CHAN Ching Kiu Stephen, Prof.

Personal profile

Chinese Name

陳清僑

Biography

Founding director of the BA (Hons) Cultural Studies programme at Lingnan in 1999, Chan headed the department from 2000 to 2003, and again from 2008 to 2010. Concurrently, from 2003 to 2008, he was the inaugural Director of the Master of Cultural Studies, a self-financed programme taught primarily to cultural practitioners in education, media, and NGO services. In 2008 he received the Dr. and Mrs. James Tak Wu Award for Outstanding Service. He served as Academic Dean of Arts from 2010 to 2013, and Associate Vice President (Academic Affairs) cum Registrar, and Director of Core Curriculum & General Education from 2013 to 2015. Before coming to Lingnan’s Tuen Mun campus, Chan taught English, Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he directed the UGC-funded Hong Kong Cultural Studies Programme from 1994 to 1997. He is Chair of the international Association for Cultural Studies (registered in Finland). He convened the Steering Committee of the Consortium for Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Institutions (registered in Seoul) from 2010 to 2013), responsible for running the biennial IACS Summer School. Active in civil society, Chan is chair of the Board of The House of Hong Kong Literature. He was elected to the Hong Kong Arts Development Council as a member representing the Criticism constituency (2008-2010). With a core group of local academics he founded the Scholars’ Alliance for Academic Freedom in light of the escalating threats to freedom of expression and academic autonomy faced by critics, academics and intellectuals in present-day Hong Kong. Published on Hong Kong culture, film, literature, education and cultural studies, Chan’s current interests are cultural politics and identity narratives; martial arts cinema; pedagogy, performance and creativity studies.

Research interests

Cultural theories and criticism, contemporary cultural studies, cultural policy and education, forms of urban culture (film, popular music, performing arts, cultural activism), Hong Kong culture and writings, language, performance and power, kungfu cinema, social imaginary and cultural politics, aesthetics and politics, narrative and identity, media and public culture

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Projects 2012 2019

5 Finished

Workshop and concert on Chinese music textures and scoring

CHAN, C. K. S. & YU, S. W.

LU Research Committee

1/06/16 → 31/05/18

Project: Other Knowledge Transfer

Reviving a forgotten ritual play in Cantonese opera: The female Jiaguan (Blessing of Promotion)

CHAN, C. K. S. & LUM, M. Y.

LU Research Committee

1/06/16 → 31/05/18

Project: Other Knowledge Transfer

Compilation of Anthology of Chinese Narrative Singing and Anthology of Chinese Folk and Ethnic Instrumental Music (Hong Kong Volume)

CHAN, C. K. S.

Leisure and Cultural Services Department

1/12/15 → 30/09/19

Project: Contract Research

Research Output 1985 2020

Introduction: Imagining the future in East Asia

WANG, X. & CHAN, S. C. K., 5 Jan 2020, In : Cultural Studies. 12 p.

Research output: Journal Publications › Editorial/Preface (Journal)

social function

East Asia

Imagining

social position

imagination

Pedagogy and the Unlearning of Self : The Performance of Crisis Situation Through Popular Culture

CHAN, S. C., 25 Oct 2019, Handbook of Theory and Research in Cultural Studies and Education. TRIFONAS, P. P. (ed.). Springer, Cham, 16 p. (Springer International Handbooks of Education Series).

Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Book Chapter › Research › peer-review

popular culture

civil disobedience

antagonism

hegemony

credibility

A Threesome Pedagogy? Johnnie To and the moment of crisis

CHAN, C. K. S., 13 Aug 2018.

Research output: Other Conference Contributions › Conference Paper (other) › Research › peer-review

dramaturgy

anxiety

antagonism

popular culture

cultural studies

Activities 2017 2019

1 Organising / Participating in Conference or Event
1 Seminar / Talk / Other Presentation

Performance Studies x Cultural Studies Colloquium : Cultures in Motion, Performance in Transit

Hyunjung LEE (Organiser), Paul RAE (Organiser), Chiayi SEETOO (Organiser), Tejaswini NIRANJANA (Discussant), Stephen CHAN (Discussant), Anjeline DE DIOS (Discussant), Soo Ryon YOON (Moderator)

22 Feb 2019

Activity: Involvement in Conferences / Events (Research-related) › Organising / Participating in Conference or Event