Our first video of the new series "Hong Kong History Academy" is out! 8 lectures, each comprising 3 sessions. Lecture 1: Swire and Hong Kong Prof. Robert Bickers Session one: Why did the British go to China? youtu.be/1gl_ecm9Tz0

🙏 Thank you for everyone who came to the presentation in Bristol yesterday and especially @allanpang.bsky.social for taking these photos.

Thank you to all who attended our book talk about 𝘈 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘋𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘒𝘰𝘯𝘨, to our speakers Florence Mok, @adonismyli.bsky.social and @allanpang.bsky.social, and to David for support organising. More info: hkupress.hku.hk/New_Doc_Hist... (use 20CP2025 for 20% off until 21 May)

📅 💬 Join us in Bristol: @mihatsch.bsky.social will speak at the History Department Research Seminar on May 13, 3:30 pm, LR8, Arts Complex, 21 Woodland Road, BS8 1TB, Clifton Campus. / @uobrishistory.bsky.social

My review of the fascinating book by Muhammad Suhail! @iseas-singapore.bsky.social

A few weeks until our 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝘈 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘋𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘒𝘰𝘯𝘨! Hear from co-editor Florence Mok and contributors @adonismyli.bsky.social, @allanpang.bsky.social and me, followed by a roundtable chaired by David Clayton 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Hot off the press! Check out 'A ‘Medieval Menagerie’ in a Progressive Era: Captive Animal Welfare and Minimal British Interventionism in Hong Kong, 1950s–1970s' by Catherine S. Chan: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 Contributors to 𝘈 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘋𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘒𝘰𝘯𝘨 Florence Mok @adonismyli.bsky.social @allanpang.bsky.social and myself will discuss re-examining Hong Kong's history using lesser-used sources for our new edited volume 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿: forms.gle/nYMiKFgMRzmZ...

I have a new review essay on recent Hong Kong books (focusing on ones by Angelina Chin, Florence Mok, Vaudine England, and Ho-fung Hung) out in the @historians.org's American Historical Review, an excerpt from it free online academic.oup.com/ahr/article/...

74 years ago, in March 1951, ‘Rose, Rose I Love You’ (玫瑰玫瑰我愛你), sung by Yao Lee (姚莉, pictured) became the first Chinese record to become a hit in Britain and America. (1/8)

Our 14-chapter 𝘈 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘋𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘒 explores themes in colonial Hong Kong history including politics, economics and society through primary sources and images hkupress.hku.hk/New_Doc_Hist... Contributors on Bluesky @adonismyli.bsky.social @allanpang.bsky.social @viviankonghk.bsky.social