Gender Studies Programme presents Final Year Capstone Projects

BODIES and IDENTITIES

Date: May 6, 2021 (Thursday)

Time: 7:00 – 8:30pm

Location: Zoom

Bodies (7:00)

Bertha Chan – The Gendered and Patriarchal Hairless Beauty Norm in Hong Kong

Clarita Regina – Eating with the Kardashians

Bidhya Shrestha – Bloody Inequity: Confronting Systemic Period Poverty in Hong Kong

Bonnie Li – Entangled Discipline: Hair in Hong Kong

Identities (7:30)

Merina Phagami – Who Cares?: Vulnerability, Care and Identity through the Lens of a 21st-century Hong Kong Nepali Woman

Emmery Au – Backlash against Feminism in Hong Kong

Teele Rebane – Fashioning a Nordic Nation: Rebranding Estonia

Saiksha Gurung – Bollywood Nostalgia and Hong Kong Nepali Youth Identity

Erren Tsoi – 852 Cypher: Negotiating Intersecting Identities in Hong Kong Hip-Hop

Moderator

Dr. Elizabeth LaCouture, Director, Assistant Professor, Gender Studies Programme

Discussants

Ms. Puja Kapai, Convenor, Women’s Studies Research Centre

Professor Gina Marchetti, Chair, Committee on Gender Equality and Diversity

Dr. Grace Ting, Assistant Professor, Gender Studies Programme

Enquiries: genderst@hku.hk or 39174182