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NEWS ROUND-UP: SPRING 2025

As you will find below, in this, the third quarter of our third year of Centre activity, we have hosted a number of academic talks and public-focused events, reflecting our commitment to advancing scholarly debates, and engaging with the broad


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Hong Kong History Day 香港歷史日 2025 

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


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Emerging Paths in Hong Kong History: Graduate Conference 2025

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 …


People Visiting Scholars

Dr. Koji Hirata

Koji Hirata is a Senior Research Fellow in History at Monash University. His research focuses on modern China and its foreign economic and political interactions, especially with Japan, Russia/the Soviet Union, and Britain. His recent publications include Making Mao’s Steelworks:


News Quarterly Round-up

NEWS ROUND-UP: WINTER 2025

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


Hong Kong Documented News Videos

“Hong Kong Documented” Episode 10: Prof Robert Bickers 《香港史. 記》第十集:畢可思教授


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 …


Hong Kong Documented Videos

“Hong Kong Documented” Episode 9: Prof David Clayton 《香港史. 記》第九集:David Clayton教授


There were undeniably injustices under colonial rule before 1997. However, was the relationship between London and Hong Kong purely an exploitative one? In this episode, Prof. David Clayton of University of York will share with us his nuanced analysis of …


Hong Kong Documented Videos

“Hong Kong Documented” Episode 8: Dr Gary Wong《香港史. 記》第八集:黃培烽博士


Can you imagine what kind of Hong Kong story was told a hundred years ago? Based on his research on Hong Kong’s participation in London’s British Empire Exhibitions in 1924 and 1925, Dr. Gary Wong of University of Leeds revisits …


Hong Kong Documented Videos

“Hong Kong Documented” Episode 7: Paul Chan, Walk in Hong Kong 《香港史. 記》第七集:陳智遠 活現香港


Paul Chan of Walk-in-Hong Kong has been very active in conservation movement in Hong Kong. Through walking tours, petition and film making, he has been making huge contribution to the preservation of our collective past. In this episode, he will …


Hong Kong Documented Videos

“Hong Kong Documented” Episode 6: Wu Hoi Fai, Pants Theatre Production 《香港史. 記》第六集:胡海輝 一條褲製作


Art is an ideal form to document and reflect on the emotion and experience of people living through historical moments. In this episode, we will talk to Wu Hoi Fai, founder of Pants Theatre Production. The Company has been very …


As you will find below, in this, the third quarter of our third year of Centre activity, we have hosted a number of academic talks and public-focused events, reflecting our commitment to advancing scholarly debates, and engaging with the broad


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


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 …


Koji Hirata is a Senior Research Fellow in History at Monash University. His research focuses on modern China and its foreign economic and political interactions, especially with Japan, Russia/the Soviet Union, and Britain. His recent publications include Making Mao’s Steelworks:


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



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 …



There were undeniably injustices under colonial rule before 1997. However, was the relationship between London and Hong Kong purely an exploitative one? In this episode, Prof. David Clayton of University of York will share with us his nuanced analysis of …



Can you imagine what kind of Hong Kong story was told a hundred years ago? Based on his research on Hong Kong’s participation in London’s British Empire Exhibitions in 1924 and 1925, Dr. Gary Wong of University of Leeds revisits …



Paul Chan of Walk-in-Hong Kong has been very active in conservation movement in Hong Kong. Through walking tours, petition and film making, he has been making huge contribution to the preservation of our collective past. In this episode, he will …



Art is an ideal form to document and reflect on the emotion and experience of people living through historical moments. In this episode, we will talk to Wu Hoi Fai, founder of Pants Theatre Production. The Company has been very …