来源：在美国学历史 OVERVIEWTitle:A Context of Interconnectedness: The First China War (1840–1842) and the British Empire in AsiaSpeaker:Professor Gary Luk (The Chinese University of Hong Kong )Date/Time:November 12, 2024 (Tue) 12:30 – 13:30 HKT (Nov 11 | 20:30 – 21:30 PST)Venue:Via ZoomLanguage:EnglishEnquiry:ihss@hku.hk ABSTRACTThis paper examines the transregional thinking that conceptualized the British imperial interests and expansion in Asia from the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 to the Opium War or “First China War” (1840–1842). It argues that to fully appreciate the nature of the First China War in the history of the British Empire in Asia, it is necessary to examines the ways in which China became integrated into the Indian subempire and its multiple frontiers. In the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars, in terms of British geostrategic thinking and military deployment, China became increasingly connected to British India and its emerging frontiers—the Nepal frontier in the northeast, the Burma frontier in the east, the Malay maritime frontier in Southeast Asia, the Afghan frontier in the northwest, and a western maritime frontier reaching the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea. The expansion of the Royal Navy further linked the various regions in the East Indies subject to British rule, control, or influence. The First China War of 1840–1842 and its contemporaneous challenges and conflicts facing the British Indian subempire on its various frontiers intensified their transregional interconnectedness with China. ABOUT THE SPEAKERGary Chi-hung Luk is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History, Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is a historian of Hong Kong, late imperial and modern China, and the Asian maritime world, with particular interests in empires and colonialism, frontiers and borderlands, and race and ethnicity.ABOUT THE SERIESThis series aims to introduce a wide range of cutting-edge research in various disciplines and areas. If you have any questions about this seminar or would be interested in giving a talk, please contact Professor Ghassan Moazzin (gmoazzin@hku.hk). “星标”我，就不容易弄丢我！
