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We are delighted to have Allan Pang writing for us this month. Currently an MPhil student at the University of Hong Kong, Allan spoke in our conference in June about his research on the promotion of Cantopop and colonial Chineseness. …
RESEARCHING MY HONG KONG FAMILY’S PAST:
A FOURTEEN-YEAR QUEST
(Part 3)
by an anonymous contributor
One of my first stops in Hong Kong was St Michael’s Catholic Cemetery in Happy Valley, where my English grandfather had been buried in …
RESEARCHING MY HONG KONG FAMILY’S PAST:
A FOURTEEN-YEAR QUEST
PART 2
by an anonymous contributor
With the burden of the family research now in my hands, I decided I would put an enquiry about our family on the Hong Kong …
RESEARCHING MY HONG KONG FAMILY’S PAST:
A FOURTEEN-YEAR QUEST
(Part 1)
by an anonymous contributor
Vivian Kong has asked me to share my experience of researching my Hong Kong family’s past. As a graduate of Bristol University, I am more …
We are excited to announce that registration for our ‘“All Roads Lead to Hong Kong”: People, City, Empires’ conference is now open here. The conference will take place at the University of Hong Kong on 6-7 June. We welcome any …
This week our guest writer is Meng (Stella) Wang, PhD candidate at University of Sydney. Stella’s research interests lie in the history of childhood, particularly on children’s everyday life, their use of urban space, and the formation of their identity …
Call for Papers
Hong Kong History Project Post-Graduate Workshop
University of Bristol, January 2019
‘Hong Kong and Beyond: Mapping the City’s Networks’
The Hong Kong History Project at the University of Bristol is pleased to announce its third Postgraduate Workshop, …
Our guest writer this week is Shuang Wu, PhD student at the University of Hong Kong and King’s College, London. Shuang’s research explores lives of Chinese mothers in colonial Hong Kong and the United Kingdom after the Second World …
“All Roads Lead to Hong Kong”: People, City, Empires
Hong Kong History Project Conference
6-7 June 2019, University of Hong Kong
Keynote speaker: Henry Yu, Associate Professor, Department of History, University of British Columbia
Ellen Thorbecke, Hong Kong (Shanghai: Kelly
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