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Hong Kong History Day 2025 Organized by Hong Kong History Centre, University of Bristol Date: 6 Sep 2025 (Saturday) Venue: Arts Complex, University of Bristol, 7 Woodland Road, Bristol Ticket: Non-student £5 / Student £2 (lunch and refreshment included) Please secure your spot by purchasing the ticket on: https://tinyurl.com/HKhistday2025-tickets ——— Program: ——— 10:40-11:00 Door opens ——— 11:00-11:05 Opening remarks ——— 11:05-12:20 Panel 1 : History and Hong Kong’s New Territories: Meeting Patrick
Emerging Paths in Hong Kong History, organised by the Hong Kong History Centre, is to be held on 25-26 June 2025 at the University of Bristol. This conference aims to provide a platform for emerging scholars to present innovative research, engage in academic dialogue, and contribute to the evolving historiography of Hong Kong. Hong Kong history is a dynamic field of study that intersects with global, regional, and local narratives.
Welcome to our latest quarterly round up. This January we marked the tenth anniversary of the launch in January 2015 at the University of Hong Kong of our Hong Kong History Project, predecessor to the Hong Kong History Centre. On 16 January, we welcomed our founding donor to Bristol for an afternoon of events showcasing the initiative’s achievements, and continued potential, and we were also delighted to be joined by
Hong Kong History Centre was founded in University of Bristol in 2022. What does the Centre want to achieve? What is its main focus? Prof. Robert Bickers, Co-Director of the Centre will share with us his visions in the last episode of the series. 布里斯托大學於2022年成立了香港史研究中心。中心有甚麼鴻圖大計？ 有甚麼重點發展方向？在這個系列的最後一集，請來中心聯合總監畢可思教授，和我們分享他的構想。 Hong Kong History Centre and Society for Hong Kong Studies proudly present “Hong Kong Documented”, a 10-episode series showcasing the works of experts and
On 6th November 2024, we had our fourth meeting of Network of Early Career Scholars on Hong Kong History. An enjoyable afternoon with Ryan Iu (University of Bristol) exploring the Hong Kong Chinese and elite network within both local and trans-colonial contexts during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; Matthew Hurst (University of York) exploring the ways in which Hong Kong people tried to influence the Joint Declaration negotiations
'Hong Kong History Day 2024' / 《香港歷史日2024》 Hong Kong History Centre, Society for Hong Kong Studies, and the Hong Kong Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences have co-organized ‘Hong Kong History Day 2024’ on 14th September 2024. More than a dozen speakers and more than 100 participants explored Hong Kong's past with us. The day's activities consisted of four exciting panels: ‘Urban/Spatial History' (English) ‘Connecting Hong Kong: Ideas and Space'
Our Research Director, Prof. Ray Yep, attended the Annual Conference of Academy of Hong Kong Studies in Education University of Hong Kong last week (6-8 March 2024). A great opportunity to introduce the development of the Centre to friends in Hong Kong and mainland China. A very engaging dialogue on the state of Hong Kong studies with Prof. Lui Tai Lok, Director of the Academy as well.
And we were on tour in Japan last week! On Tuesday our Co-directors Robert Bickers & Vivian Kong were at a roundtable at Kyoto University, introducing the Centre and some of its major research outputs. On Thursday & Friday, the team moved to Tokyo and presented on their individual research at the Hong Kong History Symposium at Rikkyo University. It was a fruitful week, and we thank our hosts in
香港浸會大學圖書館的Eric H. C. Chow和我們香港史研究中心的Ryan Iu整理並介紹了有助探索早期殖民地香港歷史這段豐富時期的數碼平台。 如果你對這段時期的香港歷史感興趣，或者正在學習和研究相關議題，推薦你閱讀以下這篇文章。 Digital Humanities Approaches to Navigating the Early Colonial Hong Kong History (Scroll down for English version) **** 節錄： //近年來，早期殖民地香港的研究開始積極參與發展涵蓋各種歷史主題的數碼人文項目。學者，尤其是專注於早期殖民地香港歷史的歷史學家，已利用計算工具和線上數據庫的力量，對數碼學術作出重大貢獻，增進研究、教學，甚至視覺呈現。這些努力設法改善觀察並產生新的實證證據，同時還嘗試將學術信息轉移到公眾歷史領域。在這篇短文中，我們希望提供有關早期殖民地香港歷史的數碼人文工具、數據庫和計劃的簡介概覽（從英國香港的建立到二戰期間日本佔領為止）。這個概覽旨在為對這個領域感興趣的初學者提供資源指南。所介紹的計劃將分為三個主要類別：遙距閱讀的文本數據庫，地理信息系統（GIS）和社會網絡研究。// 以下為介紹的計劃（詳細介紹請點進上面鏈結閱讀）： 【遙距閱讀的文本數據庫】 The Hong Kong Government Reports Online(1842-1941) | (Earlier Version) Hong Kong Government Reports Online(1842-1941) | (Later Version) Colonial Office correspondence collection (CO 129) | (Subscription Required) Old Hong Kong Newspapers Collection 【地理信息系統】 Hong Kong Historic Maps Hong Kong Historical GIS (1900 to 1933)
Hong Kong History Centre on tour in Japan! In the first of two events in Japan in February, Robert Bickers and Vivian Kong will be meeting scholars at the Jinbunken, Kyoto University, to introduce the HKHC and their work. 「近現代中国の制度とモデル」班関係者 ※香港史に関するラウンドテーブル（2月20日） 本年1～3月に人文研に客員教授として赴任され、いただいたブリストル大学のRobert Bickers先生と先生の同僚のVivian Kong氏を囲んで以下のようにラウンドテーブルを開催することになりました。 日時：2月20日 15時～17時 場所：人文科学研究所本館4階セミナー室5 内容： ブリストル大学のHong Kong History Centre（香港史研究中心）の紹介 Vivian Kong氏の新著、Multiracial Britishness: Global Networks in Hong Kong, 1910–45の紹介。 https://www.cambridge.org/jp/universitypress/subjects/history/east-asian-history/multiracial-britishness-global-networks-hong-kong-191045?format=HB Bickers先生からは以下の様にメールをいただいています。 是非、ご参加いただければと思います。なお、使用言語は英語になります。 In this roundtable the co-directors of the