Students of MALCS
In their Capstone experience, MALCS students may choose to do a dissertation of approximately 10,000 words.
Students may also opt for portfolio or individual project as partial of the fulfilment of the requirement for the MA degree.
Our Distinguished Alumni, coming from a diverse background, advance further to develop their own career paths and interests.
Capstone Highlights
Explore Dissertations, Portfolios, and Capstone Projects produced by our MALCS students.
Distinguished Alumni
Showcase of our Distinguished Alumni.
Capstone Highlights
A Glimmer of Hope: the Presentation of Utopia in the Modern Zombie Genre
2018 | Dissertation
by: Noortje "Birdie" Lodders
Both films criticize patriarchal ideologies, and environmental and consumerist causes of the apocalypse through their depiction of societal destruction.
Slow Aesthetics and Traumatic History in Theo Angelopoulos’s Trilogy of Silence
2017 | Dissertation
by: Ng Chi Ning
The history of modern Greece is essential for understanding Theo Angelopoulos’ cinema in both its aesthetic and political dimensions.
Imagining Identity with Food: A Study of Cultural Translation in Ang Lee’s Eat Drink Man Woman and Documentary A Bite of China
2016 | Dissertation
by: Lee Yi-yan Paulina
In audiovisual cultures, food is more than a socio-cultural phenomenon, for it represents the audiences’ desire for self-identification.
Coming Out During Neoliberalism: the Differing Fates of Harry Black in Last Exit to Brooklyn and Simon Spier in Love, Simon
2021 | Dissertation
by: Patience Simon Toby Mcneil
Neoliberalism is a theory that, though it began as one purely concerned with economics, is increasingly being used to describe existential reality: the idea of maximizing monetary profit being something that is replicated at a societal, legal and even psychological level.
Capstone Highlights
Explore Dissertations, Portfolios, and Capstone Projects produced by our MALCS students.
A Glimmer of Hope: the Presentation of Utopia in the Modern Zombie Genre
2018 | Dissertation
by: Noortje "Birdie" LoddersBoth films criticize patriarchal ideologies, and environmental and consumerist causes of the apocalypse through their depiction of societal destruction.
Slow Aesthetics and Traumatic History in Theo Angelopoulos’s Trilogy of Silence
2017 | Dissertation
by: Ng Chi NingThe history of modern Greece is essential for understanding Theo Angelopoulos’ cinema in both its aesthetic and political dimensions.
Imagining Identity with Food: A Study of Cultural Translation in Ang Lee’s Eat Drink Man Woman and Documentary A Bite of China
2016 | Dissertation
by: Lee Yi-yan PaulinaIn audiovisual cultures, food is more than a socio-cultural phenomenon, for it represents the audiences’ desire for self-identification.
Coming Out During Neoliberalism: the Differing Fates of Harry Black in Last Exit to Brooklyn and Simon Spier in Love, Simon
2021 | Dissertation
by: Patience Simon Toby McneilNeoliberalism is a theory that, though it began as one purely concerned with economics, is increasingly being used to describe existential reality: the idea of maximizing monetary profit being something that is replicated at a societal, legal and even psychological level.
Classified, Simplified, Certified: A Short Story
2019 | Individual Project
by: Hung, Angela"Her eyes gleamed like the shiny stars that glittered in the dark night. She whispered to herself, 'Life is not fair.'"
Colonial Enclave, Post-colonial Spaces, and City of Disappearance: Macao through the Lens of Architecture
2020 | Individual Project
by: Kris ChiArchitecture has the power to articulate, foster, inform, while mirroring the city's historical momeories.
Performing Passing and Whiteness: Negotiating Stardom in The Human Stain
2021 | Dissertation
by: Cao TengyuAs corporeal signifiers, eligible performers and ideological promoters, popular stars simultaneously challenge and essentialize racial divisions and masquerade in The Human Stain.
In Between Trash, Tenements and Towers: A Study of Hong Kong's Back Alleys and Urban Vistas in the Oeuvres of Michael Wolf and Fruit Chan Through the Lens of Object-Space Theories
2021 | Dissertation
by: Lin Ting Ting, JackyDespite their [Chan and Wolf] different art forms, they both home in on the subalterns and matters inhabiting the fringes and chasms of the glitzy cityscape -- the alleyways of Hong Kong.
The Emerging Chinese Flâneuses in Lou Ye's Films in the 21st Century
2020 | Dissertation
by: Yi FeifeiThe analyzed female characters' social roles within the patriarchal family codes as daughter, wife, and mother undermine their experience of flânerie by limiting their mobility in public or reducing their free excursion to purposeful expedition.
