Staff research in the area of Intercultural Studies forms part of the larger Literary Translation and Intercultural Studies cluster.
The Department has a particular interest in minority literatures and cultures, which dovetails closely with the Arts and Social Sciences Faculty's Faculty Niche Research Area (FNRA) subgroup of Minority Studies / Marginalized Population Studies. Research interests include the following:
- Minority literatures in translation
- Intercultural reception of Tibetan films and literature
- Uyghur cinema
- Tibetan anthropology and religion
- Anthropocene Studies
Selected Publications
Hardie, C. (2021) “Liberating lives”. In Holly Gayley (ed), Voices from Larung Gar: Shaping Tibetan Buddhism for the Twenty-First Century. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 175-208.
Hardie, C. (2019) “Khenpo Tsultrim Lodrö’s appeal to contemporary Tibetan religious practitioners to abandon meat and practice non-killing”. In Geoffrey Barstow (ed), The Faults of Meat: Tibetan Buddhist Writings on Vegetarianism. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications, 259-310.
Yau, W.P. (2019) “Magic realism as a critical response to the Anthropocene”. In Kwai-cheung Lo and Jessica Yeung (eds), The Chinese Shock of the Anthropocene: Image, Music and Text in the Age of Climate Change. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 109-29.
Yeung, J. (2019) “Environment and social justice in Chinese documentaries: Hope or crisis?”. In Kwai-cheung Lo and Jessica Yeung (eds), The Chinese Shock of the Anthropocene: Image, Music and Text in the Age of Climate Change. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 37-55.
Yeung, J. (2019)《香港的第三條道路：莫昭如的安那其民眾戲劇》，香港：手民出版社。
Yeung, J. (2017) Tharlo: Short Story and Film Script by Pema Tseden. A book-length translation and edited volume with co-authored critical introduction by J. Yeung and W.P. Yau (21,000 words). Hong Kong: MCCM Creations and Hong Kong University Museum and Art Gallery.
