Dr. LO Wai LukHonorary Resident Writer
lowailuk@hkbu.edu.hk
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Education:
Ph. D. Theatre Studies, City University of New York
Area of Interests:
History of Chinese Cinema / Aesthetics of Chinese films / Theatre Aesthetics / Hong Kong Performance Studies
Major Highlights:
| 2016 | Outstanding Service to Dance for the book In Search of Hong Kong Dance, Dance Award 2016, Hong Kong Dance Alliance |
| Lo Wai Luk, ed. (2016), Anthology of Hong Kong Literature (1919 – 1949): Drama. Hong Kong: Commercial Press. | |
| 2015 |
Lo Wai Luk (March 2015), “The Cultural Politics of 20th Century Hong Kong Drama – Discussion on Several Phenomena,” in Chen and others ed. Hong Kong: Metropolitan Imagination and Cultural Memory, Beijing: Beijing University Press, 293 – 306. 〈20世紀香港戲劇的文化政治 - 幾個現象概述〉，陳平原等編《香港：都市想象與文化記憶》(北京：北京大學出版) ，頁293 - 306。 |
| 2014 |
Lo Wai Luk (Nov 2014) , ”Between Hong Kong and China – Several Phenomena in the Cultural History of Hong Kong Cantonese Cinema,” in Eva Man ed. Cantonese Culture of Hong Kong (Hong Kong: Commercial Press), 100 – 119. 〈在香港和中國之間 - 香港粵語電影文化史上的幾個現象〉，文潔華編《香港嘅廣東文化》(香港：商務印書館) ，頁100 - 119。 |
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Education
| Ph. D. Theatre Studies, City University of New York |
Positions Held
| 2005- | Associate Professor | School of Communication, HKBU |
| 1997-2005 | Assistant Professor | School of Communication, HKBU |
| 1996-97 | Visiting Lecturer | Division of Humanity, HKUST |
| 1995-96 | Visiting Lecturer | School of Design, HK Polytechnic University |
| 1994-96 | Part-time Lecturer | Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts |
| Hong Kong Baptist University | ||
| School of Continuing Education, HKCU | ||
| Hong Kong Arts Centre | ||
| 1994-2003 | Guest Director | Chung Ying Theatre Company |
| Southern China Film Workers Union | ||
| Hong Kong Film and Television Theatrical Association | ||
| Horizonte Theatre Company | ||
| Shatin Theatre Company | ||
| 1991-92 | Lecturer | Department of Communication, Hong Kong Baptist College |
Selected Publications or Creative Works
Academic Books
| Lo Wai Luk, ed. (2016), Anthology of Hong Kong Literature (1919 – 1949): Drama. Hong Kong: Commercial Press |
| Lo Wai Luk (2015) In Search of Hong Kong Dance，sponsored by Hong Kong Arts Development Council. Hong Kong: International Association of Theatre Critics (HK). |
| Lo Wai Luk (2012) Perspectives on Contemporary Hong Kong Theatre, sponsored by Hong Kong Arts Development Council. Hong Kong: International Association of Theatre Critics (HK). |
| Lo Wai Luk (2011) Collected Drama Criticism: Twenty Years. Hong Kong: International Association of Theatre Critics (HK). |
| Lo WaiLuk (2010) Dance Words: Criticism, Aesthetic Discourse, and Creative Writings, sponsored by Hong Kong Arts Development Council. Hong Kong: International of Theatre Critics. |
| Lo Wai Luk, ed. (2007) Anthology of Hong Kong Drama Criticisms (1960 – 1999), sponsored by Hong Kong Arts Development Council. Hong Kong: International Association of Theatre Criticism (HK). |
| Lo Wai Luk, co-ed. (2007) Listing of Hong Kong Drama Critisism (1960 – 1999), sponsored by Hong Kong Arts Development Council. Hong Kong: International Association of Theatre Critic (HK). |
| Lo Wai Luk ed. (2007) Hong Kong Theatre Journal Vol 7, Hong Kong: Chinese University of Hong Kong. |
| Lo Wai Luk (2007) Taste of Drama – Dramaturgical Remarks of Performances of Hong Kong Repertory Theatre Company. Hong Kong: International Association of Theatre Critics (HK). |
Selected Creative Writings and other Books
| Lo Wai Luk (2010), Perhaps it is Connected by Randomness (poetry collection). Hong Kong: Creative Book Shop. |
| Lo Wai Luk (2008), Collected Plays of Wai Luk Lo, sponsored by Hong Kong Arts Development Council. Hong Kong: International Association of Theatre Critics (HK). |
| Lo Wai Luk (2005), Remarks on Creative Writings. Hong Kong: Creative Book Shop. |
| Lo Wai Luk (2002), Searched, Others (prose collection). Hong Kong: Creative. |
