Thursday, November 19th, 2009 Social Space and Affective Relations in Hong Kong and Chinese Cinema

DateTimeLocation
Thursday, November 19, 200912:00PM - 2:00PMExternal Event, Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library,
University of Toronto Libraries,
8th floor, Robarts Library, 130 St. George Street

Series

Richard Charles Lee Canada Hong Kong Library Seminar Series

Description

Ackbar Abbas has published a number of books, including “Hong Kong: Culture and the Politics of Disappearance” (1997), “Internationalizing Cultural Studies” (co-edited with John Erni, 2005), “Chen Danqing: Painting After Tiananmen” (1995), and “The Provocation of Jean Baudrillard” (1990). He was also the Book Series Editor (with Wimal Dissanayake) for “The New Hong Kong Cinema” (2002-present), and the special issue editor (with Wu Hung) for “Hong Kong 1997: the Place and the Formula” (May 1997).


Speakers

Ackbar Abbas
Professor of Comparative Literature, University of California at Irvine


Main Sponsor

Asian Institute

Co-Sponsors

Richard Charles Lee Canada Hong Kong Library

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