On 15 October 2019 academics from Hong Kong University will join colleagues from the UK for a workshop on Redefining Cultural Memory through the Chinese Classics at King’s College London. The workshop constitutes the second event in a series of co-operations led by Dr Martin Dinter (Department of Classics, King's) and Nicholas Williams (Department of Chinese, HKU) characterised by their double aim of research and outreach. During their visit members of the HKU delegation will also speak to the Classics Student Society at King's and the Comparative Literature Departmental Seminar.

At this workshop, participating researchers will present research on how the cultural memory theory can be applied to Classical Chinese literature. The event will feature talks on the following topics:

• Communicative and Cultural Memories of the Song Restoration
• The Taming of the Ape: A Chinese Sutra
• Landscape and Memory: Re-inventing the ‘Women of Yangzhou’ in the Eighteenth Century
• Cultural Memory and Identity: Representations of the February 28^th Incident in Taiwanese Literature
• What Does Tang Poetry Mean to Contemporary Writers? Li Bai in Ha Jin, Liu Liduo, Yi Sha, and Xi Chuan

Programme

11.00 – 11.30 The Taming of the Ape: A Chinese Sutra - Isaac Yue, University of Hong Kong

11.30 – 11.45 Response and Questions

11.45 – 12.15 Communicative and Cultural Memories of the Song Restoration -Chu Ming Kin, University of Hong Kong

12.15 – 12.30 Response and Questions

12.30 – 14.30 Lunch and Campus Tour

14.30 – 15.00 Landscape and Memory: Re-inventing the ‘Women of Yangzhou’ in the Eighteenth Century - Yang Binbin, University of Hong Kong

15.00 – 15.15 Response and Questions

15.15 – 15.45 Cultural Memory and Identity: Representations of the February 28^th   Incident in Taiwanese Literature - Lin Pei-yin, University of Hong Kong

15.45 – 16.00 Response and Questions

16.00 – 16.30 Coffee

16.30 – 17.00 What Does Tang Poetry Mean to Contemporary Writers? Li Bai in Ha Jin, Liu Liduo, Yi Sha, and Xi Chuan - Lucas Klein, University of Hong Kong

17.00 – 17.15 Response and Questions

The event is generously supported by HKU and the King’s College Strategic Partnership Fund.

The event is open to all students and staff. External visitors are requested to register with the event organiser to arrange campus access (martin.dinter@kcl.ac.uk).