🔓 New #OpenAccess article on #FirstView 🏞️ Jack Greatrex and Florence Mok, 'Catchwater colonialism: reshaping Hong Kong’s hydrology, infrastructure, metabolism and landscape, 1937–1968' 🔗 bit.ly/4amzaKb #UrbanHistory

On 17th May, Dr. Adonis M. Y. Li will be sharing with us on '𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒, 𝑃𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛: 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝐾𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑛 𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝐾𝑜𝑛𝑔'. Please register: tktp.as/EAYDJU

#CamWorldHistory’s #GradWorkshop #EasterTerm. #WorldHistory Thursdays 3-4:30pm (GMT) Zoom (QR code & link below) Room 12, #HistFac Cambridge History, Cambridge University RSVP & subscribe: shorturl.at/gvyAP #Cambridge #CamHistory lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscrib…

Thanks so much to History Workshop for sharing my research on children’s magazines in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia! This is a short article on historical stories for Chinese children (across borders!) in the age of decolonisation and the Cold War. Hong Kong History Centre Cambridge World History

The journey begins… HKHC and HKIHSS Conference 2024@HKU

Please join us on 27 July! I will talk about the history of drugs and its colonial legacy.

📣We're delighted to announce that our first HJ Highlight is the roundtable on 'Decolonizing Chinese History', published in our first issue in 2024! 👉Listen to Gina Anne Tam 譚吉娜 explain why this Roundtable is such an important intervention: Stay tuned for more insights tomorrow!

We are recruiting a 12-month lectureship in modern Chinese history at Historians @ Bristol! jobs.ac.uk/job/DIM891/lec…

Next spring with HKU Press - so much excitement! 📚 Contributors: Doris Chan , Kelvin Chan, James Fellows, Charles Fung, Jack Greatrex, Matthew Hurst, Vivian Kong, Adonis Li, Florence Mok, Allan Pang, Carol Tsang, Reynold Tsang. Stay tuned!

International Convention of Asia Scholars 2024 at Surabaya- Hong Kong Transnational Panel! John Wong Allan Pang

Come and enjoy Cantopop with us! (Don’t worry: I won’t sing!) Hong Kong History Centre

New from HKU Press: "A New Documentary History of Hong Kong, 1945–1997"! Edited by Florence Mok and Fung Chi Keung Charles, this book offers insights from newly released archives on governance and key social issues. Use code 20CP2025 for 20% off until MAR 24, 2025!🔗Link in bio

A wonderful book by Muhammad Suhail! Definitely a great read for anyone who is interested in the history of empire, decolonisation, and race (and of course: the history of Singapore)!

𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 Contributors to 𝘈 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘋𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘒𝘰𝘯𝘨 Florence Mok Adonis Li Allan Pang and myself will discuss re-examining Hong Kong's history using lesser-used sources for our new edited book forms.gle/nYMiKFgMRzmZm7…

A few weeks until our 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝘈 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘋𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘒𝘰𝘯𝘨 with co-editor Florence Mok and contributors Adonis Li, Allan Pang and me, chaired by David Clayton (University of York History Department) 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿: forms.gle/nYMiKFgMRzmZm7…

My review of the fascinating book by Muhammad Suhail! ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute

📅 💬 Join us in Bristol: Moritz A. Mihatsch (موريتس ميهَطْش) will speak at the History Department Research Seminar on May 13, 3:30 pm, LR8, Arts Complex, 21 Woodland Road, BS8 1TB, Clifton Campus. / Historians @ Bristol

Thank you to all who attended our book talk about 𝘈 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘋𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘒𝘰𝘯𝘨 (HKU Press), to our speakers Florence Mok (NTU History hkresearchhub), Adonis Li and Allan Pang, and to David (University of York History Department) for support organising

🙏 Thank you for everyone who came to the presentation in Bristol yesterday and especially Allan Pang for taking these photos.

An exciting public history event happening in Kuala Lumpur this Sunday (15 June)!!! Join us and explore a transregional history of Malaysia!