TAM, Ka-chai

Assistant Professor
History
Hong Kong Baptist University
Hong Kong

Biography

D.Phil. (Oriental Studies) University of Oxford, M.Phil, B.A. (Hons, History) The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Research Intrest

History of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1645) Chinese Legal History Economic Development and Social Order of Ming-Qing China Maritime and Transportation History Historical Geographic Information System (GIS)

List of Publications
(2016) “Transportation History”, entry of The International Encyclopedia of Geography: People, the Earth, Environment, and Technology (edited by The Association of American Geographers), Wiley.
(2015) “Locking in Cangue forever: the struggles of Chinese Catholics under the prohibition of Christianity in the light of documents related to the Ministry of Punishment of the Qing period永遠枷號──清代刑部相關文獻所見禁制天主教下的中國信徒實況,” Journal of the History of Christianity in Modern China (近代中國基督教史研究集刊),vol. 10 (in Chinese), 1-15.
(2017 forthcoming) “Wan Ming Lüli linmin baojing suozai xinqi santi wenfa shenyude shiliao jiazhi ji qi suo fanying zhi Minzhong shehui qingkuang晚明《律例臨民寶鏡》所載《新奇散體文法審語》的史料價值及其所反映之閩中社會情況”,in Lee Kam-Keung (ed). Ming Qing shi: shiliao yu keti xueshu yantaohui lunwenji (Taipei: Wenjuanlu).
(2014) “Hongwu Emperor (Ming dynasty)”, entry of the Berkshire Dictionary of Chinese Biography Volumes 1-3, Berkshire, pp.890-898.