宋剛博士於2008年加入香港大學中文學院，現為中國歷史副教授。他曾任教於加州大學爾灣分校和賓州拉斐特學院，講授中國歷史及語言文化。宋博士在中西文化交流史、中國宗教史、儒學思想史領域涉獵廣泛，研究專長為明清時期入華天主教與中國文化。他已出版一部關於晚明福建耶儒對話的專著，兩部關於近代基督教與中西交流的編著，並發表多篇中、英文學術論文。近期從事的專題研究有十七世紀中國的聖母崇拜(香港研資局優配研究金)、早期天主教的《聖經》漢譯(徐朗星學術研究基金)、明清中西文化的相遇和對觀(查良鏞學術研究基金)。宋博士講授的課程包括：中國歷史專題(CHIN1201)、民俗學與現代中國文化(CHIN1213，港大-台大合作暑期課程)、中西文化交流史(CHIN2268)、明清文化視野中的西方(CCCH9004，港大核心課程)。此外，他還指導博士生及碩士生進行明清至現代中國基督教的相關研究。

宋剛博士自2022年三月起擔任《香港大學中文學報》（此前爲《東方文化》）的主編。

Dr Song Gang joined the University of Hong Kong in 2008. He is now Associate Professor of Chinese History in the School of Chinese. Previously he taught Chinese history and culture at the University of California (Irvine) and Lafayette College. Dr Song has broad interests in cultural exchanges between China and the West in history, Chinese religions, and Confucian intellectual history, while his research focuses on Catholic Christianity in late imperial China. He has published a monograph on Christian-Confucian dialogism in late Ming China, two edited volumes on the Christian intersection of China and the West in the modern era, and a number of academic articles both in English and in Chinese. The projects that he is currently working on include Chinese Marian devotions in the 17th century (General Research Fund), early Catholic bible translations in China (Hsu Long Sing Fund), and China’s encounters with the West from 1600 to 1900 (Louis Cha Fund). Dr Song teaches the following courses: Topical Studies of Chinese History (CHIN1201), Folklore and Modern Chinese Culture (CHIN1213, HKU-PKU Summer Course), History of China-West Cultural Exchanges (CHIN2268), Ideas and Images of the West in Late Imperial China (CCCH9004, HKU Common Core Course), and Lecture Series: New Perspectives in Research on Chinese Literature and History (CHIN7801, HKU-PKU Postgraduate Summer Course). In addition, he supervises postgraduates (MPhil and PhD) who conduct research on history of Christianity in imperial and modern China.

Starting from March 2022, Dr Song served as the Chief Editor of the HKU Journal of Chinese Studies (formerly Journal of Oriental Studies).