Tai Kwun Conversations

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Tai Kwun Conversations: Prison Series – Transcending the Walls of Separation

Tai Kwun Conversations: IN OUR HANDS Series–Building a Nature-Positive Hong Kong

Tai Kwun Conversations: IN OUR HANDS Series–Heritage in Times of War

Tai Kwun Conversations: Transformative Heritage Conservation in Hong Kong, Macao and Mainland China–25 Years of an Evolving Model

Tai Kwun Conversations: IN OUR HANDS Series-Mental Wellness Promotion amid Covid-19

Tai Kwun Conversations: Negotiating Gender Relations–Insights from the Past

Tai Kwun Conversations: Authenticity vs Interpretation in music of the 17th and 18th centuries. Giulio d’Alessio in dialogue with Timothy Calnin

Tai Kwun Conversations: Bridal Laments – The Intangible Cultural Heritage of Lung Yeuk Tau

Tai Kwun Conversations: Connecting Youth

Tai Kwun Conversations: UNESCO Series - Talk 3
Heritage, power and gender in cities

Tai Kwun Conversations: UNESCO Series – Innovations in Urban Heritage

Tai Kwun Conversations: UNESCO Series - Talk 2
Urban sustainability and resilience through nature and culture

Tai Kwun Conversations: UNESCO Series - Talk 1
Urban recovery through culture, arts, and creativity

Tai Kwun Conversations: Spectre of Truth

Tai Kwun Conversations - Notre Dame – How to rebuild a masterpiece of Gothic architecture in the 21st century?

Tai Kwun Conversations - International Series on Architectural Conservation

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Tai Kwun Conversations - The Making of National Gallery Singapore

Tai Kwun Conversations - Renovation of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden

Ma On Shan Spirit: Conservation of the Ma On Shan Iron Mine Landscape

CHAOS: Wing Shya × Inoue Tsuguya

Twentieth Century Heritage: Diversifying Hong Kong Stories – Using the ICOMOS ISC20C Historic Thematic Framework

Tai Kwun Conversations—No Stone Unturned – A Material Journey from Hong Kong to Mexico

Tai Kwun Conversations—Inclusive Conservation and Cultural Connection: Building Resilience for People and the Planet

Tai Kwun Conversations – Summer Institute #4 A Dialogue on Art and Cosmotechnics between Yuk Hui and Hans Ulrich Obrist

Tai Kwun Conversations – Unpacking the Reuse of Colonial-era Historic Buildings: Cases of Tai Kwun and the Rockbund Art Museum

Tai Kwun Conversations – Community Matters: Planning and Design through Narrating Community Stories

Tai Kwun Conversations – Making a Classic Modern: Frank Gehry’s Masterplan for the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Tai Kwun Conversations – A Vibrant New Arts Precinct in a Heritage Waterfront: The Revitalisation of Pier 2/3 of Walsh Bay Arts Precinct, Australia

Tai Kwun Conversations — Invisible Innovation: Revitalising the Central Police Station Compound

Laying the Groundwork: The Burra Charter and Heritage Values

The Book and the Sword in China and Italy’s Martial Culture

Healing Architecture: Tsz Shan Monastery’s Mindfulness Journey in Purifying Body and Mind

Heritage Reborn: Restoration of Duddell Street Steps and Gas Lamps

Crime, Justice and Punishment in Colonial Hong Kong

Beyond the Surface – How paint conservation tells the identity of a building

Creating a Liveable City: Combining Conservation and Development in Yangon

Beyond Memories: Conserving Heritage in France and Macao

Date & Time

28 Nov 2022 7pm–8:30pm

Location

JC Cube

Price

Exclusive to Tai Kwun Fan, Free of charge

General

Two historians will share their research and insights into the complexities of gender in diverse contexts of pre-war and post-war Hong Kong.

Examining two disputes over the status of mui tsai (female bondservants), John Carroll will discuss how these controversies were enmeshed in Hong Kong’s evolving geopolitical situation. The first debate, in the late 1870s and early 1880s, arose from different attitudes toward Hong Kong’s geographic, political, and cultural position at the edge of the British and Chinese empires. During the second controversy, in the 1920s and 1930s, what had been mainly a local matter became a long and intense imperial debate in interwar Britain. Yet this debate was also very much a Chinese one, not only about slavery, labour, and gender, but also about being Chinese in a modern world.

Carol Tsang will explore the changing everyday space that women and men inhabit in Hong Kong since 1945. She will further explore the physical and imagined spaces in family, education, and employment. Challenging the gender binary, her research highlights how historical acumen will help promote a more diverse and inclusive society.

This session of Tai Kwun Conversations will accompany the current heritage thematic exhibition Gender & Space. Members of the curatorial team will join the discussions moderated by Christopher Munn.

The event will be conducted in English, with simultaneous interpretation from English to Cantonese available.

Moderator:

Dr. Christopher Munn

Speakers:  

Prof. John M. Carroll
Principal Lecturer, Department of History, The University of Hong Kong

Dr. Carol Tsang
Lecturer, Department of History, The University of Hong Kong

7:00pm – 8:00pm

Talk

8:00pm – 8:30pm

Q&A

Photo credit: Courtesy of the Hong Kong Museum of History


Speakers Bio

Prof. John M. Carroll
Dr Carol Tsang

Principal Lecturer, Department of History, The University of Hong Kong

Lecturer, Department of History, The University of Hong Kong


Programme Highlights