The Hong Kong History Centre, based in the School of Humanities at the University of Bristol (UK) hosts a visiting scholars scheme annually.
The scheme welcomes expressions of interest globally from colleagues at various stages of their career who would like to contribute to, and benefit from, research activities at the Centre.
Current Visiting Scholars
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Past Visiting Scholars
Visiting Research Associate
Dr. Rosaria Franco Rosaria Franco is an Assistant Professor in Modern History at the Chinese campus of the University of Nottingham. Her research is situated at the intersection of history of childhood, refugee history, and the history of empires and colonialism. She is writing a transimperial history of Anglo-American humanitarian assistance to Chinese refugee children in post-war and cold war Hong Kong.
Visiting Postgraduate Research (PGR) student
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 personal documents such as diaries and memoirs, his research aims to reconstruct the cultural landscape of occupied Hong Kong.
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 today. The study explores the colonial approach to private property, highlighting the administrative strategies and their evolution in response to socio-economic changes. By examining the interplay between local contexts and global knowledge, the research reveals the origins, transformation, and localization of density management practices.