Matthew Hurst

@mrmhurst.bsky.social

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PhD @york.ac.uk on the influence of Hong Kong people upon the handover • Studentship from WRoCAH • Graduate: @ox.ac.uk @manchester.ac.uk

Front cover of a manifesto titled 'Towards an elected government in Hong Kong' dated May 1984
LSE Library, interior
Matthew Hurst holding his PhD thesis in front of a bookshelf.
Printed thesis titled: 'Hong Kong People and the Sino-British Joint Declaration, 1978-1984'.
Matthew Hurst delivering a lecture
Matthew Hurst (R) presenting his paper ‘Hong Kong Colonial Government Migrated Archives at Hanslope Park’ as the ECR Keynote at the British Association for Chinese Studies 2025 conference
Text reads: Matthew Hurst, MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies. Matthew Hurst contributed a chapter to A New Documentary History of Hong Kong, exploring constitutional changes from 1945 to 1997. His research began during his MSc at Oxford. He also co-authored a paper, Rethinking Translational Activism through Regional Perspectives, published in the Royal Historical Society’s Transactions. These publications reflect the interests he developed during his studies.
A Christmas tree and decorations outside the reading room of The National Archives, London
Matthew Hurst speaking as part of a roundtable
Matthew Hurst presenting
Interior, Guildhall, York
Email confirming PhD progression
Matthew Hurst presenting his conference paper ‘Hong Kong colonial-era records at Hanslope Park’ via Zoom
A brief biographical ‘update’ about Matthew Hurst, describing his current PhD research into grassroots politics in 1980s Hong Kong and two recent papers.
Programme for the ‘New perspectives on displaced colonial archives’ workshop day 1
Portrait of Matthew Hurst inside the Churchill Archives Centre
Matthew Hurst delivering a presentation
Matthew Hurst at Star Ferry pier, Hong Kong