𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞-𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐠 Dr Melody Hoi-lam YIU 29 Oct 2025, 3:30 – 5pm (UKT) Research Space, Arts Complex, UoB / Zoom English Hybrid event. Register on: tktp.as/ELUCZG

Oct History Salon at Arts Complex, UoB. Dr Melody Hoi-lam YIU, Research Assistant Professor at the School of Architecture, CUHK, will share on 'Late colonial public cultural architecture in Hong Kong' Cantonese event. Register: tktp.as/EPJYWO

𝐉𝐨𝐛 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝐎𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 Closing Date: 24 Sep 2025 The postholder will be a core member of this exciting initiative and will bring oral history experience and skills to the Centre. Details: tinyurl.com/HKHCRA

Welcome to our quarterly round up. We've hosted a number of academic talks and public-focused events, reflecting our commitment to advancing scholarly debates, and engaging with the broad wider interest in understanding HK’s diverse history. Full text: www.hkhistory.net/2025/08/01/n...

𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟔 𝐒𝐞𝐩 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 (𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲) 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞: 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐥 𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭: 𝐍𝐨𝐧-𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 £𝟓 / 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 £𝟐 (𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐝) Please secure your spot by purchasing the ticket on: tinyurl.com/HKhistday202... Programme: tinyurl.com/hkhchistday2...

Emerging Paths in Hong Kong History: Graduate Conference 2025 25-26 June 2025 21 papers by PhD students and young scholars from Europe, North America, Asia and Britain and a keynote speech by Gina Tam. What a wonderful feast of ideas and research insights! Full programme: tinyurl.com/2sbzdkpu

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!

June Cantonese Hist Salon at Arts Complex, UoB. Reynold Tsang, lecturer in the Dept of History at the University of Hong Kong, will share on the topic 'Tracing the First Museums in Hong Kong'. Register: tktp.as/EIJRFF

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: www.hkhistory.net/2025/05/07/n...

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

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

History Salon 12 April 2025 Prof. Kwong Chi Man (HK Baptist University), 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. What a great feast of thoughts!

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

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

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

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

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。 www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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

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. www.hkhistory.net/2025/02/25/i...

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.

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

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

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: www.hkhistory.net/2025/02/12/n...

'Hong Kong History Day 2024' now on YouTube! Panel on ‘History education beyond classroom’ Video 1: Reynold Tsang The University of Hong Kong History of Local Museums

On 24 Feb, we will have Prof. David Clayton delivering a talk on his latest research, exploring HK’s place in modern global history. The talk will be followed by a panel discussion featuring historians from the UoB. Hybrid event, register: tktp.as/EETOKO

【檔案徵集】 英國布里斯托大學香港史研究中心現正為大學圖書館特藏部的「香港史檔案特藏」徵集香港史料。 香港史檔案特藏為有香港歷史研究價值的資料進行專業保存，是英國唯一以香港歷史資料作為館藏發展重點目標的大學圖書館項目。 我們現徵集原件相片，包括相片、相簿、底片、明信片或幻燈片等的捐贈，尋找能幫助學者、學生及大眾了解香港歷史具有重要價值的資料，大小及數量不拘；主題可以是重大事件或團體的記錄，或展示家庭生活和社會歷史的證據；也歡迎其他媒體形式例如是家書、日記、未出版的回憶錄等。 詳情可參閱： www.hkhistory.net/hphk-call-c/

【Call for Donations!】 The Hong Kong Collection, based in Special Collections and part of the Hong Kong History Centre, is accepting donations of significant interest to scholars and students seeking to understand the diverse histories of HK. More on: hkhistory.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/hphk-call/

[Call for Papers] Emerging Paths in Hong Kong History: A Graduate Conference Important Dates: Abstract and CV Submission Deadline: 14 March 2025 Acceptance Notification: by 7 April 2025 Conference Date: 25-26 June 2025 More details: forms.office.com/e/Gt1Nr2y4up

