{"id":343230,"date":"2023-10-18T15:15:42","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T20:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yfile.news.yorku.ca\/?p=343230"},"modified":"2025-04-02T12:37:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T16:37:32","slug":"bernard-h-k-luk-lecture-explores-hong-kong-diasporas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/2023\/10\/18\/bernard-h-k-luk-lecture-explores-hong-kong-diasporas\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernard H.K. Luk Lecture explores Hong Kong diasporas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
Chan will deliver a lecture titled \"Freedom, Loyalty, and Home: Reflections on the Life of the Hong Kong Diaspora\" on Oct. 27<\/strong> in 280N York Lanes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The recent waves of migration from Hong Kong to different parts of the world have occurred against the backdrop of unexpected and drastic political changes in their home city. Alongside the traumatic uprooting and resettlement of life, many of these newly formed, politically driven diasporas have encountered subtle struggles related to values and identity that are difficult to articulate, potentially leading to misunderstandings in communication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In this lecture, <\/em>Chan aims to unravel some of these subtle struggles through the lenses of freedom, loyalty and home. What types of freedom have the diasporas acquired, and which ones have they forfeited? Is politically motivated migration an indication of severing ties with one\u2019s native home, or is it an alternative means of reaffirming loyalty to one\u2019s place of origin? What defines a home for them? What tensions exist between the diasporas and those who continue to reside in Hong Kong?<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe lecture will complicate the dominant discourses in diaspora studies,\u201d says Professor Yuk-Lin Renita Wong<\/strong>, Chair of the organizing committee, \u201cas the current post\/de\/anti\/neo-colonial theories fail to adequately capture the Hong Kong experience in between empires.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n