We’re excited to invite you to a casual and fun gathering organized by the Department of History to kick off the new semester! Join us on Monday, September 8, 2025, from 4:30 to 6:00 pm, at the Faculty of Arts Lounge (4.30, 4/F, Run Run Shaw Tower), for an evening of pizza, drinks, and great […]
This talk will examine Thomas Paine’s imprisonment during the French Revolution, and the refusal of the United States Ambassador to France, Gouverneur Morris, to intervene on his behalf. The episode provides a chance to examine the French Revolution – and the Atlantic Revolutions more generally – from both an abstract perspective and a very personal […]
Desperate to save her marriage, a woman in China hires a professional to go undercover and break up her husband’s affair. With strikingly intimate access, Mistress Dispeller follows this unfolding family drama from all corners of a love triangle. Critically acclaimed, Mistress Dispeller has won 20 awards across 70 festivals since it debuted at Venice […]
In 1998, the Belitung, a ninth-century western Indian Ocean–style vessel, was discovered in Indonesian waters. Onboard was a full cargo load, likely intended for the Middle Eastern market, of over 60,000 Tang Dynasty (619–907) ceramics, gold, and other precious objects. Today, these objects are on permanent display in Singapore’s Asian Civilisations Museum, where they are […]
In the first book-length study of the imperial history of extradition in Hong Kong, Ivan Lee shows how British judges, lawyers, and officials navigated the nature of extradition, debated its legalities, and distinguished it over time from other modalities of criminal jurisdiction – including deportation, rendition, and trial and punishment under territorial and extraterritorial laws. […]
A History of Aging in Qing China examines the history of aging and old age during the Qing dynasty, a pivotal period marked by rapid demographic growth that resulted in the largest elderly population in imperial China. Drawing on previously overlooked first-person accounts from the extensive collections authored by Qing men and women, it offers […]
My current research project aims to reconstruct the history of China’s electrical and electronics industries between the late 19th century and the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War in 1937. Situated at the intersection of economic and business history, the history of technology and global history, this project traces the introduction and adaptation of electrical technology […]