Chan K.S. Amy

CHAN Kit Sze Amy

Assistant Professor
Associate Director, Technoscience Culture Research and Development Center

PhD in Intercultural Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
MPhil in Comparative Literature, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
B.A. (Hons) in English, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Courses Taught

Graduate Level:
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Technoscience Culture
The Culture of Travel and the Travel of Culture
Body in Culture and Art
Theories in Gender Studies

Undergraduate Level:
Technoscience Culture
Travel and Culture
16th - 18th Centuries English Poetry
Literary Criticism
Introduction to Literature
Literature and Film
Women's Writing and Feminist Reading
Contemporary Culture in Films
China in Films
English Usage
English Writing

Research Interests

Technoscience Culture
Intercultural Studies
Gender Studies
Literary Studies
Science Fiction
Chinese Minority Cultures

Selected Publications

Chan, Kit Sze Amy. (2005) World Weavers: Globalization, Science Fiction, and the Cybernetic Revolution. Edited with Wong Kin Yuen and Gary Westfahl and co-authored an Afterword with Wong Kin Yuen. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.

Chan, Kit Sze Amy. (2005) "A Preliminary Note on Cyberfeminism and Chinese Philosophy: Women, Technology, and the Virtual." World Weavers: Globalization, Science Fiction, and the Cybernetic Revolution. Eds. Wong Kin Yuen, Gary Westfahl and Amy Chan Kit Sze. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.

Chan, Kit Sze Amy.(2003) "When Cyberfeminism Meets Chinese Philosophy: Computer, Weaving and Women" in Gender, Technology and Development, Sept- Dec 2003. Vol.7 No.3. pp. 379-397.

陳潔詩．《「纖」方百計－透視身體政治文化》．香港：天窗出版社，2006．

陳潔詩，與陳英凱合著．《「視」真是假？－透視視覺文化》．香港：天窗出版社，2006．

陳潔詩．朱耀偉合著．《虛擬後樂園－透視電子遊戲文化》．香港：天窗，2005年．

陳潔詩著〈虛擬詩／人空間〉．呼吸詩刊．1998年第六期，pp.19-24．

陳潔詩譯《性別／文本政治：女性主義文學理論》．托里莫伊著．台北：駱駝出版社，1995年。230頁。

Selected Conference Presentations

Presented a paper "Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara as a Symbol for the Posthuman/ Post-feminist Future" at the 2nd SSEASR Conference of South and Southeast Asian Association for the Study of Culture and Religion on Syscretism in South and Southeast Asia: Adoption and Adaptation, May 24-27, 2007, Bangkok, Thailand. Co-organized by International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR), Member of CIPSH, an affiliate organization of the UNESCO and the Institute of Language and Culture for Rural Development, Mahidol University, Thailand.

Presented a paper "On the Edge of Culture: Sex and Sexualities in Taiwan and Hong Kong Science Fiction" at the 1st Sexualities, Genders and Rights in Asia Conference, Bangkok, July 7-9, 2005. Organized by the Research School of Pacific & Asian Studies, Australian National University.

Organized and chaired a workshop session on "Technoscience Culture and Everyday Life" at The 8th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics at Orlando, Florida, July 18-21, 2004. Also presented a paper "Matrix, Smooth Space and Anti-Oedipus" at the Workshop.

Presented a paper "A Study of the Chinese Minority Women's Cyber-Netwworks" at the 2nd International Symposium on Chinese Women and Their Network Capital Conference Theme: Chinese Women and Their Cybernetwork at the Hong Kong University, 20-21 October 2004.

Presented a paper "Writing, Weaving and Technology" at the Hawaii International Conference on Arts & Humanities, January 8-11, 2004.