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 […]
HIST2158 Research Workshop Theme: Women Talking: Researching the Lives of Women in Hong Kong Date & Time: 3 March 2026 (Tue) 10:00-11:50 Venue: KK101 Guest Speakers: Dr. Staci Ford, Dr. Crystal Kwok and Dr. Carol Tsang Facilitator: Dr. Alison So How do women tell their lived experiences through the historical texts they left behind? How […]
When Sleeping Women Wake Workshop with Writer and Editor Emma Pei Yin Moderator: Crystal Kwok, Department of History, HKU Date: Thursday, March 5, 2026 Time: 4:00 pm Hong Kong Time Venue: MB217, 2/F, Main Building, The University of Hong Kong All are welcome. Registration is required. Emma Pei Yin is an Australian-Chinese writer and editor. […]
Eileen Chang spent less than three years living in Hong Kong, but her student days at the University of Hong Kong proved to be a formative experience that would help launch her literary career in Shanghai during the harsh days of Japanese occupation. Life-changing events during the brief Battle of Hong Kong in December 1941 […]
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 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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]