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March 2024

Thu 7
March 7, 2024 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Postponed [Asian Legal History Seminar Series] Boats in a Storm Law, Migration, and Decolonization in South and Southeast Asia, 1942–1962

Speaker: Dr. Kalyani Ramnath (University of Georgia) Respondent: Dr. Christopher Roberts (Chinese University of Hong Kong) 7 March 2024, 8:00 pm For more than century before World War II, traders, […]

Thu 21
March 21, 2024 @ 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm

[South Asia in the South China Sea] When Culture meets State Diplomacy: the Case of Cheena Bhavana

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South Asia in the South China Sea When Culture meets State Diplomacy: the Case of Cheena Bhavana March 21, 2024, Thursday | 6 pm IST- 7:30 pm IST | ZOOM […]

April 2024

Tue 9
April 9, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

[Writing Lab] Doing History 101: Workshops in Historical Research

CPD 4.16

New format this semester! Sharpen your skills in reading and writing History with two hands-on sessions.   Digging into primary sources (NEW TIME, NEW VENUE) 26 March, Tuesday, 4:00pm-5:00pm (Venue: […]

Fri 12
April 12, 2024 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm

[Asian Legal History Seminar Series] Family, Law, and Politics in Asian Legal History: Book Discussion

Online Event

Family, Law, and Politics in Asian Legal History: Book Discussion Speakers: Saumya Saxena (O.P. Jindal Global University), Mara Yue Du (Cornell University) Respondent: Michael Ng, Alastair McClure Divorce and Democracy: […]

Thu 18
April 18, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

[South Asia in the South China Sea] Beyond Determinism? Rethinking the Asian Monsoon as a Connecting Force

Online Event

South Asia in the South China Sea Beyond Determinism? Rethinking the Asian Monsoon as a Connecting Force April 18, 2024, Thursday | 6 pm IST- 7:30 pm IST | ZOOM […]

June 2024

Mon 3
June 3, 2024 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Economic Warfare in East Asia and the Transformation of Hong Kong Industry, 1965-1988 by Dr. Macabe Keliher

CPD 3.29

Economic Warfare in East Asia and the Transformation of Hong Kong Industry, 1965-1988 In 1965 Taiwan set up a secret economic warfare unit inside the executive branch. For over two […]

September 2024

Fri 13
September 13, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Public Lecture: “Bringing Emotions into the City: History and Heritage” – Speaker: Dr Toby Lincol

Lecture Hall, May Hall

Public Lecture “Bringing Emotions into the City: History and Heritage”  Speaker: Dr Toby Lincoln, Associate Professor of Chinese Urban History, Centre for Urban History, University of Leicester  Moderator: Professor Cole […]

October 2024

Tue 15
October 15, 2024 @ 12:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Workshop on International History and Lecture with Professor Erez Manela (Institute of Transnational History of China)

Faculty of Arts Conference Room, Run Run Shaw Tower 4/F 4.36, HKU 

Inaugural Events of the Institute of Transnational History of China We are excited to announce that the workshop on international history and the lecture with Professor Erez Manela will mark […]

February 2025

Wed 5
February 5 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

“History in the Making: Mexico City, 1564: Nahuatl Protest Songs During a Year of Crisis” by Dr. Peter Sorensen (HKBU)

Faculty Lounge (Run Run Shaw Tower 4.30)

In 1564, Nahua singers performed three protest songs in Mexico City in the lead up to street riots. This talk will show how colonial period Nahua singers used their song […]

Thu 6
February 6 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

“The Filled Milk Controversy: Debating Nutritional Security and National Self-Sufficiency in the Philippines, 1957-1961” by Dr. Nicolo Ludovice (HKUST)

Run Run Shaw Tower 7/F 7.58

This presentation examines the filled milk controversy in the Philippines (1957–1961) and its impact on nutrition, public health, economic policy, and national self-sufficiency. Filled milk, a recombined dairy product using […]

Tue 18
February 18 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

“Radical Utopian Communities in Jamaica, Japan, and South Africa: A Global History from the Margins, 1900–1950” by Dr. Robert Kramm (LMU)

Faculty of Arts Conference Room, Run Run Shaw Tower 4/F 4.36, HKU 

At the turn of the twentieth century, radical utopian communities were built all around the world. They served as retreats, but they simultaneously constituted hubs for activists, reformers, and revolutionaries […]

Mon 24
February 24 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

“American Popular Culture, Comic Strips, and Globalization in the Early Twentieth Century” by Professor Ian Gordon (NUS)

Faculty Lounge (Run Run Shaw Tower 4.30)

In the early twentieth century Richard Outcault's American comic strip Buster Brown appeared in different forms in countries such as Brazil, Britain, Denmark, France, Italy, and Spain. This article discussed […]

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