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"City Reassembled" logo for the UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative series, with two squares connected at a corner, against a mottled pale grey background

What is Diaspora? A Possible Dialogue with Hong Kong Studies

Feb 18, 2022 | What is Diaspora? What does “diaspora” describe and conceptualize? Dr. Shelly Chan (University of California, Santa Cruz) explores this and more at the next talk in the Hong Kong Studies Initiative’s “City Reassembled” series.

Pens in a leather roll-up pen holder laid out on a wood table. Event details in text: "Creative Writing for Academics. Panel with Carla Nappi, Minelle Mahtani, and Christopher B. Patterson. Hosted by Carrie Jenkins. Feb 17, Online, 3:15-4:45pm.

Creative Writing for Academics

DATE: Feb 17, 2022 TIME: 3:15pm – 4:45pm LOCATION: Online As academics, we are trained to write in specific, rigorous prose styles. But many of us are drawn to creative writing—fiction, poetry, and other genres—in addition or instead. How can we integrate creative writing into our academic work? This panel features three outstanding contemporary scholar-writers […]

Two parents stand beside three seated children in a portrait with the the title of Alvin Tsang's film "Reunification" and tagline "For 17 years, the filmmaker confronts memories of migration and his once intact family." Black and white in front of a sage green background with expressive colour blocks, lines and blotches in peach and white

Reunification: Screening and conversation

Jan 28, 2022 | Join Alvin Tsang for an online screening of Reunification, his award-winning film on the contemporary Asian American immigrant experience, family psychology, and personal filmmaking. Followed by a conversation with the filmmaker.