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International
Conference on East-West Identities:
Globalisation,
Localisation and Hybridisation
26th
to 27th February 2004, Hong Kong Baptist University
Conference
Programme
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Each presenter will be given 15 to 20 minutes to speak, and
there will be at least 15 minutes of Q&A at the end of
each session.
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DAY
1 - 26th February
| Venue: |
Room
NAB 209, Lam Woo International Conference Centre, Hong
Kong Baptist University (HKBU) |
| 09:00
- 09:15 am |
Opening
Ceremony
Professor Ng Ching Fai, President
& Vice-Chancellor, Hong Kong Baptist University |
|
09:15
- 10:30 am
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Keynote
Speech
Speaker: Henry Steiner, Graphic Designer, Steiner and
Co.
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| 10:30
- 11:00 am |
Group
Photo and Tea Break |
| 11:00
am - 12:30 pm |
Plenary
Session:
"Globalisation, Localisation and
Hybridisation: Currents and Countercurrents"
Professor Zhang Longxi, Chair Professor,
Department of Comparative Literature and Translation,
City University of Hong Kong
Professor Chung Ling, Dean of Arts, Hong Kong Baptist
University
Professor Georgette Wang,
Dean of Communication, Hong Kong Baptist University
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| 12:30
- 02:00 pm |
Lunch
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| Venue: |
Room
DLB 802, 8th Floor, David C. Lam Building, HKBU |
Room
NAB 209, Lam Woo Int'l Conference Centre, HKBU |
| 02:00
- 03:30 pm |
Session
1:
Whither Hong Kong Identity? |
Session
2:
Cross-cultural Encounters in Global Business |
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Dr.
Michael DeGolyer
(Hong Kong Baptist University)
"Identity
in the Politics of Transition: The Case of Hong Kong,
'Asia's World City'" |
Dr.
Sikko Visscher
(Universiteit van Amsterdam)
"Always the Twain Shall Meet: Singapore's
Struggle with Identity" |
Dr.
Lam Wai Man
(The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
"Depoliticization
and the Politics of Citizenship in Hong Kong" |
Dr.
Heike Hermanns
(University of Glasgow)
"Economic
Opening and Cultural Changes: Views
from East Asia and Eastern Europe" |
Dr.
Thomas Tse
(The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
"Citizenship
Education in Hong Kong Schools:
Tension
among Localisation, Nationalisation and Globalisation" |
Ms.
Dorothy Yen and Dr. Bradley Barnes
(University of Leeds)
"Exploring
Dyadic Business-to-Business Relationships from the
Western and Eastern Perspectives" |
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Ms.
Merja Karppinen
(Helsinki School of Economics)
"East-West
Knowledge Creation Patterns" |
| 03:30
- 04:00 pm |
Tea
Break |
| Venue: |
Room
DLB 802, 8th Floor, David C. Lam Building, HKBU |
Room
NAB 209, Lam Woo Int'l Conference Centre, HKBU |
| 04:00
- 05:45 pm |
Session
3:
Mediating East-West Differences through Education |
Session
4:
Writing China: East-West Perspectives |
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Professor
Gerard Postiglione
(The University of Hong Kong)
"The Context of Educational Access and
Identity Formation for Tibetan Students: Educational
Segregation or Impact Integration?" |
Dr.
Gillian Bickley
(Hong Kong Baptist University)
"For the Record and other Poems of Hong
Kong" |
Ms.
Zhou Jingqiong
(The University of Hong Kong)
"Globalization
and the Teaching of American Courses in Chinese
Universities" |
Professor
Liu Lili and Ms. Bu Zhaoxia
(Nankai University)
"A
Thing Handed Down from History: Reconsidering the
Literature Since May Fourth" |
Mr.
Eric Jabal
(University of Toronto)
"International
Schools Alumni Project (ISAP): Navigating the
'Multiple Worlds' of International School Alumni" |
Dr.
