港大中文學院

Global Classics and the Hsu-Tang Library of Classical Chinese Literature:

Comparative Traditions, Translation, and Human Futures

Speakers: 

Prof. Wiebke DENECKE 魏樸和 教授

Founding Editor-in-Chief, The Hsu-Tang Library of Classical Chinese Literature;
S.C. Fang Professor of Chinese Language and Culture, MIT

Prof. Lucas KLEIN 柯夏智 教授

Associate Editor, The Hsu-Tang Library of Classical Chinese Literature;
Associate Professor of Chinese, Arizona State University

Date & Time: November 11, 2026 (Wed) 19:00-21:00pm (HKT)

Language: English

Venue: CRT-4.36, 4/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU

Delivery Mode: Face-to-face & Online

Registration:

https://hku.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8IyhQHnJczNmoIu

Event Details:

This two-part event will begin with a short lecture by Prof. Wiebke Denecke on the field of Global Classics, followed by an introductory “launch event” for the Hsu-Tang Library of Classical Chinese Literature.

Part I:

Global Classics is a new comparative field for studying how societies create, transmit, interpret, and renew their most consequential texts, concepts, and forms of knowledge. Rather than treating classical traditions as isolated national inheritances or as the exclusive property of particular civilizations, Global Classics asks how classical works can function across generations and in classrooms around the globe: how these texts shape education and moral imagination, preserve cultural memory, organize systems of authority, and provide communities with resources for imagining a more pluralistic and humane future.

Part II:

A conversation between the two editors of the Hsu-Tang Library, introducing the series and its contribution to the global promotion of classical Chinese literature. Recently inaugurated by Oxford University Press, the Hsu-Tang Library presents bilingual editions of major works from East Asia’s greater Sinitic world. Making both venerated and unconventional texts accessible to scholars and educators worldwide, the series creates new opportunities for comparative research, innovative instruction, and even a restructuring of literary canons.

For more information about the Hsu-Tang Library, please visit:
https://www.oxfordscholarlyeditions.com/sehtl

Notice:
1) The event will be conducted primarily in a face-to-face mode; Those who cannot attend the seminar in-person could apply for online participation (via Zoom);
2) All those who would like to attend the event are required to register online (Click HERE) on a first-come, first-served basis;
3) Email of confirmation will be sent to the registered email addresses and participants have to show the screenshot or print-out version of the email for entry of the event venue;
4) Walk-in or late-comers will not be allowed for entry of the event venue unless situation allows.
 

ALL are welcome*
*Pre-registration (Click HERE) is required.