BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//IHSS - ECPv6.17.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:IHSS X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ihss.hku.hk X-WR-CALDESC:Events for IHSS REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Hong_Kong BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 TZNAME:HKT DTSTART:20230101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250220T180000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250220T180000 DTSTAMP:20261030T105655 CREATED:20250219T201245Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102837Z UID:91473-1740074400-1740074400@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Inheritance and Inequality in a Pre-Modern Economy DESCRIPTION:Title: Inheritance and Inequality in a Pre-Modern Economy \nSpeaker: Felix Schaff (Max Weber Fellow\, Department of Economics\, European University Institute) \nDate/Time: February 20\, 2025 16:00 – 17:3009:00 Florence | 16:00 (Hong Kong/Beijing/Singapore) | 03:00 (New York) | 00:00 (Los Angeles) | 08:00 (London) | 17:00 (Tokyo) | 19:00 (Sydney) \nVenue: Via Zoom \nLanguage: English \nEnquiry: cqhmail@hku.hk \nRegister Now: https://hku.zoom.us/webinar/register/5817326069296/WN_269qJz9qRKu7fVOD6dl1pg#/registration \nDescription How do inheritance institutions affect wealth inequality in a pre-modern economy? Felix Schaff of the European University Institute and his co-author address this question by exploiting a sharp border between partible and impartible inheritance areas in southwest Germany\, together with household-level data from the registers of the 1545 Turk Tax. They find that partible inheritance — the practice of dividing parents’ wealth at death equally among all offspring — substantially increased wealth inequality. This result reflects a three-part mechanism\, working through the family\, the land market\, and the structure of the economy. First\, partibility allows more poor people to marry and form households\, because of the expectation under the European Marriage Pattern that married couples will support themselves independently. Under impartibility\, by contrast\, non-inheriting offspring remain unmarried or emigrate\, reducing the number of poor households locally. Second\, partibility fragments land\, generating a large group of land-poor and landless households at the bottom and a re-concentration in the hands of large landowners at the top. Third\, land fragmentation in partible areas induces people to undertake risky non-agricultural by-employments\, increasing their vulnerability to economic shocks and their incentive to sell land to survive crises. In this Quantitative History webinar\, Felix Schaff will explain how the seemingly egalitarian institution of partible inheritance can counterintuitively increase broader inequality in pre-modern context.\n\nFelix Schaff’s co-author: Sheilagh Ogilvie (All Souls College\, University of Oxford) \nDiscussant: Jinlin Wei\, Assistant Professor of Social Science\, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology \n  \n\nAbout the Quantitative History Webinar Series The Quantitative History (QH) Webinar Series aims to provide researchers\, teachers\, and students with an online intellectual platform to keep up to date with the latest research in the field\, promoting the dissemination of research findings and interdisciplinary use of quantitative methods in historical research. The QH Webinar Series\, now entering its fifth year\, is co-organized by the Centre for Quantitative History at the HKU Business School and the International Society for Quantitative History in partnership with the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences. The Series is now substantially supported by the Areas of Excellence (AoE) Scheme from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region\, China (Project No. [AoE/B-704/22-R]). \n量化歷史網上講座系列由香港大學陳志武和馬馳騁教授聯合發起，旨在介紹前沿量化歷史研究成果、促進同仁交流，推廣量化方法在歷史研究中的應用。本系列講座由香港大學經管學院量化歷史研究中心和國際量化歷史學會承辦，及香港人文社會研究所全力支持。從2023年開始，系列得到中國香港特別行政區研究資助局卓越學科領域計劃的重要資助 (項目編號[AoE/B-704/22-R])。 \nConveners: Professors Zhiwu Chen & Chicheng Ma (HKU Business School) URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/inheritance-and-inequality-in-a-pre-modern-economy-problem-for-emerson-study/ LOCATION:Via Zoom CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/HKIHSS-banner_QH_1080.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20241216T123000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20241216T140000 DTSTAMP:20261030T105655 CREATED:20241129T195805Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260507T091127Z UID:90916-1734352200-1734357600@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:An Economic History of India: Growth\, Income and Inequalities from the Mughals to the 21st Century DESCRIPTION:Language: English\nKK301\, K.K. Leung Building\, HKU Main Campus\, or Via Zoom\nDecember 16\, 2024 12:30 – 14:00 (Hong Kong/Beijing/Singapore) 23:30 (-1\, New York) | 20:30 (-1\, Los Angeles) | 04:30 (London) | 13:30 (Tokyo) | 15:30 (Sydney)\ncqhmail@hku.hk\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\nDESCRIPTION\nAs part of the Quantitative History Book Launch Series\, this public lecture unveils a significant new economic history of India spanning from the reign of Akbar in the sixteenth century to its post-independence integration into the global economy. Through the application of economic concepts and theories\, alongside extensive new data\, Bishnupriya Gupta of the University of Warwick constructs a new framework for comprehending the economic impacts and legacies of British rule. She traces India’s transition from a pre-colonial economy to colonial rule and assesses its economic performance from a comparative perspective\, particularly in the context of the Great Divergence between Europe and Asia. Finally\, she examines India’s post-independence economy and the evolution of social and economic inequality through to the turn of the twenty-first century URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/an-economic-history-of-india-growth-income-and-inequalities-from-the-mughals-to-the-21st-century/ LOCATION:KK301\, K.K. Leung Building\, HKU Main Campus\, or Via Zoom CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Book Launch Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dec16long.