STAFF PROFILE
Dr ZHANG Hongxuan, Emma
Lecturer I
Qualifications:
PhD – English Literary Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Dec. 2015
BA – Contemporary English Studies (President’s Award; First Class Honours), Lingnan University, Hong Kong, (University’s Top Graduate, 2009).
Email: zhxemma@hkbu.edu.hk
Telephone: 3411 7193
Office: OEE1015
BIO
Dr. Emma H. Zhang joined Hong Kong Baptist University in 2014, after obtaining her PhD in Literary Studies in the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Before joining the Language Centre, she worked at the College of International Education for eight years. She taught a range of courses including Academic Writing, Creative Expressions Across Cultures, Literary Appreciation, Reading Contemporary Worlds, and English Enhancement. Her research interests include comparative literature, comparative mythology, virtual exchange and e-learning. She has written on the subjects of Contemporary Asian American Literature, Chinese Mythology, as well as Life Writing. Her articles can be seen on Life Writing; Ex-position; Cha, An Asian Literary Journal; Hong Kong Review of Books; and MercatorNet. She has also conducted projects in E-learning and Virtual Exchange and serves as a Global Connect programme facilitator with Soliya, a leading organization in the field of Virtual Exchange.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Contemporary Chinese American Literature
- Comparative Mythology
- Comparative Literature
- Life Writing
- E-learning and Virtual Exchange
PUBLICATIONS
- Zhang, H. E. (2023, Jan. 9). Laughter of the displaced: A review of Gish Jen’s Thank You, Mr. Nixon. Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, chajournal.blog/2023/01/09/nixon/
- Zhang, H.E. (2022, Sept. 2). Beyond birth, blood, and soil: Reading Louisa Lim’s Indelible City. Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, chajournal.blog/2022/09/02/indelible-city
- Zhang, H. E. (2022, Sept. 2). Review of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s Dictee. Asian Review of Books
- Zhang, H.E. (2022, July 14). Review of Yang Yuntao’s Dance Theater production “Nezha: Untold Solitude”. Hong Kong Review of Books
- Zhang, H.E. (2021, Sept. 21). Review of Defying The Dragon : Hong Kong and the World’s Largest Dictatorship. Hong Kong Review of Books
- Zhang, H. E. (2021, Jul. 09). “ Stood up: China’s century of broken promises ”. MercatorNet
- Zhang, H. E. (2021, May 17). “Does China’s Covid-19 success show that democracy has passed its use-by date?”. MercatorNet
- Zhang, H. E. (2021, Mar. 02). Dissected by Theory: A Review of C.T. Au’s The Hong Kong Modernism of Leung Ping-kwan. Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, chajournal.blog/2021/03/02/leung-ping-kwan/.
- Zhang, H.E. (2021, Jan. 10). Review of China: In Life’s Foreground. Hong Kong Review of Books
- Zhang, H. E. (2020, Dec.). “The Taming of the White Snake: The oppression of female sexuality in the Legend of the White Snake.” Ex-Position, Issue 44, pp. 103-125. DOI: 10.6153/EXP.202012(44).0005.
- Zhang, H.E. (2020, Aug. 20). “The World for One Family: A review of Jung Chang’s Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister.” Cha: An Asian Literary Journal
- Zhang, H. E. (2020, Jul. 2). “Paralysis of Leadership and Silencing of the Public: A review of Fang Fang’s Wuhan Diary: Dispatches from a Quarantined City”. MercatorNet
- Zhang, H. E. (2020, May). “Children of Tiananmen: A Review of Karoline Kan’s Under Red Skies: Three Generations of Life, Loss and Hope in China”. Cha: An Asian Literary Journal
- Zhang, H. E. (2020, Apr. 20). “The Authoritarian Virus – A Review of On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder”. MercatorNet
- Zhang, H. E. (2020, Mar.). “A Spectre Is Haunting Asia and Beyond – A Review of Maoism: A Global History by Julia Lovell”. Cha: An Asian Literary Journal
- Zhang, H. E. (2020, Feb. 13). “Caging Leviathan – A Review of Permanent Record by Edward Snowden”. MercatorNet
- Zhang, H. E. (2020, Jan. 15). “Hail, beloved fearless leaders! A Review of Frank Dikotter’s How to be a Dictator”. MercatorNet
- Zhang, H. E. (2019, Jul.). “Techno Dystopia: A Review of Ka-Fu Lee’s Ai Super-Powers: China, Silicon Valley, And the New World Order” Cha: An Asian Literary Journal
- Zhang, H. E. (2019, Jun.). “Brave New China: A Review of Zak Dychtwald’s Young China: How the Restless Generation Will Change Their Country and the World”. Cha: An Asian Literary Journal
- Zhang, H. E. (2019, Apr.). “Man of Letters: A Review of Ha Jin’s Banished Immortal: A Life of Li Bai ”. Cha: An Asian Literary Journal
- Zhang, H. E. (2014, Jun.). “Stanger than Fiction: A Review of Yu Jihui’s The Gunners of Shenyang”. Cha: An Asian Literary Journal
- Zhang, H. E. (2014, Mar.). “In Quest of a Home: A Review of Karen Ma’s Excess Baggage” Cha: An Asian Literary Journal
- Zhang, H. E. (2013). “Father’s Journey into Night.” Life Writing 11: 105 – 120. Taylor & Francis Online
CONFERENCES / SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS
- Zhang, H.E.(2022, Mar. 2). Virtual world tour: Experience from Hong Kong. 1st International COIL Conference: Global Classroom: Learning Beyond; Beyond Learning. San Pedro College, The Philippines.
