My blog post on the Royal Society for Asian Affairs website has just been uploaded. I talk briefly about K-pop, its transnational past and present, and how it informs thinking about East Asia today: rsaa.org.uk/blog/k-pops-...

Pics from our panel 'Using Hong Kong's Past in History, Historiography, and Comedy' at the British Association for Chinese Studies annual conference in Leicester last wk, featuring Wayne Wong (Sheffield) and David Clayton (York). We did have one more panellist but she couldn't make it unfortunately.

Had a fun afternoon on Tues, speaking on a Cantonese panel w/ Doris, @adonismyli.bsky.social, Florence & Charles on our work on the New Documentary History of HK. The talk was hosted by Lion's Ink Book, which has done so much on the outreach of HK history to the public. Thank you Lion's Ink!

Chi-kwan Mark's Decolonisation in the Age of Globalisation is essential reading for scholars and students of Sino-British relations over Hong Kong - my review for the Journal of Asian Studies here: read.dukeupress.edu/journal-of-a...

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)

If you have a few spare minutes and would like to see some strange accident souvenirs and hear me talk about emotional Victorians, you might enjoy our latest Curator with a Camera:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkC-...

Shoutout to whoever granted me GOAT status in their module evaluation form!

Really enjoyed reading and reviewing Jessamyn Abel's Dream Super-Express: A Cultural History of the World’s First Bullet Train for the Journal of Development Studies. doi.org/10.1080/0022...