About The Centre for Cultural Studies
The Centre for Cultural Studies (CCS) was established in August 2014 by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) within the Department of Cultural and Religious Studies (CRS), replacing the Centre for Culture and Development (established in November 2008). The aim of the Centre is to serve as a platform for the promotion of research activities in the field of cultural studies.
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【CUS 25th Anniversary Distinguished Lecture Series文研二十五週年傑出學人講座系列】
為咗慶祝嶺南大學文化研究系成立二十五週年，嶺南大學文化研究系將會舉辦一系列「二十五週年傑出學人講座」，邀請到三位喺文化研究唔同領域嘅學者，同大家分享佢哋豐富嘅研究經驗同成果！每場講座將會深入探討文化研究喺唔同社會及文化脈絡嘅研究方法同理論框架，同時反思文化研究點樣應對本地及全球當下嘅挑戰，同實踐意義。機會難逢，有興趣就快啲click下面嘅link，了解更多同報名啦！ To commemorate the 25th…
[Film Screening & Talk] Geo-Trauma and Eco-Futures: Imagining Asia’s Largest Open-Pit Mine through the Lens of Cosmic Myth
Date: 30 March 2026 (Mon)…
Workshop 3 | Designing the Flooded Future: Prototyping & Co-Creating Public Experience
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Explore all our events which interest you.
Workshop on Rethinking the Socio-Political: The Meanings of Emotions and Life
Day 1: May 22, 2026 Time: 9:30-18:30 Day 2: May 23, 2026 Time: 9:30-12:30 Venue: LT9 (2/F), Yasumoto International Academic Park, CUHK Registration: https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=13730694…
Book Talk: Imperial Animations in Transpacific Contemporary Art
Date: May 5, 2026 (Tue) Time: 9:00 –10:30 am HKT (9:00 - 10:30 pm EDT, May 4, 2026) Venue: Zoom…
Development and Hegemony: Debates in the Global South
Date: April 15, 2026 Time: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Venue: LT2, G/F, Yasumoto International Academic Park, CUHK Registration: https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=13728504…
[Update] University and the Public: Staying with Our Common Concerns — A Conversation with Xiang Biao & Pang Laikwan
Due to high demand, the event has been moved to a larger venue with a revised schedule: Date: 9th April,…
Research and Other Projects
Impact Case Studies: Art and Social Change
Principal Investigator: Prof. LIM Kok Wai, Benny
2021-2024
Funding Source: Project Impact Enhancement Fund (PIEF), CUHK
Funding Amount: HKD 210,000
Project abstract:
This project will focus on arts for seniors and apply the research outcomes to specific projects in collaboration with an arts organization working with seniors in Hong Kong. The project has launched an open-access book project titled, Empower Arts, Animate Communities (co-edited by Benny Lim and Oscar Ho) in October 2021. The book documents all six editions of the Forum on Community Arts organized between 2014 and 2020. The comprehensive documentation includes the rationale of each forum and the summaries of the keynote speeches. Besides the documentation, the book has also included 13 new articles written by international scholars/practitioners on community arts. The project also led to the organization of two forums on art and social change in May 2021 and March 2022 respectively, where participants share their current practice and research on community arts as well as arts and ageing. The project will proceed to develop and document impact projects between 2023 and 2025.
Click here for details: https://communityarts.crs.cuhk.edu.hk/
“Bullet Screen” for Virtual Teaching and Learning: An Innovation for Online Collaborative Video Analysis
Principal supervisor: Prof. TAN Jia
Co-supervisors: Prof. CHUNG Peichi, Dr. LI Tiecheng
Sep 1, 2021 to June 30, 2023
Funding Source: Funding Scheme for Virtual Teaching and Learning, CUHK
Funding Amount: HKD 300,000
Project abstract:
The goal of this project is to develop and implement an online tool for video analysis as a virtual teaching and learning activity using the innovative function of “bullet screen”. Bullet screen, or danmu (彈幕), is a popular function in Asian video sharing websites where users can submit, view, and add textual commentaries flying in and out of screen like bullets while watching the videos online. The bullet screen as a learning tool enables students to watch the video at one’s own pace, pause anytime, and make comments in a virtual setting. Furthermore, it is designed to optimize collaborative online learning with video by encouraging interactions among students and between students and teacher while watching the videos as well as during face-to-face teaching by facilitate in-depth discussions of what was watched. The students can upload videos for others to comment on, which engages students to be partners in teaching and teaching development. As videos are increasingly effective across science, engineering, and humanities, this project serves as a pilot study that has the potential to be adopted by other courses university-wide for future uses. Ultimately, this project aims to develop a learning tool with bullet screen functions which is optimal for virtual as well as mixed-mode teaching and learning.
Click here for details: https://www.cuhk.edu.hk/proj/bulletscreen/