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[Webinar] Late Colonialism: “Hong Kong People” and the Popular Re-imagining of an Instituting Imaginary

After the 1967 Riots, the Federation of Hong Kong Industries, backed by the colonial government, organized a festival of variety shows, exhibitions, fashion parades, and a cavalcade. This initial effort was followed in 1969 by a more substantial “Festival of Hong Kong” 香港節, which sported the slogan “Hong Kong People use Hong Kong Goods.” The festivals were part of a […]

[Webinar] The Battle of Hong Kong in 1941: A Spatial History Project

This talk introduces our spatial history project “Hong Kong 1941,” which uses geographic information systems (GIS) to build an interactive web map about the Battle of Hong Kong and a database of British military installations in Hong Kong during the Second World War. It offers an easy-to-use historical database for educators, tourists, and conservation professionals. There […]

Colloquium | Piety and Politics in Ottoman Hejaz: Ruminations of a 16th-century Gujarati Muslim Intellectual

The Department of History Departmental Research Colloquium showcases research within the department, as well as that of invited speakers from beyond UBC. It brings together works-in-progress by scholars who are exploring important methodological, chronological, or geographical issues that challenge the frontiers of our discipline and contribute strongly to our collective discussions. This term, the colloquium […]

Symposium | Seeing Like an Empire: Chinese Political Thought and Practice in Changing Times

The Centre for Chinese Research would like to introduce our symposium for this academic year titled “Seeing Like an Empire: Chinese Political Thought and Practice in Changing Times.” This symposium will cover a wide range of periods and topics from the Late Imperial Period to Xi Jinping. We will be looking at Chinese political thought […]

[Webinar] Enrooting an Emerging Diasporic Identity: The Legacies of Hong Kong Immigrants in Canada’s Migration History

Recent political developments have, without doubt, fostered an unusually strong sense of local identity among Hong Kongers. This is so even among many who have chosen to migrate elsewhere. In this talk, Dr. Miu Chung Yan will examine the history, uniqueness, and legacies of the immigration of Hong Kongers to Canada, and he will explore […]

[Webinar] Voice After Exit: How Transnational Ties Shape Hong Kong Americans’ Political Engagement and Voting Behavior

Dr. Maggie Shum and Prof. Victoria Hui will introduce their on-going project “Hong Kong Voices in the U.S.” that examines how diaspora’s transnational ties with their homeland shape their political attitude and behavior in the host country. Against the backdrop of the recent political turmoil in Hong Kong and the 2020 presidential election in the […]

HKSI Screening and Conversation: Reunification

“Filmed over a 17-year period, this award-winning film gives an insider view on the contemporary Asian American immigrant experience, family psychology, and personal filmmaking. Director Alvin Tsang reflects on his family’s migration from Hong Kong to Los Angeles in the early 1980s – fraught with betrayal from his parents’ divorce, economic strife and communication meltdown […]