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SUMMARY:納稅人” 研究：中國天主教史一個被忽視的維度   The Taxpayer: A Neglected Dimension of Chinese Catholic History
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTDue to the relative scarcity of transmitted texts\, bronze inscriptions have become one of the principal sources for investigating key issues in early Chinese history—particularly during the Shang and Zhou periods—such as the formation of clan system and kin-based political communities. A wide variety of records were cast onto bronzes\, ranging from clan emblems to political appointments and rewards\, as well as intermarriages among noble families. While historians and archaeologists have long engaged in detailed philological and case-based studies\, large-scale systematic analyses remain limited. This study constructs a comprehensive and structured database containing nearly 20\,000 inscribed bronze artifacts from the Shang and Zhou dynasties\, enabling the integration of diverse data types and embedding the analysis within spatiotemporal and relational contexts. The method of social network analysis (SNA) is employed to explore various types of networks—including clan emblem networks\, co-occurrence networks\, political networks\, and marriage networks—across three levels: the micro level (individuals and families)\, the meso level (clusters and groups)\, and the macro level (topological structure). Temporal changes in these networks reveal striking shifts in power dynamics among noble families\, mapping the evolving sociopolitical landscape of Early China. ABOUT THE SPEAKERYuqi Chen is a PhD graduate of Peking University\, where she also received her Bachelor’s degree. She is actively engaged in the fields of Digital Humanities and Quantitative History. Her research focuses on integrating AI and computational methods with humanities research\, especially Early China history and archaeology\, aiming to uncover new insights through innovative interdisciplinary approaches. She serves as a reviewer for prestigious journals such as Nature Human Behaviour\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, among others. She has also published her work in journals including International Journal of Geographical Information Science\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, as well as at conferences such as the Digital Humanities (DH) Conference and the Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/%e7%b4%8d%e7%a8%85%e4%ba%ba-%e7%a0%94%e7%a9%b6%ef%bc%9a%e4%b8%ad%e5%9c%8b%e5%a4%a9%e4%b8%bb%e6%95%99%e5%8f%b2%e4%b8%80%e5%80%8b%e8%a2%ab%e5%bf%bd%e8%a6%96%e7%9a%84%e7%b6%ad%e5%ba%a6-the-tax/
LOCATION:Rm 201​\, May Hall\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Others
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250221T143000
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UID:91486-1740148200-1740148200@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Adventurers or Scientists? Historical Episodes from the Archaeological Exploration of the Middle East
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTDue to the relative scarcity of transmitted texts\, bronze inscriptions have become one of the principal sources for investigating key issues in early Chinese history—particularly during the Shang and Zhou periods—such as the formation of clan system and kin-based political communities. A wide variety of records were cast onto bronzes\, ranging from clan emblems to political appointments and rewards\, as well as intermarriages among noble families. While historians and archaeologists have long engaged in detailed philological and case-based studies\, large-scale systematic analyses remain limited. This study constructs a comprehensive and structured database containing nearly 20\,000 inscribed bronze artifacts from the Shang and Zhou dynasties\, enabling the integration of diverse data types and embedding the analysis within spatiotemporal and relational contexts. The method of social network analysis (SNA) is employed to explore various types of networks—including clan emblem networks\, co-occurrence networks\, political networks\, and marriage networks—across three levels: the micro level (individuals and families)\, the meso level (clusters and groups)\, and the macro level (topological structure). Temporal changes in these networks reveal striking shifts in power dynamics among noble families\, mapping the evolving sociopolitical landscape of Early China. ABOUT THE SPEAKERYuqi Chen is a PhD graduate of Peking University\, where she also received her Bachelor’s degree. She is actively engaged in the fields of Digital Humanities and Quantitative History. Her research focuses on integrating AI and computational methods with humanities research\, especially Early China history and archaeology\, aiming to uncover new insights through innovative interdisciplinary approaches. She serves as a reviewer for prestigious journals such as Nature Human Behaviour\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, among others. She has also published her work in journals including International Journal of Geographical Information Science\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, as well as at conferences such as the Digital Humanities (DH) Conference and the Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/adventurers-or-scientists-historical-episodes-from-the-archaeological-exploration-of-the-middle-east/
LOCATION:201\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Others
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250212T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250212T203000
DTSTAMP:20261031T213625
CREATED:20250203T001101Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102828Z
UID:91370-1739386800-1739392200@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:GOD and AI: WHO’s in CONTROL
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTDue to the relative scarcity of transmitted texts\, bronze inscriptions have become one of the principal sources for investigating key issues in early Chinese history—particularly during the Shang and Zhou periods—such as the formation of clan system and kin-based political communities. A wide variety of records were cast onto bronzes\, ranging from clan emblems to political appointments and rewards\, as well as intermarriages among noble families. While historians and archaeologists have long engaged in detailed philological and case-based studies\, large-scale systematic analyses remain limited. This study constructs a comprehensive and structured database containing nearly 20\,000 inscribed bronze artifacts from the Shang and Zhou dynasties\, enabling the integration of diverse data types and embedding the analysis within spatiotemporal and relational contexts. The method of social network analysis (SNA) is employed to explore various types of networks—including clan emblem networks\, co-occurrence networks\, political networks\, and marriage networks—across three levels: the micro level (individuals and families)\, the meso level (clusters and groups)\, and the macro level (topological structure). Temporal changes in these networks reveal striking shifts in power dynamics among noble families\, mapping the evolving sociopolitical landscape of Early China. ABOUT THE SPEAKERYuqi Chen is a PhD graduate of Peking University\, where she also received her Bachelor’s degree. She is actively engaged in the fields of Digital Humanities and Quantitative History. Her research focuses on integrating AI and computational methods with humanities research\, especially Early China history and archaeology\, aiming to uncover new insights through innovative interdisciplinary approaches. She serves as a reviewer for prestigious journals such as Nature Human Behaviour\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, among others. She has also published her work in journals including International Journal of Geographical Information Science\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, as well as at conferences such as the Digital Humanities (DH) Conference and the Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/faith-and-global-engagement-20250212/
LOCATION:Rayson Huang Theatre\, HKU
CATEGORIES:Others
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250122T163000
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SUMMARY:Literature in Turbulent Times: The Poetics of the Lyrical Tradition in the Fractures of History
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTDue to the relative scarcity of transmitted texts\, bronze inscriptions have become one of the principal sources for investigating key issues in early Chinese history—particularly during the Shang and Zhou periods—such as the formation of clan system and kin-based political communities. A wide variety of records were cast onto bronzes\, ranging from clan emblems to political appointments and rewards\, as well as intermarriages among noble families. While historians and archaeologists have long engaged in detailed philological and case-based studies\, large-scale systematic analyses remain limited. This study constructs a comprehensive and structured database containing nearly 20\,000 inscribed bronze artifacts from the Shang and Zhou dynasties\, enabling the integration of diverse data types and embedding the analysis within spatiotemporal and relational contexts. The method of social network analysis (SNA) is employed to explore various types of networks—including clan emblem networks\, co-occurrence networks\, political networks\, and marriage networks—across three levels: the micro level (individuals and families)\, the meso level (clusters and groups)\, and the macro level (topological structure). Temporal changes in these networks reveal striking shifts in power dynamics among noble families\, mapping the evolving sociopolitical landscape of Early China. ABOUT THE SPEAKERYuqi Chen is a PhD graduate of Peking University\, where she also received her Bachelor’s degree. She is actively engaged in the fields of Digital Humanities and Quantitative History. Her research focuses on integrating AI and computational methods with humanities research\, especially Early China history and archaeology\, aiming to uncover new insights through innovative interdisciplinary approaches. She serves as a reviewer for prestigious journals such as Nature Human Behaviour\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, among others. She has also published her work in journals including International Journal of Geographical Information Science\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, as well as at conferences such as the Digital Humanities (DH) Conference and the Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP).