| Lo Wai Luk(1999)。New York Note Book, sponsored by Hong Kong Arts Development Council. Hong Kong: Sunflower Workshop |
| Lo Wai Luk (1997)。In Search of Myself (poetry), sponsored by Hong Kong Arts Development Council. Hong Kong: SuYeh Publishing. |
Selected Journal articles, book chapters (2009 – 2016)
| Lo Wai Luk, ed. (2016), “Introduction,” Anthology of Hong Kong Literature (1919 – 1949): Drama (Hong Kong: Commercial Press), 43 – 74. |
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Lo Wai Luk (March 2015), “The Cultural Politics of 20th Century Hong Kong Drama – Discussion on Several Phenomena,” in Chen and others ed. Hong Kong: Metropolitan Imagination and Cultural Memory, Beijing: Beijing University Press, 293 – 306. 〈20世紀香港戲劇的文化政治 - 幾個現象概述〉，陳平原等編《香港：都市想象與文化記憶》(北京：北京大學出版) ，頁293 - 306。 |
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Lo Wai Luk (Dec 2014), “The Tragic Awakening of the Chinese Cinema in the New Era (1979b – 1989), Journal of Guizhou University, Vol 28, No 6, 39 -55. 〈新時期中國電影的悲劇覺醒〉，《貴州大學學報藝術版》第二十八卷第六期，頁39 - 55。 |
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Lo Wai Luk (Nov 2014) , ”Between Hong Kong and China – Several Phenomena in the Cultural History of Hong Kong Cantonese Cinema,” in Eva Man ed. Cantonese Culture of Hong Kong (Hong Kong: Commercial Press), 100 – 119. 〈在香港和中國之間 - 香港粵語電影文化史上的幾個現象〉，文潔華編《香港嘅廣東文化》(香港：商務印書館) ，頁100 - 119。 |
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Lo Wai Luk (Sept 2014), “Eternal Innocence – Children Star Culture of Early Chinese Cinema and the Screen Image of Lai Heng,” (Hong Kong: Creative Book), 〈永遠的純粹童真 -從早期中國電影的童星文化看黎鏗的銀幕形像〉，費明儀等編《著名童星、朗朗藝術家黎鏗》(香港：創造書店) ，頁41 - 53。 |
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Lo Wai Luk (Aug 2014), “The Cultural Imagination of Hong Kong Cantonese Martial Arts Films of 1950s – 60s,” in Eva Man ed., The Politics of Cantonese : The Differences and Multiplicity of Hong Kong Cantonese (Hong Kong: Chinese University Press), 65 – 79. 〈五六十年代香港粵語功夫片的文化想像〉，文潔華編《粵語的政治：香港粵語的異質與多元》(香港：中文大學出版社) ，頁65 - 79。 |
| Lo Wai Luk (July 2014). “The Dynamics of Frame: Framing and Reframing in Wong Kar-wai’s Films”Avanca∣Cinema 2014, Portugal, 1465 – 1472. |
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Lo Wai Luk (March 2014), “The Acting and Screen Image of Hong Seng Nui,” Film Art, Vol 335, 2014 No 2 (Beijing: Association of Chinese Film Artists), 140 – 146. 〈紅線女的表演藝術與銀幕形象〉，《電影藝術》2014年第二期，總355期(北京：中國電影家協會) ，頁140 - 146。 |
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Lo Wai Luk (Dec 2013), “Handsome Scholar and Blant Young Man: The Two Faces of Yam Kim Fa,” Siu Han Wong, ed., One Hundred Years of Haunting Beauty: International Conference on Yam Kim Fai (Hong Kong: Chung Hwa Press), 293 – 305. 〈風流才子與憨直少年：任劍輝的兩張臉〉，黃兆漢編《驚艷一百年 - 二O一三紀念任劍輝女士百年誕辰粵劇藝術國際研討會論文集》(香港：中華書局)，頁293 - 305。 |
| Lo Wai Luk (July 2013). “Embodied Chineseness: A Study of Bruce Lee’s Screen Image and Body Character” Avanca∣Cinema 2013, Portugal, 147 – 154. |
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Lo Wai Luk (Dec 2012), “Hong Kong Drama: Cultural Politics and Aesthetic Nature,” in 35th Anniversary of Hong Kong Repertory Theatre(Hong Kong: Hong Kong Repertory Theatre), 65- 73. 〈香港戲劇：文化政治與美學特質〉，潘璧雲編《香港話劇團35周年戲劇研討會 -「戲劇創作與本土文化」討論實錄及論文集》(香港：香港話劇團)，頁65 - 73。 |
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Lo Wai Luk (Dec 2011), “The Cultural Politics and Aesthetic Practices of Contemporary Hong Kong Dram: on Several Post-modern Paradigms,” Journal of Modern Chinese Literature, Vol 20, 35 – 56. 〈當代香港戲劇藝術的文化政治與美學實踐 – 兼談幾個本土後現代主義範式〉，《中國現代文學》半年刊，第二十期，頁35 - 56。 |
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Lo Wai Luk (Nov 2011), “Shadow Play and Non-Shadow Play – The Evolution of Film Language in Early Chinese Cinema,” in Chinese Cinema: Tracing the Origins (Hong Kong: Hong Kong Film Archive), 206 – 220. 〈「影戲」與「非影戲」 - 早期中國電影的電影語言演進〉，《中國電影溯源》，香港：香港電影資料館，頁206 -220。 |
| Lo, Wai Luk (Sept 2011). “Traditional Chinese Aesthetics and Contemporary Chinese Films—Applying the idea of Qi-yun to understand the temporal structure of selected films of Hou Hsiao-hsien,” East Asian Cinema and Cultural Heritage: From China, Hong Kong, Taiwan to Japan and South Korea. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan，81 - 100. |
