A Documentary Film Festival:
Documenting Hong Kong 紀錄香港

20 September – 29 November, 2024

Documenting Hong Kong 紀錄香港 is a brand new documentary film screening program organized in Fall 2024/25 by MALCS, The University of Hong Kong (HKU) to celebrate and promote the vibrant documentary film culture of Hong Kong. This initiative aims to bring the works of local documentarians across generations to the HKU community and beyond, showcasing the rich, contemporary, and diverse non-fiction narratives of the city.

Please join us for Feature Program 2 screening and post-screening discussion.

Details
Film Name: Still Life (Dunet Chan Sheung Shing, 2024)
Date: 10 October 2024 (Thursday)
Time: 6:45 - 9:15 pm
Venue: MWT3, 1/F Meng Wah Complex, Main Campus, HKU

Registration:
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*First priority of the seating will be given to our MALCS students, MALCS Alumni, and Comparative Literature students.

*Interested individuals please complete the registration form. Upon successful registration, you will receive a confirmation email.

If further assistance is needed, please feel free to contact MALCS Office at malcs@hku.hk

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"The Shanzhai Paradigm: China's Approach to Innovation and the World"

June 26, 2024

On June 26, 2024, Dr. Jason Lau presented his talk entitled "The Shanzhai Paradigm: China's Approach to Innovation and the World" to MALCS students in Prof. Calvin Hui's MALCS Intensive Summer course.

Memories, Storytelling, and Intermediality in the Film World of Qiu Jiongjiong 邱炯炯

Symposium, Screenings, and Post-screening discussions

March 15 – 19, 2024

Organized by the Master of Arts in Literature and Cultural Studies (MALCS), The Department of Comparative Literature at the University of Hong Kong; a symposium, three screening sessions, and post-screening discussions will be held to focus on the films of Qiu Jiongjiong 邱炯炯. The series of events take place on March 15 (Friday), March 18 (Monday), and March 19 (Tuesday).

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"The Lyricist Wannabe" Screening and Post-Screening Event!

January 24, 2024

On January 24, 2024, MALCS, The Department of Comparative Literature, and Hong Kong Studies Programme co-organized a screening and post-screening discussion of “The Lyricist Wannabe” (directed by Norris Wong 黃綺琳) with CEDARS-GE.

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MALCS Class of 2023!!!

November 19, 2023

CONGRATULATIONS MALCS Class of 2023!!! We are so proud of you! The 211th Congregation for the Faculty of Arts, HKU took place on November 19, 2023 and we had a wonderful photo taking session. Click below to view photos of our graduates.

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Thinking Islands: Exploring the Sea and the Land in Literature, Film and Philosophy

The University of Hong Kong

Department of Comparative Literature

organized by: Master of Arts in Literary and Cultural Studies (MALCS)

ONE DAY SYMPOSIUM

DATE: October 6, 2023 (Fri)

TIME: 15:00-17:45

VENUE: Learning Lab, RRS 321, 3/F, Run Run Shaw Building, Main Campus, HKU

At this symposium we study the lives the island gives rise to. At the threshold where land and sea meet, the island has always been seen as a place for a new fertility, the breeding ground for a life otherwise. Deleuze and Guattari emphasized that the Greek islands (and the Aegean Sea that connects them) that gave rise to philosophy as we know it. Glissant spoke of archipelagic thinking when he aimed to shed a light on the (unknown) powers of the Caribbean and its possible futures (beyond colonialism). With a special interest in the islands of East and Southeast Asia, the aim of this symposium is to study narratives in fiction and non-fiction and the kinds of island-lives these images and texts enable. In what way do they allow us to reread the many rich traditions in thought that have emerged from their liquid grounds? Which new directions in thought, are these un/known territories unfolding in out time and what can they teach us about the world of today and tomorrow?

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