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Jointly organised by Hong Kong Public Libraries and Institute of Chinese Studies, CUHK

Lingnan: A Literary Landscape, the Public Lecture Series on “Lingnan Culture and the World” 2024, jointly organised by Hong Kong Public Libraries and the Research Programme for Lingnan Culture, Institute of Chinese Studies, CUHK, presents three distinct thematic lectures. These lectures portray the unique literary landscape in which Lingnan rejuvenated its cultural heritage, established links between the local and global communities, and harmonised the aesthetics of the classical and the vernacular creations. Through these vivid presentations, the series highlights the enduring vitality of the Cantonese language and literature across centuries.

This public lecture series is one of the events of The 4th Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Culture and Arts Festival, and the activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series. The First Lecture was successfully held on 27 October 2024. The Second and Third Lectures will take place at the Lecture Theatre of the Hong Kong Central Library on 23 November and 24 November 2024 respectively.

Lecture 1
Literary Gathering and Exchange: The Story of Kam Shan Literary Society in Hong Kong (1972–1991)

Speaker:         Dr. CHING Chung Shan
Department of Chinese Language & Literature, CUHK
Date:               27.10.2024 (Sunday)
Time:              10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
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Lecture 2
Dictionaries, Textbooks and Periodicals: Foreign Language Learning of Lingnan Literati in Hong Kong and Macau in Late Qing

Speaker:         Dr. Michelle Jia YE
General Education China Programme, CUHK
Date:               23.11.2024 (Saturday)
Time:    2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Details:           Click here

Lecture 3
Cantonese Literature from the Late Qing to the Republican Era: On Liao Entao’s Xixiao ji

Speaker:         Prof. PUK Wing Kin
Department of History, CUHK
Date:               24.11.2024 (Sunday)
Time:    2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Details:           Click here

Venue: Lecture Theatre, G/F, Hong Kong Central Library
Registration:  Free admission, please register (Click here)
Enquiries: 2921 0285 / 3943 7382

Websites:
Hong Kong Public Libraries   www.hkpl.gov.hk
Institute of Chinese Studies, CUHK  www.ics.cuhk.edu.hk

** Conducted in Cantonese**
** Please arrive 15 minutes prior to the talk for admission**

*RGC Collaborative Research Project "Lingnan Culture and the World"(2023 – 2026)