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Dr. Miriam L.C. Lau 劉亮之博士
Academic Co-ordinator and Lecturer, English - Enhancement/Enrichment, Division of Arts and Languages
Teaching Areas
Course(s) taught:- CCLC1201 English Academic Writing I
- CCLC1202 English Writing II
- CCLC2205 Reading Contemporary Worlds
- CSCI4008 Honours Project
- CSCI4009 Honours Project
Research Interests
- Drama
- Shakespeare Studies
- Second language acquisition
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Selected Publications
- Lau, L.C.M and Carnett, S.M.C. (2024). “Does drama improve your English proficiency? - An analysis of a theatre course for associate degree students at university.” Global Virtual Exchange Summit 2024. Hosted by School of Continuing Education, Hong Kong Baptist University, co-organized by HKBU SCE Virtual Exchange Centre (VEC) and Research Management Office. Aug 28 - Aug 29, 2024. (Conference proceeding).
- Lau, L.C.M (2024). “From King Lear to Queen Lear: unravelling an all-female cast in Tang Shu-wing’s physical theatre.” International Shakespeare Conference. Hosted by Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, organised by University of Birmingham. July 24 - July 26, 2024. (Conference proceeding). By invitation only.
- Lau, L.C.M (2024). “Doubleness of Gender and Theatre Forms in Mitsuya Mori’s Double Nora (2005): A Japanese Noh Adaptation.” VXth International Conference. Hosted by Nanjing University, co-organised by Centre for Ibsen Studies, University of Oslo and Nanjing University. June 24 - June 26, 2024. (Conference proceeding).
- Lau, L.C.M (2022). Adapting Shakespeare in Hong Kong: Tang Shu-wing’s Macbeth in 2016 and 2019. Shakespeare Jahrbuch (158), 136-154.
- Lau, L.C.M (2020). Caesar & Lear in Hong Kong: Appropriating Shakespeare to Express the Inexpressible. Shakespeare Survey (73), 93-106.
- Lau, L.C.M (2020). Adapting Hamlet in Colonial Hong Kong: Richard Ho’s Hamlet: Sword of Vengeance. Shakespeare Jahrbuch (156), 72-88.
- Lau, L.C.M (2020). Rev. of Adele Lee, The English Renaissance and the Far East, 2018, in Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies, 20 (1), 119-122.
- Lau, L.C.M (2018). “Zhuqing de Zhongxi Hebi”《铸情》的中西合璧 [The East-West integration of Romeo & Juliet Peony], “Yiping Bizhen” 艺评笔阵 [Art Criticism], International Association of Theatre Critics (Hong Kong).
- Lau, L.C.M (2017). Teaching Shakespeare to ESL Students: The Study of Language Arts in Four Major Plays, 1st Ed., Springer, Singapore, 149pp.
- Lau, L.C.M (2016). “The Adaptation and Appropriation of Japanese Kimono in Hong Kong Society”, SPEED Working Paper Series, 4 (9), 1-23.
- Lau, L.C.M (2016). “When to Laugh? When Not to Laugh? That’s the Question”, Ming Pao Monthly, 5 (5), 10-15.
- Lau, L.C.M (2015). “Effects of Chinese opera on the reproductions of Henrik Ibsen's plays”, Nordlit (34), 315-32.
- Lau, L.C.M (2014). “A Fusion of Small and Big Times: Chinese Shakespeares in the Universities Shakespeare Festival”, Shakespeare Review, 50 (5), 881-894.
- Lau, L.C.M (2012). “Beyond the Tarantella: Re-visualizing Pain/Pleasure in Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House”, Ibsen Across Cultures, Fudan University Press, pp. 233-245.
Professional / Community Services
- 2024: Invited English storytelling sessions. ESF Kindergarten, Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children Kindergarten Nursery School
- 2023: Invited drama workshops and English storytelling sessions. ESF Kindergarten, Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children Kindergarten Nursery School
- 2020 – Present: Member, International Shakespeare Conference, University of Birmingham
Grants
- Principal investigator, “Teaching modern theatre to enhance English proficiency for college students in Hong Kong: A case study of CIE” is conducted in AY 2024/25 (supported by CIE seed fund; Jan 2024 – Jan 2025). The aim is to investigate whether teaching English modern theatre to associate degree students in Hong Kong, who are mostly from CMI schools, can facilitate their English language acquisition. Research papers will be published after the completion of this research project.
- Principal investigator, “Drama education: Experiencing Shakespeare in Hong Kong schools” awarded by Hong Kong Polytechnic University CPCE Research Fund (2015).
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