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Know Your Profs with Dr. Bradley Miller

In this instalment, Dr. Bradley Miller shares with us why he pursues collegial disagreement, what it takes to succeed in his classes, and how gaining work experience outside of academia sparked his life-long passion for the history of law.

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 […]

Know Your Profs with Dr. Hicham Safieddine

Professor Hicham Safieddine researches political economy and modern intellectual history with an interest in fundamental power relations. In his classrooms, he is committed to critical and engaged historical inquiry that humanizes but does not romanticize the past.

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] 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 […]

[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 […]

Know Your Profs with Dr. Laura Ishiguro

In this instalment, Professor Laura Ishiguro shares with us the meticulous thoughtfulness behind her teaching, her favourite student questions, and what it means to study history. She also reminds us that learning to sit in the discomfort of not knowing with an open mind is important, no matter what you choose to do with your life.