Feb Cantonese Hist Salon at Arts Complex, UoB. Dr Liza Wing Man Kam will share on 'Metropolitan and Gongwu (river and lake): Cultural Space in Postwar Hong Kong'. Register: tktp.as/EPMRNO

In last Saturday’s History Salon, Prof. John Carroll of HKU shared with us his latest work on the history of tourism in post-War Hong Kong. Humorous and inspiring as usual. Can you tell who is John in the photo on screen? 😊

Bristol-a home for the study of Hong Kong history since 2015. It all started with the generous support of the Hatton Trust 10 years ago. On Jan 16, we celebrated the 10th anniversary of the commencement of the journey with seminars, a tour to our Hong Kong Archives and reunion of friends.

On 5th Feb, Prof. Catherine R. Schenk and Dr. Nora Yitong Qiu will share with us on 'Payments Across Financial Sanctions: The Case of Shanghai Commercial Bank in Hong Kong 1949-65'. In-person English talk. Please register: tktp.as/EYXURW

'Hong Kong History Day 2024' now on YouTube! Panel on Connecting Hong Kong: Ideas and Space Allan Pang University of Bristol ‘Children’s Magazines across Borders’ www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0Pe...

'Hong Kong History Day 2024' now on YouTube! Panel on Connecting Hong Kong: Ideas and Space Anthony Leung Po-shan Island Studies Network (Hong Kong) ‘Kaito Ferry and Coastal Communities’ www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQty...

'Hong Kong History Day 2024' now on YouTube! Panels: ‘ Connecting Hong Kong: Ideas and Space' John Wong The University of Hong Kong 'Kai Tak and Post-War Hong Kong' youtu.be/6fgwdbqJkIU

If you’re in the Bristol area you still have time to visit this exhibition at the Royal Photographic Society gallery: A collaboration between the Bristol Photo Festival, WMA, @hongkonghistory.bsky.social , and @vischina.bsky.social

New platform, so here's an introduction. I’m a historian of modern China and of British colonialism working at @uobrishistory.bsky.social . I’ve written six books, edited eight more, and run various projects, on the Chinese Maritime Customs, on Tianjin, on creative & heritage work closer to home.

All presentations for the panel 'Urban/Spatial History' of Hong Kong History Day 2024 now on YouTube! Check out: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Continue introducing our network of ECS, we have Diki Sherpa sharing her reflections on her academic journey and current project on Indian Uprising in 1850s and it’s connection with the then colonial Hong Kong. Full text: www.hkhistory.net/2024/12/05/i...

'Hong Kong History Day 2024' now on YouTube! Panels: ‘Urban/Spatial History' Cecilia Chu The Chinese University of Hong Kong 'Modern Architecture and Conservation' youtu.be/-5oQVrEu70M

𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓/𝟐𝟔 we are now welcoming applications for visits in the academic year 2025/26. For details, please see: tinyurl.com/bdz7yedh

First History Salon in 2025! Prof. John Carroll will share with us on his current research on “The Metropolis of the East”: Tourism and Postwar Recovery in Hong Kong. Please register: tktp.as/ENQXPM

Let's revisit an era towards political development in 1980s. Nov Cantonese Hist Salon at Arts Complex, UoB. Dr Chor-yung Cheung will share on the district administration and political reform in the 1980s, observation from a junior administrative officer. Register: tktp.as/EKRYDQ

It was great to present my PhD research and hear other researchers’ talks yesterday at @hongkonghistory.bsky.social (📸: Hong Kong History Centre)

Come join us! Senior Lectureship (Assoc. Prof) in Modern East Asian History @uobrishistory.bsky.social and @hongkonghistory.bsky.social We need expertise in the study of Hong Kong, and we’re looking for scholars working in some specific areas Full details: tinyurl.com/hkhcsl www.hkhistory.net

We are hiring! Two postdoctoral Research Associate positions at the Hong Kong History Centre: we’re looking for PhDs in history, and expertise in oral history and in digital humanities, and of course, strong commitment to work on Hong Kong history. For more details see tinyurl.com/hkhcjobs2023