HKMU Scholars Attending the Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Conference 2025 - Department of Humanities, Language and Translation

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Department of Humanities, Language and Translation HKMU Scholars Attending the Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Conference 2025

HKMU Scholars Attending the Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Conference 2025

Between 23 July and 25 July 2025, Prof. Amy LEE Wai-sum, Dr CHAN Wai Yin, Dr Cassini Sai Kwan CHU, and Dr Penn Tsz Ting IP formed an HKMU Scholars' panel and presented their research works at the Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Conference 2025 in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province in Thailand. The panel, “Beyond Dyadic Narratives of Labour and Capital: The Geo-Social Connections of Local Asians and Their Everyday Lives,” was chaired and organised by Dr Penn Tsz IP with Prof. Lee, Dr Chan, and Dr Chu.

Photo 1: HKMU scholars: Dr CHAN Wai Yin, Dr LIEW Kai Khiun, Professor Yiu Fai CHOW, Professor Amy LEE Wai-sum, Dr Penn Tsz Ting IP, and Dr Cassini Sai Kwan CHU (From left to right)

Photo 2: HKMU Scholars' Panel “Beyond Dyadic Narratives of Labour and Capital: The Geo-Social Connections of Local Asians and Their Everyday Lives,” formed by Dr Cassini Sai Kwan CHU, Dr CHAN Wai Yin, Professor Amy LEE Wai-sum, and Dr Penn Tsz Ting IP (From left to right)

Photo 3: After a brief introductory note presented by Dr Penn Tsz Ting Ip, Professor Amy LEE Wai-sum shared her research paper “Personal Narratives as Therapy: Reading (Non-Bestseller) Human Books to Learn Empathy” at the conference panel.

Photo 4: Dr CHAN Wai Yin presented her paper “Making Do with Wastes: The Value of Waste Picking in the Urban Lives of Older Women in Hong Kong.”

Photo 5: Dr Cassini Sai Kwan CHU shared her research insights on the topic “Compensated Dating: Love, Sex, and Money.”

Photo 6: Dr Penn Tsz Ting IP shared her research paper “Gendering Socialist Workers' New Villages: The Grassrootscapes of Destitute and Disadvantaged Women in Shanghai.”

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