Congratulations to @GhassanMoazzin for being awarded the 2024 Faculty Research Award for Junior Tenure-track Professoriate Staff (under the category of cumulative research activity over a 3-year period)!
We are thrilled to announce that Professor Charles Schencking has been elected as a Corresponding Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (AAH). Corresponding Fellows are elected in recognition…
Prof. Wang Gungwu Visits HKU for a Memorable Reunion with Colleagues and "Wang Gungwu Prize in History" Winners On December 6 2023, the University of Hong Kong (HKU) had the…
We're proud to announce that Dr. Ghassan Moazzin, Assistant Professor at the Department of History, HKU and HKIHSS, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society! Please…
Prof. Charles Schencking explores the impact of the Great Kanto Earthquake on modern Japan on SCMP Explains. ?Watch here: https://www.scmp.com/video/asia/3233167/tokyo-flames-earthquake-changed-japan-forever
You can now view our 2023-24 Courses on Offer and the latest course timetable at https://history.hku.hk/ug_course/.
Olympic gold medalist Wang Xin will join CCCH9032 Sports and Chinese Society as guest lecturer on Feb 8, 2023.
Dr. Nicolo Ludovice is awarded the 2022 Young Historian's Prize by The National Commission of Culture and the Arts of The Philippines for his PhD thesis.
Queenie Tang, year 4 History student of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Hong Kong, received the Global Undergraduate Award 2022 in the Asia regional category.
Dr. Elizabeth LaCouture is awarded the 2022 Best Book in Non-North American Urban History by the Urban History Association.