ASIAR Research Cluster Buddhist Manuscript Studies in Southeast Asia: The case of Luang Prabang, Laos Details Join Now In-person & Zoom Details Join Now In-person & Zoom Overview Title: Buddhist Manuscript Studies in Southeast Asia: The case of Luang Prabang, Laos Speaker: Professor Volker GrabowskyProfessor of Thai Studies and Head of the Southeast Asia Department […]

HKU Family Wealth Series Entrepreneurial Giving Empowers People & Communities Details Register Now In-person Details Register Now In-person Overview Title: Entrepreneurial Giving Empowers People & Communities Speaker: Ms Joy Lo Cheung Chairwoman, Lo Kwee Seong Foundation Date/Time: January 29, 2026 (Thu) 17:30 – 18:30 HKT Venue: Lecture Hall, G/F, May Hall, The University of Hong […]

Chinese Business History Webinar Understanding Global Connectivity through Grassroots Mobility: The Reorganization of Techno-Social Networks among the Upper Yangzi Shipping Groups, 1850-1937 Details Register Now Zoom Details Register Now Zoom Overview Title: Understanding Global Connectivity through Grassroots Mobility: The Reorganization of Techno-Social Networks among the Upper Yangzi Shipping Groups, 1850-1937 Speaker: Professor Yiying PanHong Kong […]

IHSS Public Lecture True Colors of China: Yellow, Blue, and Red Details Register Now In-person Details Register Now In-person Overview Title:True Colors of China: Yellow, Blue, and Red  Speaker:Professor Yu XieBert G. Kerstetter ’66 University Professor of SociologyDirector of Center on Contemporary ChinaPrinceton University(Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences)  Discussants: Professor Michael […]

Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series Knowledge for Lineage: Queen, Keju and Social Mobility in Tang China Details Register Now In-person & Zoom Details Register Now In-person & Zoom Overview Title: Knowledge for Lineage: Queen, Keju and Social Mobility in Tang China Speaker: Professor Sijie HuThe University of Hong Kong Date/Time: January 27, 2026 (Tue) 12:30 – […]

Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series Hong Kong Dollar: Mediating China’s Participation in Global Capitalism since the Nineteenth Century Details Register Now In-person & Zoom Details Register Now In-person & Zoom Overview Title: Hong Kong Dollar: Mediating China’s Participation in Global Capitalism since the Nineteenth Century Speaker: Professor John D. WongThe University of Hong Kong Date/Time: February […]

VISITING PROFESSORS AND SCHOLARS Sufumi So 蘇寿富美 Honorary Associate Professor (Apr 2025 – Mar 2027), Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences,The University of Hong Kong Overview Sufumi So (Ph.D. University of Toronto) is currently Honorary Associate Professor at the HKIHSS. Her current research interests lie at the intersection of narrative construction and […]