Research Topic
Coming off the page: Print Workers and Print Culture in Hong Kong, c. 1920s-1970s
Supervisor: Jennifer Altehenger
My doctoral project asks how people created, dispersed and consumed print in twentieth century Hong Kong. I am interested in the interplay between print technology, industrialisation and trade, and aim to integrate such dynamics with the lived experiences of skilled labourers inside and outside the workplace. To this end, I examine business records, oral histories and trade journals. By considering printed advertisements and packaging, I further engage with the materiality of print in its evolving forms.
My DPhil study is generously funded by the Clarendon Scholarship and the Magdalen College Graduate Scholarship in History, and my work is supervised by Dr Jennifer Altehenger. Prior to my DPhil, I completed my BA in History and Economics and my MSt in Global and Imperial History at Oxford, where I developed an interest in Hong Kong's print culture beyond its textual dimension. My research adopts a connected lens on production and consumption, emphasising everyday voices within global and transborder contexts.