- Zhang, H.E. (2021, Dec. 9). Globalizing the Classroom with Virtual Exchange. Innovations in Language Teaching and Learning. University of Southeast Asia, The Philippines.
- Zhang, H.E. (2021, Nov. 30). Globalizing the Classroom with Virtual Exchange. 16th E-learning Forum Asia 2021. Soegijapranata Catholic University, Indonesia
- Zhang, H.E. (2021, Oct. 22). After arrival: Representations of immigration in Shaun Tan’s The Arrival (2011) and Cicada (2018). Reflexionen über The Arrival Online Symposium. University of Europe for Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany.
- Leung, M.S.C.; Kong, L.S.P.; Poon, B. S.W.; Tsang, A. M. C. & Zhang, H.E. (2021, Jul. 06). Student-centred Learning (SCL) Still Matters: Practices for remote and mixed-mode contexts. Teaching and Learning Conference 2021, AdvanceHE. U.K.
- Zhang, H.E. (2021, Jun. 11). Implementation of virtual exchange and student participation, Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century, HKBU SCE Annual Research Symposium 2021.
- Zhang, H.E. (2021, Jun. 08). Flood Myths and Domination: A comparison of the flood myths in Chinese and Abrahamic traditions. Myths in the ancient and modern world, II. International Symposium & Exhibition on Mythology, Ardahan University, Ardahan, Turkey.
- Zhang, H.E. (2021, Jan. 8). “Enhance Language Learning and Cross-cultural Exchange through Virtual Exchange”. Continuing Professional Development International Conference 2021, HKCPD Hub.
- Zhang, H. E. (2020, Dec. 12). “A Terrible Beauty is Born: Re-imagining Nezha’s Oedipal Revolt”. Floating City: International Conference on Xi Xi, EDUHK.
- Zhang, H. E. (2020, Jul. 30). “Coping with COVID-19 Creatively – Perspectives from Tertiary Students”. Writing COVID-19, Cha Reading Series, Zoom Conference.
- Zhang, H. E. (2020, Jul. 2). “Transnational Space – A Biography of Hong Kong in Biographies”. Hong Kong & Elsewhere – Hong Kong Studies Symposium, Zoom conference.
- Zhang, H. E. (2020, May 12). “State Surveillance and COVID-19”. Internet Censorship and State Surveillance Systems, Cha Reading Series, Zoom Conference.
- Zhang, H.E. (2019, Aug.). The Deluge and the Foundations of Civilizations: A comparison of the flood myths in Chinese and Western cultures. ICLA Congress 2019. University of Macau, Macau.
- Zhang, H.E. (2018, Nov.). The Taming of the White Snake: The oppression of female sexuality in the Legend of the White Snake. Literary Fantasy and Its Discontents Conference. Taipei Tech University, Taipei.
- Zhang, H.E. (2018). “The myth of Nezha and the ultra-stable centralized hierarchical political order in China” The Twelfth Annual International Conference on Comparative Mythology. Sendai, Japan.
- Zhang, H. E. (2013). “Truth’ in the Fiction of the Cultural Revolution” The 11th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities. Honolulu, Hawaii.
- Zhang, H. E. (2009). “Irreversible” Life/Writing: Narratives of Ageing, Illness and Renewal. La Trobe University, Australia.
INVITED TALKS
- Zhang, H.E. (2022, Jun. 1). The Anglo-Saxon Period: Where it all begins. History of English Literature Lecture Series, Daath Voyage. Assam Don Bosco University, India.
