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SUMMARY:True Colors of China: Yellow\, Blue\, and Red
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTContrary to perceptions of Chinese culture as static or monolithic\, Professor Yu Xie of Princeton University argues that it is profoundly dynamic\, multilayered\, and continuously evolving. In his latest work\, Professor Xie proposes that contemporary Chinese culture emerges from the synthesis of three foundational sources\, each with distinct historical and ideological origins. To distinguish these sources\, he assigns them symbolic colors: Yellow\, Red\, and Blue. The Yellow source draws from China’s deep historical legacy—its imperial traditions\, Confucian values\, and millennia-old civilizational continuity. The Blue source represents Western influences that entered China—initially via Japan—beginning in the late 19th century\, bringing modernization\, scientific rationalism\, and liberal democratic ideals. The Red source stems from Soviet influence and the revolutionary doctrines of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)\, which have fundamentally reshaped governance\, ideology\, and social organization since 1949. During this lecture\, Professor Xie will explore how the dynamic interplay of these Yellow\, Red\, and Blue elements—sometimes conflicting\, sometimes synthesizing—has created a uniquely hybrid cultural system that distinguishes contemporary China from any other society and explains both its remarkable adaptability and its internal contradictions. Join us for an engaging IHSS Public Lecture by Professor Yu Xie as he explores the dynamic evolution of Chinese culture and society. The lecture will be followed by a panel discussion featuring economist Professor Michael Zheng Song and historian Professor Guoqi Xu\, moderated by Professor Zhiwu Chen\, Director of the organizing institution. The panel will offer diverse insights into the lecture’s key themes. 								\n				\n					\n				\n		\n					\n				\n				\n					ABOUT THE PANELISTS				\n				\n					\n				\n		\n					\n				\n				\n					Professor Yu Xie – SpeakerYu Xie is Bert G. Kerstetter ’66 University Professor of Sociology and has a faculty appointment at the Princeton Institute of International and Regional Studies\, Princeton University. He is also a Visiting Chair Professor of the Center for Social Research\, Peking University. His main areas of interest are social stratification\, demography\, statistical methods\, Chinese studies\, and sociology of science. His recently published works include: Marriage and Cohabitation (University of Chicago Press 2007) with Arland Thornton and William Axinn\, Statistical Methods for Categorical Data Analysis with Daniel Powers (Emerald 2008\, second edition)\, and Is American Science in Decline? (Harvard University Press\, 2012) with Alexandra Killewald. Xie joined the faculty Aug. 1\, 2015\, after 26 years at the University of Michigan\, most recently as the Otis Dudley Duncan Distinguished University Professor of Sociology\, Statistics and Public Policy and a research professor in the Population Studies Center at Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. Xie’s main areas of interest are social stratification\, demography\, statistical methods\, Chinese studies and sociology of science. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences\, Academia Sinica and the National Academy of Sciences.  His appointment is part of a University initiative to deepen the regional studies curriculum in the social sciences. The Center on Contemporary China is part of PIIRS\, and Xie’s appointment marks the first joint faculty appointment by PIIRS and a department in the social sciences. 				\n				\n				\n				\n					Professor Michael Zheng Song – DiscussantMichael Zheng Song is Wei Lun Professor of Economics and the Department Head at the Department of Economics\, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)\, a Co-Director of CUHK-Tsinghua Joint Research Center for Chinese Economy\, a Co-Director of CUHK-Zhejiang University Joint Research Center for Digital Economy\, a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University and Zhejiang University\, and special-term professor at Peking University. He received B.A. from Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade (1997)\, M.A. from Fudan University (2000) and Ph.D. from Stockholm University (2005). Before joining CUHK\, he was an Assistant/Associate Professor of Economics at Chicago Booth (2011-15)\, a Visiting Scholar/Assistant Professor of Economics at CUHK (2009-11) and a Research Fellow at Fudan University (2005-09). He is a Senior Fellow of ABFER and a Fellow of Luohan Academy. His research focuses on Chinese economy and macroeconomics. His papers were published by leading academic journals including American Economic Review\, Econometrica and Journal of Political Economy. He won Sunyefang Economic Science Award in 2013. He is an Associate Editor of Econometrica\, Review of Finance and was a Co-Editor of China Economic Review. He sits on a number of academic advisory boards such as China’s Economics Foundation and Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research. He is also a Currency Board Committee member of the Hong Kong Exchange Fund Advisory Committee. 				\n				\n				\n				\n					Professor Guoqi Xu – DiscussantGuoqi Xu was born in China and taught both in Asia and the USA before joining the University of Hong Kong’s History Department. He writes and has published widely in both Chinese and English on various topics. Professor Xu is a leading authority of transnational and shared history of modern China and the world. His research topics include First World War Studies\, roles of Sports in China and the world\, history of US-China relations\, the idea of China\, among many others. He has served as a visiting professor at many prestigious institutions such as Harvard University\, Yale University\, Cambridge University\, the University of Melbourne\, and King’s College London. He has received many awards such as the Shigemutsu Fellowship for scholarship in global cultural affairs from the Global Culture Center of the Japan Society of Boston and the best book award from the International Society of Olympic Historians. 				\n				\n				\n				\n					Professor Zhiwu Chen – ModeratorZhiwu Chen is Chair and Cheng Yu-Tung Professor in Finance at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). He currently serves as director of both Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) and Centre for Quantitative History (CQH). His research covers finance theory\, the sociology of finance\, economic history\, quantitative history\, emerging markets\, as well as China’s economy and capital markets. He was a former Professor of Finance at Yale University (1999-2017) and a Special-Term Visiting Professor at Peking University and Tsinghua University. Professor Chen started his career by publishing research papers in top economics and finance journals on topics related to financial markets and theories of asset pricing. Around 2001\, he began to expand research beyond mature markets by investigating market development and institution-building issues in the context of China’s transition process and other emerging markets. He successfully led efforts to construct historical financial and social databases from China’s historical archives and has written on economic/social history topics. In 2013\, he started the annual Summer School for Quantitative History cum International Symposium on Quantitative History at Tsinghua University and continues to organize them at Peking University\, with the goal of promoting quantitative research on the history of China and beyond.  He has received research awards including the Graham and Dodd Award (2013)\, the Pacesetter Research Award (1999)\, the Merton Miller Prize (1994)\, and the Chicago Board Options Exchange Competitive Research Award (1994). 				\n				\n					\n				\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n					Organizer 				\n				\n				\n				\n																														\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Supporting organization
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/true-colors-of-china-yellow-blue-and-red/
LOCATION:Rayson Huang Theatre\, HKU
CATEGORIES:IHSS,IHSS Public Lecture
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SUMMARY:Literature in Turbulent Times: The Poetics of the Lyrical Tradition in the Fractures of History
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTContrary to perceptions of Chinese culture as static or monolithic\, Professor Yu Xie of Princeton University argues that it is profoundly dynamic\, multilayered\, and continuously evolving. In his latest work\, Professor Xie proposes that contemporary Chinese culture emerges from the synthesis of three foundational sources\, each with distinct historical and ideological origins. To distinguish these sources\, he assigns them symbolic colors: Yellow\, Red\, and Blue. The Yellow source draws from China’s deep historical legacy—its imperial traditions\, Confucian values\, and millennia-old civilizational continuity. The Blue source represents Western influences that entered China—initially via Japan—beginning in the late 19th century\, bringing modernization\, scientific rationalism\, and liberal democratic ideals. The Red source stems from Soviet influence and the revolutionary doctrines of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)\, which have fundamentally reshaped governance\, ideology\, and social organization since 1949. During this lecture\, Professor Xie will explore how the dynamic interplay of these Yellow\, Red\, and Blue elements—sometimes conflicting\, sometimes synthesizing—has created a uniquely hybrid cultural system that distinguishes contemporary China from any other society and explains both its remarkable adaptability and its internal contradictions. Join us for an engaging IHSS Public Lecture by Professor Yu Xie as he explores the dynamic evolution of Chinese culture and society. The lecture will be followed by a panel discussion featuring economist Professor Michael Zheng Song and historian Professor Guoqi Xu\, moderated by Professor Zhiwu Chen\, Director of the organizing institution. The panel will offer diverse insights into the lecture’s key themes. 								\n				\n					\n				\n		\n					\n				\n				\n					ABOUT THE PANELISTS				\n				\n					\n				\n		\n					\n				\n				\n					Professor Yu Xie – SpeakerYu Xie is Bert G. Kerstetter ’66 University Professor of Sociology and has a faculty appointment at the Princeton Institute of International and Regional Studies\, Princeton University. He is also a Visiting Chair Professor of the Center for Social Research\, Peking University. His main areas of interest are social stratification\, demography\, statistical methods\, Chinese studies\, and sociology of science. His recently published works include: Marriage and Cohabitation (University of Chicago Press 2007) with Arland Thornton and William Axinn\, Statistical Methods for Categorical Data Analysis with Daniel Powers (Emerald 2008\, second edition)\, and Is American Science in Decline? (Harvard University Press\, 2012) with Alexandra Killewald. Xie joined the faculty Aug. 1\, 2015\, after 26 years at the University of Michigan\, most recently as the Otis Dudley Duncan Distinguished University Professor of Sociology\, Statistics and Public Policy and a research professor in the Population Studies Center at Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. Xie’s main areas of interest are social stratification\, demography\, statistical methods\, Chinese studies and sociology of science. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences\, Academia Sinica and the National Academy of Sciences.  His appointment is part of a University initiative to deepen the regional studies curriculum in the social sciences. The Center on Contemporary China is part of PIIRS\, and Xie’s appointment marks the first joint faculty appointment by PIIRS and a department in the social sciences. 				\n				\n				\n				\n					Professor Michael Zheng Song – DiscussantMichael Zheng Song is Wei Lun Professor of Economics and the Department Head at the Department of Economics\, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)\, a Co-Director of CUHK-Tsinghua Joint Research Center for Chinese Economy\, a Co-Director of CUHK-Zhejiang University Joint Research Center for Digital Economy\, a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University and Zhejiang University\, and special-term professor at Peking University. He received B.A. from Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade (1997)\, M.A. from Fudan University (2000) and Ph.D. from Stockholm University (2005). Before joining CUHK\, he was an Assistant/Associate Professor of Economics at Chicago Booth (2011-15)\, a Visiting Scholar/Assistant Professor of Economics at CUHK (2009-11) and a Research Fellow at Fudan University (2005-09). He is a Senior Fellow of ABFER and a Fellow of Luohan Academy. His research focuses on Chinese economy and macroeconomics. His papers were published by leading academic journals including American Economic Review\, Econometrica and Journal of Political Economy. He won Sunyefang Economic Science Award in 2013. He is an Associate Editor of Econometrica\, Review of Finance and was a Co-Editor of China Economic Review. He sits on a number of academic advisory boards such as China’s Economics Foundation and Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research. He is also a Currency Board Committee member of the Hong Kong Exchange Fund Advisory Committee. 				