>Feb 28, 2002.
>
>Dear friends and colleagues,
>
>You are cordially invited to a Summer Institute on "Public Criticism and
>Visual Culture" sponsored by the Hong Kong Institute of Cultural Criticism
>(HKICC) and the Center for the Study of Globalization and Cultures at the
>Un iversity of Hong Kong (CSGC, HKU). Established in 2001, the HKICC is a
>consortium of scholars from various universities in Hong Kong whose
>specialty is in cultural criticism and cultural studies research. It aims
>to promote inter-institutional collaboration and trans-disciplinary
>scholarship in cultural studies and to develop Hong Kong into an
>internationally recognized place for the practice of contemporary cultural
>studies and cultural research. This Summer Institute will be one of its
>impor tant academic events this year.
>
>The Summer Institute will be held in Hong Kong from June 3 to June 14. Two
>world-renowned scholars, Gayatri Spivak at Columbia University and Wu Hung
>at the University of Chicago, have agreed to give a series of keynote
>speeches and lead discussions on their own works and other selected
>theoretical texts. They will also be joined by a prominent roster of
>scholars, critics and cultural practitioners from Hon g Kong, China,
>Taiwan, and the United States. They include: Ackbar Abbas (University of
>Hong Kong), Stephen Chan (Lingnan University), Ying Chan (University of
>Hong Kong), Fred Chiu (Baptist University), John Erni (City University of
>Hong Kong), Benjamin Lee (Rice University), Leo Ou-fan Lee (HKU/Harvard),
>Meaghan Morris (Lingnan University), Pinghui Liao (Tsing Hua University,
>Taiwan), and Wang Xiaoming (Shanghai University).
>
>In addition to the morning plenary sessions devoted to lectures and public
>forums, there will also be four pairs of afternoon workshops on the
>following topics:
>      1. Media and public events,
>      2. Urban spaces in Shanghai and Hong Kong,
>      3. Art and visuality,
>      4. Performing Visuality.
>You are invited to join at least three, if not all, of these workshops,
>which will also involve local critics and cultural practitioners (artists,
>journalists, film directors and critics, etc.) to discuss issues of
>specific interest.
>
>The language of the Summer Institute is English, with possibly one
>workshop conducted in Chinese. Young scholars and graduate students
>interested in cultural and area studies are especially welcome. The quota
>for the summer institute is 50. All activities of the institute will take
>place at University of Hong Kong.
>
>Registration fee: HK$1000/ US $130 (for faculty); HK$500 /US $65 (for
>students). Due to budge t constraint, we cannot offer any fellowships.
>Overseas participants who wish to inquire about accommodation in Hong
>Kong, please write to Ms Doreen Chan, Executive officer, Department of
>Comparative Literature, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road (email:
>[log in to unmask], fax: 852-2857-7955, 852-2859-2772).
>
>We will soon be sending out the detailed program, schedule and application
>forms for the summer institute. If you are interested in our activities
>and would like to be on our mailing list, please send a reply email to the
>following email address: [log in to unmask] In your email, please give us
>your brief personal details: your name, institution of affiliation, email
>address, contact phone number, corresponding address an d your research
>interest.
>
>Detailed announcement for the summer institute is also available at
>www.hku.hk/complit/csgc. Please send all your general enquires to the
>email address for the summer institute: [log in to unmask], or do not
>hesitate to write to the follo wing members of the organizing committee:
>
>Dr. Esther Cheung, Comparative Literature, University of Hong
>Kong  (email: [log in to unmask], fax: 852-2857-7955, phone:
852-2859-7047)
>Dr. John Erni, English and Communication, City University of Hong Kong
>(email: [log in to unmask],  phone: 852-2788-9827)
>Dr. Stephen Chan, Cultural Studies, Lingnan University  (email:
>[log in to unmask] u.hk,  phone: 852-2616-7492)
>
>Yours sincerely,
>The Organizing Committee of the Summer Institute, 2002


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