{"id":18447,"date":"2017-10-26T11:47:32","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T03:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/?p=18447"},"modified":"2024-01-16T10:58:25","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T02:58:25","slug":"23rd-english-departmental-seminar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/hk\/23rd-english-departmental-seminar\/","title":{"rendered":"23rd English Departmental Seminar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp-row-fluid motopress-row mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"mp-span12 motopress-clmn  mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right motopress-margin-bottom-25\">\n<div class=\"motopress-text-obj\">\n<p><strong>26 October 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On 26 Oct 2017, the Department of English hosted a long lecture by Prof Jeremy Tambling, Honorary Professor of Comparative Literature at The University of Hong Kong and former Chair of Literature at The University of Manchester. Prof Tambling has written over 20 books and is a prominent international figure in literary studies, critical theory and comparative literature. As part of a new IIDS project co-organised by Dr Paul Fung, Prof Tambling came to our College to talk about phenomenology and critical theory. The topic was \u201c\u2018What is a Picture?\u2019: Lacan, Merleau-Ponty, Heidegger and C\u00e9zanne\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mp-row-fluid motopress-row mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"mp-span12 motopress-clmn  mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right motopress-margin-bottom-25\">\n<div class=\"motopress-image-obj motopress-text-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/news_20171026_ENG_01.jpg\" data-action=\"motopressLightbox\" target=\"_self\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/news_20171026_ENG_01.jpg\" alt=\"Prof Tambling talked about phenomenology and critical theory.\" class=\"motopress-image-obj-basic mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right mpce-dsbl-margin-top mpce-dsbl-margin-bottom\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"motopress-image-caption\">Prof Tambling talked about phenomenology and critical theory.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mp-row-fluid motopress-row mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"mp-span12 motopress-clmn  mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right motopress-margin-bottom-25\">\n<div class=\"motopress-image-obj motopress-text-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/news_20171026_ENG_02.jpg\" data-action=\"motopressLightbox\" target=\"_self\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/news_20171026_ENG_02.jpg\" alt=\"Discussions were held between participants and the speaker.\" class=\"motopress-image-obj-basic mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right mpce-dsbl-margin-top mpce-dsbl-margin-bottom\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"motopress-image-caption\">Discussions were held between participants and the speaker.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mp-row-fluid motopress-row mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"mp-span12 motopress-clmn  mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right motopress-margin-bottom-25\">\n<div class=\"motopress-image-obj motopress-text-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/news_20171026_ENG_03.jpg\" data-action=\"motopressLightbox\" target=\"_self\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/news_20171026_ENG_03.jpg\" alt=\"Group photo of Prof Tambling, teachers and students\" class=\"motopress-image-obj-basic mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right mpce-dsbl-margin-top mpce-dsbl-margin-bottom\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"motopress-image-caption\">Group photo of Prof Tambling, teachers and students<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"26 October 2017 On 26 Oct 2017, the Department of English hosted a long lecture by Prof Jeremy Tambling, Honorary Professor of Comparative Literature at The University of Hong Kong and former Chair of Literature at The University of Manchester. 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