Critical Island Studies Colloquium 2026

HK Organizing Team
Elmo Gonzaga (CUHK)
Joseph Li (CUHK)
Chieng Wei Shieng (CUHK)
Huang Shan (CUHK)
Leung Po-shan, Anthony (Island Studies Network, HK)

CIS Steering Committee
Maria Luisa Torres Reyes (University Santos Tomas Manila)
Alex Taek-Gwang Lee (Kyung Hee University)
Vincenz Serrano (Ateneo de Manila University)

November 19-20, 2026
LT2 (G/F), Yasumoto International Academic Park, CUHK

Day 1_November 19, 2026
9:00-9:15 am Introduction & Opening remarks
9:15-11:00 am Panel 1: Indigenous Maritime Commoning
11:15am-1:00pm Panel 2: Mountain, River, and Wetland Epistemologies and Spiritualities
2:00-3:45 pm Panel 3: Militarism and Trauma
4:00-5:45 pm Panel 4: Utopia, Exile, and Afterlife

Day 2_November 20, 2026
9:15-10:45 am Panel 5: Oceanic Art and Science
11:00am-12:45 pm Panel 6: Disaster and Extraction
1:45-3:30 pm Panel 7: New Theorizations and Methodologies
3:45-6:15 pm “De-Islanding” short film program & Curator’s talk by Patrick F. Campos
6:15-6:25 pm Synthesis &Closing remarks
6:25-6:35 pm Closing remarks

Day 3_November 21, 2026
Cultural Tour to Mui Wo and Peng Chau

Co-organisers: B.A. in Public Humanities Programme,M.A.in Intercultural Studies Programme, Centre for Cultural Studies, Department of Cultural and Religious Studies, Faculty of Arts, New Asia College, CUHK;Critical Island Studies; Inter-Island Festival and Islanders

Enquiry: cuccs@cuhk.edu.hk

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