Personal profile
Chinese Name
Research Interests
Anglophone African Literature
Literature and Postcolonialism
Utopian and Dystopian Studies
Anglophone Hong Kong Literature
Representations of Africa in Hong Kong
Biography
Emily Chow-Quesada is an associate professor at the Department of English Language and Literature, Hong Kong Baptist University. Her research focuses on postcolonial anglophone literature and the representations of blackness in Hong Kong. Her current projects include the representations of blackness in Hong Kong media, a documentary on black female artists in Hong Kong, a podcasts series documenting the voices of the marginalized in Hong Kong through digital storytelling, and an online photographic journal of the female demographic in Hong Kong. She is also the editor of the “Hong Kong and Chinese Literature and Culture” section of Hong Kong Review of Books.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Chinese University of Hong Kong
1 Sept 2013 → 31 Aug 2016
Award Date: 1 Dec 2016
MPhil, Chinese University of Hong Kong
1 Sept 2011 → 31 Aug 2013
Award Date: 1 Dec 2013
Master, Chinese University of Hong Kong
1 Sept 2010 → 31 Aug 2011
Award Date: 1 Dec 2011
Bachelor, Hong Kong Baptist University
1 Sept 2007 → 31 Aug 2009
Award Date: 1 Dec 2009
External positions
Dialogue-The Journal of Black British, Diaspora and African History
1 Dec 2022 → …
Zanzibar International Film Festival
18 Jun 2022 → 26 Jun 2022
HKDSE Subject Committee Member, Literature in English
1 Sept 2021 → 31 Aug 2024
Hong Kong Review of Books
1 Jun 2018 → …
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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“Passage”: a site-specific listening experience with recorded oral history from Hong Kong’s ethnic minority communities, music based on the recorded speech, and geolocation technology.
CHOW-QUESADA, S. M. E. (PI) & LAM, G. T. K. (CoI)
1/01/24 → 31/12/25
Project: Research project
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The Zimbabwean Maverick: Dambudzo Marechera and Utopian Thinking
Chow-Quesada, S. M. E., 26 Oct 2022, 1st ed. London: Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group). 222 p. (Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory)Research output: Book/Report › Book or report › peer-review
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Broken Ubuntu, Minor Voices: Women in Dambudzo Marechera’s Poems and Plays
Chow-Quesada, S. M. E., Jun 2026, (Accepted/In press) New critical readings: K. Sello Duiker, Phaswane Mpe, Yvonne Vera and Dambudzo Marechera. Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group)Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Desire, Trauma and Silence: Intersectional African Feminism in Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Tambu/Tambudzai Trilogy
Chow-Quesada, S. M. E., 18 Apr 2026, In: English Academy Review.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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De-territorialization and Re-territorialization: the “Cramped Space” in Contemporary Hong Kong Literature
Chow-Quesada, S. M. E., 19 Jun 2025, Hong Kong Studies: The Culture and Politics of Realignment. Ki, M. & Liang, W.W.-C. (eds.). Brill, p. 131–153 23 p. (Hong Kong Culture and Literature; vol. 1).Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Emblem Brews: Protea X Bauhinia
CHOW-QUESADA, S. M. E. (Art Historian), 15 Jun 2024, (In preparation)Research output: Non-textual form › Performance
Prizes
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Faculty/School/Academy of Visual Arts Performance Award in Early Career Teaching
CHOW-QUESADA, S. M. E. (Recipient), 24 May 2022
Prize: Award
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Faculty/School Performance Award - Teaching (Individual)
CHOW-QUESADA, S. M. E. (Recipient), 2 May 2024
Prize: Award
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Fellowship of International Holistic Competency Foundation
CHOW-QUESADA, S. M. E. (Recipient), 28 Feb 2025
Prize: Award
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Activities
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Retelling Resilience: Intercultural Encounters on a Service-learning Trip to Uganda
CHOW-QUESADA, S. M. E. (Convenor) & Todorova, M. (Organiser)
14 Mar 2026Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by non-HKBU units
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Academic Dialogue 1: Facing the Other, Finding the Self: Mapping Identity in World Literature
CHOW-QUESADA, S. M. E. (Convenor)
1 Apr 2026Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by non-HKBU units
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Documentary Screening: Echo: Black Women Artists in Hong Kong
CHOW-QUESADA, S. M. E. (Convenor) & Mtsetwene, T. N. (Organiser)
20 Apr 2026Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by non-HKBU units
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Poster Presentation of the Service Learning Project of ENGL 4127: Introducing African Literatures
CHOW-QUESADA, S. M. E. (Organiser)
23 Apr 2026Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by HKBU
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African Literature & Service-Learning: a case study
CHOW-QUESADA, S. M. E. (Convenor) & Hamilton, G. (Organiser)
31 Jan 2026Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by non-HKBU units