William Butcher
(Hong Kong Baptist University)
"The
Tribulations of a Chinese in China: Verne and the
Orient" |
Dr.
Li Jun and Ms. Zhang Daling
(Lanzhou University)
"Oriental Western Culture and the Idea of a
University" |
Mr.
Jonathan Benda
(Tunghai University)
"The French Invention of Chinese
Rhetoric?" |
Mr.
Serge Dreyer
(Tunghai University)
"Students' Desired Identity and the
Teaching-Learning of Foreign Language
in Taiwan Universities" |
Mr.
Gene Mustain
(The University of Hong Kong)
"An American in China: Peter Hessler as Ho
Wei” |
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DAY 2 - 27th February
| Venue: |
Room
DLB 802, 8th Floor, David C. Lam Building, HKBU |
Room
NAB 209, Lam Woo Int'l Conference Centre, HKBU |
| 09:00
- 10:30 am |
Session
5:
Cinema Now and Then, Here and There |
Session
6:
Migration and Mobile Identities |
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Dr.
Steve Fore
(City University of Hong Kong)
"Making
Do and Making Meaning: Cultural and Technological
Hybridity in Recent Asian Animation" |
Dr.
Siumi Maria Tam
(The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
"Coming
'Home': Reverse Adjustments among Hong Kong Emigrants
Returning from Australia" |
Dr.
Ramona Curry
(Fulbright Visiting Scholar, HKBU)
"Bridges
and Railings: Issues in the Early Cross-over U.S.
Marketing of Hong Kong Films" |
Professor
Filomeno V. Aguilar, Jr.
(Ateneo de Manila University)
"Long-Distance
Nationalists?
The Bounded Identities and Unbounded Politics
of Overseas Filipinos" |
Dr.
Sean M. Tierney
(Miles College)
"Hong
Kong Cinema and American Audiences: Cultural
Consideration of Appreciation and Appropriation" |
Dr.
Nan M. Sussman
(City University of New York)
"Identity
Shift as a Consequence of Crossing Cultures: Hong Kong
Sojourners and Re-migrants" |
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Mr.
Sammual Kwok-fu Wong
(University of Bradford)
"Chronic
Poverty and Identity Traps Among Chinese Migrants in
Hong Kong" |
| 10:30
- 11:00 am |
Tea
Break |
| Venue: |
Room
DLB 802, 8th Floor, David C. Lam Building, HKBU |
Room
NAB 209, Lam Woo Int'l Conference Centre, HKBU |
| 11:00
am - 12:45 pm |
Session
7:
Identity Formation and the Internet |
Session
8:
Glocal Popular Culture |
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Dr.
Jeffrey Wilkinson
(Hong Kong Baptist University) and
Dr. Steven McClung
(Florida State University)
"Diverging
Media Convergence: Perceptual Differences Across
Cultures, Genders and Habits" |
Dr.
Ho Wai Chung
(Hong Kong Baptist University)
"The
Impact of Localization and Globalization on Popular
Music In the Context of Social Change in Taiwan" |
Dr.
Ashley Tellis
(The University of Arizona)
"Cyberpatriarchy:
Chat Rooms and the Construction of Man-to-Man
Relations in Urban India" |
Professor
Lee Tain-Dow
(Kun Shan University of Technology) and
Ms. Liu Po-Chun
(Fu-Jen Catholic University)
"Local
Space / Global Consumption: Flaneur in Taipei Warner
Village" |
Dr.
Ai-Ling Wang
(Tamkang University)
"Cross-cultural
Exchanges through Electronic Discussion Group:
Exploring
Cultural Awareness and Audience Awareness" |
Mr.
Cheng Chih-Wen
(City University of London)
"Television
Regionalism in Greater China: The Emerging Formation
of Media Regionalism from the Views of the West and
China" |
Mr.
Oscar Bulaong Jr
(Ateneo de Manila University)
"On
the Globalisation of the Self: Internet Weblogs as an
Identity-forming Activity" |
Mr.
