History Pizza Night
Faculty of Arts Lounge (4.30, 4/F Run Run Shaw Tower)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, […]
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History in the Making – Americans(?) in Paris: Thomas Paine, Gouverneur Morris, and the Adventures of Nationalized Universalism (Dr. Noah Shusterman, Associate Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Faculty of Arts Lounge (4.30, 4/F Run Run Shaw Tower)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 […]
History Talk – Belitung: The Afterlives of a Shipwreck (Dr Natali Pearson, Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney)
Faculty of Arts Lounge (4.30, 4/F Run Run Shaw Tower)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 […]
Asian Legal History – Extradition and Empire Sovereignty and Subjecthood in Hong Kong (Dr. Ivan Lee, Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore)
9.01, Chen Yu Tung Tower, Law FacultyIn 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 […]
History in the Making – A History of Aging in Qing China: Self-Representations in Personal Narratives of the Elderly (Dr. Clara Wing-chung Ho, Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University)
Faculty of Arts Lounge (4.30, 4/F Run Run Shaw Tower)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 […]
History in the Making – Electric China: The Origins of the Chinese Electrical and Electronics Industries, 1870-1937 (Dr. Ghassan Moazzin, Assistant Professor, University of Hong Kong)
Faculty of Arts Lounge (4.30, 4/F Run Run Shaw Tower)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 […]