In Research Assessment Exercise (REA) 2014 the History
Department once again ranked first among departments of History in Hong Kong and
placed among the top few research centres at HKU. The History Department
out-performed all other history departments in the S.A.R. with 23% of its
research output ranked as 4* (world leading) and 68% as either 4* or 3*
(internationally excellent) by RAE assessors.
Prof.
Frank Dikötter has received an honorary doctorate from Leiden University for his work on the history
of the Chinese Republican period and the People's Republic of China under Mao. (Details here)
Prof. Xu Guoqi is awarded
the HKU Outstanding Researcher Award 2014-15.
Dr. Priscilla Roberts is
awarded the SAGE Prize for Best International Journal Article on International Affairs 2015.
Ms Joyce Ng is the Regional Winner in the Asia region in the History category in The Global Undergraduate Awards for 2018. (See UA press release)
Ms Ng Zi Yan, Joyce wins 1st Prize (Undergraduate Presentations) in The third annual HKU Interhall Academic Forum Final Competition. Her presentation is based on her HIST4023 History Research Project "The Rise of Garden Cemeteries in Victorian London".
Ms Pang Chong wins 2nd Runner-up and Online People's Choice Award
in the 3MT2018 Final Competition.
Our RPG students, Mr Meerwijk Maurits and Ms Huang Dao Zi,
are shortlisted for the 3MT2017 Final Competition.
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Ms. Siu Hang Tang is the Regional Winner in the Asia
region in the History category, and is named a Highly Commended Entrant in
The Undergraduate Awards
(UA) in September 2016. (See UA press release)