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Public Lecture – Chinese Jeep Girls and American Soldiers (Prof. Chunmei Du, Associate Professor, Lingnan University)

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Between 1945 and 1949, up to 113,000 American soldiers were stationed in China for various missions. This talk analyzes the vibrant debate over “Jeep girls” (吉普女郎), a term coined to describe Chinese females who socialized, sometimes intimately, with American soldiers during and after World War II, revealing key features of gendered Chinese nationalism. Dr. Chunmei Du is […]

Ani Bond: Choying Drolma (2023) – Screening and Dialogue with Director Fen Jennifer Lin

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Ani Bond: Choying Drolma (2023), Screening and Dialogue with Director Fen Jennifer Lin   Discussants: Georgios Halkias, Glorious Sun Professor in Buddhist Studies & Director, Centre of Buddhist Studies, HKU Catherine Hardie, Assistant professor in Buddhist Studies, Centre of Buddhist Studies, HKU Crystal Kwok, Lecturer and Filmmaker, Department of History, HKU   Moderator: Ji Li, […]

Doing History Workshops for History Students

Run Run Shaw Tower 10/F 10.66

Doing History is back this semester to help you further sharpen your skills in historical research and writing! Reading for Research  Date: 2 March 2026 (Monday) Time: 4:00-5:30pm Venue: 10.66, 10/F, Run Run Shaw Tower Not sure how to start your research? In this workshop, we will explore how and why academic historians write. Join us […]

Career Pathways Launch Event – Workshop: Shape Your Career Path (Alla Semiletova, Director, EY)

Run Run Shaw Tower 10/F 10.66

History Majors: Career Pathways Launch Event! March 24, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Room 10.66, RRST Limited capacity: first 15 to register (priority given to juniors and seniors) Workshop: Shape Your Career Path Are you anxious about life after university? Don’t know where to begin with your job search? Confused about how a BA in History will translate […]

History in the Making – Medicalizing Animals as Food and Drugs in Chinese Asia (Dr. Liz P.Y. Chee, Assistant Professor, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

This talk will discuss my current book project, tentatively titled Medicalizing Animals as Food and Drugs in Chinese Asia. As the title indicates, this project focuses on animals and their consumption at the nexus of  medicine and medicalized food in ‘Chinese Asia’ (the PRC, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and my native Singapore), from the 1970s until now.  I […]

Journal Publishing: A Practical Discussion (Dr. Marc S. Rodriguez, Professor, Portland State University)

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This seminar run by the Editor of the Pacific Historical Review, Professor Marc Rodriguez, Portland State University, will talk about the nuts and bolts of publishing in the journal. Historians, scholars and postgraduate students interested in publishing in  journals are encouraged to attend. Marc Rodriguez is Professor of history at Portland State University and Editor […]

Book Launch “The Idea of China: A Contested History”

Faculty of Arts Conference Room, 4.36, 4/F Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, University of Hong Kong

Speaker Professor Xu Guoqi David H Y Chang Professor in Chinese History, Department of History Founding Director, Institute of Transnational History of China The University of Hong Kong Discussant Professor Chen Zhiwu Chair and Cheng Yu-Tung Professor in Finance Director of Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences Director of Centre for Quantitative […]

Book Talk: The Irish in Hong Kong

Faculty of Arts Lounge (4.30, 4/F Run Run Shaw Tower)

Since its foundation, Irish people have played an extraordinary role in the construction and development of Hong Kong, in government, the army, police, judiciary, finance and in civil society – schools, hospitals, churches and welfare institutions. Ireland provided nine Governors, five Chief Justices, nuns who cured the city of tuberculosis and priests and ministers who […]

History in the Making – Dormitories, Strikes and Beauty Pageants: Gendered Labor Regimes in Taiwan and Mexico’s Export Industries (Dr. Gabriel Antonio Solis, Fellow, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Faculty of Arts Conference Room, 4.36, 4/F Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, University of Hong Kong

In the early 1970s, global manufacturers rushed to Taiwan and the U.S.-Mexico Border to take advantage of new export-industrial zones. Mexico’s maquiladora industry and Taiwan’s Export Processing Zones promised transnational firms “an investor’s paradise,” with duty-free manufacturing zones, cheap utilities, and most importantly, access to local “low-cost” women workers as a readily available labor source.  Yet while […]

Documentary Screening: A Water History of Hong Kong

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This documentary adopts a traditional historical approach, drawing on published sources and archival manuscripts from both Hong Kong and London. It explores five key themes: 1) water, infrastructure, and the environment; 2) water and society; 3) water, culture, and foodways; 4) water usage and management and 5) water and industries. By weaving these strands together, […]

History Homecoming Reception

Faculty of Arts Lounge (4.30, 4/F Run Run Shaw Tower)

We welcome you to attend our first alumni event, the History Homecoming Reception, on April 29th, 2026. Please join us for a memorable evening, reconnect with other alumni, and meet current members of the Department. Event Details Date: April 29th, 2026 (Wednesday) Venue: Faculty Lounge, 4/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, The University of […]

15th Spring History Symposium: Past Continuous – Historical Narratives from Modernity to the Contemporary

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In today’s world, societies are facing increasing challenges: trade wars, genocides, anti-immigration sentiments, rising cost of living crisis, etc. The destabilisation of global institutions herald in the decline of mutual understanding and co-operations. The gaps between economic and cultural capitals, gender, race, class, borders, and religions are deepening. In times like this, it is important […]