\n				\n				\n				\n					Professor Guoqi Xu – DiscussantGuoqi Xu was born in China and taught both in Asia and the USA before joining the University of Hong Kong’s History Department. He writes and has published widely in both Chinese and English on various topics. Professor Xu is a leading authority of transnational and shared history of modern China and the world. His research topics include First World War Studies\, roles of Sports in China and the world\, history of US-China relations\, the idea of China\, among many others. He has served as a visiting professor at many prestigious institutions such as Harvard University\, Yale University\, Cambridge University\, the University of Melbourne\, and King’s College London. He has received many awards such as the Shigemutsu Fellowship for scholarship in global cultural affairs from the Global Culture Center of the Japan Society of Boston and the best book award from the International Society of Olympic Historians. 				\n				\n				\n				\n					Professor Zhiwu Chen – ModeratorZhiwu Chen is Chair and Cheng Yu-Tung Professor in Finance at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). He currently serves as director of both Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) and Centre for Quantitative History (CQH). His research covers finance theory\, the sociology of finance\, economic history\, quantitative history\, emerging markets\, as well as China’s economy and capital markets. He was a former Professor of Finance at Yale University (1999-2017) and a Special-Term Visiting Professor at Peking University and Tsinghua University. Professor Chen started his career by publishing research papers in top economics and finance journals on topics related to financial markets and theories of asset pricing. Around 2001\, he began to expand research beyond mature markets by investigating market development and institution-building issues in the context of China’s transition process and other emerging markets. He successfully led efforts to construct historical financial and social databases from China’s historical archives and has written on economic/social history topics. In 2013\, he started the annual Summer School for Quantitative History cum International Symposium on Quantitative History at Tsinghua University and continues to organize them at Peking University\, with the goal of promoting quantitative research on the history of China and beyond.  He has received research awards including the Graham and Dodd Award (2013)\, the Pacesetter Research Award (1999)\, the Merton Miller Prize (1994)\, and the Chicago Board Options Exchange Competitive Research Award (1994). 				\n				\n					\n				\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n					Organizer 				\n				\n				\n				\n																														\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Supporting organization
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/literature-in-turbulent-times-the-poetics-of-the-lyrical-tradition-in-the-fractures-of-history/
LOCATION:CRT 4.36\, 4/F\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:IHSS,IHSS Public Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20181127T143000
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SUMMARY:Gold and Silver: German Bankers and the Financial Internationalisation of China\, 1885 – 1919
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTContrary to perceptions of Chinese culture as static or monolithic\, Professor Yu Xie of Princeton University argues that it is profoundly dynamic\, multilayered\, and continuously evolving. In his latest work\, Professor Xie proposes that contemporary Chinese culture emerges from the synthesis of three foundational sources\, each with distinct historical and ideological origins. To distinguish these sources\, he assigns them symbolic colors: Yellow\, Red\, and Blue. The Yellow source draws from China’s deep historical legacy—its imperial traditions\, Confucian values\, and millennia-old civilizational continuity. The Blue source represents Western influences that entered China—initially via Japan—beginning in the late 19th century\, bringing modernization\, scientific rationalism\, and liberal democratic ideals. The Red source stems from Soviet influence and the revolutionary doctrines of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)\, which have fundamentally reshaped governance\, ideology\, and social organization since 1949. During this lecture\, Professor Xie will explore how the dynamic interplay of these Yellow\, Red\, and Blue elements—sometimes conflicting\, sometimes synthesizing—has created a uniquely hybrid cultural system that distinguishes contemporary China from any other society and explains both its remarkable adaptability and its internal contradictions. Join us for an engaging IHSS Public Lecture by Professor Yu Xie as he explores the dynamic evolution of Chinese culture and society. The lecture will be followed by a panel discussion featuring economist Professor Michael Zheng Song and historian Professor Guoqi Xu\, moderated by Professor Zhiwu Chen\, Director of the organizing institution. The panel will offer diverse insights into the lecture’s key themes. 								\n				\n					\n				\n		\n					\n				\n				\n					ABOUT THE PANELISTS				\n				\n					\n				\n		\n					\n				\n				\n					Professor Yu Xie – SpeakerYu Xie is Bert G. Kerstetter ’66 University Professor of Sociology and has a faculty appointment at the Princeton Institute of International and Regional Studies\, Princeton University. He is also a Visiting Chair Professor of the Center for Social Research\, Peking University. His main areas of interest are social stratification\, demography\, statistical methods\, Chinese studies\, and sociology of science. His recently published works include: Marriage and Cohabitation (University of Chicago Press 2007) with Arland Thornton and William Axinn\, Statistical Methods for Categorical Data Analysis with Daniel Powers (Emerald 2008\, second edition)\, and Is American Science in Decline? (Harvard University Press\, 2012) with Alexandra Killewald. Xie joined the faculty Aug. 1\, 2015\, after 26 years at the University of Michigan\, most recently as the Otis Dudley Duncan Distinguished University Professor of Sociology\, Statistics and Public Policy and a research professor in the Population Studies Center at Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. Xie’s main areas of interest are social stratification\, demography\, statistical methods\, Chinese studies and sociology of science. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences\, Academia Sinica and the National Academy of Sciences.  His appointment is part of a University initiative to deepen the regional studies curriculum in the social sciences. The Center on Contemporary China is part of PIIRS\, and Xie’s appointment marks the first joint faculty appointment by PIIRS and a department in the social sciences. 				\n				\n				\n				\n					Professor Michael Zheng Song – DiscussantMichael Zheng Song is Wei Lun Professor of Economics and the Department Head at the Department of Economics\, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)\, a Co-Director of CUHK-Tsinghua Joint Research Center for Chinese Economy\, a Co-Director of CUHK-Zhejiang University Joint Research Center for Digital Economy\, a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University and Zhejiang University\, and special-term professor at Peking University. He received B.A. from Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade (1997)\, M.A. from Fudan University (2000) and Ph.D. from Stockholm University (2005). Before joining CUHK\, he was an Assistant/Associate Professor of Economics at Chicago Booth (2011-15)\, a Visiting Scholar/Assistant Professor of Economics at CUHK (2009-11) and a Research Fellow at Fudan University (2005-09). He is a Senior Fellow of ABFER and a Fellow of Luohan Academy. His research focuses on Chinese economy and macroeconomics. His papers were published by leading academic journals including American Economic Review\, Econometrica and Journal of Political Economy. He won Sunyefang Economic Science Award in 2013. He is an Associate Editor of Econometrica\, Review of Finance and was a Co-Editor of China Economic Review. He sits on a number of academic advisory boards such as China’s Economics Foundation and Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research. He is also a Currency Board Committee member of the Hong Kong Exchange Fund Advisory Committee. 				\n				\n				\n				\n					Professor Guoqi Xu – DiscussantGuoqi Xu was born in China and taught both in Asia and the USA before joining the University of Hong Kong’s History Department. He writes and has published widely in both Chinese and English on various topics. Professor Xu is a leading authority of transnational and shared history of modern China and the world. His research topics include First World War Studies\, roles of Sports in China and the world\, history of US-China relations\, the idea of China\, among many others. He has served as a visiting professor at many prestigious institutions such as Harvard University\, Yale University\, Cambridge University\, the University of Melbourne\, and King’s College London. He has received many awards such as the Shigemutsu Fellowship for scholarship in global cultural affairs from the Global Culture Center of the Japan Society of Boston and the best book award from the International Society of Olympic Historians. 				\n				\n				\n				\n					Professor Zhiwu Chen – ModeratorZhiwu Chen is Chair and Cheng Yu-Tung Professor in Finance at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). He currently serves as director of both Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) and Centre for Quantitative History (CQH). His research covers finance theory\, the sociology of finance\, economic history\, quantitative history\, emerging markets\, as well as China’s economy and capital markets. He was a former Professor of Finance at Yale University (1999-2017) and a Special-Term Visiting Professor at Peking University and Tsinghua University. Professor Chen started his career by publishing research papers in top economics and finance journals on topics related to financial markets and theories of asset pricing. Around 2001\, he began to expand research beyond mature markets by investigating market development and institution-building issues in the context of China’s transition process and other emerging markets. He successfully led efforts to construct historical financial and social databases from China’s historical archives and has written on economic/social history topics. In 2013\, he started the annual Summer School for Quantitative History cum International Symposium on Quantitative History at Tsinghua University and continues to organize them at Peking University\, with the goal of promoting quantitative research on the history of China and beyond.  He has received research awards including the Graham and Dodd Award (2013)\, the Pacesetter Research Award (1999)\, the Merton Miller Prize (1994)\, and the Chicago Board Options Exchange Competitive Research Award (1994). 				\n				\n					\n				\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n					Organizer 				\n				\n				\n				\n																														\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Supporting organization
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/gold-and-silver-german-bankers-and-the-financial-internationalisation-of-china-1885-1919/
LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:IHSS,IHSS Public Lecture
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DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20180113T110000
DTSTAMP:20261101T075108
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SUMMARY:Past Knowledge\, Present Status and Future Threats: A Personal Reflection of the Status of Coastal Biology in China
