Yap Foong Ha hk1841studies.com/2023/03/11/yap…

French Sinologist Sebastian Veg (魏簡)'s works on localism, Umbrella movemnt as well as cultural heritage and activism. hk1841studies.com/2023/03/12/seb…

Join our 12th Spring History Symposium online, 4-5 May 2023. Find out more: hkuhistorysymposium.com #hkuhistory #hkuarts #hku #history

How can we think through oceanic methodologies in writing the past? Join my conversation with Prof. Dilip M. Menon of Wits University about his new publication: "Cosmopolitan Cultures and Oceanic Thought" Routledge Books on the #IndianOceanWorld podcast New Books Network (@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social)

Congratulations to Robert Travers (CornellHistory), 2017-18 Corruption Fellow! His monograph Empires of Complaints (Cambridge University Press), researched during the Fellowship year, was named an honorable mention for the James Willard Hurst Book Prize (Law and Society): societyhumanities.as.cornell.edu/news/robert-tr…

It’s official publication day for my book, ALIMENTARY ORIENTALISM, out now at Bucknell University Press!!

My first monograph, Covert Colonialism: Governance, Surveillance and Political Culture in British Hong Kong, c. 1966-97, is coming out on 4 July! If you are interested in getting it at a discount rate, please sign up to the newsletter of Manchester University Press : manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/e-newsletterfo…

Can't wait to read this book! - via Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove…

Looking forward to this event!

Interesting find at Eslite in Taibei: 李達嘉 -《商人與共產革命, 1919-1927》

HKHC and Society for Hong Kong Studies are co-organizing HK History Day on 16th Sep in Hong Kong. It features 4 panels covering topics on archives building, study of history of art and entertainment, history education and Hong Kong in the 1970s. Please register via: tinyurl.com/HKHistoryday

Google Books Ngram viewers on Book publications related to Hong Kong studies!

“The Annals of Lü Buwei was prepared as a handbook for the young King Zheng [of Qin]. The text presents a complex vista of history and even a philosophy of history which justifies dynastic succession. Once King Zheng had unified the central states, he harks back to the Annals’ …

New open-access article on using GIS to reconstruct China's medieval capital Chang'an out on Startwords from The Center for Digital Humanities at Princeton startwords.cdh.princeton.edu

Searchable TOCs and indexes for Literary and Historical Materials 文史资料 have been digitized by Princeton University Library. Downloadable files available by provinces and municipalities. An invaluable resource for research on modern Chinese history. dpul.princeton.edu/ealtoc/browse/…

Chen Jian's long-awaited biography of Zhou Enlai is finally coming out. Very interested to see how a scholar like Chen will examine this important figure in PRC history. Prior biographies either lacked primary source research or were uncritical hagiographies.

Thursday, December 7, 11:30 am: HYI Book Talk, "Public Interest and State Legitimation: Early Modern England, Japan, and China," (Wenkai He, chaired by Elizabeth Perry). For details, see: ow.ly/msgT50Qc4WI

Colours make the map: they affect the map’s materiality, content, and handling. With a wide range of approaches, 14 case studies from various disciplines deal with the colouring of maps from different geographical regions and periods. brill.ws/MTP3

中式古代建筑上的东西都叫什么。