Welcome to our latest quarterly round up. We have continued to host a fascinating and thought-provoking series of talks, online and in-person, that attract a diverse audience from within and importantly from outside the university. Check out more on: hkhistory.net/2025/02/12/new…

HKHC Speaker's Series, Dr. Liza Wing Man Kam, University of Vienna, Austria Learn to oppress: Intellectual trajectory in constructing the colonies in Hong Kong and Taiwan 7 Mar 2025, 3:30 – 5pm (UKT) Arts Complex, University of Bristol Register: tktp.as/EIWBOG

'Hong Kong History Day 2024' now on YouTube! Panel on ‘History education beyond classroom’ Video 3: Angus Hui The Lost D-Day Story Found In Hong Kong Hong Kong and Normandy youtu.be/ZR4pITi1n5E

We will have our family history workshop in May. In-person Cantonese workshop. 香港史研究中心將於5月31日在布里斯托大學舉辦家族史工作坊。廣東話實體活動。 Register／報名: forms.office.com/e/vJiXubjaNf

Yesterday we had an interesting panel discussion on Hong Kong and modern global history with guest appearance of David Clayton of York University, and our own Su Lin Lewis, Simon Potter and Robert Bickers this afternoon.

Continue introducing our network of ECS, we have Hoyee Tse sharing with us with us her reflections on her academic journey and current doctoral project on the visual imagery produced during the Hong Kong social movement between 2019 and 2020. hkhistory.net/2025/02/25/int…

March Cantonese Hist Salon at Arts Complex, UoB. Samuel Dic Sum Lai, PhD Candidate at the Department of Anthropology and Sociology, SOAS, will share on the topic 'The Normalized Abnormal: History development of Hong Kong Caacaanteng'. Register: tktp.as/EUXOYW

All presentations for the panel 'History education beyond classroom' of Hong Kong History Day 2024 now on YouTube! Check out: youtube.com/playlist?list=…

The presentations from Hong Kong History Day 2024 are now uploaded and you can view them on YouTube. 香港歷史日2024的所有演講已經全部上載，大家可一次過於YouTube重溫。 youtube.com/playlist?list=…

HKHC Speaker's Series, Dr. Kwong Chi Man 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝: 𝐔𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐎𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟏-𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟓 1 Apr 2025, 3:30 – 5pm (UKT) Register: tktp.as/ESNOUC

📷📷A reminder to all who are interested: The Abstract and CV Submission Deadline is this Friday, 14 March 2025📷📷

April Cantonese Hist Salon at Arts Complex, UoB. Dr. Kwong Chi Man, associate prof. in the hist dept of Hong Kong Baptist University, will share on the topic 'Three Years and Eight Months': Experiencing the Second World War in Hong Kong. Register: tktp.as/ELLZEL

An entertaining talk on the origin and development of caacaanteng (茶餐廳）, a definitive feature of daily lives in Hong Kong, by Sam Lai last Saturday afternoon. Rightly followed by a treat of Hong Kong-style delicacies: egg tart, milk tea and pistachio mochi.

HKHC Speaker's Series, Dr. Stella Meng Wang 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐠: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝 8 May 2025, 1 – 2:30pm (UKT) On Zoom Register: tktp.as/EQBIEB

History Salon 12 April 2025 Prof. Kwong Chi Man (HK Baptist Univetsity), our visiting scholar, gave a perceptive and comprehensive review of the Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong (1941-1945) and shared his insight on his spatial history project in the Centre.

May Cantonese Hist Salon at Arts Complex, UoB. Prof. John D. Wong, a professor and an associate dean in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Hong Kong, will share on the topic 'Why the peg? Then and now.' Register: tktp.as/ECTKRJ

HKHC Speaker's Series, Dr. Jenny Huangfu Day 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑭𝒖𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔, 𝑬𝒙𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑪𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒂 23 May 2025, 9:30 – 11am (UKT) On Microsoft Teams Register: tinyurl.com/58cwss87

Welcome to our latest quarterly round up. We’ve had a busy and productive three months, and a ten years now. This January we marked the tenth anniversary of the launch in January 2015 of our Hong Kong History Project, predecessor to the HKHC. Full text: hkhistory.net/2025/05/07/new…

History Salon 17 May 2025 An insightful and engaging talk at our History Salon this afternoon by Prof John Wong of HKU on the history of Hong Kong’s linked exchange rate system. Thank you John for the wonderful talk!