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20241212T123000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20241212T140000 DTSTAMP:20261030T105655 CREATED:20241129T195431Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102837Z UID:90912-1734006600-1734012000@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Cliodynamics of End Times: Elites\, Counter-Elites and the Path of Political Disintegration DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n\nKK301\, K.K. Leung Building\, HKU Main Campus\, or Via Zoom\n\nDecember 12\, 2024 12:30 – 14:00 (Hong Kong/Beijing/Singapore) | 23:30 (-1\, New York) | 20:30 (-1\, Los Angeles) | 04:30 (London) | 13:30 (Tokyo) | 15:30 (Sydney)\n\ncqhmail@hku.hk\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\nDESCRIPTION\nSocial and political turbulence in the United States and Western Europe has been rising over the past decade. The research by Peter Turchin of Complexity Science Hub Vienna\, which combines analysis of historical data with the tools of complexity science\, has identified the deep structural forces that work to undermine societal stability and resilience to internal and external shocks. \nDuring this Quantitative History Lecture\, Peter Turchin will look beneath the surface of day-to-day contentious politics and social unrest\, and focus on the negative social and economic trends that explain our current “Age of Discord.” One of the most important\, but little appreciated\, such hidden forces is a perverse “wealth pump” that\, under certain conditions\, begins to transfer wealth from the “99 percent” to “1 percent.” If allowed to run unchecked\, the wealth pump results in both relative impoverishment of most people and increasingly desperate competition among elites. Since the number of positions of real social power remains more or less fixed\, the overproduction of elites inevitably leads to frustrated elite aspirants\, who harness popular resentment to turn against the established order. In America\, the wealth pump has been operating full blast for two generations. In historical terms\, our current cycle of elite overproduction and popular immiseration is far along the path to violent political rupture. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/cliodynamics-of-end-times-elites-counter-elites-and-the-path-of-political-disintegration/ LOCATION:KK301\, K.K. Leung Building\, HKU Main Campus\, or Via Zoom CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dec12long.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241209 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241211 DTSTAMP:20261030T105655 CREATED:20241129T213108Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260507T090706Z UID:90968-1733702400-1733875199@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:The Eighth Asian Historical Economics Conference (AHEC 2024) DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n\nHKU Main Campus\n\nDecember 9-10\, 2024\n\nahec2024@hku.hk\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\nABOUT AHEC\nThe Asian Historical Economics Conference (AHEC) is a biennial conference organized by the Asian Historical Economics Society. The conference aims to bring together researchers working on the economic history of all regions of Asia\, as well as those comparing Asia with other regions. Previous conferences were held in Venice (2008)\, Beijing (2010)\, Tokyo (2012)\, Istanbul (2014)\, Seoul (2016)\, Hong Kong (2018)\, and Bangkok (2022). \nAHEC 2024\nThe 8th Conference (AHEC 2024) will be hosted by the Centre for Quantitative History of HKU Business School\, in collaboration with the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences and the International Society for Quantitative History. The two-day conference will take place at the main campus of The University of Hong Kong on December 9-10\, 2024. Sascha O. Becker (Warwick and Monash)\, Joel Mokyr (Northwestern)\, and Peter Turchin (Complexity Science Hub-Vienna and Connecticut) will give keynote speeches. \nKEY DATES\n\n \nAHEC 2024 Organizing Committee\nChair\nZhiwu Chen\nUniversity of Hong Kong \nMembers\nStephen Broadberry\nUniversity of Oxford\nKyoji Fukao\nHitotsubashi University\nBishnupriya Gupta\nUniversity of Warwick\nDuol Kim\nMyongji University\nChicheng Ma\nUniversity of Hong Kong\nDebin Ma\nFudan University\nŞevket Pamuk\nBogaziçi University \nKeynote speakers and committee members are in alphabetical order by last name. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-eighth-asian-historical-economics-conference-ahec-2024/ LOCATION:HKU Main Campus CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Conference ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/HKIHSS-banner_QH_615.