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTContrary to perceptions of Chinese culture as static or monolithic\, Professor Yu Xie of Princeton University argues that it is profoundly dynamic\, multilayered\, and continuously evolving. In his latest work\, Professor Xie proposes that contemporary Chinese culture emerges from the synthesis of three foundational sources\, each with distinct historical and ideological origins. To distinguish these sources\, he assigns them symbolic colors: Yellow\, Red\, and Blue. The Yellow source draws from China’s deep historical legacy—its imperial traditions\, Confucian values\, and millennia-old civilizational continuity. The Blue source represents Western influences that entered China—initially via Japan—beginning in the late 19th century\, bringing modernization\, scientific rationalism\, and liberal democratic ideals. The Red source stems from Soviet influence and the revolutionary doctrines of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)\, which have fundamentally reshaped governance\, ideology\, and social organization since 1949. During this lecture\, Professor Xie will explore how the dynamic interplay of these Yellow\, Red\, and Blue elements—sometimes conflicting\, sometimes synthesizing—has created a uniquely hybrid cultural system that distinguishes contemporary China from any other society and explains both its remarkable adaptability and its internal contradictions. Join us for an engaging IHSS Public Lecture by Professor Yu Xie as he explores the dynamic evolution of Chinese culture and society. The lecture will be followed by a panel discussion featuring economist Professor Michael Zheng Song and historian Professor Guoqi Xu\, moderated by Professor Zhiwu Chen\, Director of the organizing institution. The panel will offer diverse insights into the lecture’s key themes. 								\n				\n					\n				\n		\n					\n				\n				\n					ABOUT THE PANELISTS				\n				\n					\n				\n		\n					\n				\n				\n					Professor Yu Xie – SpeakerYu Xie is Bert G. Kerstetter ’66 University Professor of Sociology and has a faculty appointment at the Princeton Institute of International and Regional Studies\, Princeton University. He is also a Visiting Chair Professor of the Center for Social Research\, Peking University. His main areas of interest are social stratification\, demography\, statistical methods\, Chinese studies\, and sociology of science. His recently published works include: Marriage and Cohabitation (University of Chicago Press 2007) with Arland Thornton and William Axinn\, Statistical Methods for Categorical Data Analysis with Daniel Powers (Emerald 2008\, second edition)\, and Is American Science in Decline? (Harvard University Press\, 2012) with Alexandra Killewald. Xie joined the faculty Aug. 1\, 2015\, after 26 years at the University of Michigan\, most recently as the Otis Dudley Duncan Distinguished University Professor of Sociology\, Statistics and Public Policy and a research professor in the Population Studies Center at Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. Xie’s main areas of interest are social stratification\, demography\, statistical methods\, Chinese studies and sociology of science. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences\, Academia Sinica and the National Academy of Sciences.  His appointment is part of a University initiative to deepen the regional studies curriculum in the social sciences. The Center on Contemporary China is part of PIIRS\, and Xie’s appointment marks the first joint faculty appointment by PIIRS and a department in the social sciences. 				\n				\n				\n				\n					Professor Michael Zheng Song – DiscussantMichael Zheng Song is Wei Lun Professor of Economics and the Department Head at the Department of Economics\, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)\, a Co-Director of CUHK-Tsinghua Joint Research Center for Chinese Economy\, a Co-Director of CUHK-Zhejiang University Joint Research Center for Digital Economy\, a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University and Zhejiang University\, and special-term professor at Peking University. He received B.A. from Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade (1997)\, M.A. from Fudan University (2000) and Ph.D. from Stockholm University (2005). Before joining CUHK\, he was an Assistant/Associate Professor of Economics at Chicago Booth (2011-15)\, a Visiting Scholar/Assistant Professor of Economics at CUHK (2009-11) and a Research Fellow at Fudan University (2005-09). He is a Senior Fellow of ABFER and a Fellow of Luohan Academy. His research focuses on Chinese economy and macroeconomics. His papers were published by leading academic journals including American Economic Review\, Econometrica and Journal of Political Economy. He won Sunyefang Economic Science Award in 2013. He is an Associate Editor of Econometrica\, Review of Finance and was a Co-Editor of China Economic Review. He sits on a number of academic advisory boards such as China’s Economics Foundation and Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research. He is also a Currency Board Committee member of the Hong Kong Exchange Fund Advisory Committee. 				\n				\n				\n				\n					Professor Guoqi Xu – DiscussantGuoqi Xu was born in China and taught both in Asia and the USA before joining the University of Hong Kong’s History Department. He writes and has published widely in both Chinese and English on various topics. Professor Xu is a leading authority of transnational and shared history of modern China and the world. His research topics include First World War Studies\, roles of Sports in China and the world\, history of US-China relations\, the idea of China\, among many others. He has served as a visiting professor at many prestigious institutions such as Harvard University\, Yale University\, Cambridge University\, the University of Melbourne\, and King’s College London. He has received many awards such as the Shigemutsu Fellowship for scholarship in global cultural affairs from the Global Culture Center of the Japan Society of Boston and the best book award from the International Society of Olympic Historians. 				\n				\n				\n				\n					Professor Zhiwu Chen – ModeratorZhiwu Chen is Chair and Cheng Yu-Tung Professor in Finance at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). He currently serves as director of both Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) and Centre for Quantitative History (CQH). His research covers finance theory\, the sociology of finance\, economic history\, quantitative history\, emerging markets\, as well as China’s economy and capital markets. He was a former Professor of Finance at Yale University (1999-2017) and a Special-Term Visiting Professor at Peking University and Tsinghua University. Professor Chen started his career by publishing research papers in top economics and finance journals on topics related to financial markets and theories of asset pricing. Around 2001\, he began to expand research beyond mature markets by investigating market development and institution-building issues in the context of China’s transition process and other emerging markets. He successfully led efforts to construct historical financial and social databases from China’s historical archives and has written on economic/social history topics. In 2013\, he started the annual Summer School for Quantitative History cum International Symposium on Quantitative History at Tsinghua University and continues to organize them at Peking University\, with the goal of promoting quantitative research on the history of China and beyond.  He has received research awards including the Graham and Dodd Award (2013)\, the Pacesetter Research Award (1999)\, the Merton Miller Prize (1994)\, and the Chicago Board Options Exchange Competitive Research Award (1994). 				\n				\n					\n				\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n					Organizer 				\n				\n				\n				\n																														\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Supporting organization
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/past-knowledge-present-status-and-future-threats-a-personal-reflection-of-the-status-of-coastal-biology-in-china/
LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:IHSS,IHSS Public Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20170921T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20170921T183000
DTSTAMP:20261101T075108
CREATED:20240726T002621Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102830Z
UID:87129-1506013200-1506018600@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:A Russian Treaty Port on China’s Inner Asian Frontier? Colonial Vernyi as a “Plural Society”\, 1854 – 1914
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTContrary to perceptions of Chinese culture as static or monolithic\, Professor Yu Xie of Princeton University argues that it is profoundly dynamic\, multilayered\, and continuously evolving. In his latest work\, Professor Xie proposes that contemporary Chinese culture emerges from the synthesis of three foundational sources\, each with distinct historical and ideological origins. To distinguish these sources\, he assigns them symbolic colors: Yellow\, Red\, and Blue. The Yellow source draws from China’s deep historical legacy—its imperial traditions\, Confucian values\, and millennia-old civilizational continuity. The Blue source represents Western influences that entered China—initially via Japan—beginning in the late 19th century\, bringing modernization\, scientific rationalism\, and liberal democratic ideals. The Red source stems from Soviet influence and the revolutionary doctrines of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)\, which have fundamentally reshaped governance\, ideology\, and social organization since 1949. During this lecture\, Professor Xie will explore how the dynamic interplay of these Yellow\, Red\, and Blue elements—sometimes conflicting\, sometimes synthesizing—has created a uniquely hybrid cultural system that distinguishes contemporary China from any other society and explains both its remarkable adaptability and its internal contradictions. Join us for an engaging IHSS Public Lecture by Professor Yu Xie as he explores the dynamic evolution of Chinese culture and society. The lecture will be followed by a panel discussion featuring economist Professor Michael Zheng Song and historian Professor Guoqi Xu\, moderated by Professor Zhiwu Chen\, Director of the organizing institution. The panel will offer diverse insights into the lecture’s key themes. 								\n				\n					\n				\n		\n					\n				\n				\n					ABOUT THE PANELISTS				\n				\n					\n				\n		\n					\n				\n				\n					Professor Yu Xie – SpeakerYu Xie is Bert G. Kerstetter ’66 University Professor of Sociology and has a faculty appointment at the Princeton Institute of International and Regional Studies\, Princeton University. He is also a Visiting Chair Professor of the Center for Social Research\, Peking University. His main areas of interest are social stratification\, demography\, statistical methods\, Chinese studies\, and sociology of science. His recently published works include: Marriage and Cohabitation (University of Chicago Press 2007) with Arland Thornton and William Axinn\, Statistical Methods for Categorical Data Analysis with Daniel Powers (Emerald 2008\, second edition)\, and Is American Science in Decline? (Harvard University Press\, 2012) with Alexandra Killewald. Xie joined the faculty Aug. 1\, 2015\, after 26 years at the University of Michigan\, most recently as the Otis Dudley Duncan Distinguished University Professor of Sociology\, Statistics and Public Policy and a research professor in the Population Studies Center at Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. Xie’s main areas of interest are social stratification\, demography\, statistical methods\, Chinese studies and sociology of science. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences\, Academia Sinica and the National Academy of Sciences.  His appointment is part of a University initiative to deepen the regional studies curriculum in the social sciences. The Center on Contemporary China is part of PIIRS\, and Xie’s appointment marks the first joint faculty appointment by PIIRS and a department in the social sciences. 				\n				\n				\n				\n					Professor Michael Zheng Song – DiscussantMichael Zheng Song is Wei Lun Professor of Economics and the Department Head at the Department of Economics\, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)\, a Co-Director of CUHK-Tsinghua Joint Research Center for Chinese Economy\, a Co-Director of CUHK-Zhejiang University Joint Research Center for Digital Economy\, a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University and Zhejiang University\, and special-term professor at Peking University. He received B.A. from Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade (1997)\, M.A. from Fudan University (2000) and Ph.D. from Stockholm University (2005). Before joining CUHK\, he was an Assistant/Associate Professor of Economics at Chicago Booth (2011-15)\, a Visiting Scholar/Assistant Professor of Economics at CUHK (2009-11) and a Research Fellow at Fudan University (2005-09). He is a Senior Fellow of ABFER and a Fellow of Luohan Academy. His research focuses on Chinese economy and macroeconomics. His papers were published by leading academic journals including American Economic Review\, Econometrica and Journal of Political Economy. He won Sunyefang Economic Science Award in 2013. He is an Associate Editor of Econometrica\, Review of Finance and was a Co-Editor of China Economic Review. He sits on a number of academic advisory boards such as China’s Economics Foundation and Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research. He is also a Currency Board Committee member of the Hong Kong Exchange Fund Advisory Committee. 				