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 for the 12th Spring History Symposium, which will be held on 5 May 2023. The one-day conference aims to provide postgraduates with the opportunity to […]
Introducing 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 a world order was methodically introduced to East Asia through Wanguo Gongfa, the Chinese translation of Elements of International Law. It not only examines the […]
Frances 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 from the estate and stopped the production of plantation commodities. “Black Revolution on the Sea Islands” considers what it would mean to understand Black liberation […]
Dr. 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 America. She will provide an overview of her first book, Jamaica Ladies: Female Slaveholders and the Creation of Britain’s Atlantic Empire. Recipient of the Best […]