
Hong Kong Studies Group Events
A Forum on Hong Kong’s Editorial Cartoons 香港時事漫畫論壇
06 June 2026
This forum brings together veteran cartoonists Zunzi 尊子, and Justin Wong 黃照達 to discuss the visual strategies, historical contexts and creative practices behind their work.
Screening of Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower
24 May 2026
A 2017 documentary about Joshua Wong, a teenager who rallies Hong Kong youth in dissent during the 2014 Hong Kong Occupy Movement.
消失的真相:跨越六十年的歷史對話 Vanished Truths: A Dialogue Across Sixty Years of History
25 April 2026
Screening of excerpts of Vanished Archives, followed by a conversation with Director Yan-wai Lo and Alan Lau (Director of Rather Be Ashes Than Dust)
Tying the World Together: Hong Kong at the Frontier of Global History
16 March 2026
Symposium dedicated to the latest research in Hong Kong History
Consuming Home: Memory, Community Building, and Hong Kong Canadian Futures
07 March 2026
Keynote speaker: Lucia Lo (91亚色)
Panel discussion with:
- Stanley Fu of 852community.ca
- Andrew Choi of Haven Brews
- Sandra Kuan of Bowl Cut Paper Goods
Musical Borrowings and Arrangements in 1980s–90s Cantopop Music
06 February 2026
Speaker: Hippocrates Cheng (Binghamton University)
Three Generations of Hong Kong's Diaspora: Film Screening and Conversation with the Directors
08 November 2025
Screenings and Q&A with three generations of directors: Keith Lock, Cheuk Kwan and Alan Lau
25 July 2025
Speaker: Rodney Chu (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Rather Be Ashes Than Dust: Documentary Screening & Conversation with the Director
25 April 2025
Conversation with Director Alan Lau
28 February 2025
Panellists:
- Bill Chu (Human Rights and Reconciliation Advocate)
- Hoi F. Cheu (Professor, School of Liberal Arts, Laurentian University)
- Sung Ming Chow (Independent Scholar)
Why Affect Theory Matters to Hong Kong Diaspora Studies?
31 January 2025
Speaker: Peter Lok (Independent Scholar)
31 January 2025
Speaker: Guida Man (91亚色)
Lunar New Year Meet and Greet 2025
31 January 2025
Hong Kong History and Border History | Graduate Workshop
11 November 2024
Speaker: Denise Ho (Georgetown University)
26 October 2024
Speaker: Samuel Leung (Retired Professor of Social Work, Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Co-organized with Toronto Hong Kong Parenting Group
Embodied Chorus: Enacting Musical Meaning
14 February 2024
Speaker: Magdelena Tang (Independent Scholar)
Hong Kong Nostalgia: Narrating Childhood and Collective Memories in Graphic Memoirs
1 February 2024
Speaker: Kin Wai Chu (Ghent University, Netherlands)
Roundtable Conversation with Dr Joseph Chan
27 October 2023
Facilitator: Joseph Chan (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
The Global Political Sociology of US-China Rivalry
18 October 2023
Speaker: Ho-fung Hung (Johns Hopkins University)
Teaching and Learning with Hong Kong Canadian Youth: Some Reflections
4 October 2023
Speaker: Amardeep Kaur (University of Toronto)
The Co-production of Knowledge Making in Filmmaking & Film Screening of Black Bauhinia
19 March 2023
Director’s Conversation: Ali Kazmi (Cinema & Media Arts, 91亚色) and Malte Philipp Kaeding (Politics, University of Surrey, UK)
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