\n				\n				\n				\n					Professor Guoqi Xu – DiscussantGuoqi Xu was born in China and taught both in Asia and the USA before joining the University of Hong Kong’s History Department. He writes and has published widely in both Chinese and English on various topics. Professor Xu is a leading authority of transnational and shared history of modern China and the world. His research topics include First World War Studies\, roles of Sports in China and the world\, history of US-China relations\, the idea of China\, among many others. He has served as a visiting professor at many prestigious institutions such as Harvard University\, Yale University\, Cambridge University\, the University of Melbourne\, and King’s College London. He has received many awards such as the Shigemutsu Fellowship for scholarship in global cultural affairs from the Global Culture Center of the Japan Society of Boston and the best book award from the International Society of Olympic Historians. 				\n				\n				\n				\n					Professor Zhiwu Chen – ModeratorZhiwu Chen is Chair and Cheng Yu-Tung Professor in Finance at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). He currently serves as director of both Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) and Centre for Quantitative History (CQH). His research covers finance theory\, the sociology of finance\, economic history\, quantitative history\, emerging markets\, as well as China’s economy and capital markets. He was a former Professor of Finance at Yale University (1999-2017) and a Special-Term Visiting Professor at Peking University and Tsinghua University. Professor Chen started his career by publishing research papers in top economics and finance journals on topics related to financial markets and theories of asset pricing. Around 2001\, he began to expand research beyond mature markets by investigating market development and institution-building issues in the context of China’s transition process and other emerging markets. He successfully led efforts to construct historical financial and social databases from China’s historical archives and has written on economic/social history topics. In 2013\, he started the annual Summer School for Quantitative History cum International Symposium on Quantitative History at Tsinghua University and continues to organize them at Peking University\, with the goal of promoting quantitative research on the history of China and beyond.  He has received research awards including the Graham and Dodd Award (2013)\, the Pacesetter Research Award (1999)\, the Merton Miller Prize (1994)\, and the Chicago Board Options Exchange Competitive Research Award (1994). 				\n				\n					\n				\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n					Organizer 				\n				\n				\n				\n																														\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Supporting organization
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/a-russian-treaty-port-on-chinas-inner-asian-frontier-colonial-vernyi-as-a-plural-society-1854-1914/
LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:IHSS,IHSS Public Lecture
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20170628T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20170628T180000
DTSTAMP:20261101T075108
CREATED:20240726T004903Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102831Z
UID:87175-1498665600-1498672800@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Social Impact without Social Justice: Film and Politics in the Neoliberal Landscape
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTContrary to perceptions of Chinese culture as static or monolithic\, Professor Yu Xie of Princeton University argues that it is profoundly dynamic\, multilayered\, and continuously evolving. In his latest work\, Professor Xie proposes that contemporary Chinese culture emerges from the synthesis of three foundational sources\, each with distinct historical and ideological origins. To distinguish these sources\, he assigns them symbolic colors: Yellow\, Red\, and Blue. The Yellow source draws from China’s deep historical legacy—its imperial traditions\, Confucian values\, and millennia-old civilizational continuity. The Blue source represents Western influences that entered China—initially via Japan—beginning in the late 19th century\, bringing modernization\, scientific rationalism\, and liberal democratic ideals. The Red source stems from Soviet influence and the revolutionary doctrines of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)\, which have fundamentally reshaped governance\, ideology\, and social organization since 1949. During this lecture\, Professor Xie will explore how the dynamic interplay of these Yellow\, Red\, and Blue elements—sometimes conflicting\, sometimes synthesizing—has created a uniquely hybrid cultural system that distinguishes contemporary China from any other society and explains both its remarkable adaptability and its internal contradictions. Join us for an engaging IHSS Public Lecture by Professor Yu Xie as he explores the dynamic evolution of Chinese culture and society. The lecture will be followed by a panel discussion featuring economist Professor Michael Zheng Song and historian Professor Guoqi Xu\, moderated by Professor Zhiwu Chen\, Director of the organizing institution. The panel will offer diverse insights into the lecture’s key themes. 								\n				\n					\n				\n		\n					\n				\n				\n					ABOUT THE PANELISTS				\n				\n					\n				\n		\n					\n				\n				\n					Professor Yu Xie – SpeakerYu Xie is Bert G. Kerstetter ’66 University Professor of Sociology and has a faculty appointment at the Princeton Institute of International and Regional Studies\, Princeton University. He is also a Visiting Chair Professor of the Center for Social Research\, Peking University. His main areas of interest are social stratification\, demography\, statistical methods\, Chinese studies\, and sociology of science. His recently published works include: Marriage and Cohabitation (University of Chicago Press 2007) with Arland Thornton and William Axinn\, Statistical Methods for Categorical Data Analysis with Daniel Powers (Emerald 2008\, second edition)\, and Is American Science in Decline? (Harvard University Press\, 2012) with Alexandra Killewald. Xie joined the faculty Aug. 1\, 2015\, after 26 years at the University of Michigan\, most recently as the Otis Dudley Duncan Distinguished University Professor of Sociology\, Statistics and Public Policy and a research professor in the Population Studies Center at Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. Xie’s main areas of interest are social stratification\, demography\, statistical methods\, Chinese studies and sociology of science. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences\, Academia Sinica and the National Academy of Sciences.  His appointment is part of a University initiative to deepen the regional studies curriculum in the social sciences. The Center on Contemporary China is part of PIIRS\, and Xie’s appointment marks the first joint faculty appointment by PIIRS and a department in the social sciences. 				\n				\n				\n				\n					Professor Michael Zheng Song – DiscussantMichael Zheng Song is Wei Lun Professor of Economics and the Department Head at the Department of Economics\, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)\, a Co-Director of CUHK-Tsinghua Joint Research Center for Chinese Economy\, a Co-Director of CUHK-Zhejiang University Joint Research Center for Digital Economy\, a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University and Zhejiang University\, and special-term professor at Peking University. He received B.A. from Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade (1997)\, M.A. from Fudan University (2000) and Ph.D. from Stockholm University (2005). Before joining CUHK\, he was an Assistant/Associate Professor of Economics at Chicago Booth (2011-15)\, a Visiting Scholar/Assistant Professor of Economics at CUHK (2009-11) and a Research Fellow at Fudan University (2005-09). He is a Senior Fellow of ABFER and a Fellow of Luohan Academy. His research focuses on Chinese economy and macroeconomics. His papers were published by leading academic journals including American Economic Review\, Econometrica and Journal of Political Economy. He won Sunyefang Economic Science Award in 2013. He is an Associate Editor of Econometrica\, Review of Finance and was a Co-Editor of China Economic Review. He sits on a number of academic advisory boards such as China’s Economics Foundation and Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research. He is also a Currency Board Committee member of the Hong Kong Exchange Fund Advisory Committee. 				\n				\n				\n				\n					Professor Guoqi Xu – DiscussantGuoqi Xu was born in China and taught both in Asia and the USA before joining the University of Hong Kong’s History Department. He writes and has published widely in both Chinese and English on various topics. Professor Xu is a leading authority of transnational and shared history of modern China and the world. His research topics include First World War Studies\, roles of Sports in China and the world\, history of US-China relations\, the idea of China\, among many others. He has served as a visiting professor at many prestigious institutions such as Harvard University\, Yale University\, Cambridge University\, the University of Melbourne\, and King’s College London. He has received many awards such as the Shigemutsu Fellowship for scholarship in global cultural affairs from the Global Culture Center of the Japan Society of Boston and the best book award from the International Society of Olympic Historians. 				\n				\n				\n				\n					Professor Zhiwu Chen – ModeratorZhiwu Chen is Chair and Cheng Yu-Tung Professor in Finance at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). He currently serves as director of both Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) and Centre for Quantitative History (CQH). His research covers finance theory\, the sociology of finance\, economic history\, quantitative history\, emerging markets\, as well as China’s economy and capital markets. He was a former Professor of Finance at Yale University (1999-2017) and a Special-Term Visiting Professor at Peking University and Tsinghua University. Professor Chen started his career by publishing research papers in top economics and finance journals on topics related to financial markets and theories of asset pricing. Around 2001\, he began to expand research beyond mature markets by investigating market development and institution-building issues in the context of China’s transition process and other emerging markets. He successfully led efforts to construct historical financial and social databases from China’s historical archives and has written on economic/social history topics. In 2013\, he started the annual Summer School for Quantitative History cum International Symposium on Quantitative History at Tsinghua University and continues to organize them at Peking University\, with the goal of promoting quantitative research on the history of China and beyond.  He has received research awards including the Graham and Dodd Award (2013)\, the Pacesetter Research Award (1999)\, the Merton Miller Prize (1994)\, and the Chicago Board Options Exchange Competitive Research Award (1994). 				\n				\n					\n				\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n					Organizer 				\n				\n				\n				\n																														\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Supporting organization
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/social-impact-without-social-justice-film-and-politics-in-the-neoliberal-landscape/
LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:IHSS,IHSS Public Lecture
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20170524T163000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20170524T180000
DTSTAMP:20261101T075108
CREATED:20240726T014306Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102831Z
UID:87263-1495643400-1495648800@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Cultural Contradictions. Personal Rejuvenation\, and Changing Ideas of Well-Being in the PRC
