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張愛玲研究新方向講座系列之二十九 New Directions in Eileen Chang Studies Lecture Series #29
Co-hosted by School of Chinese and Department of Comparative Literature, HKU
Co-sponsored by Louis Cha Fund for Chinese studies & East/West studies in the Faculty
& Center for the Study of Globalization and Culture (CSGC) 

蹦蹦戲花旦：張愛玲的「女明星學」
Stars as Texts: Eileen Chang and Celebrity Culture

分享嘉賓 Speaker:

Ms. LI Qing 李青

(專欄作家)

主持人 Moderator:

Prof. Nicole HUANG 黃心村 教授

(Department of Comparative Literature, HKU)

日期時間 Date & Time: April 23, 2026 (Thu) 17:00-18:30pm (HKT)

語言 Language: 普通話 Putonghua

地點 Venue: CBA, G/F, Chow Yei Ching Building, Main Campus, HKU

講座模式 Delivery Mode: Face-to-face & Online (via Zoom)

報名 Registration:

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摘要 Abstract:

在24歲，張愛玲寫下，「將來的荒原下，斷瓦頹垣裡，只有蹦蹦戲花旦這樣的女人，她能夠夷然地活下去，去任何時代，任何社會裏，到處是她的家」。恰似人生判詞，其後 50 載，她採不同身段、於不同時空「夷然地活下去」。她亦是少數去國後仍將寫作視為畢生志業的女性，早早具備「打造明星 IP」的先鋒意識，與李麗華、林黛等名伶花旦皆有點滴交集，從原鄉到異鄉，離散中，有人「夷然地活下去」，有人沒有。

講座圍繞張愛玲自我經營的「女明星學」，回溯她的粉墨登場與隱入塵煙，並嘗試以之為綫索，鉤沉「花旦們」歷史深處的容顏，也希望藉此度量她與她的時代，似近還遠「孜孜窺視」的距離。

At the age of twenty-four, Eileen Chang wrote what seemed a defining prophecy: "In the wasteland of the future, amid crumbling walls and debris, only a woman like a rustic 'bengbeng' opera starlet can survive with poise. She belongs to any age, any society; she is at home wherever she goes." For the next fifty years, shifting her gesture to fit the changing times, she continued to “survive with poise”. She was a pioneer who possessed an early instinct for "star branding," her life crossing paths with silver-screen divas like Li Lihua and Lin Dai. In an age of dispersal, some survived with poise; others vanished.

This lecture centers on Chang’s own practice of the "art of the diva", tracing her grand entrance and her eventual final curtain. Using her as a guiding thread, we seek to unearth the faces of "divas" buried in history, measuring the distance between Eileen Chang and her era: a distance that is "so near, yet so far"—defined by a gaze of perpetual, longing scrutiny.

講者簡介 About the Speaker:

李青  筆名「一把青」，畢業於華東師範大學中文系及香港中文大學性別研究專業。任職財經媒體，業餘專欄評論，文章見諸《新京報書評周刊》、《南方人物周刊》、《文匯報》、《印刻文學生活誌》、香港 01、《香港經濟日報》 等。喜風花雪月與故人故事。

LI Qing  Writing under the pen name “Yi Ba Qing”. Graduated from the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at East China Normal University, and later completed a postgraduate programme in Gender Studies at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She works in financial media and writes film criticism and columns as a personal pursuit, with contributions to Beijing News Book Review Weekly, Southern People Weekly, Wen Wei Po, INK Literary Monthly, HK01, Hong Kong Economic Times and other publications. She has a fondness for vintage romance and good old days.

Notice:

1)  The seminar 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 seminar 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 seminar venue;

4) Walk-in or late-comers will not be allowed for entry of the seminar venue unless situation allows.

ALL are welcome*

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