Join us in Hong Kong for Global 1776: Imperial Worlds in Upheaval hosted by the University of Hong Kong and co-sponsored by the Hong Kong Jockey Club University of Chicago Academic Complex | The University of Chicago Francis and Rose Yuen Campus in Hong Kong and the American Philosophical Society with the David Center for the American Revolution.

When: 12–14 March 2026

Where: Hong Kong

The Mission: To bring together historians of the Americas, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific in studying of the revolutions that defined the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
 

As a premier hub for international scholarship, Hong Kong offers a central meeting point for colleagues from Japan, China, Australia, and the nations of the Atlantic to explore the global impact of the revolutionary age.