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從「驚天動地」到「寂天寞地」：陳寅恪、唐君毅與隱微寫作
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一九四九年新中國成立，知識分子面臨重大抉擇。陳寅恪南下廣州，唐君毅輾轉來到香港。五十年代兩人治學方向都有微妙轉圜：陳寅恪研究《再生緣》及柳如是傳奇，唐君毅則在《中國文化之精神價值》中評鑒傳統戲曲及說部。世變之際，文學成為兩人觀照歷史、辯證思想的方法。陳寅恪自謂頌紅妝之事，以待來者；唐君毅更藉《水滸傳》反省生命從「驚天動地」到「寂天寞地」的道理。他們字裡行間所留下的暗碼系統，召喚我們在不同的時代作出不同的解讀。 READ MORE...
Paving The Road Away From Reconciliation: The Anatomy Of Injustice In Post-WWII Japanese War Crimes Trials
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The Tokyo Trial, 1946-1948, and the lesser BC class war crimes trials throughout East Asia of former Japanese soldiers, never get mentioned with the same hushed tones of legal reverence as the Nuremberg Tribunal of Nazis. Why did justice seemingly fail in East Asia when theoretically the same international law was pursued on both sides of the globe? Put another way, if Nuremberg bequeathed an academy to carry forth into the next generation the Nuremberg Principles, what happened in war crimes courts in East Asia that rendered such notions legally impotent? This talk investigates how a history of injustice developed in postwar East Asia and how it came to wield the potent political force it manifests today. READ MORE...