Writing on the fringes of Map and Mind: A Dictionary of Two Cities (雙城辭典) and the Fantasy in Hong Kong
2020 | Dissertation
by: Wan Shun Yu NicolaFantasy acts as a moment of uncertainty, indeterminacy, ambiguity between the realms of real and unreal.
Distinguished Alumni
Instead of simply a foundation for further degree, I found that MALCS opened up new ways of thinking through an interdisciplinary nature... MALCS also helped me connect and become friends with all types of people in Hong Kong: musicians, journalists, lawyers, artists, and other teachers.
Dr. Kathleen Clare Waller
2011 MALCS Graduate
Scholar, Educator, Writer
MALCS was a wonderful programme that introduced me to lots of great literture, films, and literary theories. It also provided me with plenty of opportunities to practice both nonfiction and fiction writing.
Ms. Mirimae Lee
2017 MALCS Graduate
Fiction Writer
During my time in the program, I acquired the necessary tools to look at films from diverse academic perspectives; I learned about the film industry, about film history, about film theory and its relationship with cultural studies.
Mr. Salvador Eduardo Velasco Rios
2018 MALCS Graduate
Curator and spokesperson for the Japanese Film Festival in Mexico
Teacher for the National Cinematheque of Mexico on diverse East Asian Cinema
[At MALCS] I have instead gained many things that money cannot buy - things that will stay with us for the rest of our lives and guide us in making the most "righteous" decisions in life.
Mr. Christopher Lai
2015 MALCS Graduate
Fashion Feature Director at Madame Figaro Hong Kong
Distinguished Alumni
Showcase of our Distinguished Alumni.
Dr. Kathleen Clare Waller
2011 MALCS Graduate
Scholar, Educator, WriterInstead of simply a foundation for further degree, I found that MALCS opened up new ways of thinking through an interdisciplinary nature... MALCS also helped me connect and become friends with all types of people in Hong Kong: musicians, journalists, lawyers, artists, and other teachers.
Ms. Mirinae Lee
2017 MALCS Graduate
Fiction WriterMALCS was a wonderful programme that introduced me to lots of great literture, films, and literary theories. It also provided me with plenty of opportunities to practice both nonfiction and fiction writing.
Mr. Salvador Eduardo Velasco Rios
2018 MALCS Graduate
Curator and spokesperson for the Japanese Film Festival in MexicoTeacher for the National Cinematheque of Mexico on diverse East Asian Cinema
During my time in the program, I acquired the necessary tools to look at films from diverse academic perspectives; I learned about the film industry, about film history, about film theory and its relationship with cultural studies.
Mr. Christopher Lai
2015 MALCS Graduate
Fashion Feature Director at Madame Figaro Hong Kong[At MALCS] I have instead gained many things that money cannot buy - things that will stay with us for the rest of our lives and guide us in making the most "righteous" decisions in life.
Ms. Virginia Liu
2013 MALCS Graduate
Arts AdministratorThe curriculums are very well organized and substantial, while flexible enough to encourage students to explore their own interested topics.
Ms. Samwai Lam
2014 MALCS Graduate
Fiction Writer and EditorMALCS is good for multidisciplinary study in which you can learn about literature, philosophy and film as much as possible.
Mr. Charlie Fung
2013 MALCS Graduate
Film ProducerIt [MALCS] strengthened my ability in contextual reading which inspired me not only to tell an interesting story but to tell a story of our time.
Mr. Antony Dapiran
2018 MALCS Graduate
Writer and ConsultantMALCS provided the space to dig deep into my own interests and obsessions, as well as offering the serendipity of new discoveries.
Ms. Beatriz Chivite Ezkieta
2016 MALCS Graduate
Poet and Cultural ManagerOne of the aspects I enjoyed most about the course was the combination of theory and creativity and the wide variety of theories, histories, texts and authors that I got introduced to.
Dr. Gabriel F.Y. Tsang
2013 MALCS Graduate
Assistant Professor, Chinese Language and Literature, Hong Kong Baptist UniversityMy two years spent at the MALCS programme were definitely the most significant step in my life, fundamentally supporting my further study creative writing and academic career.
Dr. Kiu-wai Chu
2009 MALCS Graduate
Assistant Professor, Environmental Humanities and Cultural Studies, Nanyang Technological University, SingaporeStudying with MALCS marks the beginning of my 1.5-decade-long - and possibly life-long - academic journey, which has been filled with excitement and pleasant challenges.