Allan Pang

Our first video of the new series "Hong Kong History Academy" is out!

8 lectures, each comprising 3 sessions.

Lecture 1: Swire and Hong Kong
Prof. Robert Bickers
Session one: Why did the British go to China?

youtu.be/1gl_ecm9Tz0

10.10.2025 11:03 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

🙏 Thank you for everyone who came to the presentation in Bristol yesterday and especially @allanpang.bsky.social for taking these photos.

14.05.2025 22:02 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you to all who attended our book talk about 𝘈 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘋𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘒𝘰𝘯𝘨, to our speakers Florence Mok, @adonismyli.bsky.social and @allanpang.bsky.social, and to David for support organising. More info: hkupress.hku.hk/New_Doc_Hist... (use 20CP2025 for 20% off until 21 May)

14.05.2025 15:23 — 👍 4    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

📅 💬 Join us in Bristol: @mihatsch.bsky.social will speak at the History Department Research Seminar on May 13, 3:30 pm, LR8, Arts Complex, 21 Woodland Road, BS8 1TB, Clifton Campus. / @uobrishistory.bsky.social

06.05.2025 14:52 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 3

My review of the fascinating book by Muhammad Suhail! @iseas-singapore.bsky.social

06.05.2025 13:21 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

A few weeks until our 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝘈 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘋𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘒𝘰𝘯𝘨!

Hear from co-editor Florence Mok and contributors @adonismyli.bsky.social, @allanpang.bsky.social and me, followed by a roundtable chaired by David Clayton

𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

17.04.2025 09:20 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

A ‘Medieval Menagerie’ in a Progressive Era: Captive Animal Welfare and Minimal British Interventionism in Hong Kong, 1950s–1970s Using the urban encounter with wild animals as a point of entry, this study sheds light on the feature of minimal interventionism in British colonial governance through the miserable conditions of ...

Hot off the press! Check out 'A ‘Medieval Menagerie’ in a Progressive Era: Captive Animal Welfare and Minimal British Interventionism in Hong Kong, 1950s–1970s' by Catherine S. Chan: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

29.03.2025 23:39 — 👍 12    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0

A New Documentary History of Hong Kong book talk In its 14 chapters, A New Documentary History of Hong Kong examines a range of themes spanning politics, economics, society and culture through reproduced primary sources, diagrams and images. This ev...

𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸
Contributors to 𝘈 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘋𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘒𝘰𝘯𝘨 Florence Mok @adonismyli.bsky.social @allanpang.bsky.social and myself will discuss re-examining Hong Kong's history using lesser-used sources for our new edited volume
𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿: forms.gle/nYMiKFgMRzmZ...

20.03.2025 11:31 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1

The Many Booms in Hong Kong’s Past—And the First Ever Hong Kong History Boom Unsettling Exiles is the second book—and second impressive book at that—by Angelina Chin. I am used to describing her as an up-and-coming specialist to wat

I have a new review essay on recent Hong Kong books (focusing on ones by Angelina Chin, Florence Mok, Vaudine England, and Ho-fung Hung) out in the @historians.org's American Historical Review, an excerpt from it free online academic.oup.com/ahr/article/...

13.03.2025 17:58 — 👍 20    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 1

74 years ago, in March 1951, ‘Rose, Rose I Love You’ (玫瑰玫瑰我愛你), sung by Yao Lee (姚莉, pictured) became the first Chinese record to become a hit in Britain and America. (1/8)

04.03.2025 10:25 — 👍 13    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 1

Our 14-chapter 𝘈 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘋𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘒 explores themes in colonial Hong Kong history including politics, economics and society through primary sources and images hkupress.hku.hk/New_Doc_Hist...

Contributors on Bluesky
@adonismyli.bsky.social
@allanpang.bsky.social
@viviankonghk.bsky.social

20.02.2025 11:39 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1