Andrew Yu
Thesis title: The Scottish piping culture in former British colonies in the Far East
PhD in Celtic and Scottish Studies
- Celtic & Scottish Studies
- School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures
Contact details
- Email: andrew.ck.yu@ed.ac.uk
- Web: Personal website
- Web: ORCID
- Web: Edinburgh Research Explorer profile
PhD supervisors:
Address
- Street
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50 George Square
- City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9LH
Background
I am researching Scottish bagpipe developments and Scottish cultural diaspora in the Far East. I am also a professional bagpiper, have been receiving tuition from Willie McCallum of the National Piping Centre.
Qualifications
BA (Hons), MScR, PGCert
Responsibilities & affiliations
- Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society － London, the United Kingdom
- Member of the British Forum for Ethnomusicology － London, the United Kingdom
- Member of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs－London, the United Kingdom
- Member of Society for Hong Kong Studies－Hong Kong
Undergraduate teaching
NIL in 2020
Postgraduate teaching
PGSP11247 - Political Issues in Public Policy (School of Social and Political Science)
SCAN11027 - People First: The Anthropology of International Development (School of Social and Political Science)
Current research interests
Hong Kong Affairs, Social Policy, British Colonial History, Scottish Music , Freemasonry, ColonialismResearch activities
- The Royal Society for Asian Affairs (External organisation)
- Society for Hong Kong Studies (External organisation)
- British Forum for Ethnomusicology (External organisation)
- Guest presenter on MyRadio, Common Sense Episode 91
- Guest presenter on MyRadio, Common Sense Episode 46
- Guest presenter on MyRadio, Common Sense Episode 39
Current project grants
The Overseas Research Scholarship (GBP 46,000), September 2018 - August 2021
Past project grants
Hong Kong Government Scholarship Fund (HKD 50,000), June 2014 - June 2017
The Hong Kong St. Andrew's Society Scholarship (HKD 30,000), September 2018 - January 2020
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Policy process model and the systems model in monarchy: The cases of the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia
In:
Open Political Science, vol. 4
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Accepted/In press) -
Was Governor MacLehose a great architect of modern Hong Kong?
In:
Asian Affairs, vol. 51, pp. 485-509
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03068374.2020.1798608
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
[Review of] The Craft: How the Freemasons made the modern world
In:
Journal of British Studies
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Book/Film/Article review (Accepted/In press) -
The failure of the welfare ideology and system in Hong Kong: A historical perspective
In:
Human Affairs
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Accepted/In press) -
Harmony and discord: Development of political parties and social fragmentation in Hong Kong, 1980-2017
In:
Open Political Science, vol. 2, pp. 53-63
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/openps-2019-0006
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Made in Scotland - Celtic Connections 2019
Research output: › Performance (Unpublished)
Papers delivered
- Yu, A. C. K. & Lai, K. Y. (4 July 2018). Understanding Gender Differences in the relationship between Walkability and Sense of Community for Older People in Hong Kong. Social Work, Education and Social Development 2018, Dublin, Ireland.
- Lai, K. Y. & Yu, A. C. K. (4 July 2018). Quantity and quality of neighbourhood public open space and the Sense of Community of Chinese older adults in Hong Kong. Social Work, Education and Social Development 2018, Dublin, Ireland.
- Yu, A. C. K. (10 March 2018). The Scottish Piping Development in Hong Kong. International Bagpipe Conference 2018, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
In the press
Newspapers/magazines
- Celtic Life International (Canada), Winter Edition 2012, Interview with Andrew Yu
- South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), 15 January 2012, Hounded from Parks for Playing the Bagpipes
- Hong Kong Free Press (Hong Kong), 6 August 2020, Academic journal reviewer says Hong Kong should be written as ‘Xianggang’ in row over official name
- CitizenNews (Hong Kong), 6 August 2020, In defense of “Hong Kong”
Radio programs
- As a guest host on MyRadio, Common Sense Episode 38, 17 May 2016
- As a guest host on MyRadio, Common Sense Episode 39, 24 May 2016
- As a guest host on MyRadio, Common Sense Episode 46, 12 July 2016
- As a guest host on MyRadio, Common Sense Episode 91, 23 May 2017
Recitals/concerts
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Made in Scotland - Celtic Connections 2019, 2 February 2019, Glasgow
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Beyond the Octave Piping Recital, 4 December 2015, Singapore
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Fine Piping - Traditional & Crossover, 8 June 2012, Hong Kong
- Yu, A. C. K. (2021). Review of The Craft: How the Freemasons Made the Modern World. Journal of British Studies, xx(x), in-press.
- Yu, A. C. K. (2021). The Failure of the Welfare Ideology and System in Hong Kong: A Historical Perspective. Human Affairs, 31(1), in-press.
- Yu, A. C. K. (2021). Policy process model and the systems model in monarchy: The cases of the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia. Open Political Science, 4(1), in-press.
- Yu, A. C. K. (2020). Was Governor MacLehose a Great Architect of Modern Hong Kong?. Asian Affairs, 51(3), 485-509.
- Yu, A. C. K. (2019). Harmony and Discord: Development of Political Parties and Social Fragmentation in Hong Kong, 1980-2017. Open Political Science, 2(1), 53-63.
- Yu, A. C. K. (2019). The feasibility of the universal retirement protection scheme in Hong Kong. The Asia Pacific Journal of Advanced Business and Social Studies, 5(1), 76-84.
- Yu, A. C. K. (2018). Piping Development in Hong Kong. International Bagpipe Conference, 4, 22-23.
- Yu, A. C. K. (2018). State Examination System and Mathematics in the Tang Dynasty. Bulletin of the Chinese Association for the History of Science, 23(1), 8-15.