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:20241218T160000
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DTSTAMP:20261031T213625
CREATED:20241129T210522Z
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UID:90943-1734537600-1734537600@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Special Zone Currency: Shenzhen’s Monetary Experiment and China’s Foreign Exchange Reform
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTDue to the relative scarcity of transmitted texts\, bronze inscriptions have become one of the principal sources for investigating key issues in early Chinese history—particularly during the Shang and Zhou periods—such as the formation of clan system and kin-based political communities. A wide variety of records were cast onto bronzes\, ranging from clan emblems to political appointments and rewards\, as well as intermarriages among noble families. While historians and archaeologists have long engaged in detailed philological and case-based studies\, large-scale systematic analyses remain limited. This study constructs a comprehensive and structured database containing nearly 20\,000 inscribed bronze artifacts from the Shang and Zhou dynasties\, enabling the integration of diverse data types and embedding the analysis within spatiotemporal and relational contexts. The method of social network analysis (SNA) is employed to explore various types of networks—including clan emblem networks\, co-occurrence networks\, political networks\, and marriage networks—across three levels: the micro level (individuals and families)\, the meso level (clusters and groups)\, and the macro level (topological structure). Temporal changes in these networks reveal striking shifts in power dynamics among noble families\, mapping the evolving sociopolitical landscape of Early China. ABOUT THE SPEAKERYuqi Chen is a PhD graduate of Peking University\, where she also received her Bachelor’s degree. She is actively engaged in the fields of Digital Humanities and Quantitative History. Her research focuses on integrating AI and computational methods with humanities research\, especially Early China history and archaeology\, aiming to uncover new insights through innovative interdisciplinary approaches. She serves as a reviewer for prestigious journals such as Nature Human Behaviour\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, among others. She has also published her work in journals including International Journal of Geographical Information Science\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, as well as at conferences such as the Digital Humanities (DH) Conference and the Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/special-zone-currency-shenzhens-monetary-experiment-and-chinas-foreign-exchange-reform/
LOCATION:201\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Others
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20241210T123000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20241210T133000
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CREATED:20241129T194354Z
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UID:90907-1733833800-1733837400@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Negotiating Legal Belonging on the Edges of Empire: Experiences of British Nationality Law in Twentieth-Century China
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTDue to the relative scarcity of transmitted texts\, bronze inscriptions have become one of the principal sources for investigating key issues in early Chinese history—particularly during the Shang and Zhou periods—such as the formation of clan system and kin-based political communities. A wide variety of records were cast onto bronzes\, ranging from clan emblems to political appointments and rewards\, as well as intermarriages among noble families. While historians and archaeologists have long engaged in detailed philological and case-based studies\, large-scale systematic analyses remain limited. This study constructs a comprehensive and structured database containing nearly 20\,000 inscribed bronze artifacts from the Shang and Zhou dynasties\, enabling the integration of diverse data types and embedding the analysis within spatiotemporal and relational contexts. The method of social network analysis (SNA) is employed to explore various types of networks—including clan emblem networks\, co-occurrence networks\, political networks\, and marriage networks—across three levels: the micro level (individuals and families)\, the meso level (clusters and groups)\, and the macro level (topological structure). Temporal changes in these networks reveal striking shifts in power dynamics among noble families\, mapping the evolving sociopolitical landscape of Early China. ABOUT THE SPEAKERYuqi Chen is a PhD graduate of Peking University\, where she also received her Bachelor’s degree. She is actively engaged in the fields of Digital Humanities and Quantitative History. Her research focuses on integrating AI and computational methods with humanities research\, especially Early China history and archaeology\, aiming to uncover new insights through innovative interdisciplinary approaches. She serves as a reviewer for prestigious journals such as Nature Human Behaviour\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, among others. She has also published her work in journals including International Journal of Geographical Information Science\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, as well as at conferences such as the Digital Humanities (DH) Conference and the Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/making-maos-steelworks-industrial-manchuria-and-the-transnational-origins-of-chinese-socialism-2/
LOCATION:Zoom\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20241115T143000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20241115T153000
DTSTAMP:20261031T213625
CREATED:20241122T224705Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102826Z
UID:90869-1731681000-1731684600@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Industrial Production in the Ancient World: Bronze Mirrors and Bells in China
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTDue to the relative scarcity of transmitted texts\, bronze inscriptions have become one of the principal sources for investigating key issues in early Chinese history—particularly during the Shang and Zhou periods—such as the formation of clan system and kin-based political communities. A wide variety of records were cast onto bronzes\, ranging from clan emblems to political appointments and rewards\, as well as intermarriages among noble families. While historians and archaeologists have long engaged in detailed philological and case-based studies\, large-scale systematic analyses remain limited. This study constructs a comprehensive and structured database containing nearly 20\,000 inscribed bronze artifacts from the Shang and Zhou dynasties\, enabling the integration of diverse data types and embedding the analysis within spatiotemporal and relational contexts. The method of social network analysis (SNA) is employed to explore various types of networks—including clan emblem networks\, co-occurrence networks\, political networks\, and marriage networks—across three levels: the micro level (individuals and families)\, the meso level (clusters and groups)\, and the macro level (topological structure). Temporal changes in these networks reveal striking shifts in power dynamics among noble families\, mapping the evolving sociopolitical landscape of Early China. ABOUT THE SPEAKERYuqi Chen is a PhD graduate of Peking University\, where she also received her Bachelor’s degree. She is actively engaged in the fields of Digital Humanities and Quantitative History. Her research focuses on integrating AI and computational methods with humanities research\, especially Early China history and archaeology\, aiming to uncover new insights through innovative interdisciplinary approaches. She serves as a reviewer for prestigious journals such as Nature Human Behaviour\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, among others. She has also published her work in journals including International Journal of Geographical Information Science\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, as well as at conferences such as the Digital Humanities (DH) Conference and the Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/industrial-production-in-the-ancient-world-bronze-mirrors-and-bells-in-china/
LOCATION:Rm 201​\, May Hall\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Others
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20241112T123000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20241112T133000
DTSTAMP:20261031T213625
CREATED:20241024T203517Z
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SUMMARY:A Context of Interconnectedness: The First China War (1840–1842) and the British Empire in Asia
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTDue to the relative scarcity of transmitted texts\, bronze inscriptions have become one of the principal sources for investigating key issues in early Chinese history—particularly during the Shang and Zhou periods—such as the formation of clan system and kin-based political communities. A wide variety of records were cast onto bronzes\, ranging from clan emblems to political appointments and rewards\, as well as intermarriages among noble families. While historians and archaeologists have long engaged in detailed philological and case-based studies\, large-scale systematic analyses remain limited. This study constructs a comprehensive and structured database containing nearly 20\,000 inscribed bronze artifacts from the Shang and Zhou dynasties\, enabling the integration of diverse data types and embedding the analysis within spatiotemporal and relational contexts. The method of social network analysis (SNA) is employed to explore various types of networks—including clan emblem networks\, co-occurrence networks\, political networks\, and marriage networks—across three levels: the micro level (individuals and families)\, the meso level (clusters and groups)\, and the macro level (topological structure). Temporal changes in these networks reveal striking shifts in power dynamics among noble families\, mapping the evolving sociopolitical landscape of Early China. ABOUT THE SPEAKERYuqi Chen is a PhD graduate of Peking University\, where she also received her Bachelor’s degree. She is actively engaged in the fields of Digital Humanities and Quantitative History. Her research focuses on integrating AI and computational methods with humanities research\, especially Early China history and archaeology\, aiming to uncover new insights through innovative interdisciplinary approaches. She serves as a reviewer for prestigious journals such as Nature Human Behaviour\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, among others. She has also published her work in journals including International Journal of Geographical Information Science\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, as well as at conferences such as the Digital Humanities (DH) Conference and the Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/a-context-of-interconnectedness-the-first-china-war-1840-1842-and-the-british-empire-in-asia/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20241018T143000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20241018T153000
