ARTS AND ACADEMIA

Cultural products, from paintings to music to film to architecture, can convey great meaning beyond their material form. Our scholars are looking at how we make, use and preserve these products – and what they tell us about our society.

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Investments in the Past

A multidisciplinary team from HKU is doing groundbreaking work in the area of conservation, working on a new methodology for assessing cultural heritage impact.
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The Work of an Angry Man

The graffiti-like paintings of 19ᵗʰ century Guangdong artist Su Renshan have been dismissed as the work of an eccentric, but new research argues they fill a missing gap in Chinese art history and reflect the turmoil experienced by southern Chinese in the wake of the Opium Wars.
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Culture and the Law

Playwrights and lawyers had a cosy relationship in Shakespeare’s time. A similar cross-fertilisation between the arts and law is being cultivated at HKU.
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Winners and Losers in
the Art Market

Hong Kong’s mantle as a global financial centre is well established. Now, it’s a centre of the global art world, too. But some have paid the price in that transition, as sociologist Dr Tang Ling-yun is discovering.
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Hitting All the Right Notes

It’s one of the smallest departments in HKU in terms of numbers, but the Music Department is making a big impact, producing award-winning composers, in-demand graduates and gaining a world-class reputation.
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Giving Voice to
the Migrant’s Memory

Hong Kong is a city of migrants but few have had a chance to give creative expression to that experience. A new project is trying to change that.