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Dr. David M Pomfret
Dr. Pomfret is Associate Professor in Modern European history.
He has published widely in the History of Childhood and Youth, and urban
history (see publications below).
Dr. Pomfret is a recipient of the University's 'Outstanding
Young Researcher Award' (2008) and Outstanding
Teaching Award (2010).
Research Interests
Dr. Pomfret specialises in urban history, comparative French and British history, and the history of youth and childhood in modern Europe and its empires.
Recent Publications
Books
Young People and the European City: Age Relations in Nottingham
and Saint-Etienne (Ashgate, 2004)
Imperial Contagions: Medicine and Cultures of Planning in Asia, 1880-1949
(co-edited with Dr. Robert Peckham), forthcoming.
Diasporic Chineseness after the Rise of China: Community, Culture
and Communication (co-edited with Professor Kam Louie and Dr. Julia
Kuehn), book manuscript under review.
Youth and Empire: Young People in British and French Colonial Cultures,
book manuscript under review.
A Transnational Age: Youth in the Twentieth Century World (co-edited
with Professor Richard Ivan Jobs) project in progress.
Articles
"'Raising
Eurasia': Race, Class and Age in Hong Kong and Indochina," Comparative
Studies in Society and History [Cambridge University Press]51,
2 (2009): 314-343
"'Child
Slavery' in French and British Far-Eastern Colonies, 1880-1945" Past
and Present [Oxford University Press] 201, 1 (2008): 175-213
"'A Muse for the Masses'": Gender, Age and Nation in France, Fin de Siecle," American Historical Review [American Historical Association] 109, 5 (2004): 1439-1475
"The 'City of Evil' and the 'Great Outdoors': The Modern Health Movement and the Urban Young, 1918-1940," Urban History , [Cambridge University Press] (2001). Winner of Dyos Prize for Best Article .
"Representations of Adolescence in the Modern City: Voluntary Provision and Work in Nottingham and Saint-Etienne, 1890-1914," Journal of Family History , [Sage] (2001) .
Chapters
"Beyond Risk of Contagion: Childhood, Hill Stations and Planning
in British and French Colonial Cities," in Imperial Contagions:
Medicine and Cultures of Planning in Asia, 1880-1949 (co-edited
with Dr. Robert Peckham), forthcoming.
"Medicine, Hygiene, and the Re-ordering of Empire" (with
Dr. Robert Peckham) in Imperial Contagions: Medicine and Cultures
of Planning in Asia, 1880-1949 (co-edited with Dr. Robert Peckham),
forthcoming.
"China Rising A View and Review of China's Diasporas since the
1980s" in Diasporic Chineseness after the Rise of China: Community,
Culture and Communication (co-edited with Professor Kam Louie and
Dr. Julia Kuehn), book manuscript under review.
"World Contexts," A Cultural History of Childhood and Family, vol 5,
the Age of Empire ed. Colin Heywood (Oxford: Berg, 2010)
"Lionised and Toothless: Young People and Urban Politics in Britain
and France," European Cities, Youth and the Public Sphere in the
Twentieth Century ed. Axel Schildt and Detlef Siegfried (Ashgate,
2005), 27-42.
"Adolescence dans le contexte culturel de la ville," in Lorsque l'enfant grandit: Entre dependance et autonomie ed. Jean-Pierre Bardet, Jean-Noel Luc, Isabelle Robin-Romero, and Catherine Rollet (Paris: Presses de l'Universite de Paris Sorbonne, 2003).
Other Publications
"Youth Movements," in The Encyclopedia of the Modern World ed. Peter N. Stearns (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008)
Editorships
Academic Journals
Editor, Planning Perspectives (Routledge/Taylor & Francis), with responsibility for IPHS Section
Newsletters
Editor, Bulletin of the Society for the History of Childhood and Youth, with responsibility for 'News from the Field'
Current Research Projects
Dr. Pomfret is working on several other publication projects, including
a GRF project on young people in the colonies of Britain and France,
and a Louis Cha funded project: A Transnational Age: Youth in the Twentieth
Century World.
Courses
The following courses are run by Dr. Pomfret. Please follow this link to see which are running in the current academic year:
HIST1016
The Modern World
HIST2013 Twentieth Century Europe, Part One, 1914-1945
HIST2014 Twentieth Century Europe, Part Two, 1945-1990
HIST2042 The History of Sport
HIST2046 The Modern European City: Urban Living and Open Spaces
HIST2048 The History of Young People in Modern Europe
HIST2062 From Empire to EU: Culture, Politics and Society in Twentieth Century Britain
HIST2063 Europe and Modernity: Cultures and Identities
CCHU9003
Making History: Engaging
with the Powerful Past
Research Postgraduate Supervisions
1. Ms. Li On Ki, Angelina "'Mental Bloc': Western European Constructions of Eastern Europe and the Integration Project, 1945-2002, with Particular Reference to Germany, France and the United Kingdom" (M.Phil, 2004)
2. Ms. Leung Man Kee, Mandy "Solitude and Solidarity: The History of Homosexuality in Twentieth-Century France" - Judged 'outstanding' by examiners and nominated for thesis prize. (M.Phil 2004)
3. Mr. Lai Chun Yue, Eric, "Reading Hitler: Representations of Nazism in the British Press, 1928-1939" (M.Phil 2004)
4. Mr. Wong Chun Leung, "Modern History of the Eurasian Community in Hong Kong"
(M.Phil 2007)
5. Ms. Ko Yeung Katherine, "Girlhood in Hong Kong: A Study of the Mui Tsai Phenomenon"
(M.Phil 2007) - Judged 'outstanding' by examiners and winner of award for Outstanding Research Postgraduate Student in the 2006-7 round.
6. Ms. Tsang Chiu Long Carol, "A History of Birth Control in Britain and Hong Kong, 1945-1997"
(M.Phil 2007)
7. Ms. Satoko Handa, "Saving the 'Age of Innocence': Catholicism and Representations of Childhood in Early Modern France" (M.Phil 2008) - Judged 'outstanding' by examiners and winner of award for Outstanding Research Postgraduate Student in the 2007-8 round.
Current Supervisions
Mr. Paul Kua, "History of the Boy Scout Movement in Hong Kong"
(Ph.D 2004-)
Ms. Penelope Pang, "'Other People's Children': Protestant Missionaries, Childhood and Colonialism in Hong Kong under British Rule" (M.Phil 2009-)
Contact Details
Office: MB164
Tel: 2859 2865
e-mail: pomfretd@hkucc.hku.hk
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