Robert Bickers

Writer & historian. European. Professor of History, University of Bristol. Rewriting British and other history is my job.

[Robert Bickers @bickers]

1/9 My chapter in this book ed by @aljhlester looks at a monument, which in plain sight in London captures a moment of British violence in China: a Royal Marine bayonetting a Chinese soldier.

[Hong Kong History Centre @hongkonghistory]

𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰:
https://t.co/ueTuU4kwKE

[Jeremiah Jenne @JeremiahJenne]

My latest Archive pick for @chinabksreview is Peking Picnic, a 1930s novel of manners featuring evocative descriptions of Old Beijing and timeless observations about what it means to be an expat in China. Also smoking. Lots and lots of smoking.

[Vivian Kong @viviankonghk]

Happy to see paperback of my book Multiracial Britishness: Global Networks in Hong Kong 1900-45 is out. It's now only £29.99 (before the 20% discount)! Really pleased that the book's received positive reviews on various outlets,eg H-Diplo, AHR & Journal of Social History. #hkhist

[Visualising China @vischina]

February is a short month and there are lots of fascinating maritime themed photos in our collection. I've selected two running up photos to conclude this month 😁

FH01-176: Sampans in a typhoon shelter, Hong Kong
JC01-48: A picturesque view of a junk with a setting sun, HK

[Visualising China @vischina]

F. Hagger was an Electrical Artificer in the (British) Royal Navy in the 1930s, serving on H.M.S. Medway on the China Station. The well captioned photographs document the ship's trip out east and stopovers in Weihai, Hong Kong, Yantai and Shanghai ⛵
see
https://t.co/DW6xOXvFTy

[Visualising China @vischina]

If you would like to see more maritime related photographs, why not check out our Hagger, F. Collection?
https://t.co/DW6xOXvFTy

[Visualising China @vischina]

February theme: Maritime ⚓️🛳️
Island Pastimes: Two Royal Navy men rowing, Weihai (威海), 1932
FH01-066
Hagger, F. Collection
https://t.co/hqdowXsCHq

[Vivian Kong @viviankonghk]

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!

[The Historical Journal @HistoricalJnl]

📢Out now on #firstview!

Zardas Shuk-man Lee (@saintmarys) on 'The Indian National Army and the Making of Indian Nationalism in Japanese-Occupied Malaya'

#India #Spiritual #Lectures #AntiColonial 🇮🇳🗨️

👉Read open access: https://t.co/CoPlADh0IS

[Joseph Seeley @JosephASeeley]

Steel was the ultimate prestige product for socialist states. For the transnational story of steel in Maoist China, check out this new multilingual study by @hirako13, now available on Cambridge Core. And it has footnotes rather than endnotes!! (big plus)

https://t.co/2bAbohVaNR

[Hong Kong History Centre @hongkonghistory]

First History Salon in 2025!

Prof. John Carroll will share with us on his current research on “The Metropolis of the East”:  Tourism and Postwar Recovery in Hong Kong.

Please register:
https://t.co/mPsaCPTpFQ

[Robert Bickers @bickers]

In this post @YUTONG48033240 introduces some of the themes of her newly published @UrbanHistoryCUP article https://t.co/VOU17oCBjP

[Visualising China @vischina]

A new post from @YUTONG48033240 Yutong Wang on informal settlements and policing in 1930s Shanghai

https://t.co/LEpBFHw0og

[Visualising China @vischina]

A new post from @YUTONG48033240 Yutong Wang on informal settlements and policing in 1930s Shanghai

https://t.co/LEpBFHw0og

[Robert Bickers @bickers]

@philip_thai @JosephASeeley Yep! Still so much that can be done with these records. Even though 60k files in Nanjing remain (re)closed, more and more personal and station records held elsewhere have come into the open.

[Robert Bickers @bickers]

Areas we're looking for include: history of any of the following: economy, technology, environment, science or medicine; complementing existing expertise in the Hong Kong History Centre and aligning with areas of international excellence within the department and wider faculty.

[Robert Bickers @bickers]

A reminder: closing date for this post is 13 November. Please get in touch if you have any queries

[Hong Kong History Centre @hongkonghistory]

Come join us! Senior Lectureship (Assoc. Prof) in Modern East Asian History @uobrishistory and @hongkonghistory We need expertise in the study of Hong Kong, and we’re looking for scholars working in some specific areas Details: https://t.co/s8HAwXs7U1 https://t.co/sWAz0rPbnE

[Hong Kong History Centre @hongkonghistory]

A very enjoyable History Salon in the stylish building of Royal Photographic Society@Paintworks last Saturday. Billys inspiring talk on his AI-assisted articulation of the images of Tiger Balm Mansion, followed by Kelvin’s contextualisation of Aw Boom Haw’s business empire.

[Hong Kong History Centre @hongkonghistory]

We had a great panel discussion yesterday on archive, speaking about the reaching out and gathering story from people, the skewed view of archives, the experience of connecting the people...

[Robert Bickers @bickers]

Areas we're looking for include: history of any of the following: economy, technology, environment, science or medicine; complementing existing expertise in the Hong Kong History Centre and aligning with areas of international excellence within the department and wider faculty.

[Hong Kong History Centre @hongkonghistory]

Come join us! Senior Lectureship (Assoc. Prof) in Modern East Asian History @uobrishistory and @hongkonghistory We need expertise in the study of Hong Kong, and we’re looking for scholars working in some specific areas Details: https://t.co/s8HAwXs7U1 https://t.co/sWAz0rPbnE

[Vivian Kong @viviankonghk]

This panel discussion on 'Building Collections' is part of the exciting programme accompanying the 'Realms of Memory' exhibition at the Bristol Photo Festival at the @The_RPS this winter.

Taking place at @UoBrisHistory at 3:30-5 on Oct 22 - come join us! @UoBArtsMatter @bickers