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Public Lecture – Eileen Chang in Hong Kong (1939-42): Literature as History and History as Literature (Dr. Peter Cunich, Vice-Rector, St John’s College, University of Sydney)
Public Lecture – Eileen Chang in Hong Kong (1939-42): Literature as History and History as Literature (Dr. Peter Cunich, Vice-Rector, St John’s College, University of Sydney)
Eileen Chang spent less than three years living in Hong Kong, but her student days at the University of Hong Kong proved to be a formative experience that would help launch her literary career in Shanghai during the harsh days of Japanese occupation. Life-changing events during the brief Battle of Hong Kong in December 1941 […]
