talks | The Department of Communication

PhD Candidate, Ms. HUANG Xiaowei

Is there a Second Life online? Subjectivity and Gender Identity in the Virtual World 25/01/2018 (Thursday) 13:00-14:00 E21-G002

Prof. Colin Sparks

Theoretical questions in comparing media systems 30/11/2017 (Thursday) 13:00-14:00 E21-2001 Scholarly discussion of comparative media systems has been dominated by the work of Daniel Hallin and Paolo Mancini for more than a decade now. Their ideas have been used in a very wide variety of circumstances, but at the same time some

Prof. Tony Schirato and Prof. Mary Roberts

Bourdieu in context: His work and theoretical development. 23/11/2017 (Thursday) 13:00-14:00 E21-G002 In An Invitation to Reflexive Sociology, Wacquant refers to Bourdieu "systemically developing ... a sociological method consisting essentially in a manner of posing problems, in a ... set of conceptual tools and procedures for constructing objects and for transferring knowledge

Prof. Benjamin K. Hodges

Kick the Dead Rabbit: Tuxedos, Movies, and Cosmopolitan Urban Imaginaries in Macao 09/11/2017 (Thursday) 13:00-14:00 E21-G002 This talk explores ways in which a cosmopolitan, urbane subject is on display in Macao’s gaming, tourism and leisure industries. Much like the fin-de-siècle flâneur studied by Walter Benjamin, the cosmopolitan tourist and gambler portrayed in

PhD Candidate Ms. WU Xiaoping

Discursive strategies of resistance in Weibo — A Case Study of the 2015 Tianjin Explosions in China 26/10/2017 (Thursday) 13:00-14:00 E21-G002 In 2015, the worst industrial accident since the founding of the P.R.C., took place in Tianjin (a major city close to Beijing) when a series of massive blasts occurred in chemical

Dr. Juhee KANG

Hiding behind the Screen: Mobile use among North Korean migrant women in South Korea 12/10/2017 (Thursday) 13:00-14:00 E21-G002 Every year hundreds of North Koreans cross the Tumen River running through the Sino-Korean border in the search for a better life elsewhere. While some stray in China, Russia or Southeast Asian countries, others

Dr. Noah Yuan ZHANG

Gender’s Studies in Contemporary Chinese Context 11/10/2017 (Thursday) 10:00-11:00 E21-1013 Gender’s Studies, as an independent while interdisciplinary discipline in the academic research and teaching system has been regarded for a long period of time, that originated from the western social movements and changings. Is there, and have been there any Chinese local