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Author Archives: Helena F. S. Lopes
A name, a photograph, and a history of global connections
Dr Helena F. S. Lopes is a Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow at the Department of History, University of Bristol The Portuguese were one of the largest communities in Shanghai from the 1840s until the early 1950s. Although many had … Continue reading
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Tagged cinema, Portuguese, Shanghai
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Ruins of Macau in Historical Photographs of China collection – part three
Dr. Helena F. S. Lopes is a Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow at the Department of History, University of Bristol. This posting is the final part of a three-part series on the ruins of Macau. You can read part one … Continue reading
Ruins of Macau in Historical Photographs of China collections – part two
Dr. Helena F. S. Lopes is a Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow at the Department of History, University of Bristol. This posting is part two of three-part series on the ruins of Macau. Part one can be read here. In … Continue reading
Ruins of Macau in Historical Photographs of China collections – part one
Dr. Helena F. S. Lopes is a Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow at the Department of History, University of Bristol. This posting is part one of three-part series on the ruins of Macau. The South China territory of Macau (澳門) … Continue reading
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Tagged church, Heritage, Macao, Macau, ruin, 澳門
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The joys of everyday life on the China Coast
The F. Hagger collection encompasses some 260 photographs of China in the early 1930s, as well as many of Japan, Singapore, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), North Borneo, Manila, India, Egypt, and others which are not on the Historical Photographs of China … Continue reading
A Chan (Ya Zhen) in Guangzhou
This nice view of a commercial street in Guangzhou (Canton), that has been on the Historical Photographs of China website for a while, has been identified as the work of A Chan (雅真 Ya Zhen), an early Chinese photographer who … Continue reading
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Tagged A Chan, Canton, Guangzhou, photographer, Ya Zhen
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Visualising China in a global war
Dr Helena F. S. Lopes is currently a Senior Research Associate in the History of Hong Kong and a Lecturer in Modern Chinese History at the University of Bristol. She holds a DPhil in History from the University of Oxford. … Continue reading
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Tagged Beijing, Chongqing, diplomacy, refugees, Second World War, Shanghai, Sino-Japanese War, war, women, Wuhan, Xi'an
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Statue and symbol: Queen Victoria in Hong Kong
Dr Helena F. S. Lopes is Senior Research Associate in the History of Hong Kong and a Lecturer in Modern Chinese History at the University of Bristol. She holds a DPhil in History from the University of Oxford. Wikipedia’s ‘List … Continue reading
Tagged Heritage, Hong Kong, Hong Kong history, memorial, Queen Victoria, Sino-Japanese War, statue
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Work and movement in the Hong Kong photographs of Dr Eleanor Whitworth Mitchell
Dr Helena F. S. Lopes is Senior Research Associate in the History of Hong Kong and a Lecturer in Modern Chinese History at the University of Bristol. She holds a DPhil in History from the University of Oxford. Dr Eleanor … Continue reading
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Tagged doctor, everyday life, Hong Kong, hospital, labour, medicine
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