[PGS] The Meaning of Czech History and World War II
Run Run Shaw Tower 4/F 4.04The Meaning of Czech History and World War II Pavel Krejčí HKU Historians who examine the root causes of the Czech turn towards socialism after the end of World War […]
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[PGS] Chinese Banking and Everyday Practices in 1950s Southeast Asia
Run Run Shaw Tower 4/F 4.04Chinese Banking and Everyday Practices in 1950s Southeast Asia Nathanael Lai University of Cambridge This paper scrutinises the way banking services and the everyday life of the overseas Chinese were […]
[PGS] Empire in Memoriam: American Missionary Childhoods in Memory and Memoir
Run Run Shaw Tower 7/F 7.58Empire in Memoriam: American Missionary Childhoods in Memory and Memoir Hayley Keon Department of History, HKU What can childhood memories teach us about the American Empire? What opportunities and challenges […]
[PGS] Nuisance and Civilization: Regulating “Chinese Noise” in Nineteenth-Century Hong Kong
Run Run Shaw Tower 4/F 4.04Nuisance and Civilization: Regulating “Chinese Noise” in Nineteenth-Century Hong Kong Nicole Vaughan Department of History, HKU This paper examines “Chinese noise,” such as hawker cries, firecrackers, and Chinese music, in […]
[PGS] Girls of the Empire: The Girl Guide Movement in Hong Kong, 1916-1930s
CPD 3.24Girls of the Empire: The Girl Guide Movement in Hong Kong, 1916-1930s Tracy Leung Department of History, HKU This presentation examines how and why the Girl Guide movement was introduced […]
[Book Talk] The Tormented Alliance: American Servicemen & The Occupation of China, 1941-1949
Faculty of Arts Conference Room, Run Run Shaw Tower 4/F 4.36, HKUZach Fredman Assistant Professor of History and Associate Chair of the Division of Arts and Humanities at Duke Kunshan University Zach Fredman’s The Tormented Alliance examines the formation, evolution, and undoing of […]
[Seminar] At the Edge of the Maritime Frontier: The Qing Empire and its Coastal Islands Prior to the First Opium War with Dr. Ron Po
Faculty of Arts Conference Room, Run Run Shaw Tower 4/F 4.36, HKUDr. Ronald C. Po London School of Economics and Political Science China’s offshore islands played a unique and notable role as an interface between the mainland and the inner sea […]
Spring History Symposium 2023
The Department of History at the University of Hong Kong is pleased to announce the return of the annual Spring History Symposium. We invite research postgraduate students to submit abstracts […]
[PGS] Introducing international law to East Asia——The Formation of Wanguo Gongfa, the Chinese translation of Elements of International Law
Run Run Shaw Tower 4/F 4.04Introducing international law to East Asia——The Formation of Wanguo Gongfa, the Chinese translation of Elements of International Law Yan Xingjian HKU This presentation examines how and why International Law as […]
Black Revolution on the Sea Islands by Frances H. O’Shaughnessy
Online EventFrances O’Shaughnessy University of Washington Historians who have recognized Black self-emancipatory actions during the U. S. Civil War often narrate from the site of production, or when Black people departed […]
New Narratives of Empire: Gender, Slavery and Family in the Atlantic World by Christine M. Walker
Online EventDr. Christine Walker Assistant Professor of Atlantic World history at Yale-NUS College in Singapore In this talk, Christine Walker will discuss her work on gender, slavery, and colonialism in early […]
Symposium on New Frontiers and Directions in Chinese History HKIHSS X HKU History
Lecture Hall, May HallHK Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (HKIHSS) X HKU Department of History, University of Hong Kong The Symposium on New Frontiers and Directions in Chinese History 2023 is […]