Selected Courses● Late Imperial and Modern China: Issues and

Approaches

● History of Early China: From Prehistory to the Han Dynasty

● The Long 1970s: Britain, Hong Kong, and the United States

● History of Women and Children in China

● Historical Geography of China

● Cities in East Asian History

● China and the Global Opium Trade

● History of Russia and Central Asia

● History of Central Asia: From the Silk Road to the Belt and Road

● History of Modern Islamic Societies

● The End of the British Empire

● Russia and Eastern Europe: History through the Arts

● Empire, Slavery, and Capitalism in North America to 1865

● War, Gender and Society in 20th-century Europe

● Comparative Modern Revolutions

● History of Human Rights

● World Environmental History

Career ProspectsHistory majors developed valuable skills, including close

reading, effective writing, and forceful argumentation,

that are highly applicable and desirable across

many industries and sectors in the Hong Kong and

international economies. In recent years, our

graduates have found gainful employment

in a wide variety of industries, including

business services, education, hospitality,

communication industry, logistics,

transportation, social services, and

government work. A small number

of our graduates also advanced to post-

graduate studies in history at universities

around the world, including Princeton

University, Peking University, University of Sheffield,

and the University of Hong Kong, for a career in the

academia.

Student InternshipThe Department encourages students to seek out

internship opportunities as a way to cultivate their career

paths. In recent years, a number of our students have

secured research assistantship at our affiliated research

center, the Hong Kong and South China Historical

Research Programme (HKSCHRP), a major hub for the

study of the history of Hong Kong and South China.

Languages of InstructionAll courses are taught in English. Exceptions are made

in some advanced Chinese history courses which are

taught in modern Chinese.

Contact UsTo learn more about the History Department,

please visit our website at www.LN.edu.hk/history

or email us at hist@LN.edu.hk.

Faculty MembersProf. LEUNG Vincent S. (梁萃行)Associate Professor and Head of DepartmentBA, BS (UMass Amherst); AM, PhD (Harvard)Intellectual and Political History of Early China; Rise of Empires in Ancient Eurasia; Critical Theories and Historical Methods.

Prof. LAU Chi-pang (劉智鵬)ProfessorBA, MPhil (HKU); PhD (Washington)Hong Kong History; Ming and Qing China; Modern China; Chinese Intellectual History.

Prof. LIU William Guanglin (劉光臨)ProfessorBA, MA (Peking); PhD (Harvard)Chinese Economic History; Political Economy of Late Imperial China; Chinese Military History; Neo-Confucianism and the Market Economy in a Historical Perspective.

Prof. CHOU Grace Ai-ling (周愛靈)Associate Professor of TeachingBA, MA (Colorado); PhD (Hawaii)Modern Chinese Intellectual History; Hong Kong Educational History; Comparative Intellectual and Educational History; East-West Cultural Interactions.

Prof. DU Chunmei (杜春媚)Associate Professor BA (Renmin University); MA, PhD (Princeton)Modern Chinese Intellectual and Cultural History; Global History; Cold War; Chinese Diaspora.

Prof. HAMPTON Mark Andrew (馬翰庭)Associate ProfessorBA (Middle Tennessee State); MA, PhD (Vanderbilt)Modern Britain & British Empire; Media History; Anglo-American Cultural and Intellectual History; Hong Kong.

Prof. LEMBERG Diana Lucy (林安娜)Associate ProfessorBA (Princeton); MPhil, PhD (Yale)United States in the World; Twentieth Century U.S. Political, Cultural, and Intellectual History; Colonial and Imperial Formations; History of Technology; Media History.

Prof. PIANCIOLA Niccolò (卞忠源)Associate ProfessorMPhil (UNITO); PhD (UNISOB)Russian History; History of the Soviet Union; Central Asian History; Environmental History; History of Communism.

Prof. ZHANG Lei (張雷)Assistant ProfessorBS (Nanjing Normal); MA (Peking, Syracuse); PhD (Syracuse)Urban History; Environmental History; Historical Geography; Modern China.

Prof. MAO Sheng (毛升)LecturerBA (Communication Univ. of China); MA, PhD (University of Pennsylvania)Border and Frontier Studies; Transnational History; History of PRC; Chinese Humor.

The History Department offers a diverse and wide-

ranging curriculum that covers the history of the world

from antiquity to the present, with courses on the

history of China, Hong Kong, Europe, the Americas,

Central Asia, as well as comparative and transnational

histories. Undergraduate students begin their studies

with foundational courses that introduce them to basic

concepts and tools in historical research, and then move

on to more specialized courses in areas of their own

interest. Students may choose to declare a concentration

To understand the world today, we must understand its

past. The discipline of history investigates our collective

past to make sense of the present and imagine possible

futures. Working with textual, visual, and other material

remains, historians imaginatively reconstruct meaningful

pictures of the past to help us understand and rethink the

While the History Department boosts a diverse and

global curriculum and research profile, it has particular

strength in the study of China, Russia, Central Asia,

United States, and modern Europe. Historians of China

at the department work on the entire span of Chinese

history from pre-historic times to the present day. The

department also has leading authorities in media history

state of today’s world. One of the oldest branches

of knowledge, history constitutes an

important, indispensable dimension

of the human experience, and provides

an essential foundation to all disciplines

in the humanities and the social sciences.

History Programme at Lingnanin Asian or Global history, and/or pursue substantial

research in their final year through a Senior History

Directed Research Project. The department also

offers Minor Programmes in History and Hong Kong

Studies. Postgraduate MPhil and PhD students pursue

original historical research under expert guidance of the

faculty. The department boosts a supportive, collegial

environment for quality education, research supervision,

and career development.

Key Research and Teaching Areasof the United States and England, as well as the political

and cultural history of the Soviet Union. With a faculty

that hailed from all around the world, including the

United States, Europe, China, and Hong Kong, the

department offers a cosmopolitan education.

Why History Matters