduhk.hk.
Gender Studies Concentration Lecture Series "Love in the Time of Coronavirus"
A ZOOM Talk “East Asian Femininity and Worker-Client Relationship in China’s Commercial Sex Industry"
Moderator: Prof. Stuart CHRISTIE, English Language and Literature, HKBU (GSC Co-Chair)
Speaker: Dr. Eileen Yuk-ha TSANG, Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, City University of Hong Kong
Date: 16 April, 2020 (Thursday)
Time: 14:00-15:30
Language: English
https://hkbu.zoom.us/j/141342533
ZOOM ID: 141 342 533
Gender Studies Concentration Lecture Series "Love in the Time of Coronavirus"
A ZOOM Panel “Sociality, Affect, and Chinese Dating Apps”
Moderator: Prof. John ERNI, Humanities and Creative Writing (former GSC Co-Chair)
Speakers:
Cycles of Uninstalling and Reinstalling: The Ambivalence of Gay App Use Among Urban Chinese Users
Dr. Lik Sam CHAN, Journalism and Communication, CUHK
The Urban Plot of Female Same-Sex Sociality in Chinese Dating Apps
Dr. Jia TAN, Cultural and Religious Studies, CUHK
Date: 15 April 2020 (Wednesday)
Time: 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
ZOOM link: https://hkbu.zoom.us/j/490328252
ZOOM ID: 490 328 252
Language: English
Seminar (CCL recognized): "Securing Temporary Spaces of Belonging in Urban China: How Migrant Domestic Workers Survive the Dislocation"
Speaker: Dr. Fumie Ohashi, Associate Professor, Institute for Gender Studies, Ochanomizu University, Japan
Date: 1 November 2019 (Friday)
Time: 12:30 pm
Venue: Room AAB1045, 10/F., Academic and Administration Building, Hong Kong Baptist University
Language: English
Enquiries: 34117131 / soc@hkbu.edu.hk
CNN News 22/03/2019
K-Pop in crisis: Scandal threatens to end the 'Korean Wave' and exposes culture of toxic masculinity
Seoul (CNN)South Korea's entertainment industry is a cultural juggernaut that has allowed the East Asian nation to punch well above its weight in terms of global soft power.
But a digital sex scandal that police say involves some of K-Pop's biggest stars has rocked the K-Pop world, leaving it facing a reckoning from which some believe it might not recover.
Gender Studies Book Exhibition and Book Launch 2019.03.14 [CCL]
Date: March 14, 2019, Thursday
Time: 3:00 to 3:45 p.m. Opening Ceremony | Library 3/F, Shaw Campus
3:45 to 5:00 p.m. Reception and Book Talk | Library 2/F multipurpose room, Shaw Campus
(Book talk: "Why Post-Binary Gender?" by Prof. Douglas Robinson, on his book Transgender, Translation, Translingual Address, and "Single, Creative, Woman" by Dr. Chow Yiu Fai, on his book Caring in Times of Precarity: A Study of Single Women Doing Creative Work in Shanghai )
Light refreshments provided
*Book Exhibition: March 11-30, 2019
Venue: 3/F, Library, Shaw Campus, HKBU
All are welcome!
BBC News 02/01/2019
Germany adopts intersex identity into law
Intersex people in Germany can now legally identify themselves as such under a new law adopted in December.
People who do not fit the biological definition of male or female can now choose the category "diverse" on official documents.
Staging Gender
(Performances and Accompaniment from Lingnan Cultural Studies)
Date: November 30, 2018 Friday
Time: 6:30 pm
Venue: A Space, Asia Arts Archive
All are welcome!
Public Lecture: "When Global History and Women's History Meet"
Date: October 24, 2018
Time: 1:30-3:20pm
Venue: SCM012, HKBU
Speaker: Prof. Bonnie G. SMITH
Paper presentation
Prof. John Erni presented a paper on sexuality studies entitled "How does “Asia” Travel?: Lessons from Comparative Law".
Conference: "An Asian Turn? Researching and Theorising from Asia"
Date: October 5-6, 2017.
Organizer:the National University of Singapore
(see abstract)
Public Lecture: "Globalizing Universities and Growing Gender Equality"
Date: January 12, 2018
Time: 3:00-5:00pm
Venue: WLB205, HKBU
Speaker: Prof. Myra Marx Ferree
Public Lecture: "Learning to Stand and Speak"
Date: November 24, 2017
Time: 12:30-2:00pm
Venue: SWT501, HKBU
Speaker: Prof. Ellen B Widmer
The Second Forum on Recent Research in Gender and Ming-Qing Culture
Date: November 22, 2017
Time:2:30-6:10pm
Venue: SWT501, Shaw Campus, HKBU
Language: Mandarin,English
Public Lecture “Transnational Feminist Perspectives: Prospects and Challenges”
Date: June 15, 2017
Time: 11:00am-12:30pm
Venue: AAB1312, HKBU
Speaker: Professor Bandana Purkayastha, The University of Connecticut
Language: English
Fathers' Day The heart of a father is the masterpiece of nature. Antoine François Prévost
Mothers' Day Write down blessings to your mom.
International Women's Day Express your appreciation to a woman in your life (mother/teacher/friend) on this day. I love you / Thank you...
Women holding half of the sky: Oral history of women in China
Date: 25 April 2017
Time: 5:30-7:00pm
Venue: Multiporpose Room, L2, Library
Language: Putonghua
Speakers:
Ms. Li Hongtao, Former Head of China Women’s Library, Principal Expert of China Women’s Library, Director of China Women’s Oral History Research Centre, Principal Expert of Anti-domestic Violence Project of United Nation Women’s Office
Ms. Chen Zhenhong, Librarian, China Women’s Library
Opening Ceremony "My Body My Story"
Date: Mar 27, 2017 (Mon)
Time: 12-12:30pm
Venue: 6/F Podium, HSH Campus
Our bodies tell the stories of who we are, where we come from, what we have been going through and how we like to present ourselves to other people. Bodies tell the stories of our gender, sexuality, ethnicity and more. As part of an on-going project titled “Youth’s Self-Imaging of Body and Gender” (funded by the Institute of Creativity of HKBU), we invited 30 students with various ethnic backgrounds, aged from 15 to 18, from Li Po Chun United World College and Buddhist Fat Ho Memorial College to participate in an art exploration workshop. They were instructed to outline their body on a piece of paper and then fill up their “empty” body with their stories of self and body. In this exhibition, we reproduced the artworks of the youth participants and invite all of you to listen to their voices.
