Robert Bickers
@bickers
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Writer & historian. European. Professor of History, University of Bristol. Rewriting British and other history is my job.
University of Bristol
Joined August 2008
1/9 My chapter in this book ed by @aljhlester looks at a monument, which in plain sight in London captures a moment of British violence in China: a Royal Marine bayonetting a Chinese soldier.
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My latest Archive pick for @chinabksreview is Peking Picnic, a 1930s novel of manners featuring evocative descriptions of Old Beijing and timeless observations about what it means to be an expat in China. Also smoking. Lots and lots of smoking.
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Happy to see paperback of my book Multiracial Britishness: Global Networks in Hong Kong 1900-45 is out. It's now only ยฃ29.99 (before the 20% discount)! Really pleased that the book's received positive reviews on various outlets,eg H-Diplo, AHR & Journal of Social History. #hkhist
Save 20% on new paperbacks in #History
#europeanhistory #britishhistory #asianhistory #asianstudies #intellectualhistory #historyofideas #20thcentury #europeanhistory ๐ https://t.co/0AblQcadY4
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February is a short month and there are lots of fascinating maritime themed photos in our collection. I've selected two running up photos to conclude this month ๐ FH01-176: Sampans in a typhoon shelter, Hong Kong JC01-48: A picturesque view of a junk with a setting sun, HK
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F. Hagger was an Electrical Artificer in the (British) Royal Navy in the 1930s, serving on H.M.S. Medway on the China Station. The well captioned photographs document the ship's trip out east and stopovers in Weihai, Hong Kong, Yantai and Shanghai โต see https://t.co/DW6xOXvFTy
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If you would like to see more maritime related photographs, why not check out our Hagger, F. Collection? https://t.co/DW6xOXvFTy
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February theme: Maritime โ๏ธ๐ณ๏ธ Island Pastimes: Two Royal Navy men rowing, Weihai (ๅจๆตท), 1932 FH01-066 Hagger, F. Collection https://t.co/hqdowXsCHq
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Really looking forward to this panel discussion on HK and Modern Global History, featuring a paper by David Clayton of @YorkHistoryDept, and followed by responses by @UoBrisHistory 's @sulinlewis, @bickers, and @simonjpotter!
On 24 Feb, we will have Prof. David Clayton delivering a talk on his latest research, exploring HKโs place in modern global history. The talk will be followed by a panel discussion featuring historians from the UoB. Hybrid event, register: https://t.co/9VN0dUBaRZ
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๐ขOut now on #firstview! Zardas Shuk-man Lee (@saintmarys) on 'The Indian National Army and the Making of Indian Nationalism in Japanese-Occupied Malaya' #India #Spiritual #Lectures #AntiColonial ๐ฎ๐ณ๐จ๏ธ ๐Read open access: https://t.co/CoPlADh0IS
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Steel was the ultimate prestige product for socialist states. For the transnational story of steel in Maoist China, check out this new multilingual study by @hirako13, now available on Cambridge Core. And it has footnotes rather than endnotes!! (big plus) https://t.co/2bAbohVaNR
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Cambridge Core - Economic History - Making Mao's Steelworks
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First History Salon in 2025! Prof. John Carroll will share with us on his current research on โThe Metropolis of the Eastโ:ย Tourism and Postwar Recovery in Hong Kong. Please register: https://t.co/mPsaCPTpFQ
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In this post @YUTONG48033240 introduces some of the themes of her newly published @UrbanHistoryCUP article
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Slum clearance in a โsemi-colonyโ: coercion and restraint in policing practices in 1930s Shanghai - Volume 52 Issue 4
A new post from @YUTONG48033240 Yutong Wang on informal settlements and policing in 1930s Shanghai https://t.co/LEpBFHw0og
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A new post from @YUTONG48033240 Yutong Wang on informal settlements and policing in 1930s Shanghai https://t.co/LEpBFHw0og
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Areas we're looking for include: history of any of the following: economy, technology, environment, science or medicine; complementing existing expertise in the Hong Kong History Centre and aligning with areas of international excellence within the department and wider faculty.
Come join us! Senior Lectureship (Assoc. Prof) in Modern East Asian History @uobrishistory and @hongkonghistory We need expertise in the study of Hong Kong, and weโre looking for scholars working in some specific areas Details: https://t.co/s8HAwXs7U1
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A reminder: closing date for this post is 13 November. Please get in touch if you have any queries
Come join us! Senior Lectureship (Assoc. Prof) in Modern East Asian History @uobrishistory and @hongkonghistory We need expertise in the study of Hong Kong, and weโre looking for scholars working in some specific areas Details: https://t.co/s8HAwXs7U1
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A very enjoyable History Salon in the stylish building of Royal Photographic Society@Paintworks last Saturday. Billys inspiring talk on his AI-assisted articulation of the images of Tiger Balm Mansion, followed by Kelvinโs contextualisation of Aw Boom Hawโs business empire.
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We had a great panel discussion yesterday on archive, speaking about the reaching out and gathering story from people, the skewed view of archives, the experience of connecting the people...
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Areas we're looking for include: history of any of the following: economy, technology, environment, science or medicine; complementing existing expertise in the Hong Kong History Centre and aligning with areas of international excellence within the department and wider faculty.
Come join us! Senior Lectureship (Assoc. Prof) in Modern East Asian History @uobrishistory and @hongkonghistory We need expertise in the study of Hong Kong, and weโre looking for scholars working in some specific areas Details: https://t.co/s8HAwXs7U1
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This panel discussion on 'Building Collections' is part of the exciting programme accompanying the 'Realms of Memory' exhibition at the Bristol Photo Festival at the @The_RPS this winter. Taking place at @UoBrisHistory at 3:30-5 on Oct 22 - come join us! @UoBArtsMatter @bickers
๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ: ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐
๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ | ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง Why build an archive? What are the challenges? Details and registration: https://t.co/prCd7c9Ht1
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A post by me on @vischina on a find that wasn't a find
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