History in the Making
September 9, 2026
Childhood journeys across the seas: Locating children in shipboard spaces
Catherine Ladds
Associate Professor
Hong Kong Baptist University
September 23, 2026
Laid to Waste: Exploration as Dispossession in Japanese Hokkaido
Michael Roellinghoff
Assistant Professor
The University of Hong Kong
Book Talk
September 24, 2026
Death and Emotions in Anglo-China
Bobby Tam
Lecturer
October 7, 2026
Steering Through Chaos: The Yannoulatos Brothers and Transnational Shipping in China
Nikolaos Mavropoulos
October 21, 2026
Fractional Freedoms: Slavery, Affective economies and Litigation in the Early Modern Iberian Empire.
Michelle McKinley
Bernard B. Kliks Professor of Law
The University of Oregon
November 5, 2026
Ports of Profit: European Trading Hubs in Asia, c. 1500-1800
Georgio Riello
Professor
European University Institute
November 25, 2026
Decolonizing in Japan: Leftist Zainichi Koreans in a Postimperial Society
Sayaka Chatani
National University of Singapore
December 2, 2026
Empires and Ethnology: A New Perspective from the Ottoman Empire
Giancarlo Casale
Professor & Head of Department