Issue no. 72 highlights three works that were presented during the 2nd Annual Conference of Macao Studies 2022. The first two articles, respectively through an analysis of music pieces and cinematographic productions, discuss Macao’s cultural identity before and after the handover and respective changes in the social fabric. The third article is centred on a colonial feminist theory and the discourse of women in the 19th century, through an analysis of the first American female missionary visiting Macao.