Personal profile
Chinese Name
Biography
Dr. Kam Chau Kwok (Daniel) is a Lecturer at the Department of History, Hong Kong Baptist University. He got his PhD in History at Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2013. He worked as a TV reporter for Fairchild Television in Toronto for a few years before pursuing graduate studies in History. He joined HKBU in 2013.
Dr Kwok has been trained to approach Historical Anthropology in China with a comprehensive and distinctive edge. By combining field (anthropology) and documentary (history) research, Historical Anthropology is an inter-disciplinary method that provides a comprehensive understanding of how local societies acquire their specific identities at the same time as they become integrated into a broader, unified culture.
Research Interests
- The History of the Lineage in South China;
- Festival and Popular Religion in Chinese Societies;
- Chinese Social and Economic History.
Fingerprint
- 1 Similar Scholars
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 1 Active
-
Empowering Net-Zero Cities: Unleashing the Full Potential of Smart Data-Enabled Networks and Scalability from energy communities – A Comparative Study of Urban Living Labs (ULLs) in Hong Kong, Seoul, and Bristol
MAH, D.N.-Y. (PI), CHEUNG, D.M.-W. (CoI), KWOK, K. C. (CoI), CHOI, B. (CoI), Ooi, N. (CoI), Mori, A. (CoI), Lo, A. (CoI), Yun, S.-J. (CoI), Leung, K. H. M. (CoI), FOGG-ROGERS, L. (CoI), Chun, K. P. (CoI), Kim, H. (CoI), McLellan, B. (CoI) & Siu, A. (CoI)
1/01/26 → 30/06/28
Project: Research project
-
Navigating Empires: Peranakan Communities and Singapore's Cultural Industry, 1819-1970
Chung, P. Y. & Kwok, D. K. C., 10 Jun 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper › peer-review
-
GCAP3006 Implementation of Service-learning Engagement through Chinese Story Telling and Writing
Kwok, D. K. C., 12 Dec 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference poster › peer-review
-
香港非物質文化遺產系列: 中秋節 — 薄扶林舞火龍
鍾寶賢 & 郭錦洲, May 2023, 1st ed. 中華書局(香港)有限公司. 253 p. (香港非物質文化遺產系列)Research output: Book/Report › Book or report › peer-review
-
Building an interactive website on “Fire Dragon Dance -intangible Cultural Heritage of Hong Kong"
Chung, P. Y. (Producer), Kwok, K. C. (Producer), Leung, M. S. (Other), Wong, C. K. (Other) & Ng, M. L. (Designer), Sept 2022Research output: Non-textual form › Digital, visual or audio products
Open Access -
歲月留情--香港老故事書寫
Translated title of the contribution :As Time Goes By: Chinese Storytelling and Writing Research output: Book/Report › Book or report
Prizes
Activities
-
Digital Technology x Oral History: the Legend of Shek Pik
CHUNG, P. Y. (Speaker), KWOK, K. C. (Speaker) & NG, W. Y. W. (Speaker)
19 Apr 2024Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by HKBU
-
Field trip to Central/Sheung Wan
KWOK, K. C. (Organiser) & CHUNG, P. Y. (Organiser)
25 Feb 2023Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by HKBU
-
Field trip to Pokfulam
KWOK, K. C. (Organiser)
Oct 2023 → Nov 2023Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by HKBU
-
Master of Social Sciences (Contemporary China Studies) (Organisational unit)
KWOK, K. C. (Director/non-executive director)
2023 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of board/committee/council
-
Succeeding in Course-based Service-Learning through Innovative Design and Implementation
KWOK, K. C. (Speaker)
24 May 2023Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by HKBU
Press/Media
-
China’s spectacular fire dragon dance tradition is hundreds of years old. Here’s why it continues to dazzle
8/02/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
-
-
-