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Keenan Manning 萬建仁
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#PhDStudent: #citizenship, #identity, #belonging, & #minoritisation in #HigherEd.
🇭🇰 Hongkonger born on Wiradjuri ​nation 🇦🇺 land, living and studying on Musqueam, Squamish, & Tsleil-Waututh nations' 🇨🇦 territory.
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hongkonghistory.bsky.social
𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰:
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November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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hongkonghistory.bsky.social
𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔/𝟐𝟕

Two streams:
𝐚) 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.
𝐛) 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 (𝐏𝐆𝐑) 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭.

Details:
www.hkhistory.net/2025/11/24/v...
November 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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hongkonghistory.bsky.social
"Hong Kong History Academy"

8 lectures, each comprising 3 sessions.

Lecture 2 Dogs' Welfares and Social Progress

Dr Catherine S. Chan

Session two:
Limits of “British civilizing mission”

youtu.be/8QMZHB38jzM
November 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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asabeducation.bsky.social
You are invited to the buffalo project meeting (online) on November 26th at 4 PM Hong Kong Find out about social science and behavioural ecology research on Hong Kong feral water buffalo.
www.hkbuffaloresearch.org/research-hig... for free registration. Or use the QR code on the attached flyers.
November 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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max-antony-newman.bsky.social
The Canadian Association for the Sociology of Education and the Canadian Sociological Association’s Sociology of Education Research Cluste invite proposals for our joint webinar series for 2025-2026. Email your proposals to Maria Brisbane maria.brisbane@uwaterloo.ca. by Oct 24.
October 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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ecpr.bsky.social
🌸 #ECPG26 @ecprgender.bsky.social Section seeking Panels and Papers ⤵️
✍️ Elections, Parties and Voters
🪑@cerifowler.bsky.social @liranharsgor.bsky.social @gefjonoff.bsky.social @jess-smith.bsky.social, Rosalind Shorrocks (@ox.ac.uk)
⌛👇 7 Nov

#Elections #Gendersky #PoliticalParties
Elections, Parties and Voters
European Conference on Politics and Gender, Newcastle University, 15 – 17 June 2026
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October 1, 2025 at 10:02 AM
kinyan.bsky.social
Came across this upcoming online session series:
www.eventbrite.hk/o/equal-just...

#HongKong #香港 #EqualJustice #平義社
September 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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ghodgson.bsky.social
Interested in the feral cattle of Hong Kong? @tania-perroux.bsky.social and I will be talking about our PhD research next month; for more information and to register, check out the poster below! 👀🐂☀️
tania-perroux.bsky.social Tania Perroux @tania-perroux.bsky.social · Sep 23
@ghodgson.bsky.social and I will present our PhD research on October 23rd, 4 to 5.30pm HK time
Zoom is open for all and in-person attendance is available for staff and students of City University of Hong Kong. Scan the QR code or use the following link to register docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
September 23, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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tripperhead.bsky.social
🇭🇰 🌀

Hurricane Signal, No. 10, was issued at 2:40am.
September 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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asenevents.bsky.social
ICYMI: @umutozkirimli.bsky.social is working on a fourth edition of his seminal Theories of Nationalism and is crowdsourcing publications that should be covered in it. Do you know of any? Head to asen.ac.uk/theorieso... to submit them!
September 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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uniworldnews.bsky.social
The cap on non-local undergrads in #HongKong to be raised again -to 50% in an announcement a year after its was raised from 20% to 40%. Hong Kong also announced new policies on student accommodation to house the increase, @YojanaSharma reports
www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...
Cap on non-local undergrads raised to 50% of student body
Hong Kong is to increase the proportion of non-local students at its publicly funded universities – this time to 50% of the student body, according ...
www.universityworldnews.com
September 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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hongkongfp.com
The HK government's proposed bill to recognise same-sex partnerships has failed to pass in the Legislative Council (LegCo), with just 14 out of 86 lawmakers voting in favour. In full: buff.ly/WjX1Xeg
BREAKING: Hong Kong’s Legislative Council votes down same-sex partnerships bill
The Hong Kong government’s proposed bill to recognise same-sex partnerships has failed to pass in the Legislative Council (LegCo), with just 14 out of 86 lawmakers voting in favour. A total o…
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September 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Hong Kong's Nepalese community gathered in Jordan on Tuesday at a vigil paying tribute to 22 people who were killed amid anti-corruption demonstrations in Kathmandu in recent days.
September 10, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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hongkongfp.com
🚨 Got spare coins? Donate to HKFP: https://hongkongfp.com/coindragon/ at a CoinDragon location: https://thecoindragon.com/locations/
September 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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michellegamage.bsky.social
Looks like smoke in Vancouver is not great but going to get really shit tomorrow afternoon and evening. If you can, close windows and turn on air purification systems. Seeking out clean air shelters (like libraries) is also a good idea.
Smoke forecast: firesmoke.ca/forecasts/cu...
Smoke Forecast - FireSmoke.ca
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September 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
kinyan.bsky.social
Do you get more mooncakes than you can eat, or just not a fan of them in the first place? Consider donating them!

