Topic: Time Travel of Men and Objects——Material (Familial) History Writing in Dung Kai-cheung’s 董啟章 Tian gong kai wu, xu xu ru sheng 天工開物‧栩栩如真

 

Speaker: Chau Man-Lut 鄒文律  (PhD candidate, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Chinese University of Hong Kong)

 

Date: March 9, 2012 (Friday)

 

Time: 6:00-7:30 pm

 

Venue: Hong Kong Institute of Education (B4-LP-01)

 

Works and Creations (Tian gong kai wu, xu xu ru sheng 天工開物‧栩栩如真) is a part of Dung’s Trilogy of Natural History自然史三部曲, in which he explores themes such as the urban city and history using a unique style that sets his writings apart from his contemporaneous writers.