Join us for a conversation with scholars Lui Tai Lok, Patrick Mok, and Kwong Chi Man discussing their experiences and insights on archival research in Hong Kong.
The exhibition Another Day in Hong Kong, currently on view at AAA’s library, draws on archival materials to reconstruct a day from the past, aiming to inspire new perspectives on contemporary art and history in Hong Kong. For AAA’s Research team, a major takeaway from the project was the opportunity to survey local archives and learn from their archival practices.
To explore this thread further, this conversation will focus on how researchers utilise local archives to conduct research on Hong Kong’s cultural and social histories. Scholars Lui Tai Lok, Patrick Mok, and Kwong Chi Man will share their experiences in conducting archival research in Hong Kong, their observations on local archival practices, and discuss notable practices or challenges they encountered when accessing archives. Moderated by Anthony Yung, this conversation aims to provide an overview of archival resources on Hong Kong histories, and promote the importance of building systematic and sustainable archival practices across various fields.
Free and open to the public with registration. This event will be conducted in Cantonese, with no simultaneous interpretation provided.
Prof Lui Tai-lok is the Adjunct Research Chair Professor in the Department of Social Sciences and Policy Studies at the Education University of Hong Kong. Prior to joining EdUHK, he was Professor at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) where he was also Associate Dean at the Faculty of Social Sciences (2010–11) and headed its Department of Sociology (2011–14). Prof Lui has widely researched and published on class, economic sociology, urban sociology, and Hong Kong society. He obtained his BA and MPhil in Sociology at HKU, and holds an MPhil and PhD from Oxford University.
Dr Patrick Mok is Assistant Professor in Cultural and Creative Industries in the Art and Design Department at The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong. Interested in history, heritage, cultural policies, and cultural-creative economy, he is researching the social and cultural impact of the arts, Chinese martial arts and dance, and dancers’ career planning and development. Before joining HSUHK, Dr Mok served as consultant and manager at the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences at HKU for the “Hong Kong Memory Project,” a digital research project for the preservation of Hong Kong’s historical and cultural heritage.
Dr Kwong Chi Man is Associate Professor in the History Department of Hong Kong Baptist University. He specialises in the military and naval history of modern East Asia, particularly from the Sino-Japanese War (1894–95) to the 1970s. His publications include Hongkongers in the British Armed Forces (2022), Eastern Fortress: A Military History of Hong Kong, 1840–1970 (co-authored with Tsoi Yiu Lun, 2014), and papers in Modern Asian Studies, War in History, and Journal of Military History. He recently released a number of Digital Humanities projects, including The Battle of Hong Kong 1941: A Spatial History Project.
Anthony Yung is Senior Researcher at Asia Art Archive.
This event is part of the project Recalling Disappearance: Hong Kong Contemporary Art, which is financially supported by the Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The content of this programme does not reflect the views of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
