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Biography
George Kam Wah Mak (麥金華) is Associate Professor and Programme Director of BA in Religion, Philosophy and Ethics, Department of Religion and Philosophy, Hong Kong Baptist University. He is an award-winning scholar with expertise in areas including Chinese Bible Translation, History of Chinese Christianity, and Language and Nationalism in Modern China. His scholarly works were published by internationally renowned publishers including Brill, Cambridge University Press, De Gruyter and Oxford University Press. He is an elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS) and the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (FRAS), as well as Associate Editor of Ching Feng: A Journal on Christianity and Chinese Religion and Culture. Formerly the President of the Society for the Study of History of Christianity in China (2020-2022), he was a visiting faculty member of the Nida School of Translation Studies 2016, a visiting fellow of the Clare Hall, University of Cambridge (2021), and a visiting scholar of the Institute for Chinese Studies at Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany (2024).
Research Interests
Bible Translation; History of Christianity in China; History of Christian Missions; Language and Nationalism in Modern China; Religious Publishing and Print Culture; Sino-Foreign Cultural Relations
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Education/Academic qualification
PhD, University of Cambridge
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Lingnan Culture and the World: Construction and Change in the Cultural Landscape of Cantonese Literati from the late Qing to the Republican era in China (1821–1949)
MAK, G. K. W. (CoPI)
1/06/23 → 31/05/26
Project: Research project
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Hong Kong as the World Centre for Chinese Protestant Bible Publishing and Distribution, 1951-1965
MAK, G. K. W. (PI)
1/01/23 → …
Project: Research project
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The Annotation Question of the Chinese Protestant Bible, 1877-1917
MAK, G. K. W. (PI)
1/01/15 → 30/06/18
Project: Research project
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Opening the Greek World to All: Creating a Chinese-Greek Lexical Database of the New Testament
Wong, E.K.-C. (PI) & MAK, G. K. W. (CoI)
1/11/14 → 30/04/17
Project: Research project
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The Emergence of Hong Kong as a World Centre for Chinese Protestant Bible Publishing and Distribution, 1948–51
Mak, G. K. W., Jun 2025, In: Studies in Church History. 61, p. 541-562 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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[Book Review] Ann Cui’an Peng. 2023. The Translation of the Bible into Chinese: The Origin and Unique Authority of the Union Version. Cambridge: Lutterworth Press, pp. xviii + 219, Pb £20.75. ISBN-13: 9780718896539.
Mak, G. K. W., Nov 2024, In: Studies in World Christianity. 30, 3, p. 401-403 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
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A Protestant Response to the Drive for Mass Literacy in Early Republican China: The Phonetic Promotion Committee for Its Work, 1918-1922
Mak, G. K. W., Dec 2024, Christianity and Education in Modern China. Wong, M. K. & Mak, G. K. W. (eds.). Hong Kong: Hong Kong University PressResearch output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Christianity and Education in Modern China = 基督教與中國近代教育
Wong, M. K. (Editor) & Mak, G. K. W. (Editor), Dec 2024, 1st ed. Hong Kong University Press. 304 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book or report › peer-review
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Indigenizing Chinese Protestant Bible Translation in the Post-World War II Era: The Bible Translation Work of Lu Chen Chung and Theodore E. Hsiao as Examples
Mak, G. K. W., 23 Nov 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper › peer-review
Prizes
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Fellow, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
MAK, G. K. W. (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Other distinction
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Visiting Fellow, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge
MAK, G. K. W. (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Other distinction
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Visiting Scholar, Institute for Chinese Studies, Freie Universität Berlin
MAK, G. K. W. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Other distinction
Activities
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先賢長眠之所:從香港墳場看中文聖經事工歷史
MAK, G. K. W. (Organiser)
21 May 2025Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by non-HKBU units
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Martha Cheung Award for Best English Article in Translation Studies by an Early Career Scholar (Event)
MAK, G. K. W. (Editor)
2024 → 2025Activity: Publication peer-review/editorial work › Editor/reviewer for publications (incl. CDCF T61 Journal Editor)
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Hong Kong Bible Society (External organisation)
MAK, G. K. W. (Treasurer)
2024 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of board/committee/council
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Wandering at Dawn: Cultural Walk at Historic Cemetery
MAK, G. K. W. (Organiser)
Feb 2024 → Mar 2024Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by non-HKBU units
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Docent Training Programme for the Hong Kong Bible Society’s Exhibition “Encountering the Word of God”
MAK, G. K. W. (Organiser)
Sept 2023 → Nov 2023Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by non-HKBU units