Time: 30 Oct 2024, 2:30 – 3:30 pm
Hybrid Mode: The Forum, 6/F, Library & Online via Zoom
Guest Speaker: Ms An Yu

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In Klara and the Sun, the humanity of Ishiguro’s characters is placed on a spectrum. What does it mean to be human? Is humanity something that can be learned?

A story of love, grief, and hope, told through Ishiguro’s understated prose and from the compelling point of view of an AI machine, this novel achieves what all novels aim to do, which is to stand by its readers as they each arrive at their own truths. 

In this talk, Ms An Yu will provide PolyU readers with rich and thought-provoking perspectives on the novel's resonance with contemporary issues.

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About the Speakers:

Ms An Yu (安於) was born and raised in Beijing, and spent parts of her life studying and working in London, New York, and Paris. She received her MFA from New York University and writes her fiction in English.

She is the author of the novels Braised Pork (2020) and Ghost Music (2022). Her writing has also appeared in The Sunday Times Style, Freeman’s, Literary Hub, The Wall Street Journal, among other publications.

About READ@PolyU

READ@PolyU is the community reading project of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Our vision is to build an empathetic, creative, and courageous community of learners and global citizens for whom reading is a source of knowledge and creativity.

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Affected period: from 12:00 on 28 Sep 2024 to 12:00 on 5 Oct 2024.

Library Opening Hours and Weekend Counter Service Hours (Effective July 2024)

Effective July 2024, the Library will close at 23:00 every day during term time, with Library opening hours on Sunday extended from 22:00 to 23:00 except public holidays. The weekend counter service hours will also be adjusted as highlighted in green below:

Join this upcoming seminar to discover how you can publish your work in Springer Nature’s Open Access Journal without paying the Article Processing Charges (APCs)!

The Library has recently signed a Transformative Agreement (TA) with Springer Nature, enabling PolyU authors to publish open access articles with a full waiver of APC. As part of this agreement, a limited quota of APC waivers is offered by Springer Nature for each year on a first-come-first-served basis. This seminar will provide you with valuable insights into this agreement and guide you through the process of submitting your publications to take advantage of this waiver.

All postgraduate students and researchers are welcome!

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Date: 29 May 2024 (Wednesday)
Time: 2.30 pm – 3.30 pm
Speaker: Mimmi Mononen, Associate Editor, PHD, Springer Nature, China
Platform: Zoom
Agenda:

• Choosing/Finding the Right Journal
• Crafting a Strong Manuscript: Top Tips for Getting Published
• Navigating the Submission Process
• Understanding Peer Review
• Copyright and Permissions Essentials
• Ethical Considerations in Publishing and research transparency
• Post-Acceptance Steps
• Maximizing Visibility and Impact After Publication
• Promote your publication
• Open Access Options and Transformative Agreements Explained

About the Speakers:

Mimmi Mononen
Associate Editor, PHD, Springer Nature, China

Mimmi joined Nature Communications in September 2022. She received her PhD from Karolinska Institutet, where she studied early human heart development using single-cell RNA sequencing. She continued using single-cell technologies during her postdoc at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, where she worked on cancer stem cells. Mimmi handles manuscripts relating to single-cell biology. She is based in the Hong Kong office.

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