DTSTAMP:20261031T213625
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SUMMARY:Reassessing the emergence of early village life in North China: process and variability
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTDue to the relative scarcity of transmitted texts\, bronze inscriptions have become one of the principal sources for investigating key issues in early Chinese history—particularly during the Shang and Zhou periods—such as the formation of clan system and kin-based political communities. A wide variety of records were cast onto bronzes\, ranging from clan emblems to political appointments and rewards\, as well as intermarriages among noble families. While historians and archaeologists have long engaged in detailed philological and case-based studies\, large-scale systematic analyses remain limited. This study constructs a comprehensive and structured database containing nearly 20\,000 inscribed bronze artifacts from the Shang and Zhou dynasties\, enabling the integration of diverse data types and embedding the analysis within spatiotemporal and relational contexts. The method of social network analysis (SNA) is employed to explore various types of networks—including clan emblem networks\, co-occurrence networks\, political networks\, and marriage networks—across three levels: the micro level (individuals and families)\, the meso level (clusters and groups)\, and the macro level (topological structure). Temporal changes in these networks reveal striking shifts in power dynamics among noble families\, mapping the evolving sociopolitical landscape of Early China. ABOUT THE SPEAKERYuqi Chen is a PhD graduate of Peking University\, where she also received her Bachelor’s degree. She is actively engaged in the fields of Digital Humanities and Quantitative History. Her research focuses on integrating AI and computational methods with humanities research\, especially Early China history and archaeology\, aiming to uncover new insights through innovative interdisciplinary approaches. She serves as a reviewer for prestigious journals such as Nature Human Behaviour\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, among others. She has also published her work in journals including International Journal of Geographical Information Science\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, as well as at conferences such as the Digital Humanities (DH) Conference and the Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/reassessing-the-emergence-of-early-village-life-in-north-china-process-and-variability/
LOCATION:Room 201\, May Hall\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Others
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20241015T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20241015T173000
DTSTAMP:20261031T213625
CREATED:20240719T074808Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103322Z
UID:85183-1729008000-1729013400@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Bringing Emotions into the City: History and Heritage
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTDue to the relative scarcity of transmitted texts\, bronze inscriptions have become one of the principal sources for investigating key issues in early Chinese history—particularly during the Shang and Zhou periods—such as the formation of clan system and kin-based political communities. A wide variety of records were cast onto bronzes\, ranging from clan emblems to political appointments and rewards\, as well as intermarriages among noble families. While historians and archaeologists have long engaged in detailed philological and case-based studies\, large-scale systematic analyses remain limited. This study constructs a comprehensive and structured database containing nearly 20\,000 inscribed bronze artifacts from the Shang and Zhou dynasties\, enabling the integration of diverse data types and embedding the analysis within spatiotemporal and relational contexts. The method of social network analysis (SNA) is employed to explore various types of networks—including clan emblem networks\, co-occurrence networks\, political networks\, and marriage networks—across three levels: the micro level (individuals and families)\, the meso level (clusters and groups)\, and the macro level (topological structure). Temporal changes in these networks reveal striking shifts in power dynamics among noble families\, mapping the evolving sociopolitical landscape of Early China. ABOUT THE SPEAKERYuqi Chen is a PhD graduate of Peking University\, where she also received her Bachelor’s degree. She is actively engaged in the fields of Digital Humanities and Quantitative History. Her research focuses on integrating AI and computational methods with humanities research\, especially Early China history and archaeology\, aiming to uncover new insights through innovative interdisciplinary approaches. She serves as a reviewer for prestigious journals such as Nature Human Behaviour\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, among others. She has also published her work in journals including International Journal of Geographical Information Science\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, as well as at conferences such as the Digital Humanities (DH) Conference and the Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/bringing-emotions-into-the-city-history-and-heritage/
LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Others
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20241008T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20241008T170000
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SUMMARY:As Gods Among Men: A History of the Rich in the West
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTDue to the relative scarcity of transmitted texts\, bronze inscriptions have become one of the principal sources for investigating key issues in early Chinese history—particularly during the Shang and Zhou periods—such as the formation of clan system and kin-based political communities. A wide variety of records were cast onto bronzes\, ranging from clan emblems to political appointments and rewards\, as well as intermarriages among noble families. While historians and archaeologists have long engaged in detailed philological and case-based studies\, large-scale systematic analyses remain limited. This study constructs a comprehensive and structured database containing nearly 20\,000 inscribed bronze artifacts from the Shang and Zhou dynasties\, enabling the integration of diverse data types and embedding the analysis within spatiotemporal and relational contexts. The method of social network analysis (SNA) is employed to explore various types of networks—including clan emblem networks\, co-occurrence networks\, political networks\, and marriage networks—across three levels: the micro level (individuals and families)\, the meso level (clusters and groups)\, and the macro level (topological structure). Temporal changes in these networks reveal striking shifts in power dynamics among noble families\, mapping the evolving sociopolitical landscape of Early China. ABOUT THE SPEAKERYuqi Chen is a PhD graduate of Peking University\, where she also received her Bachelor’s degree. She is actively engaged in the fields of Digital Humanities and Quantitative History. Her research focuses on integrating AI and computational methods with humanities research\, especially Early China history and archaeology\, aiming to uncover new insights through innovative interdisciplinary approaches. She serves as a reviewer for prestigious journals such as Nature Human Behaviour\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, among others. She has also published her work in journals including International Journal of Geographical Information Science\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, as well as at conferences such as the Digital Humanities (DH) Conference and the Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/as-gods-among-men-a-history-of-the-rich-in-the-west/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240914T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240914T173000
DTSTAMP:20261031T213625
CREATED:20241025T015454Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102828Z
UID:90079-1726304400-1726335000@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:International Symposium “Cities in Crisis: Planning and Design\, Governance\, and Daily Operations”
