Hugo W. Tam

The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Hugo is currently a Research Assistant Professor of Second Language Studies at The Education University of Hong Kong. His research intertest includes linguistic ethnography, discourse and conversation analysis, urban multilingualism, language use in transnational contexts in particularly focusing on ethnolinguistic minorities in Hong Kong, and Thailand. His current research project aims to describe how languages, music, and food intertwined in Bangkok, particularly the two invisible communities: Isan and 'new' Chinese.

Presentation(s):

• Close-Ups: The Highs and Lows of Social Life in the Village

  Thursday, August 1, 2024
  14:00 – 15:45 (GMT+7)

• Singing Isan: Regional voices and the rural identity of the working class in Thai music

  Thursday, August 1, 2024
  14:00 – 15:45 (GMT+7)