In this post, we would like to introduce Kachun Alex Wong, a member of the Network.
Kachun Alex Wong is a PhD student at the University of Toronto. In the note written by him below, he shares with us …
28/10/25
In this post, we would like to introduce Yibin Liu, a member of the Network.
Yibin Liu is a PhD student at Queen’s University Belfast. In the note written by her below, she shares with us her reflections on …
22/10/25
Welcome to our quarterly roundup!
Across the summer we paused our public programmes of events, and Centre members focused on their research and writing, and taking a breather on vacation.
But, we never stand still. At the beginning of August, …
20/10/25
《香港歷史學堂系列》
第一堂
太古集團與香港
畢可思教授
太古這間原本在英國利物浦不知經傳的貿易船運公司，何以會來到中國、最後在香港落地生根、並成為叱咤風雲的龍頭企業？這一堂，畢可思教授為我們回顧這間英資大行的發展軌跡。這是一個企業的歷史，更是香港全球化的歷史。
第一節
英國人為何來到中國
“Hong Kong History Academy”
Lecture 1
Swire and Hong Kong
Prof. Robert Bickers
How did Swire, once a modest trading and shipping company from Liverpool, find its way to China and transform into …
10/10/25
Andrew Bellamy is a PhD candidate at Rutgers University. His research lies at the intersection of colonial Asian history and histories of capitalism. His dissertation, Defying Gravity: The Namazi Family and the Persian Opium Trade in the Age of Prohibition, …
10/10/25
In this post, we would like to introduce Timothy Cheuk Yin Chan, a member of the Network.
Timothy Cheuk Yin Chan is a PhD student at University of Manchester. In the note written by him below, he shares with us …
03/10/25
Melody Hoi-lam YIU is an urban researcher-designer focusing on public architecture and cultural development, currently a Research Assistant Professor at the School of Architecture, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Following a decade-long practice in architecture and design, she integrates …
03/10/25
Peter E. Hamilton is a historian of modern China and the World with particular interests in Chinese migration, the history of capitalism, and Sino-U.S. Relations. He is the author of Made in Hong Kong: Transpacific Networks and a New History …
01/10/25In this post, we would like to introduce Kachun Alex Wong, a member of the Network.
Kachun Alex Wong is a PhD student at the University of Toronto. In the note written by him below, he shares with us …
28/10/25 In this post, we would like to introduce Yibin Liu, a member of the Network.
Yibin Liu is a PhD student at Queen’s University Belfast. In the note written by her below, she shares with us her reflections on …
22/10/25Welcome to our quarterly roundup!
Across the summer we paused our public programmes of events, and Centre members focused on their research and writing, and taking a breather on vacation.
But, we never stand still. At the beginning of August, …
20/10/25 《香港歷史學堂系列》
第一堂
太古集團與香港
畢可思教授
太古這間原本在英國利物浦不知經傳的貿易船運公司，何以會來到中國、最後在香港落地生根、並成為叱咤風雲的龍頭企業？這一堂，畢可思教授為我們回顧這間英資大行的發展軌跡。這是一個企業的歷史，更是香港全球化的歷史。
第一節
英國人為何來到中國
“Hong Kong History Academy”
Lecture 1
Swire and Hong Kong
Prof. Robert Bickers
How did Swire, once a modest trading and shipping company from Liverpool, find its way to China and transform into …
10/10/25Andrew Bellamy is a PhD candidate at Rutgers University. His research lies at the intersection of colonial Asian history and histories of capitalism. His dissertation, Defying Gravity: The Namazi Family and the Persian Opium Trade in the Age of Prohibition, …
10/10/25In this post, we would like to introduce Timothy Cheuk Yin Chan, a member of the Network.
Timothy Cheuk Yin Chan is a PhD student at University of Manchester. In the note written by him below, he shares with us …
03/10/25Melody Hoi-lam YIU is an urban researcher-designer focusing on public architecture and cultural development, currently a Research Assistant Professor at the School of Architecture, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Following a decade-long practice in architecture and design, she integrates …
03/10/25Peter E. Hamilton is a historian of modern China and the World with particular interests in Chinese migration, the history of capitalism, and Sino-U.S. Relations. He is the author of Made in Hong Kong: Transpacific Networks and a New History …
01/10/25