The Centre has invited Professor Dr. Irmy Schweiger, Professor of Chinese Studies and Deputy Head of the Department of Asian, Middle Eastern and Turkish Studies of Stockholm University, to deliver a public lecture.
Details are as follows:
Date: 7 December 2018 (Friday)
Time: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Venue: A305, S H Ho Academic Building (Block A), The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong
Speaker: Professor Dr. Irmy Schweiger
*This event will be conducted in English.
About Professor Dr. Irmy Schweiger
Professor Dr. Irmy Schweiger is Professor of Chinese Studies and Deputy Head of the Department of Asian, Middle Eastern and Turkish Studies. She has traveled extensively in China and Taiwan. She began her study of Chinese in Germany and later in Taipei, Beijing and Tianjin. She received her PhD in Chinese at the Institute for Chinese Studies at Ruprecht-Karls University of Heidelberg, Germany and has taught at various institutions in Germany and Sweden, such as Heidelberg, Göttingen and Stockholm. She has a wide range of research interests which include trauma and cultural memory in literature, women studies, cultural dynamics in Sinophone writings, and intercultural communication.
About Centre for Greater China Studies (CGCS)
CGCS aims to provide a platform to enhance interdisciplinary research concerning Greater China region.
*This event was partially supported by a grant from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (Project No.: UGC/IDS14/17)