critiques of space; feminist film theory; film language; new media and aesthetics; media and popular culture studies; contemporary visual culture; Chinese language cinemas; cinemas of Asia and the diaspora; poetics and politics of documentaries

•     Feminism and Gender Studies

Chinese feminism; queer theory; feminist cultural studies; gender and sexuality; women's writing

•     Postcolonial and Global Studies

colonial, postcolonial, and global studies, especially of greater China and South East Asia; postcolonial theory; orientalism; colonial discourse analysis; cultural identity and representation; cultures of cities; the Cold War and postcolonialism

•     Literature and Cultural Theory

East-West literary/cultural relations; problems of aesthetics; reception studies; critical and post-structuralist theory; Marxism; literary and cultural theory; theories of representation; psychoanalysis; Chinese modernism

•     Hong Kong and China Studies

Hong Kong cultural policy; Hong Kong, Taiwan, and P.R.C. cultural, film, and literary studies; urban Chinese cultures; cultural memory in Chinese cinemas; historiography of Maoist and post-Mao eras; Chinese revolutionary culture

Matters on research postgraduate admission can be referred to the graduate office's web pages:

General information

Information for RPG admissions

FAQ regarding RPG admissions.

Guidelines for writing research proposal.

MPhil/PhD courses

For more information please contact:
Dr. Gina Marchetti
Tel: 2859 8900
Fax: 2857 7955