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTContrary to perceptions of Chinese culture as static or monolithic\, Professor Yu Xie of Princeton University argues that it is profoundly dynamic\, multilayered\, and continuously evolving. In his latest work\, Professor Xie proposes that contemporary Chinese culture emerges from the synthesis of three foundational sources\, each with distinct historical and ideological origins. To distinguish these sources\, he assigns them symbolic colors: Yellow\, Red\, and Blue. The Yellow source draws from China’s deep historical legacy—its imperial traditions\, Confucian values\, and millennia-old civilizational continuity. The Blue source represents Western influences that entered China—initially via Japan—beginning in the late 19th century\, bringing modernization\, scientific rationalism\, and liberal democratic ideals. The Red source stems from Soviet influence and the revolutionary doctrines of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)\, which have fundamentally reshaped governance\, ideology\, and social organization since 1949. During this lecture\, Professor Xie will explore how the dynamic interplay of these Yellow\, Red\, and Blue elements—sometimes conflicting\, sometimes synthesizing—has created a uniquely hybrid cultural system that distinguishes contemporary China from any other society and explains both its remarkable adaptability and its internal contradictions. Join us for an engaging IHSS Public Lecture by Professor Yu Xie as he explores the dynamic evolution of Chinese culture and society. The lecture will be followed by a panel discussion featuring economist Professor Michael Zheng Song and historian Professor Guoqi Xu\, moderated by Professor Zhiwu Chen\, Director of the organizing institution. The panel will offer diverse insights into the lecture’s key themes. 								\n				\n					\n				\n		\n					\n				\n				\n					ABOUT THE PANELISTS				\n				\n					\n				\n		\n					\n				\n				\n					Professor Yu Xie – SpeakerYu Xie is Bert G. Kerstetter ’66 University Professor of Sociology and has a faculty appointment at the Princeton Institute of International and Regional Studies\, Princeton University. He is also a Visiting Chair Professor of the Center for Social Research\, Peking University. His main areas of interest are social stratification\, demography\, statistical methods\, Chinese studies\, and sociology of science. His recently published works include: Marriage and Cohabitation (University of Chicago Press 2007) with Arland Thornton and William Axinn\, Statistical Methods for Categorical Data Analysis with Daniel Powers (Emerald 2008\, second edition)\, and Is American Science in Decline? (Harvard University Press\, 2012) with Alexandra Killewald. Xie joined the faculty Aug. 1\, 2015\, after 26 years at the University of Michigan\, most recently as the Otis Dudley Duncan Distinguished University Professor of Sociology\, Statistics and Public Policy and a research professor in the Population Studies Center at Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. Xie’s main areas of interest are social stratification\, demography\, statistical methods\, Chinese studies and sociology of science. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences\, Academia Sinica and the National Academy of Sciences.  His appointment is part of a University initiative to deepen the regional studies curriculum in the social sciences. The Center on Contemporary China is part of PIIRS\, and Xie’s appointment marks the first joint faculty appointment by PIIRS and a department in the social sciences. 				\n				\n				\n				\n					Professor Michael Zheng Song – DiscussantMichael Zheng Song is Wei Lun Professor of Economics and the Department Head at the Department of Economics\, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)\, a Co-Director of CUHK-Tsinghua Joint Research Center for Chinese Economy\, a Co-Director of CUHK-Zhejiang University Joint Research Center for Digital Economy\, a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University and Zhejiang University\, and special-term professor at Peking University. He received B.A. from Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade (1997)\, M.A. from Fudan University (2000) and Ph.D. from Stockholm University (2005). Before joining CUHK\, he was an Assistant/Associate Professor of Economics at Chicago Booth (2011-15)\, a Visiting Scholar/Assistant Professor of Economics at CUHK (2009-11) and a Research Fellow at Fudan University (2005-09). He is a Senior Fellow of ABFER and a Fellow of Luohan Academy. His research focuses on Chinese economy and macroeconomics. His papers were published by leading academic journals including American Economic Review\, Econometrica and Journal of Political Economy. He won Sunyefang Economic Science Award in 2013. He is an Associate Editor of Econometrica\, Review of Finance and was a Co-Editor of China Economic Review. He sits on a number of academic advisory boards such as China’s Economics Foundation and Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research. He is also a Currency Board Committee member of the Hong Kong Exchange Fund Advisory Committee. 				\n				\n				\n				\n					Professor Guoqi Xu – DiscussantGuoqi Xu was born in China and taught both in Asia and the USA before joining the University of Hong Kong’s History Department. He writes and has published widely in both Chinese and English on various topics. Professor Xu is a leading authority of transnational and shared history of modern China and the world. His research topics include First World War Studies\, roles of Sports in China and the world\, history of US-China relations\, the idea of China\, among many others. He has served as a visiting professor at many prestigious institutions such as Harvard University\, Yale University\, Cambridge University\, the University of Melbourne\, and King’s College London. He has received many awards such as the Shigemutsu Fellowship for scholarship in global cultural affairs from the Global Culture Center of the Japan Society of Boston and the best book award from the International Society of Olympic Historians. 				\n				\n				\n				\n					Professor Zhiwu Chen – ModeratorZhiwu Chen is Chair and Cheng Yu-Tung Professor in Finance at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). He currently serves as director of both Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) and Centre for Quantitative History (CQH). His research covers finance theory\, the sociology of finance\, economic history\, quantitative history\, emerging markets\, as well as China’s economy and capital markets. He was a former Professor of Finance at Yale University (1999-2017) and a Special-Term Visiting Professor at Peking University and Tsinghua University. Professor Chen started his career by publishing research papers in top economics and finance journals on topics related to financial markets and theories of asset pricing. Around 2001\, he began to expand research beyond mature markets by investigating market development and institution-building issues in the context of China’s transition process and other emerging markets. He successfully led efforts to construct historical financial and social databases from China’s historical archives and has written on economic/social history topics. In 2013\, he started the annual Summer School for Quantitative History cum International Symposium on Quantitative History at Tsinghua University and continues to organize them at Peking University\, with the goal of promoting quantitative research on the history of China and beyond.  He has received research awards including the Graham and Dodd Award (2013)\, the Pacesetter Research Award (1999)\, the Merton Miller Prize (1994)\, and the Chicago Board Options Exchange Competitive Research Award (1994). 				\n				\n					\n				\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n					Organizer 				\n				\n				\n				\n																														\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Supporting organization
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/cultural-contradictions-personal-rejuvenation-and-changing-ideas-of-well-being-in-the-prc/
LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:IHSS,IHSS Public Lecture
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20170427T163000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20170427T183000
DTSTAMP:20261101T075108
CREATED:20240726T015602Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102831Z
UID:87284-1493310600-1493317800@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Rape in a Papua New Guinean Village: Talk\, Sense and Nonsense
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTContrary to perceptions of Chinese culture as static or monolithic\, Professor Yu Xie of Princeton University argues that it is profoundly dynamic\, multilayered\, and continuously evolving. In his latest work\, Professor Xie proposes that contemporary Chinese culture emerges from the synthesis of three foundational sources\, each with distinct historical and ideological origins. To distinguish these sources\, he assigns them symbolic colors: Yellow\, Red\, and Blue. The Yellow source draws from China’s deep historical legacy—its imperial traditions\, Confucian values\, and millennia-old civilizational continuity. The Blue source represents Western influences that entered China—initially via Japan—beginning in the late 19th century\, bringing modernization\, scientific rationalism\, and liberal democratic ideals. The Red source stems from Soviet influence and the revolutionary doctrines of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)\, which have fundamentally reshaped governance\, ideology\, and social organization since 1949. During this lecture\, Professor Xie will explore how the dynamic interplay of these Yellow\, Red\, and Blue elements—sometimes conflicting\, sometimes synthesizing—has created a uniquely hybrid cultural system that distinguishes contemporary China from any other society and explains both its remarkable adaptability and its internal contradictions. Join us for an engaging IHSS Public Lecture by Professor Yu Xie as he explores the dynamic evolution of Chinese culture and society. The lecture will be followed by a panel discussion featuring economist Professor Michael Zheng Song and historian Professor Guoqi Xu\, moderated by Professor Zhiwu Chen\, Director of the organizing institution. The panel will offer diverse insights into the lecture’s key themes. 								\n				\n					\n				\n		\n					\n				\n				\n					ABOUT THE PANELISTS				\n				\n					\n				\n		\n					\n				\n				\n					Professor Yu Xie – SpeakerYu Xie is Bert G. Kerstetter ’66 University Professor of Sociology and has a faculty appointment at the Princeton Institute of International and Regional Studies\, Princeton University. He is also a Visiting Chair Professor of the Center for Social Research\, Peking University. His main areas of interest are social stratification\, demography\, statistical methods\, Chinese studies\, and sociology of science. His recently published works include: Marriage and Cohabitation (University of Chicago Press 2007) with Arland Thornton and William Axinn\, Statistical Methods for Categorical Data Analysis with Daniel Powers (Emerald 2008\, second edition)\, and Is American Science in Decline? (Harvard University Press\, 2012) with Alexandra Killewald. Xie joined the faculty Aug. 1\, 2015\, after 26 years at the University of Michigan\, most recently as the Otis Dudley Duncan Distinguished University Professor of Sociology\, Statistics and Public Policy and a research professor in the Population Studies Center at Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. Xie’s main areas of interest are social stratification\, demography\, statistical methods\, Chinese studies and sociology of science. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences\, Academia Sinica and the National Academy of Sciences.  His appointment is part of a University initiative to deepen the regional studies curriculum in the social sciences. The Center on Contemporary China is part of PIIRS\, and Xie’s appointment marks the first joint faculty appointment by PIIRS and a department in the social sciences. 				