Dr. MAK Ka Yu Flora
Lecturer
PhD in English (Literary Studies), The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Mphil in English (Literary Studies), The Chinese University of Hong Kong
BA (Hons) in English (Special English Stream), The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Course Taught
English Usage I
English Usage II
English Writing
Research Interests
Romanticism
Modernism
Poetics
Hong Kong Literature in English
Humanities Education
Publications
Mak, Flora. “Literature Pedagogy in the Digitalized Classroom: Observations from Hong Kong.” Humanities Forward: Opportunity, Innovation, Policy in the 21st Century, edited by Stephan Nitu and Arlene Holmes-Henderson, Liverpool University Press, 2026 (Forthcoming).
Mak, Flora. ENGL 2235EED Hong Kong Literature in English Study Guide, edited by Gavin Tse Wing-hin, Caroline Leung & Sarah Sze-wah Lee, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, 2025.
Mak, Flora, Carmen Tin Wai Chan & Nicola Shun Yu Wan. ENGL2225EED Short Stories around the World Study Guide, edited by Sarah Sze Wah Lee, Danny Chung Hong Leung & Connie Mei Fong Chan, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, 2024.
Chan, Evelyn Tsz Yan, Mak, Flora Ka Yu, et al. The Value of the Humanities in Higher Education: Perspectives from Hong Kong. Springer Singapore, 2020. SpringerBriefs in Education.
Mak, Ka Yu Flora & Michael O’Sullivan. “‘I Am Trash’: How Student Stress and Self-Stratification Is Creating a Generation of ‘Interconnected Loners.’” Michael O’Sullivan. Cloneliness: On the Reproduction of Loneliness. Bloomsbury Academic, 2019, pp. 173-188.
Invited Talks
“Reviewing the Sinophone-Anglophone Gap in Contemporary Hong Kong Anglophone Literature.” Bridging Cultures through Literary Translation. Centre for Translation Technology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Jun 2025.
"Engaging Students in University Literature Classrooms.” Transformation and Development in Teaching and Research: Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Perspectives, HKU Space Community College Academic Conference. Jun 2024.
Conference Presentations
“‘Fiery Dust’ Reprised: The Contemporary Relevance of Byronic Heroism.” Byron: The Pilgrim of Eternity, 48th International Byron Conference. The International Association of Byron Societies. Jul 2024.
“Mapping Diamond Hill in Contemporary Historical and Fictional Narratives.” Society for Hong Kong Studies Annual Conference 2024. Jun 2024.
“Literature Pedagogy in the Digitalized Classroom: Observations from Hong Kong.” Humanities Forward: Opportunities and Challenges for the Next Twenty Years. Ertegun House, University of Oxford. May 2023.