Becoming and Unbecoming Hong Kong: A Hong Kong Studies Symposium

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BECOMING AND UNBECOMING HONG KONG: A HKS SYMPOSIUM

Saturday 17 July 2021; Zoom

Speaker: Ka-Kin Cheuk (Rice University)

Home Visits and its Transnational Connections: A Case Study of Hong Kong Sikhs’ Family Trips to India
回鄉、探親與跨國聯繫:香港錫克家庭回訪印度的個案研究

ABOUT KA-KIN CHEUK
Ka-Kin Cheuk is Annette and Hugh Gragg Postdoctoral Fellow in Transnational Asian Studies at the Chao Center for Asian Studies, Rice University. His research revolves around the study of migration, transnationalism, and inter-Asian connections, with geographic focuses on China, Hong Kong, India, and the Middle East. His recent articles have been published in journals such as Transitions: Journal of Transient Migration (2019) and an edited volume entitled Bombay Brokers (Duke University Press, 2021). Trained as an anthropologist, he has conducted fieldwork over the past decade on Sikh diaspora in Hong Kong and on Indian traders in southeast China.

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◎ Date: Saturday 17 July 2021
◎ Platform: Zoom
◎ Organisers: Tammy Lai-Ming Ho (HKS and HKBU), Michael O’Sullivan (HKS and CUHK), Eddie Tay (HKS and CUHK), and Michael Tsang (HKS and Manchester).
◎ Contact: [email protected] / [email protected]
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Period21 Jul 2021
Event typeConference
LocationHong Kong, Hong Kong, ChinaShow on map
Degree of RecognitionInternational