Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Peter Baehr is Chair Professor of Social Theory at Lingnan University. Before coming to Hong Kong in 2000, he worked at universities in Canada and Britain. He teaches and writes mainly in the areas of social/ political thought, political culture, and mass emergency. Peter Baehr’s work has been translated into Chinese, Croatian, Danish, Farsi, French, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese and Portuguese. Baehr is an advisor to Oxford University Press’s Digital Research initiative, an executive board member of the History of Sociology Research Committee of the International Sociological Association, and he sits as an international editor on nine journals. He is a member of Hong Kong’s Research Grants Committee (a government body) and, at Lingnan, is a member of the university’s executive Council.
Research interests
Social and political thought, History of predatory regime types, Political language
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Projects
The Political Liberalism of Rebecca West (Rebecca West 的政治自由主義)
1/01/18 → 31/12/20
Project: Grant Research
Research Output
Book Review : The arrest of sociology
BAEHR, P., Mar 2020, In : International Sociology. 35, 2, p. 123-137 15 p.Research output: Journal Publications › Review article
Hong Kong must now rely on its own efforts to protect academic freedom
BAEHR, P., 2 Jun 2020, Hong Kong Free Press.Research output: Other Publications › Other Article › Communication
Of decency and heroism in a time of plague in Hong Kong : Human beings have a remarkable capacity of goodness
BAEHR, P., 3 Apr 2020, MercatorNet.Research output: Other Publications › Other Article › Communication
Prizes
RGC Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship Scheme (HSSPFS) Award 2013
BAEHR, William Peter (Recipient), Nov 2013
Prize: Prize / Award
Activities
Serendipities : Journal for the Sociology and History of the Social Sciences (Journal)
Peter BAEHR (Editor)
2018 → …
Activity: Editorial / Peer-review Work › Editorial (Journal)
Rules of relevance : A critique of current sociology and a reaffirmation of its potential
William Peter BAEHR (Speaker)
24 Jan 2017
Activity: Talks or Presentations › Other Invited Talks or Presentations
International Sociological Association (External organisation)
William Peter BAEHR (Member)
2014 → 2018
Activity: Advisory Body | Committee Membership › External Advisory Body for Knowledge Transfer
Press / Media
These are the most unknown reasons why you should use a mask
2/09/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research / Knowledge Transfer
Hong Kong universities rattled by new security law
1/07/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research / Knowledge Transfer
Hong Kong’s national security law: university presidents’ statement capitulates to Beijing and marks new low for city academia
4/06/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research / Knowledge Transfer