Lessons from the Past

The five-year programme marks the beginning of a collaborative research partnership between HKU and the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Republic of Armenia’s National Academy of Sciences, as well as multiple cross-faculty collaborations within...

Swimming in the Deep End

A swimming pool might be a luxury add-on in some places, but in the village of Trung Dung in Vietnam, it was seen as a lifesaver. Several children had drowned in a dirty pond that was situated between the primary and secondary schools. A proper swimming pool with...

Catholics in China: A Survival Story

The history books tell us the facts about the arrival and activities of Western missionaries in China. But what did this mean to the ordinary peasants and missionaries at the time? For Dr Li Ji of the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences and the...