Principal Lecturer

JOHN CARROLL

Chair and Chief Examiner, MA in Hong Kong History

BA Oberlin; MA Iowa; PhD Harvard

Office: 10.37, Run Run Shaw Tower
jcarroll@hku.hk
http://hub.hku.hk/rp/rp01188

RESEARCH

Research Interests

  • Modern Chinese History
  • Hong Kong History
  • Colonialism and Imperialism in Asia

PUBLICATIONS

Books

The Hong Kong-China Nexus: A Brief History

China Hands and Old Cantons: The British in the Middle Kingdom 

Canton Days: British Life and Death in China

A Concise History of Hong Kong / 香港簡史

Edge of Empires: Chinese Elites and British Colonials in Hong Kong

Full list of publications

TEACHING AND COURSES TAUGHT

  • HIST1017 Modern Hong Kong
  • HIST2091 The British Empire
  • HIST3076 Tourism and History
  • HIST4033 Museums and History 
  • HIST4024 Writing Hong Kong history
  • HIST7008 Doing Hong Kong History (MA)
  • HIST7018 Hong Kong in History (MA)
  • HIST7999 MA Dissertation in Hong Kong History

LATEST PUBLICATION

The Hong Kong-China Nexus: A Brief History

Cambridge 

Publication Date:
2022