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10-12 January 2011
Conference on Hong Kong in the Global Setting
Opening Address by Prof. Wang Gungwu
Wang Gungwu Lecture Theatre
10 January 2011 (Monday), 5 - 7 p.m.
All other plenary addresses and conference sessions:
Council Chamber, 8/F, Meng Wah Complex
11 January 2011 (Tuesday), 8.30 a.m.- 7 p.m.
12 January 2011 (Wednesday), 8.30 a.m.- 6 p.m. |
Since the mid-nineteenth century, Hong Kong has been a stage for encounters that transcend the simply local, a node for a wide range of connections in every sphere--economic, political, cultural, diplomatic - that mean that Hong Kong functions as an integral part of a wide variety of global networks. In many respects, Hong Kong has throughout its history been not just a meeting place for East and West, but also an international city/region that blurs and problematizes such sharp binary distinctions, forcing us to question and redefine conventionally accepted concepts and categories.
This conference will enable more than two dozen scholars from around the world to explore aspects of Hong Kong history from comparative and cross-disciplinary perspectives, very broadly understood, that focus upon the international role of Hong Kong as a key interstitial nexus, a liminal neighbourhood and frontier for cross-cultural exchanges and transactions of every kind. Highlights will include an opening keynote address by former Vice-Chancellor Prof. Wang Gungwu, plenary addresses by Prof. John Darwin, Prof. Prasenjit Duara, and Prof. David Meyer, and a special lecture on the History of the University of Hong Kong by Dr. Peter Cunich.
Register for the Conference:
http://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_regform.aspx?guest=Y&UEID=15768
Click here for the draft conference programme.
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