https://creativewriting.hkust.edu.hk/ en https://creativewriting.hkust.edu.hk/node/167 Lu Xun and the Global South<span><span>jzhoudn</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-12-13T00:00:00+08:00" title="Saturday, 13 December, 2025 - 00:00">Sat, 13/12/2025 - 00:00</time> </span> <p><strong>HKUST 35th Anniversary Cultural and Arts events</strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>13 Dec (Sat)</strong></p> <p><strong>Keynote Speech: Generative AI and Thinking Transnationally and Transculturally</strong></p> <p>Karen Thornber, Harvard University<br />  </p> <p><strong>Keynote Speech: Dead Souls: On Travel, Translation, and Structural Transformation</strong></p> <p>Carlos Rojas, Duke University</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Panel 1: North vs South</strong></p> <p>Chair: Jianmei Liu</p> <p>Discussant: Edwin Michielsen<br /><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Panel 2: The Sinophone Method 1</strong></p> <p>Chair: Shengqing Wu</p> <p>Discussant: Nicholas Y. H. Wong<br /><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Panel 3: The Sinophone Method II</strong></p> <p>Chair: Shao Hung Teng</p> <p>Discussant: Fangdai Chen</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>14 Dec (Sun)</strong></p> <p><strong>Panel 4: South of the South</strong></p> <p>Chair: Karen Thornber</p> <p>Discussant: Baryon Tensor Posadas<br /><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Panel 5: National Allegory and Ideology</strong></p> <p>Chair: Carlos Rojas</p> <p>Discussant: Tobias Benedikt Zuern</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Presenters</strong></p> <p>Karen Thornber, Harvard University</p> <p>Carlos Rojas, Duke University</p> <p>Usha Chandran, Jawaharlal Nehru University</p> <p>Jinqing Chen, Mie University</p> <p>Po-hsi Chen, Academia Sinica</p> <p>Lik Kwan Cheung, The Chinese University of Hong Kong</p> <p>Kang Wen Chong, National Taiwan University</p> <p>Wendong Cui, The Chinese University of Hong Kong</p> <p>Laurel Fulton, Lund University</p> <p>Dennitza Gabrakova, Wakayama University</p> <p>Gal Gvili, McGill University</p> <p>Jon von Kowallis, The University of New South Wales, Sydney</p> <p>Sze Wing Kwok , The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong</p> <p>Pei-yin Lin, The University of Hong Kong</p> <p>Xiaolu Ma, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology</p> <p>Robert Tsaturyan, Hong Kong Baptist University</p> <p>RanWei, Tsinghua University</p> <p>Ying xiong, Tsinghua University</p> <p>Lanjun Xu, National University of Singapore</p> <p>Wayne Yeung, University of Denver</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Date</strong><strong>:</strong></p> <p>13 December 2025  to 14 December 2025</p> <p><strong>Time:</strong></p> <p>9am - 6pm (13 Dec), 9am - 2:30pm (14 Dec)</p> <p><strong>Venue:</strong></p> <p>Council Chamber (7/F, Lift 13-15), HKUST</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Language:</strong></p> <p>English</p> <p><strong>Contact:</strong></p> <p><a href="mailto:hmxlma@ust.hk">hmxlma@ust.hk</a></p> <p><strong>Organizer</strong>:</p> <p>Division of Humanities</p> <p>環球事務及傳訊處/Global Engagement and Communication Office</p> <p>香港科技大學賽馬會高等研究院/HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study</p> <p>人文社會科學學院/School of Humanities and Social Science</p> <!-- COMMENT BOX --> <div class="comment-box clearfix"> </div> <!-- End Comment Box --> Classic <a href="/blog-categories/events" hreflang="en">Events</a> No sidebar Standard /sites/default/files/styles/image_1200x732/public/2025-12/Lu%20Xun%20and%20the%20Global%20South_v2.jpg?itok=FMlBBzzQ Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000 jzhoudn 167 at https://creativewriting.hkust.edu.hk https://creativewriting.hkust.edu.hk/node/167#comments