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTDue to the relative scarcity of transmitted texts\, bronze inscriptions have become one of the principal sources for investigating key issues in early Chinese history—particularly during the Shang and Zhou periods—such as the formation of clan system and kin-based political communities. A wide variety of records were cast onto bronzes\, ranging from clan emblems to political appointments and rewards\, as well as intermarriages among noble families. While historians and archaeologists have long engaged in detailed philological and case-based studies\, large-scale systematic analyses remain limited. This study constructs a comprehensive and structured database containing nearly 20\,000 inscribed bronze artifacts from the Shang and Zhou dynasties\, enabling the integration of diverse data types and embedding the analysis within spatiotemporal and relational contexts. The method of social network analysis (SNA) is employed to explore various types of networks—including clan emblem networks\, co-occurrence networks\, political networks\, and marriage networks—across three levels: the micro level (individuals and families)\, the meso level (clusters and groups)\, and the macro level (topological structure). Temporal changes in these networks reveal striking shifts in power dynamics among noble families\, mapping the evolving sociopolitical landscape of Early China. ABOUT THE SPEAKERYuqi Chen is a PhD graduate of Peking University\, where she also received her Bachelor’s degree. She is actively engaged in the fields of Digital Humanities and Quantitative History. Her research focuses on integrating AI and computational methods with humanities research\, especially Early China history and archaeology\, aiming to uncover new insights through innovative interdisciplinary approaches. She serves as a reviewer for prestigious journals such as Nature Human Behaviour\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, among others. She has also published her work in journals including International Journal of Geographical Information Science\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, as well as at conferences such as the Digital Humanities (DH) Conference and the Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/international-symposium-cities-in-crisis-planning-and-design-governance-and-daily-operations-2/
LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Others
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240913T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240913T173000
DTSTAMP:20261031T213625
CREATED:20241025T002539Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102835Z
UID:90008-1726243200-1726248600@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Cities\, Museums\, and Memories: Urban Heritage in a Global Context
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTDue to the relative scarcity of transmitted texts\, bronze inscriptions have become one of the principal sources for investigating key issues in early Chinese history—particularly during the Shang and Zhou periods—such as the formation of clan system and kin-based political communities. A wide variety of records were cast onto bronzes\, ranging from clan emblems to political appointments and rewards\, as well as intermarriages among noble families. While historians and archaeologists have long engaged in detailed philological and case-based studies\, large-scale systematic analyses remain limited. This study constructs a comprehensive and structured database containing nearly 20\,000 inscribed bronze artifacts from the Shang and Zhou dynasties\, enabling the integration of diverse data types and embedding the analysis within spatiotemporal and relational contexts. The method of social network analysis (SNA) is employed to explore various types of networks—including clan emblem networks\, co-occurrence networks\, political networks\, and marriage networks—across three levels: the micro level (individuals and families)\, the meso level (clusters and groups)\, and the macro level (topological structure). Temporal changes in these networks reveal striking shifts in power dynamics among noble families\, mapping the evolving sociopolitical landscape of Early China. ABOUT THE SPEAKERYuqi Chen is a PhD graduate of Peking University\, where she also received her Bachelor’s degree. She is actively engaged in the fields of Digital Humanities and Quantitative History. Her research focuses on integrating AI and computational methods with humanities research\, especially Early China history and archaeology\, aiming to uncover new insights through innovative interdisciplinary approaches. She serves as a reviewer for prestigious journals such as Nature Human Behaviour\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, among others. She has also published her work in journals including International Journal of Geographical Information Science\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, as well as at conferences such as the Digital Humanities (DH) Conference and the Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/cities-museums-and-memories-urban-heritage-in-a-global-context/
LOCATION:G01\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Others
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240913T103000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240913T120000
DTSTAMP:20261031T213625
CREATED:20240718T233054Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103322Z
UID:85173-1726223400-1726228800@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:A Postgraduate Research Student Roundtable on Urban History
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTDue to the relative scarcity of transmitted texts\, bronze inscriptions have become one of the principal sources for investigating key issues in early Chinese history—particularly during the Shang and Zhou periods—such as the formation of clan system and kin-based political communities. A wide variety of records were cast onto bronzes\, ranging from clan emblems to political appointments and rewards\, as well as intermarriages among noble families. While historians and archaeologists have long engaged in detailed philological and case-based studies\, large-scale systematic analyses remain limited. This study constructs a comprehensive and structured database containing nearly 20\,000 inscribed bronze artifacts from the Shang and Zhou dynasties\, enabling the integration of diverse data types and embedding the analysis within spatiotemporal and relational contexts. The method of social network analysis (SNA) is employed to explore various types of networks—including clan emblem networks\, co-occurrence networks\, political networks\, and marriage networks—across three levels: the micro level (individuals and families)\, the meso level (clusters and groups)\, and the macro level (topological structure). Temporal changes in these networks reveal striking shifts in power dynamics among noble families\, mapping the evolving sociopolitical landscape of Early China. ABOUT THE SPEAKERYuqi Chen is a PhD graduate of Peking University\, where she also received her Bachelor’s degree. She is actively engaged in the fields of Digital Humanities and Quantitative History. Her research focuses on integrating AI and computational methods with humanities research\, especially Early China history and archaeology\, aiming to uncover new insights through innovative interdisciplinary approaches. She serves as a reviewer for prestigious journals such as Nature Human Behaviour\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, among others. She has also published her work in journals including International Journal of Geographical Information Science\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, as well as at conferences such as the Digital Humanities (DH) Conference and the Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/a-postgraduate-research-student-roundtable-on-urban-history/
LOCATION:Display Area\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Others
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240910T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240910T100000
DTSTAMP:20261031T213625
CREATED:20241024T235614Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102945Z
UID:89977-1725958800-1725962400@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Laws of the Land: Fengshui and the State in Qing Dynasty China
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTDue to the relative scarcity of transmitted texts\, bronze inscriptions have become one of the principal sources for investigating key issues in early Chinese history—particularly during the Shang and Zhou periods—such as the formation of clan system and kin-based political communities. A wide variety of records were cast onto bronzes\, ranging from clan emblems to political appointments and rewards\, as well as intermarriages among noble families. While historians and archaeologists have long engaged in detailed philological and case-based studies\, large-scale systematic analyses remain limited. This study constructs a comprehensive and structured database containing nearly 20\,000 inscribed bronze artifacts from the Shang and Zhou dynasties\, enabling the integration of diverse data types and embedding the analysis within spatiotemporal and relational contexts. The method of social network analysis (SNA) is employed to explore various types of networks—including clan emblem networks\, co-occurrence networks\, political networks\, and marriage networks—across three levels: the micro level (individuals and families)\, the meso level (clusters and groups)\, and the macro level (topological structure). Temporal changes in these networks reveal striking shifts in power dynamics among noble families\, mapping the evolving sociopolitical landscape of Early China. ABOUT THE SPEAKERYuqi Chen is a PhD graduate of Peking University\, where she also received her Bachelor’s degree. She is actively engaged in the fields of Digital Humanities and Quantitative History. Her research focuses on integrating AI and computational methods with humanities research\, especially Early China history and archaeology\, aiming to uncover new insights through innovative interdisciplinary approaches. She serves as a reviewer for prestigious journals such as Nature Human Behaviour\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, among others. She has also published her work in journals including International Journal of Geographical Information Science\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, as well as at conferences such as the Digital Humanities (DH) Conference and the Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/laws-of-the-land-fengshui-and-the-state-in-qing-dynasty-china/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240720
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240722
DTSTAMP:20261031T213625
CREATED:20240719T081743Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103323Z
UID:85200-1721433600-1721606399@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:HKHC & HKIHSS Conference 2024: Journeys
