Past events

2025 

22 Feb - Patrick Conner on George Chinnery

5 April - David Bellis - The story of Gwulo and recent finds

28 June - Ken Salmon on the Sinking of the Lisbon Maru and his involvement with the 2023 film

13 September - Ian Gill – Searching for Billie - a family story set in China

18 October - Philip Cheung on his family’s story in WW2 China

2024

18 May - Prof Hugh Baker - reflections

20 July - Prof Pat Hase on Village Scholars and their Book Collections: Yung Sze-chiu, 1874-1944 

14 Sept - Robin Masefield on the Irish in Hong Kong

23 November - Michael Sheridan on the Women in Xi Jinping's life

2023

4 March - Colin Sheaf, deputy chairman of Bonhams, on the Percival David collection of ceramics 

29 April - Ian Lambot on The Life of Kowloon Walled City

27 June - May Holdsworth on the friendship between Sir Robert Hotung and G. B. Shaw

12 August - Philip Cracknell on the Battle for Hong Kong

28 October - Frances Wood on Love, Libel, Literature and Loss: the tribulations of the distinguished family of Chen Yuan and Ling Shuhua in 20th century China 

18 November - John Saeki on the last tigers in Hong Kong - by Zoom 

2022

May - James Lin from the Fitzwilliam Museum on jade 

11 June - Michael Sheridan on The Gate to Hong Kong

September - Les Bird, former commander of Hong Kong marine police, on dealing with Vietnamese refugees

22 October - Malcolm Jack on My Hong Kong 

(some omissions)

Previous speakers include: 

Prof Kerry Brown

Prof Robert Bickers

Prof Steve Tsang