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Lo Wai Luk (March 2011), “The Aura of Time: On the Artistic Construction of the Central Union Film Company,” in The Memories of Tim: Central Union Film Company (Hong Kong: Hong Kong Film Archive). 〈時代的氣韻：說「中聯」的藝術構成〉，《我為人人：中聯的時代記憶》，香港：香港電影資料館。 |
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Lo Wai Luk (March 2011), “From Lu Dun’s Art Practice to Hong Kong Leftist Cinema,” The Task of Art and Culture: Exploration of the New Union Film Company (Hong Kong: Hong Kong Film Archive). 〈從盧敦的藝術實踐看香港左派電影〉，《文藝任務：新聯求索》，香港：香港電影資料館。 |
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Lo Wai Luk(Sept 2010), “From Minimalism to Narrativism : On the Spatial Exploration of Tang Shu Wing,” Journal of Art and Culture, 2010 no 2 (Hangzhou: Zhejiang Institute of Arts and Culture. 〈從簡約主義到敘事主義 -- 論鄧樹榮的劇場空間探索〉，《文化藝術研究》2010年第二期，杭州：浙江省文化藝術研究院。 |
| Lo, Wai-luk (2009). “Three Paradigms in Hong Kong Drama in the 1970s: Hybridity in Styles,”Yiu-wai Chu and Eva Kit-wah Man eds., Contemporary Asian Modernities: Transnationality, Interculturality, and Hybridity, (Bern: Peter Lang), 271 – 286. |
Major Public and Professional Service
| 2014 – | Committee Member | Hong Kong Arts Development Council |
| 2013 – | Drama Editor | Hong Kong Literature Series (1919 – 1949) |
| 2012 – | Member | Sub-committee on Funding for the Performing Arts (FPA), Home Affairs Bureau, Hong Kong Government |
| Expert Advisers | Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme (ACDFS), Home Affairs Bureau, Hong Kong Government | |
| Sept 2012 – Aug 2015 | Academic Assessor | Centennial College, HKU |
| 2012 – | Dance and Multi Media Committee Member | Leisure and Cultural Services Department, Hong Kong Government |
| 2007 – 2012 | Drama Committee Member | Leisure and Cultural Services Department, Hong Kong Government |
| Aug 2002 – Dec 2004 | Consultant | Hong Kong Arts Development Council |
| 2002 – | Subject Specialist | Hong Kong Council for Academic Accreditation |
| 2001 – Oct 2013 | Broad member | International Association of Theatre Critics |
| 2001 – 2005 | Honorary Advisor | Media Arts, Arts School, Hong Kong Arts Centre |
| 1998 - | Co-editor | Hong Kong Play Series, International Association of Theatre Critics |
| External Assessor | Research Grants Council, Hong Kong Government | |
| 1997 – 2002 | Instructor | Creative Writing Workshop, General Education Department, HKU |
| 1996 – 2000 | Co-op member | Drama Committee, Hong Kong Arts Development Council |
| 1996 – 1997 | Artistic consultant | Theatrical Affairs, Urban Council |
| 1998 – 2000 | Committee member | The Second Chinese Drama Festival and Symposium, Hong Kong |
| 1995 – 1998 | Adjudicator | Hong Kong Independent Film and Video Awards, Hong Kong Arts Centre and Urban Council |
| 1996 – 1998 | Adjudicator | Drama Criticism Competition, Urban Council |
| 1995 – 1997 | Adjudicator | Drama Festival, Urban Council |
Professional Association
| Life member | International Association of Theatre Critics (Hong Kong) |
| Life member | Hong Kong Shakespeare Society. |
| Arts Dept. | South China Film Workers’ Union (2000 – present) |
| Artistic Consultant | Hong Kong Film and Television Theatrical Association (1996 – 2001) |
| Co-instructor | post-graduate diploma in East/West Theatre Studies, SPACE, Hong Kong University (1996 – present) |
Awards and Honours
| Outstanding Service to Dance for the book In Search of Hong Kong Dance, Dance Award 2016, Hong Kong Dance Alliance. |
| Award for Outstanding Performance in Service 2010/2011, School of Communication, Hong Kong Baptist University. |
| Award Recipient of Secretary of Home Affairs’ Commendation(民政事務局長嘉許) 2010. |
| Two poems were selected into the anthology Selection of Hong Kong Poems 1950 – 2000, Hong Kong: Hong Kong Public Library, 2001. |
| 1997, Best Ten Lecturers, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. |