Hong Kong Studies Association Annual Conference 2023

Date: 29-30 May 2023

Location: Virtual

Theme: Hong Kong Beyond Geopolitics: Diaspora, Institution and Agency

Programme

[Day 1] 29 May

9:00-9:15 |Opening remarks by HKSA convenors 

9:15-10:45 | Plenary Session – Institutionalising Hong Kong Studies: Initiatives in Asia-Pacific and the UK

• AKO Tomoko (Tokyo University), 

• Florence MOK (Nanyang Technological University), 

• Vivian KONG (Bristol University); and 

• Sui-Ting KONG (Durham University)  

10:45-11:00 | Break 

11:00-12:15 | HKSA Keynote Address
Generational differences in local identities, participation in social movements, and migration intention among Hongkongers  

• Speaker: Professor Man-yee KAN (University of Oxford) 

12:15-12:30  | Closing remarks  

[Day 2]  30 May

14:00-16:00 | PhD workshop

A made-in-Hong Kong cross-media wuxia culture for diasporic Chinese in the early-1960s  

• Hei Ting WONG (National University of Singapore)  

• Discussant: Wayne Wong (Sheffield University) 

Shadow Economy and Underground Networks in Hong Kong during Early Cold War  

• Ka Shing SO (Binghamton University, State University of New York) 

• Discussant: Gina Anne TAM (Trinity University, San Antonio, TX) 

The myth of homogeneity: centring minority voices through a 'Hong Kong as Method' approach  

• Keenan MANNING (Concordia University, Montreal) 

• Discussant:  Lutgard LAMS (KU Leuven Campus Brussels) 

Still business as usual? The EU’s approach towards Hong Kong during the 2019 and 2020 protests.  

• Serafijn GENTILS (Oxford University)  

• Discussant: SING Ming (former HKUST) 

16:00-16:30 | Break 

16:30-18:00 | Plenary Session: Hierarchy and Agency: Hong Kong in International Politics

Problematizing Hong Kong Political Subjectivity: The Struggle for, and over, Democracy 

• Sui Ting KONG (Durham University) and Stevi JACKSON (York University) 

“Cities on Fire”: Istanbul-Gezi Park and Hong Kong: A Commentary on “social movements in two rebel cities 

• Bulent GOKAY (Keele University) 

Tear-gas as state terrorism: A novel theoretical framework for studying the 2019 Hong Kong Protests 

• Max DIXON (Portsmouth University) with comments from Sophie HASPESLAGH (King’s College, London)