Vaudine England’s Blog

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Lives Lived, Choices Made

By Vaudine England

It’s all very well having grand theories about Race and Empire and Gender and Class, but what of actual…


Hong Kong Studies and Frank Dikotter’s Work on Race

By Vaudine England

If talking about race has been hard, how much harder has it been to accept that racism in statecraft has…


Race and Hong Kong Studies

By Vaudine England

The thought behind a lot of these ruminations in this blog is that the subject of race in empire, specifically…


In Honour of Dan Waters, 1920-2016

By Vaudine England

Since the death of Dan Waters, aged 95, in Hong Kong on 27 January this year, he has rightly been lauded …


How and Why a Fresh Start to the Study of Hong Kong History Is Being Made

By Vaudine England.

A dear friend and colleague from a past journalistic life — educated, erudite and well-informed …


Sweeting Summary Points to New Studies

Publishing about Eurasians has picked up in the twenty-first century after the dismal twentieth. Aside from books such…


Lethbridge Onward

By Vaudine England

Lethbridge’s article, ‘The Yellow Fever’, had concluded with an image of how the different,…


On Henry Lethbridge (Part 2)

By Vaudine England

I’m still hoping to be proven wrong in claiming that just two serious articles were published in the…


On Henry Lethbridge’s ‘The Yellow Fever’ & ‘The Best of Both Worlds?’

By Vaudine England

In my last blog I expressed a hope to be proven wrong in claiming that just two serious articles were published…


On Grenville Alabaster’s ‘Some Observations on Race Mixture in Hong Kong’

By Vaudine England

Just two serious articles were published on the subject of Eurasians in Hong Kong in the 20th century.…