BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3537-24a605527b6c4f33d48623736e2a90e7@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260417T005115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230303T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230303T113000 SUMMARY:Made In Hong Kong: Xi Xi Memorial Roundtable DESCRIPTION:\nAfter passing away in December 2022\, Hong Kong novelist a nd poet 西西 Xi Xi (Saisai in Cantonese\, pen name of Ellen Cheung Yin 張彥) left us an enormous trove of literary and artistic treasures that remai ns with us in Hong Kong\, the Sinophone and world literature at large. T his roundtable discussion brings scholars\, translators\, literary edito rs and artists based in Hong Kong and the United States together to disc uss the tremendous legacy of a prolific and widely beloved writer made i n Hong Kong\, as well as the contemporary significance of teaching\, res earching\, translating\, and promoting Xi Xi&rsquo\;s works to a wide va riety of audience. In loving memory for Xi Xi\, a cultural creator profi cient in multiple genres and medias who has been a staple in Hong Kong l iterature and culture for decades\, our roundtable hopes to provide reso urces for students and researchers interested in Hong Kong literature an d its scholarship and teachers wishing to introduce Xi Xi to a broader s tudent body who may be interested in ecocriticism\, science fiction\, Si nophone literature and culture\, etc.\n\nFor more details: https://event s.la.psu.edu/event/xi-xi-memorial-roundtable/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

After passing a way in December 2022, Hong Kong novelist and poet 西西 Xi Xi (Saisai in Ca ntonese, pen name of Ellen Cheung Yin 張彥) left us an enormous trove of l iterary and artistic treasures that remains with us in Hong Kong, the Si nophone and world literature at large. This roundtable discussion brings scholars, translators, literary editors and artists based in Hong Kong and the United States together to discuss the tremendous legacy of a pro lific and widely beloved writer made in Hong Kong, as well as the contem porary significance of teaching, researching, translating, and promoting Xi Xi’s works to a wide variety of audience. In loving memory for Xi Xi, a cultural creator proficient in multiple genres and medias who has been a staple in Hong Kong literature and culture for decades, our r oundtable hopes to provide resources for students and researchers intere sted in Hong Kong literature and its scholarship and teachers wishing to introduce Xi Xi to a broader student body who may be interested in ecoc riticism, science fiction, Sinophone literature and culture, etc.

For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/xi-xi-memorial-roundtable /

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