๐ Lecturer in East Asian History @unilincoln | ๐ PhD @History_HKU | ๐ฐ BA, MA @YorkHistoryDept | ๐Mobility/Transport/Railway history | โฝ@lufc | he/him
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Yesterday, we were pleased to welcome Dr Adonis Li (@AdonisMYLi) for a fascinating talk on the building of the KowloonโCanton Railway. Drawing on archival research supported by an RSAA Travel Award, Adonis explored the people, ambitions and challenges behind the construction of this remarkable railway.ย You can now watch the recording. Link in comments.
#HongKongHistory #KowloonCantonRailway
Image: Hong Kong Public Records, via Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain).
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Tracks Through History: Building the KowloonโCanton Railway - join us for this online lecture with RSAA Travel Award recipient Dr Adonis Li (@AdonisMYLi), on 10 September 2026 at 15:00 BST. Find out more and register using the link in the comments. #HongKongHistory #KowloonCantonRailway
Image: Hong Kong Public Records, via Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain).
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European Association for Chinese Studies Conference 2026, with @AdonisMYLi and @honamtse !
Thanks for having us, Venice! We had a great time!
Looking forward to sharing some new research at this workshop!
We are excited to share another upcoming event co-organised with @NTUHistory : 'Cold War in Hong Kong, Asia and Beyond'!
Taking place on 20โ21 May, this workshop will feature 16 speakers from institutions around the world. If you are in Singapore, sign up and join us!
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In September LSHH Historian, Adonis Li, participated in a conference on railway aesthetics. Unusually, this event took place aboard sleeper trains between Vienna, Bucharest, and Istanbul. Here is Dr Li delivering his paper in the royal waiting room at Bucharest Nord station.
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Thanks @viviankonghk @hongkonghistory for organising this roundtable! Itโs really good to catch up with you all @AdonisMYLi @Allan_Pang_ - so nostalgic and reminds me of how we spent time tgt as a study group during Covid! ๐๐ป
My blog post on the @RSAsianAffairs 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-riseโฆ
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HKHC Speakerโs Series, Panel Discussion
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Hybrid event.
Register:
tktp.as/EVSEKK
Adonis Li retweeted
Another book talk on The New Documentary History of Hong Kong- this time will be in Cantonese and via zoom! The talk is organised by the Lions Ink Books. To register, scan the QR code below:
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-โฆ
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Thank you to all who attended our book talk about ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ธ ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ (@HKUPress), to our speakers @mok_florence (@NTUHistory @hkresearchhub), @AdonisMYLi and @Allan_Pang_, and to David (@YorkHistoryDept) for support organising
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My book - Liverpool and the Un-Making of Britain - is out today! Here is a thread I made earlier of extraordinary facts about the city's history to get everyone excited.
On 27 Feb my book comes out. Itโs about how Liverpoolโs recent history should change the way we think about modern Britain. In this thread, every few days till then, I will share an extraordinary fact about Liverpoolโs twentieth-century. Pre-order here: waterstones.com/book/liverpoโฆ
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Third article of our water history project, an co-authored piece with Siu-hei Lai, 'Managing Water Consumption in Colonial Hong Kong: Separate Water Metering, c. 1965โ1980s' is now available in Journal of Social History! @hkresearchhub
academic.oup.com/jsh/advanceโฆ
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Really looking forward to this panel discussion on HK and Modern Global History, featuring a paper by David Clayton of @YorkHistoryDept, and followed by responses by @UoBrisHistory 's @sulinlewis, @bickers, and @simonjpotter!
On 24 Feb, we will have Prof. David Clayton delivering a talk on his latest research, exploring HKโs place in modern global history. The talk will be followed by a panel discussion featuring historians from the UoB.
Hybrid event, register:
tktp.as/EETOKO
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1/ Girls' Generation's 2007 debut song "Into The New World" (๋ค์ ๋ง๋ ์ธ๊ณ) has become the ultimate protest song in S. Korea.
Since martial law was declared last week, online streams have reportedly shot up. More about '๋ค๋ง์ธ', the song of a generation:
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Just a K-pop song originally, but it has become a protest anthem in recent years, expressing hope for a better future. Less catchy maybe, but more melodic and moving. xitter.cf/i/status/1864691479349โฆ
Really enjoyed reading and reviewing Jessamyn Abel's Dream Super-Express: A Cultural History of the Worldโs First Bullet Train for the Journal of Development Studies. doi.org/10.1080/00220388.202โฆ
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First History Salon in 2025!
Prof. John Carroll will share with us on his current research on โThe Metropolis of the Eastโ:ย Tourism and Postwar Recovery in Hong Kong.
Please register:
tktp.as/ENQXPM
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At least once a season, someone on here would tweet โitโs always darkest before the dawnโ in relation to Leeds United. That went on for about 15 years
