Hong Kong
Society for Hong Kong Studies
Society for Hong Kong Studies (SHKS) is a non-profit, non-partisan, independent professional association based in Hong Kong. Formed in 2017 by more than 250 academics in 21 countries, the SHKS serves as a global platform for the multi-disciplinary and inter-institutional study of Hong Kong.
Our main objective is to facilitate local and international dialogues and collaborations among scholars and students of Hong Kong history, politics, society and culture. Through building a scholarly community across the social sciences and the humanities, we also hope to encourage the development of new theories, concepts, and methods of studying Hong Kong, its relations to China, Asia and beyond.
As an official affiliate of the Association for Asian Studies, SHKS has developed collaborative relationships with other initiatives devoted to Hong Kong Studies. These include the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Studies Initiatives at the University of British Columbia, and the Academy of Hong Kong Studies at the Hong Kong Education University.
In 2019-20 we launched a second five-year phase of the project, with a focus on growing the network of early career historians, supported by post-doctoral fellowships, and on developing an enhanced programme of public-facing activity in Britain and in Hong Kong. We are currently working on a series of Hong Kong history briefs, which aim to help the general public understand the historical origins of current socio-political crises in Hong Kong.
As well as our strong collaboration with colleagues in Hong Kong, including the Society for Hong Kong Studies, we are part of a loose network of interdisciplinary projects internationally with an overlapping focus, including the Hong Kong Studies Initiative at the University of British Columbia, and the Hong Kong Studies Association in Britain.