The Department of History (HKU) is one of the most dynamic and innovative centres of historical teaching and research in Asia.
We are a vibrant and diverse Department offering a rich, balanced and varied curriculum. In our courses undergraduates explore key events and themes in history. Students and teachers interact in a supportive and intellectually stimulating learning environment. Our staff teach innovative courses informed by their own cutting-edge research. The History Major provides a thorough training in debate, c
07/08/2026
The University of Hong Kong is hiring a historian of Global Iberian Empires (1450-1800).
For more details: https://jobs.hku.hk/en/job/536969/professorassociate-professor-on-tenure-terms-or-tenuretrack-assistant-professor-in-global-iberian-empires
Faculty of Arts, HKU
14/07/2026
Dear Class of 2026, congratulations on your graduation. 🎉 Your time with HKU History has been defined by dedication, achievement, and meaningful friendships—and we are proud to celebrate this milestone with you. 🙌
Visit our photo backdrop on 10/F to capture your graduation memories 📸, and join our alumni mailing list to stay connected with the department. 📩 As a small token of appreciation, redeem limited-edition coffee drip bags and stickers at the Department Office while supplies last.☕️
We look forward to staying in touch and hearing about your journeys ahead. Congratulations once again. 🎓
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#港大歷史系 #港大 #香港大學歷史系
02/07/2026
We are thrilled to share that Prof. Ghassan Moazzin (孟嘉升) has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure. Huge congratulations to Prof. Moazzin on this well-deserved milestone! 🎉
26/06/2026
For program information and registration, please go to:
https://www.eventbrite.hk/e/shks-annual-conference-2026-tickets-1992405987944?aff=oddtdtcreator
09/05/2026
Yesterday we triumphantly concluded the 15th Spring History Symposium with Day 2.
Outstanding panels sparked brilliant discussions on modernity to contemporary narratives. Heartfelt thanks to speakers, chairs, participants, and organisers. See you next year!
09/05/2026
PANEL 7: Within Recent Memories: Historical Research in the Contemporary Moment
Chair: Hedda Lee, University of Hong Kong
Bingyi Gong (Chongqing University)
"Capitalist Computer Exports to China and the Transformation of the Cold War in East Asia"
Peilin Li (University of Leicester)
"Learning the Market: Values, Moral Reasoning, and Social Change in Reform-Era China"
Chan Yu Kiu Zita (University of Hong Kong)
"To Unite the City through Television: Exploring Hong Kong Cultural Changes In the Case of Enjoy Yourself Tonight"
09/05/2026
PANEL 6B: Mapping A Nation, One Frontier To Another
Chair: Alicia Le, University of Hong Kong
Ziang D**g (Hokkaido University)
"Voices from the Historical Margins: Ethnicity, Nation, and Identity in Ainu Periodicals (1910–1948)"
Huimin Miao (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
"Strategic Orthodoxy and Frontier Integration: Textbook Politics, Sovereignty, and Nation-Building in Alxa, Inner Mongolia, Republican China (1927–1945)"
Colin Lam (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
"Busy October: National Day(s), Public Space and Chinese Associations in Portuguese Macau"
09/05/2026
PANEL 6A: Surviving the Winter: Technological Exchanges in Cold War East Asia
Chair: Iris Boyun Lei, University of Hong Kong
Jingqi Su (University of Hong Kong)
"The Chinese Red Cross and Medical Training during the Korean War, 1950–1953"
Jaeyoung Ha (Tsinghua University)
"“A Good Tree is a Fast-Growing Tree”: South Korea’s Reforestation in the 1950s and the Making of Cold War Ecology in East Asia"
Linquan Ma (King’s College London–University of Hong Kong)
"Staged Encounters: Visiting Experts and the Politics of Medical Exchange in Cold War China, 1949–1966"
08/05/2026
PANEL 5B: Lest We Forget — Memories of War and Violence
Chair: Jingqi Su, University of Hong Kong
Jan Kutílek (University of Pardubice)
"Sexualised Violence and Community Destruction In and Beyond Post-Habsburg Galicia, 1918–1920"
Alison Choi (Northwestern University)
"Labour and Protest: Korean Prisoners-of-War in Honouliuli Camp during World War II"
Michael Kosei Delphia (Yenching Academy of Peking University)
"Memorialising Manchukuo: The Manmōen and Imperial Memory in Post-War Japan"
08/05/2026
PANEL 5A: Cosmopolitan Modernity, Chinese Republicanism
Chair: Jiayin Wan, University of Hong Kong
Lingshu Liu (University of Alberta)
"Translating the Divine, Picturing the Glocal: Chinese Christian Posters as Transcultural Archives"
Yuehan Dai (Hong Kong Baptist University)
"Seeing the Frontier: Technology, Geopolitics, and Gender in the Visual Making of Yunnan (1880–1949)"
Frieda Yunyang Liu (Universität Leipzig)
"The Transformation of Incineration: The Evolution and State Requisition of Buddhist Cremation Spaces in Modern Wuhan (1912–1966)"