\n				\n				\n				\n					Professor Michael Zheng Song – DiscussantMichael Zheng Song is Wei Lun Professor of Economics and the Department Head at the Department of Economics\, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)\, a Co-Director of CUHK-Tsinghua Joint Research Center for Chinese Economy\, a Co-Director of CUHK-Zhejiang University Joint Research Center for Digital Economy\, a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University and Zhejiang University\, and special-term professor at Peking University. He received B.A. from Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade (1997)\, M.A. from Fudan University (2000) and Ph.D. from Stockholm University (2005). Before joining CUHK\, he was an Assistant/Associate Professor of Economics at Chicago Booth (2011-15)\, a Visiting Scholar/Assistant Professor of Economics at CUHK (2009-11) and a Research Fellow at Fudan University (2005-09). He is a Senior Fellow of ABFER and a Fellow of Luohan Academy. His research focuses on Chinese economy and macroeconomics. His papers were published by leading academic journals including American Economic Review\, Econometrica and Journal of Political Economy. He won Sunyefang Economic Science Award in 2013. He is an Associate Editor of Econometrica\, Review of Finance and was a Co-Editor of China Economic Review. He sits on a number of academic advisory boards such as China’s Economics Foundation and Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research. He is also a Currency Board Committee member of the Hong Kong Exchange Fund Advisory Committee. 				\n				\n				\n				\n					Professor Guoqi Xu – DiscussantGuoqi Xu was born in China and taught both in Asia and the USA before joining the University of Hong Kong’s History Department. He writes and has published widely in both Chinese and English on various topics. Professor Xu is a leading authority of transnational and shared history of modern China and the world. His research topics include First World War Studies\, roles of Sports in China and the world\, history of US-China relations\, the idea of China\, among many others. He has served as a visiting professor at many prestigious institutions such as Harvard University\, Yale University\, Cambridge University\, the University of Melbourne\, and King’s College London. He has received many awards such as the Shigemutsu Fellowship for scholarship in global cultural affairs from the Global Culture Center of the Japan Society of Boston and the best book award from the International Society of Olympic Historians. 				\n				\n				\n				\n					Professor Zhiwu Chen – ModeratorZhiwu Chen is Chair and Cheng Yu-Tung Professor in Finance at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). He currently serves as director of both Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) and Centre for Quantitative History (CQH). His research covers finance theory\, the sociology of finance\, economic history\, quantitative history\, emerging markets\, as well as China’s economy and capital markets. He was a former Professor of Finance at Yale University (1999-2017) and a Special-Term Visiting Professor at Peking University and Tsinghua University. Professor Chen started his career by publishing research papers in top economics and finance journals on topics related to financial markets and theories of asset pricing. Around 2001\, he began to expand research beyond mature markets by investigating market development and institution-building issues in the context of China’s transition process and other emerging markets. He successfully led efforts to construct historical financial and social databases from China’s historical archives and has written on economic/social history topics. In 2013\, he started the annual Summer School for Quantitative History cum International Symposium on Quantitative History at Tsinghua University and continues to organize them at Peking University\, with the goal of promoting quantitative research on the history of China and beyond.  He has received research awards including the Graham and Dodd Award (2013)\, the Pacesetter Research Award (1999)\, the Merton Miller Prize (1994)\, and the Chicago Board Options Exchange Competitive Research Award (1994). 				\n				\n					\n				\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n					Organizer 				\n				\n				\n				\n																														\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Supporting organization
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/rape-in-a-papua-new-guinean-village-talk-sense-and-nonsense/
LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:IHSS,IHSS Public Lecture
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20170117T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20170117T173000
DTSTAMP:20261101T075108
CREATED:20240728T232959Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102832Z
UID:87444-1484668800-1484674200@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Childcare Techniques\, Cosmology\, and Social Support in Southwest China
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTContrary to perceptions of Chinese culture as static or monolithic\, Professor Yu Xie of Princeton University argues that it is profoundly dynamic\, multilayered\, and continuously evolving. In his latest work\, Professor Xie proposes that contemporary Chinese culture emerges from the synthesis of three foundational sources\, each with distinct historical and ideological origins. To distinguish these sources\, he assigns them symbolic colors: Yellow\, Red\, and Blue. The Yellow source draws from China’s deep historical legacy—its imperial traditions\, Confucian values\, and millennia-old civilizational continuity. The Blue source represents Western influences that entered China—initially via Japan—beginning in the late 19th century\, bringing modernization\, scientific rationalism\, and liberal democratic ideals. The Red source stems from Soviet influence and the revolutionary doctrines of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)\, which have fundamentally reshaped governance\, ideology\, and social organization since 1949. During this lecture\, Professor Xie will explore how the dynamic interplay of these Yellow\, Red\, and Blue elements—sometimes conflicting\, sometimes synthesizing—has created a uniquely hybrid cultural system that distinguishes contemporary China from any other society and explains both its remarkable adaptability and its internal contradictions. Join us for an engaging IHSS Public Lecture by Professor Yu Xie as he explores the dynamic evolution of Chinese culture and society. The lecture will be followed by a panel discussion featuring economist Professor Michael Zheng Song and historian Professor Guoqi Xu\, moderated by Professor Zhiwu Chen\, Director of the organizing institution. The panel will offer diverse insights into the lecture’s key themes. 								\n				\n					\n				\n		\n					\n				\n				\n					ABOUT THE PANELISTS				\n				\n					\n				\n		\n					\n				\n				\n					Professor Yu Xie – SpeakerYu Xie is Bert G. Kerstetter ’66 University Professor of Sociology and has a faculty appointment at the Princeton Institute of International and Regional Studies\, Princeton University. He is also a Visiting Chair Professor of the Center for Social Research\, Peking University. His main areas of interest are social stratification\, demography\, statistical methods\, Chinese studies\, and sociology of science. His recently published works include: Marriage and Cohabitation (University of Chicago Press 2007) with Arland Thornton and William Axinn\, Statistical Methods for Categorical Data Analysis with Daniel Powers (Emerald 2008\, second edition)\, and Is American Science in Decline? (Harvard University Press\, 2012) with Alexandra Killewald. Xie joined the faculty Aug. 1\, 2015\, after 26 years at the University of Michigan\, most recently as the Otis Dudley Duncan Distinguished University Professor of Sociology\, Statistics and Public Policy and a research professor in the Population Studies Center at Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. Xie’s main areas of interest are social stratification\, demography\, statistical methods\, Chinese studies and sociology of science. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences\, Academia Sinica and the National Academy of Sciences.  His appointment is part of a University initiative to deepen the regional studies curriculum in the social sciences. The Center on Contemporary China is part of PIIRS\, and Xie’s appointment marks the first joint faculty appointment by PIIRS and a department in the social sciences. 				\n				\n				\n				\n					Professor Michael Zheng Song – DiscussantMichael Zheng Song is Wei Lun Professor of Economics and the Department Head at the Department of Economics\, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)\, a Co-Director of CUHK-Tsinghua Joint Research Center for Chinese Economy\, a Co-Director of CUHK-Zhejiang University Joint Research Center for Digital Economy\, a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University and Zhejiang University\, and special-term professor at Peking University. He received B.A. from Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade (1997)\, M.A. from Fudan University (2000) and Ph.D. from Stockholm University (2005). Before joining CUHK\, he was an Assistant/Associate Professor of Economics at Chicago Booth (2011-15)\, a Visiting Scholar/Assistant Professor of Economics at CUHK (2009-11) and a Research Fellow at Fudan University (2005-09). He is a Senior Fellow of ABFER and a Fellow of Luohan Academy. His research focuses on Chinese economy and macroeconomics. His papers were published by leading academic journals including American Economic Review\, Econometrica and Journal of Political Economy. He won Sunyefang Economic Science Award in 2013. He is an Associate Editor of Econometrica\, Review of Finance and was a Co-Editor of China Economic Review. He sits on a number of academic advisory boards such as China’s Economics Foundation and Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research. He is also a Currency Board Committee member of the Hong Kong Exchange Fund Advisory Committee. 				\n				\n				\n				\n					Professor Guoqi Xu – DiscussantGuoqi Xu was born in China and taught both in Asia and the USA before joining the University of Hong Kong’s History Department. He writes and has published widely in both Chinese and English on various topics. Professor Xu is a leading authority of transnational and shared history of modern China and the world. His research topics include First World War Studies\, roles of Sports in China and the world\, history of US-China relations\, the idea of China\, among many others. He has served as a visiting professor at many prestigious institutions such as Harvard University\, Yale University\, Cambridge University\, the University of Melbourne\, and King’s College London. He has received many awards such as the Shigemutsu Fellowship for scholarship in global cultural affairs from the Global Culture Center of the Japan Society of Boston and the best book award from the International Society of Olympic Historians. 				\n				\n				\n				\n					Professor Zhiwu Chen – ModeratorZhiwu Chen is Chair and Cheng Yu-Tung Professor in Finance at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). He currently serves as director of both Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) and Centre for Quantitative History (CQH). His research covers finance theory\, the sociology of finance\, economic history\, quantitative history\, emerging markets\, as well as China’s economy and capital markets. He was a former Professor of Finance at Yale University (1999-2017) and a Special-Term Visiting Professor at Peking University and Tsinghua University. Professor Chen started his career by publishing research papers in top economics and finance journals on topics related to financial markets and theories of asset pricing. Around 2001\, he began to expand research beyond mature markets by investigating market development and institution-building issues in the context of China’s transition process and other emerging markets. He successfully led efforts to construct historical financial and social databases from China’s historical archives and has written on economic/social history topics. In 2013\, he started the annual Summer School for Quantitative History cum International Symposium on Quantitative History at Tsinghua University and continues to organize them at Peking University\, with the goal of promoting quantitative research on the history of China and beyond.  He has received research awards including the Graham and Dodd Award (2013)\, the Pacesetter Research Award (1999)\, the Merton Miller Prize (1994)\, and the Chicago Board Options Exchange Competitive Research Award (1994). 				\n				\n					\n				\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n					Organizer 				\n				\n				\n				\n																														\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Supporting organization
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/childcare-techniques-cosmology-and-social-support-in-southwest-china/
LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:IHSS,IHSS Public Lecture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160620T163000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160620T180000
DTSTAMP:20261101T075108