Chris Wood
(White Dog Creative Inc., Canada)
"Pi's
Passport: Policy and Diversity of Identity in Popular
Culture" |
| 12:45
- 02:00 |
Lunch
|
| Venue: |
Room
DLB 802, 8th Floor, David C. Lam Building, HKBU |
Room
NAB 209, Lam Woo Int'l Conference Centre, HKBU |
| 02:00
- 03:30 pm |
Session
9:
Global Business Practices and Strategies |
Session
10:
Beyond Globalisation: New Perspectives on Identities |
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Dr.
Benjamin T. Tolosa Jr.
(Ateneo de Manila University)
"Representation
of the Stock Market and Securities Research in The
Philippines and Global Financial Regularization" |
Dr.
Michelle Huang
(National Taiwan Normal University) and
Dr. Chi-she Li
(National Taiwan University)
"Beyond
Social Movements: The Cultural Dimensions of
Anti-Globalization" |
Dr.
Bradley Barnes
(The University of Leeds) and
Ms. Yu Qionglei
(Zheng Jiang University of Technology and Business)
"Investigating
the Impact of International Cosmetic Advertising in
China" |
Dr.
Karori Singh
(University of Rajasthan)
"Globalization,
National Culture and Primordial Identities in Sri
Lanka" |
Mr.
Toby Yip
(Simon Fraser University)
"Consuming
Hybrid Cultural Images: Content Analysis of
Transnational Corporate Fast Food Advertisements in
Contemporary Hong Kong" |
Dr.
Ting Wai
(Hong Kong Baptist University) and
Mr. Wang Wen
(Lanzhou University)
"Beyond
Identity? Theoretical Dilemma and Historical
Reflection of Constructive International Theory" |
Professor
Jan Selmer
(Hong Kong Baptist University)
"Roadblocks and Drivers in the Localization
Process: The Experience
Of Western Business Firms in China" |
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| 03:30
- 03:45 pm |
Tea
Break |
| Venue: |
Room
DLB 802, 8th Floor, David C. Lam Building, HKBU |
Room
NAB 209, Lam Woo Int'l Conference Centre, HKBU |
| 03:45
- 05:15 pm |
Session
11:
Local Reading of Images of Global Popular Culture |
Session
12:
Hybridisation in Language and Religion |
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Professor
Todd Holden
(Tohoku University)
"Global 'Career' and National Identity:
Developing Theory, Studying Japan" |
Professor
Brian Chan
(Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
"Hybrid Language and Hybrid Identity: The Case
of Cantonese-English Code-switching in Hong Kong" |
Dr.
Anthony Fung
(The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
"Learning
Hong Kong's Body: Beauties, Beauty Workers and their
Identities" |
Dr.
Maria Chik
(Hong Kong Baptist University)
"Role
of Humor in the Globalization-Localization of Identity
Formation" |
Dr.
Amy Lai
(Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
"The
Reception of a Clairol Advertisement by Hong Kong TV
Viewers" |
Mr.
Chiou Syuan-yuan
(International
Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World)
"Building
Traditions for Bridging Difference: A History of
Islamic Dawa Movement of Chinese-Indoneisa Muslim in
East
Java" |
Ms.
Rie Ito
(Tohoku University)
"Japan's 'Beckham Fever': Marketing and
Consuming a Western Idol" |
Professor
Ian Mabbett
(Monash University)
"East-West Identities and the Beginnings of
Buddhism" |
| 05:15
- 05:30 |
Tea
Break
|
| 05:30
- 07:00 pm |
Roundtable
Discussion (reports from 12 sessions) and Closing
Remarks
Chairs:
Professor
Jan Walls
Director, North America-China Research Programme,
Simon Fraser University and
Dr. David Hayward
Director, Western Pacific Rim-China Research
Programme, Swinburne University of Technology
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| 07:30
- 09:30 pm |
Conference
Dinner
Hosted by Professor Herbert H. Tsang, Academic
Vice-President, Hong Kong Baptist University
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