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTDue to the relative scarcity of transmitted texts\, bronze inscriptions have become one of the principal sources for investigating key issues in early Chinese history—particularly during the Shang and Zhou periods—such as the formation of clan system and kin-based political communities. A wide variety of records were cast onto bronzes\, ranging from clan emblems to political appointments and rewards\, as well as intermarriages among noble families. While historians and archaeologists have long engaged in detailed philological and case-based studies\, large-scale systematic analyses remain limited. This study constructs a comprehensive and structured database containing nearly 20\,000 inscribed bronze artifacts from the Shang and Zhou dynasties\, enabling the integration of diverse data types and embedding the analysis within spatiotemporal and relational contexts. The method of social network analysis (SNA) is employed to explore various types of networks—including clan emblem networks\, co-occurrence networks\, political networks\, and marriage networks—across three levels: the micro level (individuals and families)\, the meso level (clusters and groups)\, and the macro level (topological structure). Temporal changes in these networks reveal striking shifts in power dynamics among noble families\, mapping the evolving sociopolitical landscape of Early China. ABOUT THE SPEAKERYuqi Chen is a PhD graduate of Peking University\, where she also received her Bachelor’s degree. She is actively engaged in the fields of Digital Humanities and Quantitative History. Her research focuses on integrating AI and computational methods with humanities research\, especially Early China history and archaeology\, aiming to uncover new insights through innovative interdisciplinary approaches. She serves as a reviewer for prestigious journals such as Nature Human Behaviour\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, among others. She has also published her work in journals including International Journal of Geographical Information Science\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, as well as at conferences such as the Digital Humanities (DH) Conference and the Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/hkhc-hkihss-conference-2024-journeys/
LOCATION:Room 4.36\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus
CATEGORIES:Others
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240618T123000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240618T133000
DTSTAMP:20261031T213625
CREATED:20240601T080117Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103219Z
UID:77671-1718713800-1718717400@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Diaspora: Self-portrait of a Sogdian Commercial Troupe along the Silk Road
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTDue to the relative scarcity of transmitted texts\, bronze inscriptions have become one of the principal sources for investigating key issues in early Chinese history—particularly during the Shang and Zhou periods—such as the formation of clan system and kin-based political communities. A wide variety of records were cast onto bronzes\, ranging from clan emblems to political appointments and rewards\, as well as intermarriages among noble families. While historians and archaeologists have long engaged in detailed philological and case-based studies\, large-scale systematic analyses remain limited. This study constructs a comprehensive and structured database containing nearly 20\,000 inscribed bronze artifacts from the Shang and Zhou dynasties\, enabling the integration of diverse data types and embedding the analysis within spatiotemporal and relational contexts. The method of social network analysis (SNA) is employed to explore various types of networks—including clan emblem networks\, co-occurrence networks\, political networks\, and marriage networks—across three levels: the micro level (individuals and families)\, the meso level (clusters and groups)\, and the macro level (topological structure). Temporal changes in these networks reveal striking shifts in power dynamics among noble families\, mapping the evolving sociopolitical landscape of Early China. ABOUT THE SPEAKERYuqi Chen is a PhD graduate of Peking University\, where she also received her Bachelor’s degree. She is actively engaged in the fields of Digital Humanities and Quantitative History. Her research focuses on integrating AI and computational methods with humanities research\, especially Early China history and archaeology\, aiming to uncover new insights through innovative interdisciplinary approaches. She serves as a reviewer for prestigious journals such as Nature Human Behaviour\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, among others. She has also published her work in journals including International Journal of Geographical Information Science\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, as well as at conferences such as the Digital Humanities (DH) Conference and the Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/diaspora-self-portrait-of-a-sogdian-commercial-troupe-along-the-silk-road/
LOCATION:May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240605T123000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240605T140000
DTSTAMP:20261031T213625
CREATED:20240611T001820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103235Z
UID:83295-1717590600-1717596000@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Escaping the Holocaust: The Mir Yeshiva from Vilna to Shanghai and beyond
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTDue to the relative scarcity of transmitted texts\, bronze inscriptions have become one of the principal sources for investigating key issues in early Chinese history—particularly during the Shang and Zhou periods—such as the formation of clan system and kin-based political communities. A wide variety of records were cast onto bronzes\, ranging from clan emblems to political appointments and rewards\, as well as intermarriages among noble families. While historians and archaeologists have long engaged in detailed philological and case-based studies\, large-scale systematic analyses remain limited. This study constructs a comprehensive and structured database containing nearly 20\,000 inscribed bronze artifacts from the Shang and Zhou dynasties\, enabling the integration of diverse data types and embedding the analysis within spatiotemporal and relational contexts. The method of social network analysis (SNA) is employed to explore various types of networks—including clan emblem networks\, co-occurrence networks\, political networks\, and marriage networks—across three levels: the micro level (individuals and families)\, the meso level (clusters and groups)\, and the macro level (topological structure). Temporal changes in these networks reveal striking shifts in power dynamics among noble families\, mapping the evolving sociopolitical landscape of Early China. ABOUT THE SPEAKERYuqi Chen is a PhD graduate of Peking University\, where she also received her Bachelor’s degree. She is actively engaged in the fields of Digital Humanities and Quantitative History. Her research focuses on integrating AI and computational methods with humanities research\, especially Early China history and archaeology\, aiming to uncover new insights through innovative interdisciplinary approaches. She serves as a reviewer for prestigious journals such as Nature Human Behaviour\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, among others. She has also published her work in journals including International Journal of Geographical Information Science\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, as well as at conferences such as the Digital Humanities (DH) Conference and the Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/escaping-the-holocaust-the-mir-yeshiva-from-vilna-to-shanghai-and-beyond-2/
LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240531T150000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240531T163000
DTSTAMP:20261031T213625
CREATED:20240602T185906Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103219Z
UID:81439-1717167600-1717173000@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Stone and Sediment: Interaction Between Resources and Society in the Jianghan Area From 1\,600 to 1\,050 BC
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTDue to the relative scarcity of transmitted texts\, bronze inscriptions have become one of the principal sources for investigating key issues in early Chinese history—particularly during the Shang and Zhou periods—such as the formation of clan system and kin-based political communities. A wide variety of records were cast onto bronzes\, ranging from clan emblems to political appointments and rewards\, as well as intermarriages among noble families. While historians and archaeologists have long engaged in detailed philological and case-based studies\, large-scale systematic analyses remain limited. This study constructs a comprehensive and structured database containing nearly 20\,000 inscribed bronze artifacts from the Shang and Zhou dynasties\, enabling the integration of diverse data types and embedding the analysis within spatiotemporal and relational contexts. The method of social network analysis (SNA) is employed to explore various types of networks—including clan emblem networks\, co-occurrence networks\, political networks\, and marriage networks—across three levels: the micro level (individuals and families)\, the meso level (clusters and groups)\, and the macro level (topological structure). Temporal changes in these networks reveal striking shifts in power dynamics among noble families\, mapping the evolving sociopolitical landscape of Early China. ABOUT THE SPEAKERYuqi Chen is a PhD graduate of Peking University\, where she also received her Bachelor’s degree. She is actively engaged in the fields of Digital Humanities and Quantitative History. Her research focuses on integrating AI and computational methods with humanities research\, especially Early China history and archaeology\, aiming to uncover new insights through innovative interdisciplinary approaches. She serves as a reviewer for prestigious journals such as Nature Human Behaviour\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, among others. She has also published her work in journals including International Journal of Geographical Information Science\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, as well as at conferences such as the Digital Humanities (DH) Conference and the Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/stone-and-sediment-interaction-between-resources-and-society-in-the-jianghan-area-from-1600-to-1050-bc/
