The University of Hong Kong

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Department of History 歷史系

Contact Information

Tel: 3917 2874
Fax: 2858 9755
Email: history@hku.hk
Website: https://history.hku.hk/

Contact Person

Name & Title	Area of Expertise	Tel no. / Email / Language
Professor Carroll, John M. 高馬可 Professor (教授)	Modern Chinese history Hong Kong history Colonial and postcolonial history Museums and historical memory British imperial history History of tourism	Tel: 3917 2866 Written: English, Chinese (英文、中文) Spoken: English, Putonghua, Cantonese (英語、普通話、粵語)
Professor Pomfret, David M. 龐德威 Professor (教授) Dean of Arts (文學院院長)	Urban history Comparative French and British history History of youth and childhood in modern Europe	Tel: 3917 2865 Written: English (英文) Spoken: English (英語)
Professor Schencking, J. Charles 史樂文 Professor (教授)	Modern Japanese history History of natural disasters in Japan History of international humanitarianism Second World War in Asia and the Pacific	Tel: 3917 2875 Written: English, Japanese (英文、日文) Spoken: English, Japanese (英語、日語)
Professor Xu, Guoqi 徐國琦 Professor (教授)	Transnational history of China Shared history of China and the World Sports History US-China relations The idea of China Military history	Tel: 3917 2876 Written: English, Chinese (英文、中文) Spoken: English, Putonghua (英語、普通話)
Professor Walker, Christine M. Associate Professor (副教授)	Atlantic World Early America Early modern Europe Women's and Gender History Histories of imperialism/ colonialism Slavery studies Sexuality studies	Tel: 3917 2796 cwalker@hku.hk Written: English (英文) Spoken: English (英語)
Professor Cha, Javier 車柱沆 Assistant Professor (助理教授)	Medieval and early modern Korean history Neo-Confucianism Digital humanities Digital preservation Cultural analytics Big data studies	Tel: 3917 2773 Written: English, Korean, Chinese, Spanish (英文、韓文、中文、西班牙文) Spoken: English, Korean, Putonghua, Spanish (英語、韓語、普通話、西班牙語)
Professor McClure, Alastair Assistant Professor (助理教授)	Histories of the British Empire Legal History Modern South Asia Global Intellectual History Crime and State Violence	Tel: 3917 2874 amcclure@hku.hk Written: English (英文) Spoken: English (英語)
Professor Shankar, Devika Assistant Professor (助理教授)	Modern South Asia Environmental History Law and Empire Indian Ocean Coastlines	Tel: 3917 2874 devika@hku.hk Written: English (英文) Spoken: English (英語)

Last updated on 15/12/2025, by Department of History