CREATED:20240729T233112Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102832Z
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SUMMARY:Chao Yuen Ren and the Modern Soundscape of Republican China (1912 – 1937)
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTContrary to perceptions of Chinese culture as static or monolithic\, Professor Yu Xie of Princeton University argues that it is profoundly dynamic\, multilayered\, and continuously evolving. In his latest work\, Professor Xie proposes that contemporary Chinese culture emerges from the synthesis of three foundational sources\, each with distinct historical and ideological origins. To distinguish these sources\, he assigns them symbolic colors: Yellow\, Red\, and Blue. The Yellow source draws from China’s deep historical legacy—its imperial traditions\, Confucian values\, and millennia-old civilizational continuity. The Blue source represents Western influences that entered China—initially via Japan—beginning in the late 19th century\, bringing modernization\, scientific rationalism\, and liberal democratic ideals. The Red source stems from Soviet influence and the revolutionary doctrines of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)\, which have fundamentally reshaped governance\, ideology\, and social organization since 1949. During this lecture\, Professor Xie will explore how the dynamic interplay of these Yellow\, Red\, and Blue elements—sometimes conflicting\, sometimes synthesizing—has created a uniquely hybrid cultural system that distinguishes contemporary China from any other society and explains both its remarkable adaptability and its internal contradictions. Join us for an engaging IHSS Public Lecture by Professor Yu Xie as he explores the dynamic evolution of Chinese culture and society. The lecture will be followed by a panel discussion featuring economist Professor Michael Zheng Song and historian Professor Guoqi Xu\, moderated by Professor Zhiwu Chen\, Director of the organizing institution. The panel will offer diverse insights into the lecture’s key themes. 								\n				\n					\n				\n		\n					\n				\n				\n					ABOUT THE PANELISTS				\n				\n					\n				\n		\n					\n				\n				\n					Professor Yu Xie – SpeakerYu Xie is Bert G. Kerstetter ’66 University Professor of Sociology and has a faculty appointment at the Princeton Institute of International and Regional Studies\, Princeton University. He is also a Visiting Chair Professor of the Center for Social Research\, Peking University. His main areas of interest are social stratification\, demography\, statistical methods\, Chinese studies\, and sociology of science. His recently published works include: Marriage and Cohabitation (University of Chicago Press 2007) with Arland Thornton and William Axinn\, Statistical Methods for Categorical Data Analysis with Daniel Powers (Emerald 2008\, second edition)\, and Is American Science in Decline? (Harvard University Press\, 2012) with Alexandra Killewald. Xie joined the faculty Aug. 1\, 2015\, after 26 years at the University of Michigan\, most recently as the Otis Dudley Duncan Distinguished University Professor of Sociology\, Statistics and Public Policy and a research professor in the Population Studies Center at Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. Xie’s main areas of interest are social stratification\, demography\, statistical methods\, Chinese studies and sociology of science. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences\, Academia Sinica and the National Academy of Sciences.  His appointment is part of a University initiative to deepen the regional studies curriculum in the social sciences. The Center on Contemporary China is part of PIIRS\, and Xie’s appointment marks the first joint faculty appointment by PIIRS and a department in the social sciences. 				\n				\n				\n				\n					Professor Michael Zheng Song – DiscussantMichael Zheng Song is Wei Lun Professor of Economics and the Department Head at the Department of Economics\, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)\, a Co-Director of CUHK-Tsinghua Joint Research Center for Chinese Economy\, a Co-Director of CUHK-Zhejiang University Joint Research Center for Digital Economy\, a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University and Zhejiang University\, and special-term professor at Peking University. He received B.A. from Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade (1997)\, M.A. from Fudan University (2000) and Ph.D. from Stockholm University (2005). Before joining CUHK\, he was an Assistant/Associate Professor of Economics at Chicago Booth (2011-15)\, a Visiting Scholar/Assistant Professor of Economics at CUHK (2009-11) and a Research Fellow at Fudan University (2005-09). He is a Senior Fellow of ABFER and a Fellow of Luohan Academy. His research focuses on Chinese economy and macroeconomics. His papers were published by leading academic journals including American Economic Review\, Econometrica and Journal of Political Economy. He won Sunyefang Economic Science Award in 2013. He is an Associate Editor of Econometrica\, Review of Finance and was a Co-Editor of China Economic Review. He sits on a number of academic advisory boards such as China’s Economics Foundation and Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research. He is also a Currency Board Committee member of the Hong Kong Exchange Fund Advisory Committee. 				\n				\n				\n				\n					Professor Guoqi Xu – DiscussantGuoqi Xu was born in China and taught both in Asia and the USA before joining the University of Hong Kong’s History Department. He writes and has published widely in both Chinese and English on various topics. Professor Xu is a leading authority of transnational and shared history of modern China and the world. His research topics include First World War Studies\, roles of Sports in China and the world\, history of US-China relations\, the idea of China\, among many others. He has served as a visiting professor at many prestigious institutions such as Harvard University\, Yale University\, Cambridge University\, the University of Melbourne\, and King’s College London. He has received many awards such as the Shigemutsu Fellowship for scholarship in global cultural affairs from the Global Culture Center of the Japan Society of Boston and the best book award from the International Society of Olympic Historians. 				\n				\n				\n				\n					Professor Zhiwu Chen – ModeratorZhiwu Chen is Chair and Cheng Yu-Tung Professor in Finance at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). He currently serves as director of both Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) and Centre for Quantitative History (CQH). His research covers finance theory\, the sociology of finance\, economic history\, quantitative history\, emerging markets\, as well as China’s economy and capital markets. He was a former Professor of Finance at Yale University (1999-2017) and a Special-Term Visiting Professor at Peking University and Tsinghua University. Professor Chen started his career by publishing research papers in top economics and finance journals on topics related to financial markets and theories of asset pricing. Around 2001\, he began to expand research beyond mature markets by investigating market development and institution-building issues in the context of China’s transition process and other emerging markets. He successfully led efforts to construct historical financial and social databases from China’s historical archives and has written on economic/social history topics. In 2013\, he started the annual Summer School for Quantitative History cum International Symposium on Quantitative History at Tsinghua University and continues to organize them at Peking University\, with the goal of promoting quantitative research on the history of China and beyond.  He has received research awards including the Graham and Dodd Award (2013)\, the Pacesetter Research Award (1999)\, the Merton Miller Prize (1994)\, and the Chicago Board Options Exchange Competitive Research Award (1994). 				\n				\n					\n				\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n					Organizer 				\n				\n				\n				\n																														\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Supporting organization
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/chao-yuen-ren-and-the-modern-soundscape-of-republican-china-1912-1937/
LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:IHSS,IHSS Public Lecture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160414T163000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160414T163000
DTSTAMP:20261101T075108
CREATED:20240730T175211Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102832Z
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SUMMARY:A Costly Order: Labour Migration\, Commercial Intermediaries and Social Reordering in China
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTContrary to perceptions of Chinese culture as static or monolithic\, Professor Yu Xie of Princeton University argues that it is profoundly dynamic\, multilayered\, and continuously evolving. In his latest work\, Professor Xie proposes that contemporary Chinese culture emerges from the synthesis of three foundational sources\, each with distinct historical and ideological origins. To distinguish these sources\, he assigns them symbolic colors: Yellow\, Red\, and Blue. The Yellow source draws from China’s deep historical legacy—its imperial traditions\, Confucian values\, and millennia-old civilizational continuity. The Blue source represents Western influences that entered China—initially via Japan—beginning in the late 19th century\, bringing modernization\, scientific rationalism\, and liberal democratic ideals. The Red source stems from Soviet influence and the revolutionary doctrines of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)\, which have fundamentally reshaped governance\, ideology\, and social organization since 1949. During this lecture\, Professor Xie will explore how the dynamic interplay of these Yellow\, Red\, and Blue elements—sometimes conflicting\, sometimes synthesizing—has created a uniquely hybrid cultural system that distinguishes contemporary China from any other society and explains both its remarkable adaptability and its internal contradictions. Join us for an engaging IHSS Public Lecture by Professor Yu Xie as he explores the dynamic evolution of Chinese culture and society. The lecture will be followed by a panel discussion featuring economist Professor Michael Zheng Song and historian Professor Guoqi Xu\, moderated by Professor Zhiwu Chen\, Director of the organizing institution. The panel will offer diverse insights into the lecture’s key themes. 								\n				\n					\n				\n		\n					\n				\n				\n					ABOUT THE PANELISTS				\n				\n					\n				\n		\n					\n				\n				\n					Professor Yu Xie – SpeakerYu Xie is Bert G. Kerstetter ’66 University Professor of Sociology and has a faculty appointment at the Princeton Institute of International and Regional Studies\, Princeton University. He is also a Visiting Chair Professor of the Center for Social Research\, Peking University. His main areas of interest are social stratification\, demography\, statistical methods\, Chinese studies\, and sociology of science. His recently published works include: Marriage and Cohabitation (University of Chicago Press 2007) with Arland Thornton and William Axinn\, Statistical Methods for Categorical Data Analysis with Daniel Powers (Emerald 2008\, second edition)\, and Is American Science in Decline? (Harvard University Press\, 2012) with Alexandra Killewald. Xie joined the faculty Aug. 1\, 2015\, after 26 years at the University of Michigan\, most recently as the Otis Dudley Duncan Distinguished University Professor of Sociology\, Statistics and Public Policy and a research professor in the Population Studies Center at Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. Xie’s main areas of interest are social stratification\, demography\, statistical methods\, Chinese studies and sociology of science. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences\, Academia Sinica and the National Academy of Sciences.  His appointment is part of a University initiative to deepen the regional studies curriculum in the social sciences. The Center on Contemporary China is part of PIIRS\, and Xie’s appointment marks the first joint faculty appointment by PIIRS and a department in the social sciences. 				