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Research interests
My core research interests concern transnational and transimperial histories, the history of Sino-Western interaction, and colonial society and culture. I am also interested in experimenting with and promoting global-microhistorical methods. My dissertation focused on Anglo-American relations in nineteenth-century China, and how competition and collaboration between the British, Americans, and Chinese influenced the development of Hong Kong society. I am currently revising this work for publication as well as pursuing further projects that emphasize the global social, cultural, and commercial networks linking America to China and to the British imperial world.
I am also generally interested in promoting the use of public-access tools for historical learning. Until April 2021 I oversaw the social-media side of the Historical Photographs of China project (hpcbristol); and as an extension of my graduate research I am continuing to expand a large database of merchants and the networks that they created in nineteenth-century Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong History Project: Rethinking a City's History
Bickers, R., Chan, C. S., Chu, W. L., Kong, V., Larkin, T. M., Lee, K., O'Neill, G. K., Wemyss, C., England, V. & Abe, K.
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Research output
- 1 Article (Academic Journal)
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‘White’ Undesirables: Socio-cultural Hierarchies and Racial Anxiety in Early-twentieth-century Shanghai
Larkin, T. M., 16 Mar 2020, In: Cultural and Social History. 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
Prizes
Activities
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Elites, Networks and Power in modern China Webinar Series
Thomas M Larkin (Speaker)
22 Sep 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Mapping Hong Kong
Thomas M Larkin (Speaker)
30 May 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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History Departmental Seminar
Thomas M Larkin (Speaker)
28 Apr 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course