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Challenges in the study of Hong Kong History: Postgraduate Workshop at the University of Bristol, January 2018
The Hong Kong History Project at the University of Bristol is pleased to announce that the second Postgraduate Workshop will …
Nele Fabian is a PhD candidate in Chinese History at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Faculty of East Asian Studies, in Germany with a thesis on the “Social and Cultural Dimensions of Waste Treatment in Chinese Cities in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries”. …
This week we have Bristol’s very own Katon Lee sharing with us his journey into the fascinating world of suits and tailoring in Hong Kong. If you know anything about suit making/tailoring that you think Katon would be interested to …
Rodney So has just submitted his MPhil thesis to the History Department of the Lingnan University of Hong Kong. In this post, Rodney explains to us how he became interested in Hong Kong’s fight against corruption, and talks about the …
Gemma O’Neill started her PhD at the University of Bristol last September. Here’s Gemma telling us why she decided to put her career on hold to find out how manifestations of a political identity of Hong Kong emerged as early …
This week we have another Bristolian to be a guest writer. Chris Wemyss is now in his second year of PhD at University of Bristol. Chris has been asked way too many times why he’s interested in Hong Kong (of …
The Project has recently established a facebook group which serves as an academic network for all ECRs/PGRs working on Hong Kong History. We hope the group would allow members to connect with others in the field, and share with each …
Workshop:
The History of Press Freedom in Hong Kong, Britain and the Empire/Commonwealth
University of Bristol | 20 June 2016
Venue: Room G77A, Arts Complex (enter at 3/5 Woodland Road), University of Bristol
9.30am-11am – Session 1:
Martin Hewitt, …
There are a fair few files relating to the history of Hong Kong among the large collection of Foreign and Colonial Office archival material still retained by the department, largely held at Hanslope Park. This ‘secret archive’ was finally acknowledged …