Broadly speaking, I am a historian of migration and movement. My current doctoral research is focused on the Holocaust and its entanglement with colonial/imperial histories, particularly that of the British Empire and its Asian colonies of Hong Kong and Singapore in the twentieth century.
Additionally, I am also interested in Digital Humanities and the use of digital/GIS/AI technologies in research and classroom settings. Of particular interest are tools that juxtapose old maps or photographs that visually reveals change over time.
Selected Publications
Journal articles
- Cheuk Him Ryan Sun, “The Holocaust and Hong Kong: An Overlooked History,” Journal of Holocaust Studies 29, vol. 3 (2023): 393-413. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17504902.2022.2057118.
Other writings
- “The possibilities in-transit: Helmut Newton’s experiences on a Shanghai-bound ship.” Blogpost for Refugee History
- Cheuk Him Ryan Sun, “The Multiple Lives of Gerda Gottfried’s Notebook,” Zachor (Spring, 2023): 20-21, 24.
- Cheuk Him Ryan Sun, “Small Insights: Revisiting the VHEC’s Shanghai Oral History Project,” Zachor (Spring, 2022): 6-8.
- Also republished in the Jewish Independent as “Revisiting Oral Histories“
Public lectures
- “Boredom and Excitement at Sea: Jewish Refugees’ Experiences on Ships Bound for Shanghai.” Lecture delivered as the 2022-2023 Breslauer, Rutman, and Anderson Research Fellowship recipient, USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research, February 2023.
Last Updated: June 2023