Global Comm Talk Series 2025-26

***1st talk***

Topic: Intersectionality: Lens and Approaches

Date: 28 January 2026 (Wed)
Time: 2:30 – 5:15 pm
Venue: WMY 504
Language: English
Speaker: Dr. Sonia Wong

Sonia Wong (PhD.) graduated from the Department of Cultural Studies at Lingnan University, Hong Kong, researching on the city’s lesbian community. Since 2018, she has taught subjects related to gender, media, and culture at various tertiary institutions. Since 2019, she has been teaching at the Gender Studies program at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, teaching over 10 courses covering gender, local history, popular culture, intimate relationships, and contemporary social phenomena.

***2nd talk***

Topic: What Can Communications Do? Identifying different elements of communication research for DEI

Date: 18 March 2026 (Wed)
Time: 2:30 – 5:15 pm
Venue: WMY 504
Language: English
Speaker: Dr. Junko Asano

Dr. Junko Asano is an independent researcher, cultural worker and writer based in Hong Kong, who translates complex ideas and academic research into transdisciplinary and experimental public programmes, screenings, writings and films for a larger public audience. Having recently completed her PhD research on the Indonesian migrant labour movement in Hong Kong at Oxford University, Junko is invested in transversal collaborations on topics pertaining to gender, labour, race and migration.

***3rd talk***

Topic: What do we do it for? A technology workshop to think through Diversity interventions in LLMs

Date: 1 April 2026 (Wed)
Time: 2:30 – 5:15 pm
Venue: WMY 504
Language: English
Speaker: Dr. Marty Miller

Dr. Marty Miller is a Postdoctoral Researcher at City University of Hong Kong’s Centre for Applied Computing and Interactive Media. Bridging critical media studies and systems design, he publishes in leading venues and develops interactive systems for communities to collaboratively utilize and critically assess AI. His recursive research investigates how creative practice informs new interpretations of the technological systems and communication theories mediating our world.

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