LOCATION:G01\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:IHSS
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240522T150000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240522T163000
DTSTAMP:20261031T213625
CREATED:20240602T195326Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103220Z
UID:81543-1716390000-1716395400@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Prestige Gold and the Crossroads of Civilizations: Chang’an to Athens
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTDue to the relative scarcity of transmitted texts\, bronze inscriptions have become one of the principal sources for investigating key issues in early Chinese history—particularly during the Shang and Zhou periods—such as the formation of clan system and kin-based political communities. A wide variety of records were cast onto bronzes\, ranging from clan emblems to political appointments and rewards\, as well as intermarriages among noble families. While historians and archaeologists have long engaged in detailed philological and case-based studies\, large-scale systematic analyses remain limited. This study constructs a comprehensive and structured database containing nearly 20\,000 inscribed bronze artifacts from the Shang and Zhou dynasties\, enabling the integration of diverse data types and embedding the analysis within spatiotemporal and relational contexts. The method of social network analysis (SNA) is employed to explore various types of networks—including clan emblem networks\, co-occurrence networks\, political networks\, and marriage networks—across three levels: the micro level (individuals and families)\, the meso level (clusters and groups)\, and the macro level (topological structure). Temporal changes in these networks reveal striking shifts in power dynamics among noble families\, mapping the evolving sociopolitical landscape of Early China. ABOUT THE SPEAKERYuqi Chen is a PhD graduate of Peking University\, where she also received her Bachelor’s degree. She is actively engaged in the fields of Digital Humanities and Quantitative History. Her research focuses on integrating AI and computational methods with humanities research\, especially Early China history and archaeology\, aiming to uncover new insights through innovative interdisciplinary approaches. She serves as a reviewer for prestigious journals such as Nature Human Behaviour\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, among others. She has also published her work in journals including International Journal of Geographical Information Science\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, as well as at conferences such as the Digital Humanities (DH) Conference and the Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/prestige-gold-and-the-crossroads-of-civilizations-changan-to-athens/
LOCATION:G01\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:IHSS
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240521T150000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240521T163000
DTSTAMP:20261031T213625
CREATED:20240602T214140Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103221Z
UID:81556-1716303600-1716309000@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:In Conquest’s Wake: Trauma\, Transformation\, and Becoming through the Shang-Zhou Transition
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTDue to the relative scarcity of transmitted texts\, bronze inscriptions have become one of the principal sources for investigating key issues in early Chinese history—particularly during the Shang and Zhou periods—such as the formation of clan system and kin-based political communities. A wide variety of records were cast onto bronzes\, ranging from clan emblems to political appointments and rewards\, as well as intermarriages among noble families. While historians and archaeologists have long engaged in detailed philological and case-based studies\, large-scale systematic analyses remain limited. This study constructs a comprehensive and structured database containing nearly 20\,000 inscribed bronze artifacts from the Shang and Zhou dynasties\, enabling the integration of diverse data types and embedding the analysis within spatiotemporal and relational contexts. The method of social network analysis (SNA) is employed to explore various types of networks—including clan emblem networks\, co-occurrence networks\, political networks\, and marriage networks—across three levels: the micro level (individuals and families)\, the meso level (clusters and groups)\, and the macro level (topological structure). Temporal changes in these networks reveal striking shifts in power dynamics among noble families\, mapping the evolving sociopolitical landscape of Early China. ABOUT THE SPEAKERYuqi Chen is a PhD graduate of Peking University\, where she also received her Bachelor’s degree. She is actively engaged in the fields of Digital Humanities and Quantitative History. Her research focuses on integrating AI and computational methods with humanities research\, especially Early China history and archaeology\, aiming to uncover new insights through innovative interdisciplinary approaches. She serves as a reviewer for prestigious journals such as Nature Human Behaviour\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, among others. She has also published her work in journals including International Journal of Geographical Information Science\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, as well as at conferences such as the Digital Humanities (DH) Conference and the Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/in-conquests-wake-trauma-transformation-and-becoming-through-the-shang-zhou-transition/
LOCATION:G01\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:IHSS
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240430T123000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240430T133000
DTSTAMP:20261031T213625
CREATED:20240424T204227Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103219Z
UID:77687-1714480200-1714483800@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Halal or Qingzhen?: A Question of Sinicization of Islam in China
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTDue to the relative scarcity of transmitted texts\, bronze inscriptions have become one of the principal sources for investigating key issues in early Chinese history—particularly during the Shang and Zhou periods—such as the formation of clan system and kin-based political communities. A wide variety of records were cast onto bronzes\, ranging from clan emblems to political appointments and rewards\, as well as intermarriages among noble families. While historians and archaeologists have long engaged in detailed philological and case-based studies\, large-scale systematic analyses remain limited. This study constructs a comprehensive and structured database containing nearly 20\,000 inscribed bronze artifacts from the Shang and Zhou dynasties\, enabling the integration of diverse data types and embedding the analysis within spatiotemporal and relational contexts. The method of social network analysis (SNA) is employed to explore various types of networks—including clan emblem networks\, co-occurrence networks\, political networks\, and marriage networks—across three levels: the micro level (individuals and families)\, the meso level (clusters and groups)\, and the macro level (topological structure). Temporal changes in these networks reveal striking shifts in power dynamics among noble families\, mapping the evolving sociopolitical landscape of Early China. ABOUT THE SPEAKERYuqi Chen is a PhD graduate of Peking University\, where she also received her Bachelor’s degree. She is actively engaged in the fields of Digital Humanities and Quantitative History. Her research focuses on integrating AI and computational methods with humanities research\, especially Early China history and archaeology\, aiming to uncover new insights through innovative interdisciplinary approaches. She serves as a reviewer for prestigious journals such as Nature Human Behaviour\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, among others. She has also published her work in journals including International Journal of Geographical Information Science\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, as well as at conferences such as the Digital Humanities (DH) Conference and the Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/halal-or-qingzhen-a-question-of-sinicization-of-islam-in-china/
LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\,\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240409T123000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240409T133000
DTSTAMP:20261031T213625
CREATED:20240602T230551Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103223Z
UID:81666-1712665800-1712669400@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:The Archaeology of Ancient Southwest Asia: Investigating the Human Past in the Vedi River Valley of Armenia
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTDue to the relative scarcity of transmitted texts\, bronze inscriptions have become one of the principal sources for investigating key issues in early Chinese history—particularly during the Shang and Zhou periods—such as the formation of clan system and kin-based political communities. A wide variety of records were cast onto bronzes\, ranging from clan emblems to political appointments and rewards\, as well as intermarriages among noble families. While historians and archaeologists have long engaged in detailed philological and case-based studies\, large-scale systematic analyses remain limited. This study constructs a comprehensive and structured database containing nearly 20\,000 inscribed bronze artifacts from the Shang and Zhou dynasties\, enabling the integration of diverse data types and embedding the analysis within spatiotemporal and relational contexts. The method of social network analysis (SNA) is employed to explore various types of networks—including clan emblem networks\, co-occurrence networks\, political networks\, and marriage networks—across three levels: the micro level (individuals and families)\, the meso level (clusters and groups)\, and the macro level (topological structure). Temporal changes in these networks reveal striking shifts in power dynamics among noble families\, mapping the evolving sociopolitical landscape of Early China. ABOUT THE SPEAKERYuqi Chen is a PhD graduate of Peking University\, where she also received her Bachelor’s degree. She is actively engaged in the fields of Digital Humanities and Quantitative History. Her research focuses on integrating AI and computational methods with humanities research\, especially Early China history and archaeology\, aiming to uncover new insights through innovative interdisciplinary approaches. She serves as a reviewer for prestigious journals such as Nature Human Behaviour\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, among others. She has also published her work in journals including International Journal of Geographical Information Science\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, as well as at conferences such as the Digital Humanities (DH) Conference and the Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-archaeology-of-ancient-southwest-asia-investigating-the-human-past-in-the-vedi-river-valley-of-armenia/
LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240322T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240322T090000
DTSTAMP:20261031T213625
CREATED:20240602T232807Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103223Z
UID:81683-1711098000-1711098000@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:“Flourishing Cities: Past\, Present\, and Future” Reading Group & Research Workshop Session 6
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTDue to the relative scarcity of transmitted texts\, bronze inscriptions have become one of the principal sources for investigating key issues in early Chinese history—particularly during the Shang and Zhou periods—such as the formation of clan system and kin-based political communities. A wide variety of records were cast onto bronzes\, ranging from clan emblems to political appointments and rewards\, as well as intermarriages among noble families. While historians and archaeologists have long engaged in detailed philological and case-based studies\, large-scale systematic analyses remain limited. This study constructs a comprehensive and structured database containing nearly 20\,000 inscribed bronze artifacts from the Shang and Zhou dynasties\, enabling the integration of diverse data types and embedding the analysis within spatiotemporal and relational contexts. The method of social network analysis (SNA) is employed to explore various types of networks—including clan emblem networks\, co-occurrence networks\, political networks\, and marriage networks—across three levels: the micro level (individuals and families)\, the meso level (clusters and groups)\, and the macro level (topological structure). Temporal changes in these networks reveal striking shifts in power dynamics among noble families\, mapping the evolving sociopolitical landscape of Early China. ABOUT THE SPEAKERYuqi Chen is a PhD graduate of Peking University\, where she also received her Bachelor’s degree. She is actively engaged in the fields of Digital Humanities and Quantitative History. Her research focuses on integrating AI and computational methods with humanities research\, especially Early China history and archaeology\, aiming to uncover new insights through innovative interdisciplinary approaches. She serves as a reviewer for prestigious journals such as Nature Human Behaviour\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, among others. She has also published her work in journals including International Journal of Geographical Information Science\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, as well as at conferences such as the Digital Humanities (DH) Conference and the Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/flourishing-cities-past-present-and-future-reading-group-research-workshop/
LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Others
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240312T123000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240312T133000
DTSTAMP:20261031T213625
CREATED:20240603T003456Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103226Z
UID:81753-1710246600-1710250200@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Blacky\, Tramp\, and Bobby: The Forgotten Dog Purge in Hong Kong’s Progressive Seventies
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTDue to the relative scarcity of transmitted texts\, bronze inscriptions have become one of the principal sources for investigating key issues in early Chinese history—particularly during the Shang and Zhou periods—such as the formation of clan system and kin-based political communities. A wide variety of records were cast onto bronzes\, ranging from clan emblems to political appointments and rewards\, as well as intermarriages among noble families. While historians and archaeologists have long engaged in detailed philological and case-based studies\, large-scale systematic analyses remain limited. This study constructs a comprehensive and structured database containing nearly 20\,000 inscribed bronze artifacts from the Shang and Zhou dynasties\, enabling the integration of diverse data types and embedding the analysis within spatiotemporal and relational contexts. The method of social network analysis (SNA) is employed to explore various types of networks—including clan emblem networks\, co-occurrence networks\, political networks\, and marriage networks—across three levels: the micro level (individuals and families)\, the meso level (clusters and groups)\, and the macro level (topological structure). Temporal changes in these networks reveal striking shifts in power dynamics among noble families\, mapping the evolving sociopolitical landscape of Early China. ABOUT THE SPEAKERYuqi Chen is a PhD graduate of Peking University\, where she also received her Bachelor’s degree. She is actively engaged in the fields of Digital Humanities and Quantitative History. Her research focuses on integrating AI and computational methods with humanities research\, especially Early China history and archaeology\, aiming to uncover new insights through innovative interdisciplinary approaches. She serves as a reviewer for prestigious journals such as Nature Human Behaviour\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, among others. She has also published her work in journals including International Journal of Geographical Information Science\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, as well as at conferences such as the Digital Humanities (DH) Conference and the Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/blacky-tramp-and-bobby-the-forgotten-dog-purge-in-hong-kongs-progressive-seventies/
LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240223T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240223T090000
DTSTAMP:20261031T213625
CREATED:20240603T010413Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103227Z
UID:81801-1708678800-1708678800@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:“Flourishing Cities: Past\, Present\, and Future” Reading Group & Research Workshop Session 5
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTDue to the relative scarcity of transmitted texts\, bronze inscriptions have become one of the principal sources for investigating key issues in early Chinese history—particularly during the Shang and Zhou periods—such as the formation of clan system and kin-based political communities. A wide variety of records were cast onto bronzes\, ranging from clan emblems to political appointments and rewards\, as well as intermarriages among noble families. While historians and archaeologists have long engaged in detailed philological and case-based studies\, large-scale systematic analyses remain limited. This study constructs a comprehensive and structured database containing nearly 20\,000 inscribed bronze artifacts from the Shang and Zhou dynasties\, enabling the integration of diverse data types and embedding the analysis within spatiotemporal and relational contexts. The method of social network analysis (SNA) is employed to explore various types of networks—including clan emblem networks\, co-occurrence networks\, political networks\, and marriage networks—across three levels: the micro level (individuals and families)\, the meso level (clusters and groups)\, and the macro level (topological structure). Temporal changes in these networks reveal striking shifts in power dynamics among noble families\, mapping the evolving sociopolitical landscape of Early China. ABOUT THE SPEAKERYuqi Chen is a PhD graduate of Peking University\, where she also received her Bachelor’s degree. She is actively engaged in the fields of Digital Humanities and Quantitative History. Her research focuses on integrating AI and computational methods with humanities research\, especially Early China history and archaeology\, aiming to uncover new insights through innovative interdisciplinary approaches. She serves as a reviewer for prestigious journals such as Nature Human Behaviour\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, among others. She has also published her work in journals including International Journal of Geographical Information Science\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, as well as at conferences such as the Digital Humanities (DH) Conference and the Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/flourishing-cities-past-present-and-future-reading-group-research-workshop-session-5/
LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Others
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240130T123000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240130T133000
DTSTAMP:20261031T213625
CREATED:20240603T180553Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103229Z
UID:81887-1706617800-1706621400@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:From Comrades to Enemies: Three Chinese Interpreters' Tangled Paths from the Pacific War to the Korean War and the Cold War
