Cantonese Culture and Language in the World: What’s Next?
The Cantonese Program of the University of British Columbia Department of Asian Studies is hosting the Second Cantonese Worlds (CW2) Workshop at UBC St. John’s College and the Richmond Public Library. First held in April 2015, the Cantonese Worlds Workshop (CW1) is a piloting event to begin an important conversation for leading scholars and observers regarding the transformations of the Cantonese cultures in the world over the past few decades. Now three years later since CW1, with the establishment of the popular Cantonese Language Program at UBC, CW2 aims to continue this process of discussion with guiding questions to shape future research, outreach, and public education in various areas of Cantonese studies. The 2-day workshop will feature an exciting mix of open forum discussion with established local and international researchers and educators, presentations by university students, screenings of films and an original musical, and a master class on lyric writing, etc. We invite all who are interested to participate in this very important undertaking.
Program
Thursday 21 June 2018
Fairmont Social Lounge, St. John’s College, UBC (2111 Lower Mall, Vancouver)
9:00 – 10:45 am Forum #1: “Cantonese in writing”
Moderator: Clement Tong
Vernacular Written Cantonese and the Early 18th Century Hua Jian Ji – Marjorie Chan
When The Little Prince Speaks Cantonese – Zoe Lam
Cantonese Translations by Missionaries in 19th Century China – Clement Tong
Novels in Cantonese: the Case of Sit Ho Ching – Stephen Matthews / Virginia Yip
UBC student short film: “Have you eaten yet?”
11:00 am – 12:45 pm Forum #2: “Teaching & Learning Cantonese in the World”
“世上無難語，只怕有心人” Why Cantonese is not a difficult language – Liam Doherty
Cantonese, a world language for the Internet age – Steve Kaufmann
Learning Cantonese through Immersion – Michael Schroeder
The Challenges of Reading and Writing Cantonese as a Second Language – John Wakefield
Explore Cantonese by Themes – Christine Wong
UBC student short films: “Bridging Nostalgia”, “Beyond Nostalgia”
2:00 -300 pm Student presentations: UBC Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies (ACAM)
3:00 – 4:45 pm Forum #3: “Cantonese Identities”
Moderator: Christine Wong
Cantonese Diaspora in Cambodia – Dana Bourgerie
Chinese Canadian Identity through Cantonese Opera and Art Exhibitions – Jack Leong
The Cantonese Pacific – Henry Yu
Friday June 22, 2018
Richmond Public Library (100-7700 Minoru Gate Richmond, B.C.)
9:30 – 11:30 am “粵語音樂劇今昔 1997-2018：與填詞人岑偉宗一席話 In Search of Cantonese Musical, 1997-2018: a Conversation with Lyricist Chris Shum” – 羅倩欣教授及岑偉宗先生 Professor Hedy Law & Mr. Chris Shum
(講座將以粵語進行 The lecture to be conducted in Cantonese)
1:00 – 4:00 pm《粵填粵過癮—粵語填詞大師班》 Cantonese Lyrics Writing Master Class – 岑偉宗先生 Chris Shum
(活動將以粵語進行 Activity to be conducted in Cantonese)
Registration
Click here to register for the workshop, the deadline is May 31, 2018.
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