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HKUL Book Talk: Literature and Gods: Elevation from Poetry to Philosophy

27 Sep 2010

 

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Theme book: Literature and Gods: Interview with Professor Jao Tsung-I
Speaker: Professor Sze Yee-Tui, Department of Chinese, University of Macau
Date: 30 September 2010 (Thursday)
Time: 7:15 pm - 9:00 pm
Venue: Special Collections, 1/F, Main Library, The University of Hong Kong
Language: Putonghua

Registration: http://lib.hku.hk/friends/reading_club/bt2010_10.html

About the Book

This book uses the dialogues between Jao Tsung-I and the author to present Jao's profound theories of arts and academic research in a simple, systematically and comprehensive way.

About the Speaker

Professor Sze was a pre-associate researcher（Associate Professor）in Literature Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.  He is currently a Professor of the Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities (FSH) in University of Macau. His research areas include poetry, lyrical poetry and ancient Chinese literature. He has the works "On the Relationship between Ci Poetry and Music", "Sze Yee Tui's Collected Papers of Ci Poetry" and "Collection of Contemporary Ci Poetry" and so on.

About the Talk

Professor Sze will share his experience of writing the book and what he learns from Professor Yao with us. He will also talk about the secret of Jao's academic world, the exploration and elevation of his academic research areas and so on.