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Yuwei Fu

Yuwei FU is currently a PhD student at the history department of Lingnan University, where her research focuses on the shaping of Hong Kong identity in postwar years. Before joining Lingnan University, she received an MSc in History of International …


People Visiting Scholars

Junwei Li

Junwei Li is a PhD student from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research delves into the colonial government’s regulations on density management in 1950s-60s Hong Kong. These regulations and laws significantly shaped the high-density housing landscape we see …


People Visiting Scholars

Ryan Choi

Ryan Choi is a PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh. His research focuses on Chinese-language collaborationist literature in Japanese-occupied Hong Kong (1941-1945). Through a critical analysis of documentary and literary texts published in newspapers and periodicals, as well as …


Alumni People

Dr. Wai Li Chu

The Cold War and Sino-British negotiations over Hong Kong’s future, 1979-1984

Wai Li Chu obtained his MPhil at the Department of History, Hong Kong Baptist University, before coming to study at Bristol. His project examines the wider contexts of the …


Alumni People

Dr. Thomas M. Larkin

I started at Bristol in 2017 as an affiliate of the Hong Kong History Project, funded by the Augustine Heard Studentship. This award provided the support to live and study in the UK, and a generous allowance for overseas research, …


Alumni People

Dr. Josepha C. Richard

Josepha Richard is an art historian and historian of 18-19th century China, with a specific interest in studying the art of Chinese gardens, early Sino-Western interactions and the urban, social and art history of the city of Guangzhou (Canton). Her …


Alumni People

Dr. Helena Lopes

Helena Lopes is a historian of modern China and global history. Her research focuses on the international, political, and social history of the Second World War and the early post-war period in South China, including imperialism(s), anti-imperialism, and decolonisation, as …


Alumni People

Dr. Gemma O’Neill

Studying for a PhD with the Hong Kong History Project at the University of Bristol was one of the most rewarding decisions I’ve ever made. With the guidance of my supervisors, and through time spent with my peers at Bristol, …


Alumni People

Dr. Chris Wemyss

I began my PhD research at the University of Bristol in September 2015, coinciding with the formation of the Hong Kong History Project – the forerunner of the Hong Kong History Centre. With the growth of the Project, the number …


Alumni People

Dr. Katon Lee

The Hong Kong History Project played a pivotal role in shaping my career. I am immensely grateful for the generous studentship that supported my studies from 2016 to 2020, which enabled me to pursue my research on Hong Kong history. …


Yuwei FU is currently a PhD student at the history department of Lingnan University, where her research focuses on the shaping of Hong Kong identity in postwar years. Before joining Lingnan University, she received an MSc in History of International …


Junwei Li is a PhD student from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research delves into the colonial government’s regulations on density management in 1950s-60s Hong Kong. These regulations and laws significantly shaped the high-density housing landscape we see …


Ryan Choi is a PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh. His research focuses on Chinese-language collaborationist literature in Japanese-occupied Hong Kong (1941-1945). Through a critical analysis of documentary and literary texts published in newspapers and periodicals, as well as …


The Cold War and Sino-British negotiations over Hong Kong’s future, 1979-1984

Wai Li Chu obtained his MPhil at the Department of History, Hong Kong Baptist University, before coming to study at Bristol. His project examines the wider contexts of the …


I started at Bristol in 2017 as an affiliate of the Hong Kong History Project, funded by the Augustine Heard Studentship. This award provided the support to live and study in the UK, and a generous allowance for overseas research, …


Josepha Richard is an art historian and historian of 18-19th century China, with a specific interest in studying the art of Chinese gardens, early Sino-Western interactions and the urban, social and art history of the city of Guangzhou (Canton). Her …


Helena Lopes is a historian of modern China and global history. Her research focuses on the international, political, and social history of the Second World War and the early post-war period in South China, including imperialism(s), anti-imperialism, and decolonisation, as …


Studying for a PhD with the Hong Kong History Project at the University of Bristol was one of the most rewarding decisions I’ve ever made. With the guidance of my supervisors, and through time spent with my peers at Bristol, …


I began my PhD research at the University of Bristol in September 2015, coinciding with the formation of the Hong Kong History Project – the forerunner of the Hong Kong History Centre. With the growth of the Project, the number …


The Hong Kong History Project played a pivotal role in shaping my career. I am immensely grateful for the generous studentship that supported my studies from 2016 to 2020, which enabled me to pursue my research on Hong Kong history. …