Symposium on Beyond the East West Divide: Gender, Intimacy and Modernity

Date:

May 24 - 25, 2012

Venue:

Social Sciences Chamber, 11/F, Faculty of Social Sciences, Centennial Campus, HKU
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May 24, 2012

8:45 - 9:00	Registration

9:00 - 9:15	Welcoming Speech Professor John P. Burns Dean of Social Sciences, HKU Opening Remarks Professor Stevi Jackson Director, Centre for Women's Studies, The University of York

9:15 - 9:30	Introduction Dr Ho Sik Ying Department of Social Work and Social Administration, HKU

Part I: Mother-daughter Intimacy - Inter-generational Dynamics


9:30 - 9:50	Rethinking Intimacy and Modernity - Lessons from a UK-Hong Kong Comparative Study Professor Stevi Jackson The University of York Biography

9:50 - 10:30	Screening: Whatever Will Be Will Be: Mother-daughters of Hong Kong Dr Ho Sik Ying The University of Hong Kong Biography

10:30 - 11:00	Open Discussion Chairperson: Dr Travis Kong The University of Hong Kong Biography

Part II: Intimacy & Modernity: Re-thinking Theory


11:30 - 11:50	The Gender of Intimacy: Expectations of the Mother-Daughter Relationship in China Professor Harriet Evans University of Westminster Biography

11:50 - 12:10	From Developmental Family to Risk Family: Productive Amplification, Reproductive Meltdown Professor Chang Kyung-sup Seoul National University Biography \| Abstract

12:10 - 12:30	Intimacy, Social Change and Globalisation Professor Lynn Jamieson University of Edinburgh Biography

12:30 - 13:00	Open Discussion Chairperson: Dr Ho Sik Ying The University of Hong Kong

13:00 - 14:30	Lunch

Part III: Sexual Landscapes and Globalisation


14:30 - 14:50	"Situational Singlehood" as the Cultural Logic of Flexible Intimacy and Family in the Global Economy Dr Shen Hsiu-hua National Tsing Hua University Biography

14:50 - 15:10	Taiwanese Men's Sex Tourism in China: Exploring the Intersection of Gender, Nationality and Sexuality Dr Chen Mei-hua National Sun Yat-sen University Biography

15:10 - 15:30	Shanghai’s Global Nightscape as Erotic Worlds Professor James Farrer Sophia University Biography

15:30 - 16:00	Open Discussion Chairperson: Dr Xu Jianhua The University of Hong Kong Biography

16:00 - 16:30	Tea Break

Part IV: Queering Intimacy and Re-thinking Families


16:30 - 16:50	The Forgotten and the Invisible: Older Gay Men’s Negotiation of Intimacy in Hong Kong Dr Travis Kong The University of Hong Kong Biography \| Abstract

16:50 - 17:10	Queering Family Names Dr Woo Juhyun Chung-Ang University Biography

17:10 - 17:30	Same Sex Intimacies and Marriage Professor Brian Heaphy The University of Manchester Biography

17:30 - 18:00	Open Discussion Chairperson: Dr Denise Tang The University of Hong Kong Biography

Part V: Researching Intimacy - Methodological & Ethical Issues


9:30 - 9:50	Researching Couple Relationships and Personal Lives: A Mixed Methods Approach Dr Jacqui Gabb The Open University Biography

9:50 - 10:05	A Reluctant Subject: Reflections on A Family Sonata Dr Cheng Sea Ling Wellesley College Biography

10:05 - 10:15	Facing Shame, Justifying Sin: A Lesson from Love and Punish Ms Priscilla Sham The University of Hong Kong Biography

10:15 - 10:30	A Dangerous Method: How Personal Can We Get in Sexuality Research? Professor Tsang Ka Tat University of Toronto Biography

10:30 - 11:00	Open Discussion Chairperson: Dr Anita Chan The Hong Kong Institute of Education Biography

11:00 - 11:30	Tea Break

Part VI: Roundtable Discussion on Methods


11:30 - 12:50	Research Post-graduates of the Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong Black Marriage at the Chinese Vietnamese Border (Huang Pengli) Biography Xiangqin-Match-Making for Shengnu in China (Zheng Jing) Biography The Purchase of Intergenerational Intimacy: Buying Flats for the Only-Children in Urban China (Zhong Xiaohui) Biography Exploring the Productiveness of Fans: A Study of Ho Denise Wan See (HOCC) Fandom (Eva Li) Biography Researching Gay Shame: The Exploration of ‘Chem-Fun’ in Hong Kong Gay Community (Sky Lau) Biography Chairpersons: Dr Pei Yuxin Sun Yet-sen University Biography Dr Ding Yu Sun Yet-sen University Biography Dr Wang Xiying Beijing Normal University Biography

12:50 - 13:00	Closing Remarks Dr Ho Sik Ying The University of Hong Kong

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