About
The Transnational Urban Narratives Network aims to provide an international platform for academics and researchers studying different forms of urban narratives and imaginaries across cultures and historical periods. It encourages transnational and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of different genres and cultural productions, such as literature, cinema, visual art, social media, as well as narratives and texts that cross genres. It organises regular reading groups that discuss different theoretical and critical perspectives, such as those relating to literary and cultural theories, urban studies, gender studies, cultural anthropology, urban history, and cultural geography, as well as workshops and seminars to foster international collaboration and conversations. Based in Hong Kong, this network hopes to connect with researchers who are based in Asia and internationally, while also foregrounding Asia as a key site of urban imagination and cross-cultural dialogues.
Co-convenors
Dr Klaudia Lee
Associate Professor
Department of English
City University of Hong Kong
Research interests: Nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature and culture, spatiality, comparative and world literature, adaptation and translation, literary urban studies
Dr Elmo Gonzaga
Associate Professor
Department of Cultural and Religious Studies
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Research interests: Transnational film and media studies, global critical theory, historical memory, Southeast Asian studies, inter-Asia studies, South-South studies
Dr Joanna Mansbridge
Associate Professor
Department of English
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Research interests: Theatre and performance studies, film and visual culture, urban studies, gender studies, environmental humanities
Dr Alvin K. Wong
Assistant Professor
Department of Comparative Literature
University of Hong Kong
Research interests: Queer theory, Sinophone studies, Hong Kong culture, transnational feminism, environmental humanities
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