IHSS-ITHC Lecture Series Roundtable Workshop on ‘Fairbank in China Now: Contemporary Academic and Policy Legacies’ Details Register Now In-person Details Register Now In-person Overview Title: Roundtable Workshop on ‘Fairbank in China Now: Contemporary Academic and Policy Legacies’ Chair: Professor Paul EVANSUniversity of British Columbia Panelists: Professor CHANG ChihyunSun Yat-Sen University Professor Timothy CHEEKUniversity of British […]

Book Launch “The Idea of China: A Contested History” Held with Great Success On March 30, 2026, the Hong Kong Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) and the Institute of Transnational History of China (ITHC) at HKU jointly organized a book launch event on the HKU campus to celebrate the publication of Prof. Guoqi […]

ASIAR Research Cluster: Public guest lecture Who Let the Gods Out? Possession, Cohabitation, and the Anthropology of Religion Details Register Now Zoom Details Register Now Zoom Overview Title: Who Let the Gods Out? Possession, Cohabitation, and the Anthropology of Religion Speaker: Dr Austin Simões-Gomes  University of Toronto Date/Time: April 16, 2026 (Thu) 20:00 – 21:30 […]

Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series Recasting the National Fengshui Master: Local Knowledge, Textual Authority, and Centralized Order in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) Details Register Now In-person & Zoom Details Register Now In-person & Zoom Overview Title: Recasting the National Fengshui Master: Local Knowledge, Textual Authority, and Centralized Order in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) Speaker: Ms Ye […]

Quantitative History Webinar Series Blood and Iron: Political Fragmentation in the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean Details Register Now Zoom Details Register Now Zoom Overview Title: Blood and Iron: Political Fragmentation in the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean Speaker: Dr Patrick FitzsimmonsPostdoctoral FellowDepartment of EconomicsUniversity of Pennsylvania Date/Time: April 2, 2026 09:00 – 10:3009:00 (Hong Kong/Beijing/Singapore)21:00 (-1, New York) […]

Chinese Business History Webinar Pioneers in a Distant Land: The Overseas Chinese Business Community in South America, 1960-2000 Details Watch Now Zoom Details Watch Now Zoom Overview Title: Pioneers in a Distant Land: The Overseas Chinese Business Community in South America, 1960-2000 Speaker: Dr Jian RenStanford University Date/Time: Apr 10 2026 (Fri) 09:00 – 10:00 […]