Hong Kong History and Border History

With Denise Y. Ho, Georgetown University

How does one come to the study of Hong Kong? What can Hong Kong contribute to the study of border history, Chinese history and global history?

These two questions animate this informal discussion for graduate students and recent graduates across disciplines. Participants are encouraged to read the paper titled “Locating the Archive of the Hong Kong–China Borderland” (which will be sent to workshop registrants) before the workshop to be ready to share their own background and experience. The speaker will share her own journey, discuss some of the challenges of doing border history, and lead a broader discussion on Hong Kong in various academic disciplines.

Denise Y. Ho is an associate professor in Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, where she teaches modern Chinese history.  She is the author of Curating Revolution: Politics on Display in Mao’s China (Cambridge, 2018) and a co-editor (with Jennifer Altehenger) of Material Contradictions in Mao’s China (University of Washington, 2022).  Ho is currently completing a book manuscript entitled The Nation’s Gate: A Cross-Border History of Hong Kong and China. She has published many public writings on Hong Kong when she lived there. Ho received her B.A. from Yale College and her A.M. and Ph.D. from Harvard University. Prior to joining the faculty of Georgetown, she taught at Yale University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the University of Kentucky.

Please register at this link by Nov. 10.

This event is organized by the York Centre for Asian Research and sponsored by the Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library.