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTDue to the relative scarcity of transmitted texts\, bronze inscriptions have become one of the principal sources for investigating key issues in early Chinese history—particularly during the Shang and Zhou periods—such as the formation of clan system and kin-based political communities. A wide variety of records were cast onto bronzes\, ranging from clan emblems to political appointments and rewards\, as well as intermarriages among noble families. While historians and archaeologists have long engaged in detailed philological and case-based studies\, large-scale systematic analyses remain limited. This study constructs a comprehensive and structured database containing nearly 20\,000 inscribed bronze artifacts from the Shang and Zhou dynasties\, enabling the integration of diverse data types and embedding the analysis within spatiotemporal and relational contexts. The method of social network analysis (SNA) is employed to explore various types of networks—including clan emblem networks\, co-occurrence networks\, political networks\, and marriage networks—across three levels: the micro level (individuals and families)\, the meso level (clusters and groups)\, and the macro level (topological structure). Temporal changes in these networks reveal striking shifts in power dynamics among noble families\, mapping the evolving sociopolitical landscape of Early China. ABOUT THE SPEAKERYuqi Chen is a PhD graduate of Peking University\, where she also received her Bachelor’s degree. She is actively engaged in the fields of Digital Humanities and Quantitative History. Her research focuses on integrating AI and computational methods with humanities research\, especially Early China history and archaeology\, aiming to uncover new insights through innovative interdisciplinary approaches. She serves as a reviewer for prestigious journals such as Nature Human Behaviour\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, among others. She has also published her work in journals including International Journal of Geographical Information Science\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, as well as at conferences such as the Digital Humanities (DH) Conference and the Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/from-comrades-to-enemies-three-chinese-interpreters-tangled-paths-from-the-pacific-war-to-the-korean-war-and-the-cold-war/
LOCATION:Room 201\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240126T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240126T090000
DTSTAMP:20261031T213625
CREATED:20240603T192310Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103230Z
UID:81910-1706259600-1706259600@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:“Flourishing Cities: Past\, Present\, and Future” Reading Group & Research Workshop Session 4
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTDue to the relative scarcity of transmitted texts\, bronze inscriptions have become one of the principal sources for investigating key issues in early Chinese history—particularly during the Shang and Zhou periods—such as the formation of clan system and kin-based political communities. A wide variety of records were cast onto bronzes\, ranging from clan emblems to political appointments and rewards\, as well as intermarriages among noble families. While historians and archaeologists have long engaged in detailed philological and case-based studies\, large-scale systematic analyses remain limited. This study constructs a comprehensive and structured database containing nearly 20\,000 inscribed bronze artifacts from the Shang and Zhou dynasties\, enabling the integration of diverse data types and embedding the analysis within spatiotemporal and relational contexts. The method of social network analysis (SNA) is employed to explore various types of networks—including clan emblem networks\, co-occurrence networks\, political networks\, and marriage networks—across three levels: the micro level (individuals and families)\, the meso level (clusters and groups)\, and the macro level (topological structure). Temporal changes in these networks reveal striking shifts in power dynamics among noble families\, mapping the evolving sociopolitical landscape of Early China. ABOUT THE SPEAKERYuqi Chen is a PhD graduate of Peking University\, where she also received her Bachelor’s degree. She is actively engaged in the fields of Digital Humanities and Quantitative History. Her research focuses on integrating AI and computational methods with humanities research\, especially Early China history and archaeology\, aiming to uncover new insights through innovative interdisciplinary approaches. She serves as a reviewer for prestigious journals such as Nature Human Behaviour\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, among others. She has also published her work in journals including International Journal of Geographical Information Science\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, as well as at conferences such as the Digital Humanities (DH) Conference and the Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/flourishing-cities-past-present-and-future-reading-group-research-workshop-session-4/
LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Others
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240125T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240125T170000
DTSTAMP:20261031T213625
CREATED:20240603T192419Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103230Z
UID:81909-1706202000-1706202000@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Multiracial Britishness: Global Networks in Hong Kong\, 1910–45
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTDue to the relative scarcity of transmitted texts\, bronze inscriptions have become one of the principal sources for investigating key issues in early Chinese history—particularly during the Shang and Zhou periods—such as the formation of clan system and kin-based political communities. A wide variety of records were cast onto bronzes\, ranging from clan emblems to political appointments and rewards\, as well as intermarriages among noble families. While historians and archaeologists have long engaged in detailed philological and case-based studies\, large-scale systematic analyses remain limited. This study constructs a comprehensive and structured database containing nearly 20\,000 inscribed bronze artifacts from the Shang and Zhou dynasties\, enabling the integration of diverse data types and embedding the analysis within spatiotemporal and relational contexts. The method of social network analysis (SNA) is employed to explore various types of networks—including clan emblem networks\, co-occurrence networks\, political networks\, and marriage networks—across three levels: the micro level (individuals and families)\, the meso level (clusters and groups)\, and the macro level (topological structure). Temporal changes in these networks reveal striking shifts in power dynamics among noble families\, mapping the evolving sociopolitical landscape of Early China. ABOUT THE SPEAKERYuqi Chen is a PhD graduate of Peking University\, where she also received her Bachelor’s degree. She is actively engaged in the fields of Digital Humanities and Quantitative History. Her research focuses on integrating AI and computational methods with humanities research\, especially Early China history and archaeology\, aiming to uncover new insights through innovative interdisciplinary approaches. She serves as a reviewer for prestigious journals such as Nature Human Behaviour\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, among others. She has also published her work in journals including International Journal of Geographical Information Science\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, as well as at conferences such as the Digital Humanities (DH) Conference and the Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/multiracial-britishness-global-networks-in-hong-kong-1910-45/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Others
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20231212T123000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20231212T133000
DTSTAMP:20261031T213625
CREATED:20240603T193853Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103230Z
UID:81944-1702384200-1702387800@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Societal Conditions and Conditioning Associated with National Building Projects in Ancient Mesopotamia
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTDue to the relative scarcity of transmitted texts\, bronze inscriptions have become one of the principal sources for investigating key issues in early Chinese history—particularly during the Shang and Zhou periods—such as the formation of clan system and kin-based political communities. A wide variety of records were cast onto bronzes\, ranging from clan emblems to political appointments and rewards\, as well as intermarriages among noble families. While historians and archaeologists have long engaged in detailed philological and case-based studies\, large-scale systematic analyses remain limited. This study constructs a comprehensive and structured database containing nearly 20\,000 inscribed bronze artifacts from the Shang and Zhou dynasties\, enabling the integration of diverse data types and embedding the analysis within spatiotemporal and relational contexts. The method of social network analysis (SNA) is employed to explore various types of networks—including clan emblem networks\, co-occurrence networks\, political networks\, and marriage networks—across three levels: the micro level (individuals and families)\, the meso level (clusters and groups)\, and the macro level (topological structure). Temporal changes in these networks reveal striking shifts in power dynamics among noble families\, mapping the evolving sociopolitical landscape of Early China. ABOUT THE SPEAKERYuqi Chen is a PhD graduate of Peking University\, where she also received her Bachelor’s degree. She is actively engaged in the fields of Digital Humanities and Quantitative History. Her research focuses on integrating AI and computational methods with humanities research\, especially Early China history and archaeology\, aiming to uncover new insights through innovative interdisciplinary approaches. She serves as a reviewer for prestigious journals such as Nature Human Behaviour\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, among others. She has also published her work in journals including International Journal of Geographical Information Science\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, as well as at conferences such as the Digital Humanities (DH) Conference and the Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/societal-conditions-and-conditioning-associated-with-national-building-projects-in-ancient-mesopotamia/
LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series
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