Jointly organised by The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Library and the University\u2019s Hong Kong Literature Research Centre, the exhibition \u201cArchiving Hong Kong Literature: The 20th Anniversary of the Hong Kong Literature Collection at CUHK Library\u201d will be presented from today (28 June) to 30 December 2022 in the Exhibition Area of University Library, CUHK. The exhibition is open to the public free of charge.<\/p>\r\n
With the donation of books and research materials from Professor Wai-luen LO (Xiao Si), CUHK Library established the Hong Kong Literature Collection and the Hong Kong Literature Database in 2002 by creatively linking researchers\u2019 personal collections with the Library\u2019s resources. After years of collection, expansion and promotion, they became a research platform of academic and social significance. To mark the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Literature Collection, this exhibition showcases more than 100 selected items from Hong Kong literary history. The exhibition is linked by the idea of \u201carchives\u201d to encourage visitors to think about the trace-leaving and preservation of literature in daily life.<\/p>\r\n
There are four zones in the exhibition. Many scarce books are exhibited in the \u201cRare Books\u201d area, including a Japanese translation of Xia Qiu Zhuan<\/em>, and the book Submarine<\/em> translated by Ai Zhen (Eileen Chang), while the \u201cNewspapers and Magazines\u201d area displays a number of precious collections of newspapers, supplements and periodicals by the library. Personal items donated by literary writers are exhibited in \u201cWriters\u2019 Possession\u201d area, with a display case showing different replicas of the collections, and the \u201cDigital Starry Sky\u201d area features the development of the Hong Kong Literature Database, Hong Kong Writers and Artists Biographical Database and digital tabloids. In addition, each zone presents a special telephone booth in which visitors can literally hear the voices of writers to revisit how the writers view their works and Hong Kong literature.<\/p>\r\n Professor Nim Yan WONG<\/strong>, the director of the Hong Kong Literature Research Centre, CUHK, said, \u201cBesides the obvious, \u2018Hong Kong literature\u2019 also covers Hong Kong culture, the emotional landscape of Hong Kong\u2019s literati, and what it is that is unique about the city\u2019s cultural fabric. In this exhibition, visitors can rummage through the drawers of Hong Kong\u2019s literary memory, engage with history through books and periodicals, partake of writers\u2019 wisdom and interests, and survey the vastness, order and novelty of the world of digital humanities, by stepping into the world of Hong Kong literature.\u201d<\/p>\r\n To increase the public\u2019s understanding of literature, a series of lectures will be held during the exhibition period with guest speakers: Mr. Fuk Yan HO, a well-known local writer; Professor Sai Shing YUNG from the Department of Chinese Studies, National University of Singapore; and Dr. Shuk Man LEUNG from the School of Chinese and the School of Modern Languages and Cultures, the University of Hong Kong. They have been invited to introduce the relationship between Hong Kong literature and the writers\u2019 library, and between popular fiction and newspapers. Details of the lectures will be announced later. In addition, the \u201cHong Kong Literature Collection\u201d on the first floor of the library has been reconstructed with a feature wall to introduce the history and development of Hong Kong literature.<\/p>\r\n Details of the exhibition:<\/p>\r\n Date:<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n From now to 30 December 2022<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n Venue<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n Exhibition Area, G\/F, University Library, CUHK<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n Opening hours:<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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