Details are here:
feedinghk.org/mooncake-mad...

#FeedingHK #HongKong #mooncake #香港 #月餅 #中秋節
August 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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A green group and a homelessness charity have called on the HK gov't to make temporary heat shelters more accessible after finding that a majority of residents in need had not used the facilities. In full: buff.ly/qwHd6ol
NGOs call for more accessible heat shelters in HK
A green group and a homelessness charity have called on the HK gov't to make temporary heat shelters more accessible after finding that a majority of residents in need had not used the facilities.
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August 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Dozens of Hong Kong migrant domestic workers have staged a protest calling for a "living wage" of HK$6,172, among other demands. In full: buff.ly/xzBouPW
Hong Kong migrant domestic workers protest for 'living wage'
Dozens of Hong Kong migrant domestic workers have staged a protest calling for a "living wage" of HK$6,172, among other demands.
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August 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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1/ 🦌 HKFP has revived its decade-old deer mascot based on a Chinese proverb: hongkongfp.com/deer/
July 21, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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hongkonghistory.bsky.social
𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟔 𝐒𝐞𝐩 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 (𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲)
𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞: 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐥
𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭: 𝐍𝐨𝐧-𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 £𝟓 / 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 £𝟐
(𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐝)

Please secure your spot by purchasing the ticket on:
tinyurl.com/HKhistday202...

Programme:
tinyurl.com/hkhchistday2...
July 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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A HK coalition of migrant worker associations & unions has called on the gov't to give domestic workers "a living wage" and regulate working hours. In full: buff.ly/RbJRGyG
HK migrant workers' coalition calls for 'living wage,' regulation of working hours
A HK coalition of migrant worker associations & unions has called on the gov't to give domestic workers "a living wage" and regulate working hours.
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June 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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paulashwin.bsky.social
New @hepi-news.bsky.social blog on how higher education should respond to calls to be relevant: www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/06/16/h...
How should higher education respond to calls to be relevant? - HEPI
Higher education’s true value lies not in skills or facts, but in transformative access to structured bodies of knowledge.
www.hepi.ac.uk
June 16, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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ithinkwellhugh.bsky.social
A PhD means making a significant and original contribution to body of knowledge. This doesn't mean winning the Nobel Prize. #PhDchat #PhDforum #ECrchat #postdoc
June 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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tripperhead.bsky.social
🇭🇰 👩‍🎤 🧑‍🎤 👨‍🎤

The Underground HK is celebrating its 21st anniversary this year and will hold a two day festival of local music acts on June 13-14 at the Fringe Club in Central.

📍: Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central
🗓️: Friday June 13th 6pm and Saturday June 14th 6pm
🎫 : buff.ly/0NNnzOg
June 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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Hong Kong's independent news sector, including companies, staff and family members, are facing simultaneous tax audits and backdated demands, a press union says. In full: buff.ly/pYdy0Jo
HK's independent news sector faces simultaneous tax audits, demands
Hong Kong's independent news sector, including companies, staff and family members, are facing simultaneous tax audits and backdated demands, a press union says.
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May 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM