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Biography
Professor Chung earned a Bachelor of Arts (1st class) in History from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and obtained her Doctorate degree from the University of Oxford. After teaching at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, she joined HKBU in 1994. Her teaching interests are social and economic history. She was a Board member of the HKSAR Antiquities Advisory Board (2011-2017) and is currently a Council member of the Lord Wilson Heritage Trust (2021-present), a member of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Advisory Committee (2021-present), a Panel member of the HKSAR Building Appeal Tribunal (2018-present), as well as a member of the HKSAR History Museum Panel (2005-present). She has also served as Director of the Modern History Research Centre and engaged in a number of funded research projects, commissioned works and consultation projects (including one for a London-based business conglomerate - John Swire and Sons Limited) – and she continues to explore material and cultural change associated with trade and imperial empires, diasporic communities, religious traditions and colonial encounters over the last two centuries.
Research Interests
- Social & Economic History
- Trading Diaspora & Heritage Studies
- Photogrammetry & Heritage Information Modelling
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Ritual, Food and Community Cohesion - the Story of Basin Feast
31/08/21 → 30/08/24
Project: Research project
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Mid-Autumn Festival - the Pok Fu Lam Fire Dragon Dance 中秋節 - 薄扶林舞火龍
1/07/20 → 31/07/23
Project: Research project
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Chinese Tong as British trust: Institutional collisions and legal disputes in urban Hong Kong, 1860s-1980s
CHUNG, P. Y., Nov 2010, In: Modern Asian Studies. 44, 6, p. 1409-1432 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
19 Citations (Scopus) -
Moguls of the Chinese cinema: The story of the Shaw brothers in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore, 1924-2002
CHUNG, P. Y., Jul 2007, In: Modern Asian Studies. 41, 4, p. 665-682 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
7 Citations (Scopus) -
Surviving economic crises in Southeast Asia and Southern China: The history of Eu Yan Sang business conglomerates in Penang, Singapore and Hong Kong
CHUNG, P. Y., 2002, In: Modern Asian Studies. 36, 3, p. 579-617 39 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
11 Citations (Scopus) -
The transformation of an overseas Chinese family - Three generations of the Eu Tong Sen family, 1822-1941
CHUNG, P. Y., Jul 2005, In: Modern Asian Studies. 39, 3, p. 599-630 32 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Changes and continuities. Evolution of a Chinese family business (1876-2004)
CHUNG, P. Y., Jul 2005, In: Asia Europe Journal. 3, 2, p. 259-268 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
7 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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Distinguished Publishing Award, Hong Kong Publishing Biennial Award
CHUNG, Po Yin (Recipient), 2016
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The Best Book of 2015-16 (Business and Management), Hong Kong Publishing Biennial Awards
CHUNG, Po Yin (Recipient), 2017
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Activities
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Intangible Cultural Heritage Advisory Committee (External organisation)
Man Kong WONG (Committee/panel/advisory board member), Ka Chai TAM (Committee/panel/advisory board member) & Po Yin CHUNG (Committee/panel/advisory board member)
1 Jan 2023 → 31 Dec 2024Activity: Membership › Membership of board/committee/council
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Lectures on History of Religion in Hong Kong (5) A Survey of the History of the Early Christian Church in Hong Kong 香港宗教史系列講座(5)香港早期基督教會發展史巡覽
Po Yin CHUNG (Organiser) & Kam Keung LEE (Organiser)
28 Feb 2022Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by HKBU
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A Public Lecture - The Writing of Spatial Story as Field Work Methodology如何在田野上寫出空間故事?
Po Yin CHUNG (Organiser) & Kam Chau KWOK (Organiser)
29 Mar 2022Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by HKBU
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Lectures on History of Religion in Hong Kong (9) The Experience of Catholic Missionaries in Post-war Hong Kong 香港宗教史系列講座(9)戰後香港天主教傳教士的經驗
Po Yin CHUNG (Organiser) & Kam Keung LEE (Chair)
31 Oct 2022Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by HKBU
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Lectures on History of Religion in Hong Kong (7) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hong Kong 香港宗教史系列講座(7)耶穌基督後期聖徒教會在香港
Po Yin CHUNG (Organiser) & Kam Keung LEE (Chair)
27 Jun 2022Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by HKBU