The lecture will trace the development of Hong Kong democracy movement starting from mid-1980s to the Anti-Extradition Movement in 2019 in terms of its leadership style, strategy and political identity.

The lecture will also explore how Hong Kong civil society maintains people's conviction and hope under today's authoritarian rule.

About Kinman Chan, Ph.D

Kinman Chan earned his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1995 and presently holds the position of visiting research fellow at Institute of Sociology, Academic Sinica, Taiwan.  He is the first president of Taiwan Society for Hong Kong Studies. He also served as a visiting professor of Sociology at National Chengchi University in Taiwan from 2021 to 2024. Prior to relocating to Taiwan, Dr. Chan served as an Associate Professor of Sociology, Director of the Universities Service Center for China Studies and Director of the Centre for Civil Society Studies at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. His scholarly pursuits center around civil society, social movements, and democratic development within Chinese societies. Dr. Chan contributes as a member of the international board of advisors for the China Journal of Democracy. He is the author/co-author of nine Chinese books, notable among them are The Last Lecture, Suffering and Resistance: Kin-man Chan’s Letters from the Prison, Towards Civil Society, and The Difficult Transition: Modernization and Chinese Society. Dr. Chan remains deeply dedicated to the democracy movement in Hong Kong and was recognized as one of the "Occupy Trio" by the media. He endured a 16-month prison sentence for his active participation in the 2014 Umbrella Movement.

Lecture organized as part of the New Social Movements and the Polycrisis of Democracy project (FNRS PINT-Bilat-M), with the support of the Faculties of Philosophy and Letters, Social Sciences and Law, Political Science and Criminology.