- Zhang, H. E. (2022, May 27). “Hong Kong: An Exploration of the Wong Tai Sin Temple”. Virtual World Tour 2022, Coventry University, U.K.
- Zhang, H. E. (2022, Feb. 2). “The Taming of the White Snake: The oppression of female sexuality in the Legend of the White Snake”. Virtual World Tour 2022, Coventry University, U.K.
- Zhang, H.E. (2021, Aug. 25). Greco-Roman Myth in Frankophone Literature. History of European Literature Lecture Series, Daath Voyage. Assam Don Bosco University, India.
- Zhang, H.E. (2021, Jun. 20). The Anglo-Saxon Period: Where it all begins. History of English Literature Lecture Series, Daath Voyage. Assam Don Bosco University, Assam & Karim City College, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India.
- Tam, S.Y. T., Wong, K.Y. A. & Zhang, H. E. (2021, May 07). “Hong Kong, a cultural hybrid”. Virtual World Tour 2021, Coventry University, U.K.
- Zhang, H. E. (2021, Apr. 3rd). The Realist School: The History of American Literature 1865-1900. The History of American Literature Lecture Series. Organized by Assam Don Bosco University, Assam, India.
- Zhang, H. E. (2020, Dec. 27). Visualizing the World: The Graeco-Roman Worldview. History of Ideas Lecture Series. Co-organized by Assam Don Bosco University, Guwahati, Assam, India. and Karim City College, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. India.
- Zhang, H. E. (2020, Jul. 28). “From Snake Goddess to Confucian Wife”. English Lecture Series, A.P.C. Mahalaxmi College for Women, Thoothukudi, India. Zoom conference.
- Zhang, H. E. (2020, Jun. 6). “Oedipus in China – Patricidal Rage Tamed by Confucian Ethics”. GNOSIS English Lecture Series 2020, Team Gnosis, West Bengal, India. Zoom conference.
GRANTS, AWARDS AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Research Grants
- 2022-2025 Virtual Exchange for Authentic Teaching and Learning, Quality Enhancement Support Scheme (project No. 01/QESS /2022). Application funded by EDB. (Amount : 1,713,820 HKD)
- 2022-2024 Nurturing Global Citizenship through English. Co-investigator
- 2020 – 21 HKBU SCE SEED Grant Project / Principal Investigator “Enhancing Cross-cultural Understanding through Virtual Exchange” Awarded by Hong Kong Baptist University School of Continuing Education Seed Grant Funding Scheme 2019/20 (Application no. SCE/SGF/1920/05) (2020) (Amount: HK$ 26,904)
Awards
- 2010 -14: Full Scholarship of PhD in English Literary Studies, CUHK
- 2010: Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fellowship
- 2009 -10: Full Scholarship of Mphil. in English Literary Studies, LU
- 2009: B.A. Contemporary English Studies / President’s Award
- 2009: Sir Edward Youde Memorial Scholarship
- 2009: K. S. Lo Foundation Scholarship
- 2009: Zonta Club of Kowloon Scholarship
- 2009: Dr. J. K. Lee Memorial Scholarship
- 2008: Dr. John T.S. Chen Memorial Scholarship
- 2008: Dr. J.K. Lee Memorial Scholarship
- 2008: K. S. Lo Foundation Scholarship
- 2008: Peking Opera Promotion Prize
Professional Membership
- 2022: Virtual Exchange Facilitator, Soliya
- May 2020 – Present: Member of Pen Hong Kong
Virtual Exchange Facilitator
- 2021-2022: Global Connect Programme
Global Connect participants from America and the MENA region, Soliya - 2020 – 2021:Virtual Exchange Programme
CIE HKBU and Perimeter College, Goergia State University, Goergia College and State University, Assam Don Bosco University - 2019 – 2020 Pilot Virtual Exchange Programme
CIE HKBU and Perimeter College, Goergia State University
Moderator
- Zhang, H. E. (2021, Nov. 13). “My Old Home with Orville Schell and Qiu Xiaolong”. Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2021. Moderator.
- Zhang, H. E. (2020, Nov. 8). “Small is Beautiful: the short story in Chinese literature”.
International Judge
- 2022 May Extemporaneous Speaking Contest. San Pedro College, The Philippines
- 2022 Feb. Extemporaneous Speaking Contest. San Pedro College, The Philippines
- 2021 Nov. Extemporaneous Speaking Contest. San Pedro College, The Philippines