\n				\n				\n				\n					Professor Michael Zheng Song – DiscussantMichael Zheng Song is Wei Lun Professor of Economics and the Department Head at the Department of Economics\, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)\, a Co-Director of CUHK-Tsinghua Joint Research Center for Chinese Economy\, a Co-Director of CUHK-Zhejiang University Joint Research Center for Digital Economy\, a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University and Zhejiang University\, and special-term professor at Peking University. He received B.A. from Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade (1997)\, M.A. from Fudan University (2000) and Ph.D. from Stockholm University (2005). Before joining CUHK\, he was an Assistant/Associate Professor of Economics at Chicago Booth (2011-15)\, a Visiting Scholar/Assistant Professor of Economics at CUHK (2009-11) and a Research Fellow at Fudan University (2005-09). He is a Senior Fellow of ABFER and a Fellow of Luohan Academy. His research focuses on Chinese economy and macroeconomics. His papers were published by leading academic journals including American Economic Review\, Econometrica and Journal of Political Economy. He won Sunyefang Economic Science Award in 2013. He is an Associate Editor of Econometrica\, Review of Finance and was a Co-Editor of China Economic Review. He sits on a number of academic advisory boards such as China’s Economics Foundation and Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research. He is also a Currency Board Committee member of the Hong Kong Exchange Fund Advisory Committee. 				\n				\n				\n				\n					Professor Guoqi Xu – DiscussantGuoqi Xu was born in China and taught both in Asia and the USA before joining the University of Hong Kong’s History Department. He writes and has published widely in both Chinese and English on various topics. Professor Xu is a leading authority of transnational and shared history of modern China and the world. His research topics include First World War Studies\, roles of Sports in China and the world\, history of US-China relations\, the idea of China\, among many others. He has served as a visiting professor at many prestigious institutions such as Harvard University\, Yale University\, Cambridge University\, the University of Melbourne\, and King’s College London. He has received many awards such as the Shigemutsu Fellowship for scholarship in global cultural affairs from the Global Culture Center of the Japan Society of Boston and the best book award from the International Society of Olympic Historians. 				\n				\n				\n				\n					Professor Zhiwu Chen – ModeratorZhiwu Chen is Chair and Cheng Yu-Tung Professor in Finance at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). He currently serves as director of both Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) and Centre for Quantitative History (CQH). His research covers finance theory\, the sociology of finance\, economic history\, quantitative history\, emerging markets\, as well as China’s economy and capital markets. He was a former Professor of Finance at Yale University (1999-2017) and a Special-Term Visiting Professor at Peking University and Tsinghua University. Professor Chen started his career by publishing research papers in top economics and finance journals on topics related to financial markets and theories of asset pricing. Around 2001\, he began to expand research beyond mature markets by investigating market development and institution-building issues in the context of China’s transition process and other emerging markets. He successfully led efforts to construct historical financial and social databases from China’s historical archives and has written on economic/social history topics. In 2013\, he started the annual Summer School for Quantitative History cum International Symposium on Quantitative History at Tsinghua University and continues to organize them at Peking University\, with the goal of promoting quantitative research on the history of China and beyond.  He has received research awards including the Graham and Dodd Award (2013)\, the Pacesetter Research Award (1999)\, the Merton Miller Prize (1994)\, and the Chicago Board Options Exchange Competitive Research Award (1994). 				\n				\n					\n				\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n					Organizer 				\n				\n				\n				\n																														\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Supporting organization
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/a-costly-order-labour-migration-commercial-intermediaries-and-social-reordering-in-china/
LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:IHSS,IHSS Public Lecture
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20140526T163000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20140526T163000
DTSTAMP:20261101T075108
CREATED:20240801T223816Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102833Z
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SUMMARY:The Body Anatomic and the Body Politic in Modern China
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTContrary to perceptions of Chinese culture as static or monolithic\, Professor Yu Xie of Princeton University argues that it is profoundly dynamic\, multilayered\, and continuously evolving. In his latest work\, Professor Xie proposes that contemporary Chinese culture emerges from the synthesis of three foundational sources\, each with distinct historical and ideological origins. To distinguish these sources\, he assigns them symbolic colors: Yellow\, Red\, and Blue. The Yellow source draws from China’s deep historical legacy—its imperial traditions\, Confucian values\, and millennia-old civilizational continuity. The Blue source represents Western influences that entered China—initially via Japan—beginning in the late 19th century\, bringing modernization\, scientific rationalism\, and liberal democratic ideals. The Red source stems from Soviet influence and the revolutionary doctrines of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)\, which have fundamentally reshaped governance\, ideology\, and social organization since 1949. During this lecture\, Professor Xie will explore how the dynamic interplay of these Yellow\, Red\, and Blue elements—sometimes conflicting\, sometimes synthesizing—has created a uniquely hybrid cultural system that distinguishes contemporary China from any other society and explains both its remarkable adaptability and its internal contradictions. Join us for an engaging IHSS Public Lecture by Professor Yu Xie as he explores the dynamic evolution of Chinese culture and society. The lecture will be followed by a panel discussion featuring economist Professor Michael Zheng Song and historian Professor Guoqi Xu\, moderated by Professor Zhiwu Chen\, Director of the organizing institution. The panel will offer diverse insights into the lecture’s key themes. 								\n				\n					\n				\n		\n					\n				\n				\n					ABOUT THE PANELISTS				\n				\n					\n				\n		\n					\n				\n				\n					Professor Yu Xie – SpeakerYu Xie is Bert G. Kerstetter ’66 University Professor of Sociology and has a faculty appointment at the Princeton Institute of International and Regional Studies\, Princeton University. He is also a Visiting Chair Professor of the Center for Social Research\, Peking University. His main areas of interest are social stratification\, demography\, statistical methods\, Chinese studies\, and sociology of science. His recently published works include: Marriage and Cohabitation (University of Chicago Press 2007) with Arland Thornton and William Axinn\, Statistical Methods for Categorical Data Analysis with Daniel Powers (Emerald 2008\, second edition)\, and Is American Science in Decline? (Harvard University Press\, 2012) with Alexandra Killewald. Xie joined the faculty Aug. 1\, 2015\, after 26 years at the University of Michigan\, most recently as the Otis Dudley Duncan Distinguished University Professor of Sociology\, Statistics and Public Policy and a research professor in the Population Studies Center at Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. Xie’s main areas of interest are social stratification\, demography\, statistical methods\, Chinese studies and sociology of science. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences\, Academia Sinica and the National Academy of Sciences.  His appointment is part of a University initiative to deepen the regional studies curriculum in the social sciences. The Center on Contemporary China is part of PIIRS\, and Xie’s appointment marks the first joint faculty appointment by PIIRS and a department in the social sciences. 				\n				\n				\n				\n					Professor Michael Zheng Song – DiscussantMichael Zheng Song is Wei Lun Professor of Economics and the Department Head at the Department of Economics\, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)\, a Co-Director of CUHK-Tsinghua Joint Research Center for Chinese Economy\, a Co-Director of CUHK-Zhejiang University Joint Research Center for Digital Economy\, a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University and Zhejiang University\, and special-term professor at Peking University. He received B.A. from Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade (1997)\, M.A. from Fudan University (2000) and Ph.D. from Stockholm University (2005). Before joining CUHK\, he was an Assistant/Associate Professor of Economics at Chicago Booth (2011-15)\, a Visiting Scholar/Assistant Professor of Economics at CUHK (2009-11) and a Research Fellow at Fudan University (2005-09). He is a Senior Fellow of ABFER and a Fellow of Luohan Academy. His research focuses on Chinese economy and macroeconomics. His papers were published by leading academic journals including American Economic Review\, Econometrica and Journal of Political Economy. He won Sunyefang Economic Science Award in 2013. He is an Associate Editor of Econometrica\, Review of Finance and was a Co-Editor of China Economic Review. He sits on a number of academic advisory boards such as China’s Economics Foundation and Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research. He is also a Currency Board Committee member of the Hong Kong Exchange Fund Advisory Committee. 				\n				\n				\n				\n					Professor Guoqi Xu – DiscussantGuoqi Xu was born in China and taught both in Asia and the USA before joining the University of Hong Kong’s History Department. He writes and has published widely in both Chinese and English on various topics. Professor Xu is a leading authority of transnational and shared history of modern China and the world. His research topics include First World War Studies\, roles of Sports in China and the world\, history of US-China relations\, the idea of China\, among many others. He has served as a visiting professor at many prestigious institutions such as Harvard University\, Yale University\, Cambridge University\, the University of Melbourne\, and King’s College London. He has received many awards such as the Shigemutsu Fellowship for scholarship in global cultural affairs from the Global Culture Center of the Japan Society of Boston and the best book award from the International Society of Olympic Historians. 				\n				\n				\n				\n					Professor Zhiwu Chen – ModeratorZhiwu Chen is Chair and Cheng Yu-Tung Professor in Finance at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). He currently serves as director of both Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) and Centre for Quantitative History (CQH). His research covers finance theory\, the sociology of finance\, economic history\, quantitative history\, emerging markets\, as well as China’s economy and capital markets. He was a former Professor of Finance at Yale University (1999-2017) and a Special-Term Visiting Professor at Peking University and Tsinghua University. Professor Chen started his career by publishing research papers in top economics and finance journals on topics related to financial markets and theories of asset pricing. Around 2001\, he began to expand research beyond mature markets by investigating market development and institution-building issues in the context of China’s transition process and other emerging markets. He successfully led efforts to construct historical financial and social databases from China’s historical archives and has written on economic/social history topics. In 2013\, he started the annual Summer School for Quantitative History cum International Symposium on Quantitative History at Tsinghua University and continues to organize them at Peking University\, with the goal of promoting quantitative research on the history of China and beyond.  He has received research awards including the Graham and Dodd Award (2013)\, the Pacesetter Research Award (1999)\, the Merton Miller Prize (1994)\, and the Chicago Board Options Exchange Competitive Research Award (1994). 				\n				\n					\n				\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n					Organizer 				\n				\n				\n				\n																														\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Supporting organization
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-body-anatomic-and-the-body-politic-in-modern-china/
LOCATION:T7\, 1/F\, Meng Wah Complex\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:IHSS,IHSS Public Lecture
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