Department of Comparative Literature

Roundtable on Comparative Literature in Asia

Panelists:

Omid Azadibougar

Professor of Comparative Literature, Foreign Studies College, Hunan Normal University

Trisilpa Boonkhachorn

Associate Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, Chulalongkorn University

Jose Mari Cuartero

Department of English and Comparative Literature, University of the Philippines-Diliman

Lee Hyung-jin

Professor, Translation Studies and Comparative Literature, Sookmyung Women’s University

Mrinmoy Pramanick

Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Indian Language and Literature, University of Calcutta

Moderators:

Daniel Elam

Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, School of Humanities, HKU

Alvin K. Wong

Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, School of Humanities, HKU

Date: Monday, November 14, 2022

Time: 5:00 pm (Hong Kong Time)

Venue: On Zoom

All are welcome. Registration is required.

https://bit.ly/CSGCNov14

This roundtable is part of an ongoing conversation that highlights the histories, methods, interventions, and futures of comparative literature in Asia. This conversation will focus on comparative literature in India, China, South Korea, Thailand. and the Philippines – with the hope of opening up more transnational conversations and collaboration across Asia. We hope you’ll join in!

Enquiries: Georgina Challen – gchallen@hku.hk