Annual General Meeting & Dinner: December 11, 2026
We are announcing the arrangement of the AGM this year:
Date: December 11, 2026 (Friday)
Time: 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Venue: MU Club, Tai Ning Hall, 12/F, Block A, Main Campus, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, 30 Good Shepherd Street, Ho Man Tin
Event Co-organizer: HKMU Library
Rundown:
- Guided Tour 6:15 – 6:45 pm
Topic: Beyond Distance: Half a Lifelong Friendship of Eileen Chang, Stephen Soong and Mae Fong Soong
Location: Stanley Ho Library, Main Campus, Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Limited to 20 participants. Advance registration is required. - Speech and Annual General Meeting (AGM) 7:00 – 8:00 pm
- Dinner 8:00 – 10:00 pm
Guest Speaker
Dr. Rebecca LEUNG (梁慕靈博士)
Title: 檔案、數據與文學史：以數位人文方法重構宋淇與張愛玲的冷戰合作網絡
Language: Cantonese
(Real-time AI translation will be provided.)
Dr Rebecca Leung Mo-ling is currently an Associate Professor in the Wu Jieh Yee School of Arts and Social Sciences at Hong Kong Metropolitan University, as well as Associate Dean and Director of the Tin Ka Ping Centre of Chinese Culture. She received her BA, MPhil and PhD in Chinese from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and obtained a Postgraduate Certificate in Education from the University of Hong Kong. She has also served as a visiting scholar at the Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica, Taipei.
Her research interests primarily revolve around modern and contemporary Chinese literature, Eileen Chang studies, cultural and film theory, and creative writing. She has published numerous papers in renowned journals such as Bulletin of the Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Tsing Hua Journal of Chinese Studies, Bulletin of the Department of Chinese Literature National Chengchi University, Router: A Journal of Cultural Studies, and Chinese Modern Literature. Her book publications include Exploring the Intersection of Creative Writing and Creative Arts in Asia: Converging Horizons; Chinese Creative Writing Studies: Theory, Pedagogy and Practice; Chinese Creative Writing Studies; Chinese Creative Writing and Multimedia in Practice; Imagination and Shaping: The Newspaper Coverage of Eileen Chang in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Taiwan; and Visuality, Gender and Power: The Imaginations in Novels from Liu Na’ou, Mu Shiying to Eileen Chang. She also serves as Chief Editor of the Journal of Chinese Creative Writing Studies and the Newsletter of the Tin Ka Ping Centre of Chinese Culture.
Dr Leung was awarded the Siu Siu-Pui Charitable Foundation Outstanding Research Publication Award (Gold Prize) by Hong Kong Metropolitan University in 2025 for the thesis “‘Cannibalism and Feudal Ethics’ and ‘The Cannibalistic Nature of Feudal Ethics’: An Examination of the Process of Interpreting Lu Xun’s A Madman’s Diary.” Apart from academic research, she is also enthusiastic about creative writing. She received the prestigious Unitas Award for New Novelists in Taiwan in 2002, and her novel A Lover’s Discourse: Fragments 02.21 was published by Linking Publishing Company in Taiwan in 2021.
Source from https://www.hkmu.edu.hk/as/people/staff-profile/?email=rmlleung&unit=AS&po=N
AGM Dinner
Student member: $150
All members except students: $280
Invited Guest/Invited Vendor/Additional Rep from Institutional Member: $600
Registration:
Registration Form (HKLA Member Login Required)
Registration Form (Invited Guest/Invited Vendor/Additional Rep from Institutional Member)