Helena Wu Explained

Helena Yuen-wai Wu
Native Name:	胡婉慧
Native Name Lang:	zh-HK
Occupation:	Assistant Professor
Website:	Faculty page
Alma Mater:	University of Zurich
Thesis Title:	Reconfiguring Post-Colonial Local Relations through Things, Places and Bodies in Hong Kong Culture and Society
Thesis Url:	https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-174131
Thesis Year:	2019
Doctoral Advisor:	Andrea Riemenschnitter
Academic Advisors:	Zanetti Sandro Stephen CHU Yiu Wai
Discipline:	Asian studies, Hong Kong studies, cultural studies
Workplaces:	University of British Columbia

T:	胡婉慧
Y:	Wùh Yún-wai
J:	Wu6 Jyun2-wai3

Helena Wu is a Hongkonger academic in cultural studies, focused on Hong Kong cinema and literature^[1] based at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Wu is Canada Research Chair in Hong Kong studies and Convenor of UBC's Hong Kong Studies Initiative.^{[2] [3]}

Biography

Wu received her Master of Philosophy (MPhil) desgree from the University of Hong Kong.^{[4] [5]} She was awarded her doctorate summa cum laude from the University of Zurich in 2019.^[6]

Bibliography

• The Hangover After the Handover: Places, Things and Cultural Icons in Hong Kong, 2020^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Soundtrack of Our Lives Film Series Tai Kwun . www.taikwun.hk . Tai Kwun . 15 November 2024 . en.
2. Web site: Helena Wu . Department of Asian Studies . University of British Columbia . 24 August 2024.
3. Web site: Canada Research Chairs . www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca . Government of Canada . 24 August 2024 . 29 November 2012.
4. Web site: Helena Wu University of British Columbia . ubc.academia.edu . Academia.edu . 24 August 2024.
5. Web site: Wu . Yuen-wai . Beyond rivers and lakes: a cultural study of jianghu . hub.hku.hk . University of Hong Kong . 24 August 2024 . 10.5353/th_b4629023 . 2011. 1 November 2024 .
6. Wu . Helena Yuen-Wai . Reconfiguring Colonial Local Relations through Things, Places and Bodies in Hong Kong Culture and Society . University of Zurich . 24 August 2024 . 2019. 10.5167/uzh-174131 .
7. Web site: Helena Wu . Jade Music Festival . 2 November 2022.