Robert Bickers is a historian of colonialism, in particular of the British Empire and its relations with China and the histories of Shanghai, Hong Kong, and modern Chinese history. He has authored eight books and countless articles on the British in China, and overseen numerous projects including the Hong Kong History Project and Historical Photographs of China. Robert Bickers is Professor of History at the University of Bristol and is currently working on a new research project covering the history of Hong Kong.
Vivian Kong is Senior Lecturer in Modern Chinese History at the University of Bristol. Born and raised in Hong Kong, Vivian received her BA and MPhil from the University of Hong Kong, and completed her PhD at Bristol in 2019. Since her PhD she has worked closely with Bristol’s Hong Kong History Project. Her research to-date has focused on Hong Kong and its transnational connections, and she has published on migration, identities, and civil society in interwar Hong Kong. Her first book, Multiracial Britishness: Global Networks in Hong Kong 1910-45 (Cambridge University Press), explains the long history of engagement that the multiracial residents of Hong Kong have made with Britishness, and how this affects identity formation in the city today.
Ray Kin-man Yep is a historian specialising in the political economy of China’s reforms, late colonial governance of Hong Kong and contentious politics. He has published in leading peer-reviewed journals and has authored multiple books on Hong Kong studies. Ray has held visiting positions in Bristol University, Peking University, University of Macau, Brookings Institution and Academia Sinica. He is also active in public service and has served in the Central Policy Unit, Advisory Council for Environment, and Strategy Subcommittee of Sustainable Development Council in Hong Kong.
Kelvin Chan is a historian of medicine and the British Empire, with a particular focus on colonial Hong Kong. His PhD research focuses on the history of psychiatry during the mid and late 20th centuries. It examines the transformation of colonial psychiatry in the age of decolonization and, more importantly, its influence on our current understanding of mental illness. Part of his research has been published in China Information and Medical History. His next project examines the globalization of Traditional Chinese Medicine between the 1950s and the 1980s, investigating the transnational businesses of Chinese medicine companies and careers of practitioners between Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, and North America.
Allan Pang is a historian of Hong Kong, Chinese overseas, and Southeast Asia. His research engages with themes such as history education, popular culture, and decolonisation from a transregional perspective across East and Southeast Asia. He received his BA and MPhil from the University of Hong Kong and is completing his PhD at the University of Cambridge. His current research examines formal and informal history education across Chinese communities in Hong Kong, Malaya/Malaysia, and Singapore from the 1950s onwards. At the Hong Kong History Centre, Allan is also conducting a project on the history of Chinese popular music across Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. He has published in journals such as the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History and the Historical Journal.
Robert Bickers is a historian of colonialism, in particular of the British Empire and its relations with China and the histories of Shanghai, Hong Kong, and modern Chinese history. He has authored eight books and countless articles on the British in China, and overseen numerous projects including the Hong Kong History Project and Historical Photographs of China. Robert Bickers is Professor of History at the University of Bristol and is currently working on a new research project covering the history of Hong Kong.
Vivian Kong is Senior Lecturer in Modern Chinese History at the University of Bristol. Born and raised in Hong Kong, Vivian received her BA and MPhil from the University of Hong Kong, and completed her PhD at Bristol in 2019. Since her PhD she has worked closely with Bristol’s Hong Kong History Project. Her research to-date has focused on Hong Kong and its transnational connections, and she has published on migration, identities, and civil society in interwar Hong Kong. Her first book, Multiracial Britishness: Global Networks in Hong Kong 1910-45 (Cambridge University Press), explains the long history of engagement that the multiracial residents of Hong Kong have made with Britishness, and how this affects identity formation in the city today.
Ray Kin-man Yep is a historian specialising in the political economy of China’s reforms, late colonial governance of Hong Kong and contentious politics. He has published in leading peer-reviewed journals and has authored multiple books on Hong Kong studies. Ray has held visiting positions in Bristol University, Peking University, University of Macau, Brookings Institution and Academia Sinica. He is also active in public service and has served in the Central Policy Unit, Advisory Council for Environment, and Strategy Subcommittee of Sustainable Development Council in Hong Kong.
Kelvin Chan is a historian of medicine and the British Empire, with a particular focus on colonial Hong Kong. His PhD research focuses on the history of psychiatry during the mid and late 20th centuries. It examines the transformation of colonial psychiatry in the age of decolonization and, more importantly, its influence on our current understanding of mental illness. Part of his research has been published in China Information and Medical History. His next project examines the globalization of Traditional Chinese Medicine between the 1950s and the 1980s, investigating the transnational businesses of Chinese medicine companies and careers of practitioners between Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, and North America.
Allan Pang is a historian of Hong Kong, Chinese overseas, and Southeast Asia. His research engages with themes such as history education, popular culture, and decolonisation from a transregional perspective across East and Southeast Asia. He received his BA and MPhil from the University of Hong Kong and is completing his PhD at the University of Cambridge. His current research examines formal and informal history education across Chinese communities in Hong Kong, Malaya/Malaysia, and Singapore from the 1950s onwards. At the Hong Kong History Centre, Allan is also conducting a project on the history of Chinese popular music across Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. He has published in journals such as the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History and the Historical Journal.