LADDS, Catherine

Assistant Professor
History
Hong Kong Baptist University
Hong Kong

Biography

PhD, University of Bristol, MA, BA University of York.

Research Intrest

Social, Cultural, and Political History of Colonialism; The Chinese treaty ports; The British Empire in Asia; History of Expatriate and Settler Communities.

List of Publications
‘“Youthful, likely men, who can read, write and count”: Joining the foreign staff of the Chinese Customs Service, 1854-1927.’ The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History. 36:2 (2008), 227-242.
‘Foreign Communities in the Treaty Ports: The Foreign Office Files for China, 1919-2’ and ‘Foreign Communities in China, 1930-48: War, Revolution, and the Western Retreat from China.’ Introduction to Foreign Office Files for China, 1919-1948. Marlborough: Adam Matthew Digital, 2013-2014.
‘Charles Mason, the “King of China”: British Imperial Adventuring in the Late Nineteenth Century.’ Historical Research. 90:249 (August 2017), 567-590.