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Public Talk on Reading Depression

09 Jan 2009

 

The Hong Kong University Libraries' "Reading Club" and the Project for Public Culture of Journalism and Media Studies Centre, HKU will co-host a public talk on "Reading Depression".

Ms Esther Lee, author of "憂鬱病，就是這樣", will share how she confronts the battle of depression with the support of her husband, Professor Leo Ou-fan Lee. She will also talk about the reception of her book : how it assumes a life of its own after receiving overwhelming responses from her readers. Professor Leo Ou-fan Lee will discuss his wife's book in literary terms and talk about depression as depicted in literature in general, particularly William Styron's book, "Darkness Visible."

Public Talk on "Reading Depression" （ "憂鬱病，就是這樣"）

Details :

Speakers :     
- Ms. Esther Lee (author of "憂鬱病，就是這樣"） 
- Professor Leo Ou-fan Lee (Honorary Director, Professor of Humanities, Centre for East Asian Studies, CUHK)

Moderator :  Angela Law, Senior Editor, Joint Publishing(Hong Kong) Company Limited

Date :             January 15, 2009 (Thursday)

Time :             7:15pm to 9pm

Venue:               1/F, Hong Kong Universities Libraries

Language:    Cantonese and Mandarin

Admission is free, for details and online registration please view :

http://lib.hku.hk/friends/reading_club/bt2009_1.html

The Project for Public Culture of Journalism and Media Studies Centre is sponsored by the "Azalea (1972) Endowment Fund".

For enquiries, please contact Ms. Velentina Ma, Journalism and Media Studies Centre, HKU (Tel: 2219 4012) or Ms Carmen Tsang, Hong Kong University Libraries(Tel : 2859 2211)