Port Cities in Comparative Global History: A narrative review

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Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size AcknowledgementsThe authors wish to acknowledge the conference chairs, Professors Timothy Wong Man-Kong and Brad Beaven, co-chairs Drs Kwong Chi-Man, Melanie Bassett and Rudolf Ng, and the HKBU Conference Organizing Committee. Their tireless efforts made for a seamless and gratifying conference experience. The authors also wish to thank Professors Richard T. Griffiths and Guo Ran for reviewing a draft of this report.Notes1 The conference program is available from the HKBU website, https://histweb.hkbu.edu.hk/conferences/2 HKBU Modern History Research Centre, http://mhrc.hkbu.edu.hk/; Port Towns and Urban Cultures, https://porttowns.port.ac.uk/; Lloyds Register Foundation, https://www.lrfoundation.org.uk/3 Dr Kwong Chi Man’s academic profile, https://hkburdl.com/en/innovative_marketplace/Dr_Kwong_Chi_Man/4 Dr Clara Ho Wing-Chung’s academic profile, https://scholars.hkbu.edu.hk/en/persons/CLARAHO5 Professor Anne Murphy’s academic profile, https://www.port.ac.uk/about-us/structureand-governance/our-people/our-staff/annemurphy6 Professor Brad Beaven’s academic profile, https://www.port.ac.uk/about-us/structureand-governance/our-people/our-staff/bradbeaven7 Dr Melanie Bassett’s academic profile, https://www.port.ac.uk/about-us/structureand-governance/our-people/our-staff/melaniebassett8 Dr Rudolf Ng’s academic profile, https://www.port.ac.uk/about-us/structure-andgovernance/our-people/our-staff/rudolph-ng9 Professor Michael Liu’s academic profile, https://history.sjtu.edu.cn/En/FacultyDetail/2?t=1110 Leung and Furth, Health and Hygiene in Chinese East Asia.11 Cliff Periera’s academic profile, https://african.hku.hk/staff/CPereira.html12 Dr Nadine Attewell’s academic profile, https://www.sfu.ca/gsws/about-us/people/Nadine_Attewell.html13 Dr Katon Lee’s academic profile, https://scholars.hkbu.edu.hk/en/persons/KATONLEE14 Dr Robert James’s academic profile, https://www.port.ac.uk/about-us/structure-and-governance/our-people/our-staff/robertjames15 Parker, The Silent Service.16 Dr Matthew Heaslip’s academic profile, https://www.port.ac.uk/about-us/structure-and-governance/our-people/our-staff/matthew-heaslip17 Yan Xiaoxu’s academic profile, https://www.arch.hku.hk/event_/integrating-the-fragments-of-urban-space-tramway-network-in-tianjin-1900-1951/18 Dr Catherine Chan’s academic profile, https://www.ln.edu.hk/history/staff/catherine.php19 Chengchi University’s Doctoral Researchers, including Mr Lim Chia Pei, https://ncculias.nccu.edu.tw/PageDoc/Detail?fid=8465&id=902920 Dr Rudolf Ng’s professional profile, https://www.port.ac.uk/about-us/structure-and-governance/our-people/our-staff/rudolph-ng21 Charlotte Steffen’s author profile, https://porttowns.port.ac.uk/author/charlottesteffen/22 Dr Elvan Cobb’s academic profile, https://histweb.hkbu.edu.hk/people/detail/25/10/23 Professor Cesar Ducruet’s professional profile, https://www.linkedin.com/in/cesar-ducruet-b0840486/24 Refer to the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) website for details of its funded projects, specifically the MAGNETICS project, https://anr.fr/en/funded-projects-and-impact/funded-projects/project/funded/project/b2d9d3668f92a3b9fbbf7866072501eff8e126d96e/?tx_anrprojects_funded%5Bcontroller%5D=Funded&cHash=6c105a3618ef6e7302211828042c0b4725 Professor Timothy Wong Man-Kong’s professional profile, https://histweb.hkbu.edu.hk/people/detail/25/5/26 Yip, Leung and Wong, Health Policy and Disease in Colonial and Post-Colonial Hong Kong.27 Dr Tam Ka Chai’s professional profile, https://histweb.hkbu.edu.hk/people/detail/25/15/28 Dr Karl Bell’s professional profile, https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/en/persons/karl-bell29 Professor Holger Briel’s professional profile, https://www.uic.edu.cn/en/faculty.htm#/holgerbriel/en30 ’Shifting baselines’ refers to the term in which significant changes to an ecosystem are measured against previous baseline states, which themselves are significantly different from the original state of the system. Hobday, ‘Shifting Baselines’, 306.31 Professor Chung Po-Yin’s academic profile, https://research.hkbu.edu.hk/researcher/po-yin-chung32 Wong Cho Kiu’s academic profile, https://histweb.hkbu.edu.hk/people/detail/29/136/33 Dr Joshua Erlrich’s academic profile, https://fah.um.edu.mo/joshua-ehrlich/34 See Boza Cuadros, ‘Bridge and Boundary’; Manzo, Zazzaro and De Falco, Stories of Globalisation; Brandt, Through the Lens of the ‘Ili’kūpono; Huber, ‘Multiple Mobilities, Multiple Sovereignties, Multiple Speeds’; Ali, ‘Connected Histories?’; and Tagliacozzo, Siu and Perdue, Asia Inside Out; for more on the concept (and application) of boundaries and connections.35 Corey Watson’s academic profile, https://porttowns.port.ac.uk/staff-profiles/36 Dr Law Lok Yin’s professional profile, https://www.hkmu.edu.hk/as/people/staff-profile/?email=lylaw&unit=A&SS&po=N37 Professor Emeritus Richard T. Griffiths’s professional profile, https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/richard-griffiths38 https://silkroadvirtualmuseum.com39 Professor Steven Gallagher’s professional profile, https://www.law.cuhk.edu.hk/app/people/prof-steven-gallagher/40 Ward and Ma, ‘Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage in Asia’.41 Information on the Nanhai No. 1 shipwreck excavation is available here: http://china-pictorial.com.cn/nanhai-no-1—leading-chinas--underwater-archaeology; information on the Yangtze River No. 2 shipwreck excavation is available here: https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202203/1253720.shtml42 Smith, ‘Heritage, the power of the past, and the politics of (mis)recognition’, 623.43 Laura Boon’s professional profile, https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-boon-ab559635/