Organized by the Research Programme for Lingnan Culture of the Institute of Chinese Studies, the Qing Cantonese Literati Research Project aims to reveal Lingnan literati and their mentality about world cultures around the Opium War, across disciplines in Canton studies (such as literature, politics, history, religion, translation, fine arts). With its goals to create new perspectives through the exchange and cooperation from different academic backgrounds, the Qing Cantonese Literati Research Project Presentations will be organized regularly starting from October this year. The next presentations on 21 January 2021 will be delivered by Prof. Lai Chi Tim (Associate Director (Executive), Institute of Chinese Studies, CUHK) and Prof. Xu Xiaodong (Associate Director, Art Museum, CUHK).

Date: 21 January 2021 (Thu)
Time: 4:30 – 6:30pm
Modus: Live broadcasting (ZOOM)
Language: Cantonese