Research Interests
I welcome PhD applications from students in Asian, imperial, transnational or world history. Through the Robert Hart Project, we have a particular concentration of research into Sino-Western relations. I am also keen to work with students around public history, digital methods or innovative methodologies.
I am open to PhD applications in the fields of:
- Sino-Western relations and trade
- Imperial and transnational history
- Photography in Asia
- Ireland and empire
Public outreach & key achievements
- AHRC-Smithsonian Fellow in Digital Scholarship (2019)
- Digitisation of the Sir Robert Hart Diaries and photograph collection (ongoing)
- NLHF project “Sir Robert Hart: Between Two Worlds”
- Partnerships with museums including the Freer|Sackler (Washington DC) and the National Army Museum (London)
- Advisor on TV and radio documentaries (BBC etc.)
- China Post award for Chinese postal research
Research students
| PhD Title | The East India Company and the Transportation of Convicts from the Madras Presidency, 1789 - 1858 |
| Name | Gerald Daniel Louis ( |
| Country | Maylaysia/US |
| Years to study | 2016-2019 |
| PhD Title | The Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs and the Negotiation of International Law, 1842-1911 (SPARK fellowship) |
| Name | Georgios Moraitis |
| Country | Greece |
| Years of Study | 2018-2021 |
| https://www.qub.ac.uk/Study/PostgraduateStudy/FundingandScholarships/Doctoral-Training-Centres/spark/MeettheFellows/ | |
| PhD Title | The Maritime Customs Service and the shaping of modern China at the local level, 1854 to 1949 (China Scholarships Council) |
| Name | Yiran Zhang |
| Country | China |
| Years of Study | 2018-2021 |
Alumni: Where are they now
| PhD Title | Robert Hart’s relationship with the late Qing bureaucracy Years of Study (eg. 2017-2018): grad. 2016 |
| Name | Dr Chih-Hui Tsai |
| Country | Taiwan |
| Graduated | 2016 |
| Current Position | Assistant Professor, KMU Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
Discover More
- School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
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Robert Hart Project - http://sirroberthart.org
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Centre for Economic History - https://www.quceh.org.uk/research-associates.html