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Nadia Mui-Sin Chu (2023)

Nadia Chu is a PhD student at the Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge. She holds a Master's degree of Social Sciences in Media, Culture and Creative Cities from the University of Hong Kong (HKU). Following her graduation, she embarked on a professional journey as a Research Assistant at the Department of Sociology, HKU, where she honed her skills in conducting qualitative research and actively participated in community engagement projects.

Nadia's research interests are cultural sociology, urban sociology, and the sociology of space. Currently, her research focuses on investigating the revitalisation of Chinese opera in mainland China and Hong Kong from a historical and institutional comparative perspective.

Research Interests

Cultural Sociology, Urban Sociology, Sociology of Space.

Research Projects

Nadia's Doctoral Project: A Comparative Institutional Analysis of the Chinese Opera Sectors in Mainland China and Hong Kong

The study examines how the revitalisation of traditional culture takes different forms in two societies that shared identical cultural root yet underwent dissimilar paths of social development. It zeros in on the divergent developments of Chinese opera in mainland China and Hong Kong, which have experienced similar tensions that arise from competing interpretations of their traditions but have elicited different patterns of cultural hybridisation in their Chinese opera sector.

Past Projects as a Research Assistant at HKU:
1) The Development of Chinese Opera in Hong Kong since the 1920s (2021 – 2023)

2) Capturing the Moments of Living in Hong Kong’s Public Housing: A Record and Analysis of the Use of Home Space with Three-dimensional Techniques (2021 – 2022)

3) Art Engagement in Documenting the Disappearing Wah Fu Estate (2021 – 2022)

4) Everyday Space and Memory at Wah Fu Estate: Recording and Envisioning the Daily Life of Public Estate Residents in Hong Kong (2020 – 2021)

Publications

Wong, Gary Pui-fung; Mak, Wing Sze; Tong, Ka Man; Chu, Mui Sin Nadia. (2022). Capturing the moments of living in Hong Kong’s public housing. HKU Data Repository. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25442/hku.20261184.v1.

Chu, M.N., Chung, L. R.. (2021). The rise of “artistic director system” in Hong Kong’s Cantonese opera since the 2000s. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. https://hub.hku.hk/handle/10722/309163.

PhD Supervisor

Professor Christel Lane

Research Groups & Affiliations

Cantonese Opera Development Research Group
Wah Fu Estate Research Working Group

Awards

Cambridge International Scholarship, (2023 – 2026)
Honorary Trinity-Henry Barlow Scholarship, (2023 – 2024)

Job Title:
Reinventing Tradition in Hong Kong and Mainland China: A Comparative Institutional Analysis of the Chinese Opera Sectors since 1949, Supervisor: Prof Christel Lane
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Study at Cambridge

About the University

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