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20241107T100000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20241107T113000 DTSTAMP:20261030T105655 CREATED:20241104T195056Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102836Z UID:90781-1730973600-1730979000@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Predictive Modelling the Past: A New Machine Learning Method Applied to Seven Centuries of Wages DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n\n \n Via Zoom\n \n\n \n November 12\, 2024 (Tue) 12:30 – 13:30 HKT (Nov 11 | 20:30 – 21:30 PST)\n \n\n \n \n ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n\n \n Register Now\n \n \n\n\n\nABSTRACT\nEconomists are increasingly interested in the ‘very long run\,’ yet research on the distant past has been hampered by the scarcity of economic data available for many centuries ago. Meredith Paker of Grinnell College and her co-authors introduce a new framework to peer into the past despite the scarcity of data in earlier periods. They use state-of-the-art machine learning predictive modeling methods and best-practice forecasting techniques to develop robust predictions of historical economic time series\, treating the past as the prediction window. To demonstrate the usefulness of this new method\, they apply this framework to the seven centuries of English wage data at the heart of debates on long-run living standards. Their new approach generates predictions with improved accuracy and generalizability compared to existing regression-based interpolations. This new long-run wage series deviates from established estimates with the largest variation at key points of economic and social change. In this Quantitative History Webinar\, Meredith Paker will discuss the implications for our understanding of long-run economic development. \nMeredith Paker’s co-authors:  Judy Stephenson (University College London) and Patrick Wallis (The London School of Economics and Political Science)  \nDiscussant: Yuqi Chen\, PhD candidate\, Department of History\, Peking University (will join the Centre of Quantitative History as a Postdoctoral Fellow in December 2024)  \nABOUT THE SPEAKER\nGary Chi-hung Luk is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History\, Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is a historian of Hong Kong\, late imperial and modern China\, and the Asian maritime world\, with particular interests in empires and colonialism\, frontiers and borderlands\, and race and ethnicity. \nABOUT THE SERIES\nThe Quantitative History (QH) Webinar Series aims to provide researchers\, teachers\, and students with an online intellectual platform to keep up to date with the latest research in the field\, promoting the dissemination of research findings and interdisciplinary use of quantitative methods in historical research. The QH Webinar Series\, now entering its fifth year\, is co-organized by the Centre for Quantitative History at the HKU Business School and the International Society for Quantitative History in partnership with the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences. The Series is now substantially supported by the Areas of Excellence (AoE) Scheme from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region\, China (Project No. [AoE/B-704/22-R]). \n量化歷史網上講座系列由香港大學陳志武和馬馳騁教授聯合發起，旨在介紹前沿量化歷史研究成果、促進同仁交流，推廣量化方法在歷史研究中的應用。本系列講座由香港大學經管學院量化歷史研究中心和國際量化歷史學會承辦，及香港人文社會研究所全力支持。從2023年開始，系列得到中國香港特別行政區研究資助局卓越學科領域計劃的重要資助 (項目編號[AoE/B-704/22-R])。 \nConveners: Professors Zhiwu Chen & Chicheng Ma (HKU Business School) URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/predictive-modelling-the-past-a-new-machine-learning-method-applied-to-seven-centuries-of-wages/ LOCATION:Via Zoom CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/HKIHSS-banner_QH_615-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20241010T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20241010T160000 DTSTAMP:20261030T105655 CREATED:20241027T193411Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102836Z UID:90293-1728576000-1728576000@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:The Fate of the Taiping Rebellion DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n\n \n Via Zoom\n \n\n \n October 10\, 2024 16:00 16:00 (Hong Kong/Beijing/Singapore)| 04:00 (New York) | 01:00 (Los Angeles) | 09:00 (London) | 17:00 (Tokyo) | 18:00 (Sydney)\n \n\n \n \n cqhmail@hku.hk\n \n \n\n\n\nDESCRIPTION\nNuno Palma of the University of Manchester and his co-authors show\, using a new dataset\, that scholars educated in Confucian academies became a key force in the suppression of the Taiping. The civil service examinations system helped maintain political stability and associated rents by endowing elites with a stake in the Qing status quo. \nNuno’s co-authors: Chenyang Qi (Tsinghua) and Jinlin Wei (HKUST)  \nDiscussant: Debin Ma\, Professor of Economic History\, University of Oxford \nABOUT THE SERIES\nThe Quantitative History (QH) Webinar Series aims to provide researchers\, teachers\, and students with an online intellectual platform to keep up to date with the latest research in the field\, promoting the dissemination of research findings and interdisciplinary use of quantitative methods in historical research. The QH Webinar Series\, now entering its fifth year\, is co-organized by the Centre for Quantitative History at the HKU Business School and the International Society for Quantitative History in partnership with the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences. The Series is now substantially supported by the Areas of Excellence (AoE) Scheme from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region\, China (Project No. [AoE/B-704/22-R]). \n量化歷史網上講座系列由香港大學陳志武和馬馳騁教授聯合發起，旨在介紹前沿量化歷史研究成果、促進同仁交流，推廣量化方法在歷史研究中的應用。本系列講座由香港大學經管學院量化歷史研究中心和國際量化歷史學會承辦，及香港人文社會研究所全力支持。從2023年開始，系列得到中國香港特別行政區研究資助局卓越學科領域計劃的重要資助 (項目編號[AoE/B-704/22-R])。 \nConveners: Professors Zhiwu Chen & Chicheng Ma (HKU Business School) URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-fate-of-the-taiping-rebellion/ LOCATION:Via Zoom CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/HKIHSS-banner_QH_615-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240704T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240704T160000 DTSTAMP:20261030T105655 CREATED:20241024T230141Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102836Z UID:89955-1720108800-1720108800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:How China Became Chinese? Geography or Political Integration DESCRIPTION:Language: Mandarin\n \n\n Via Zoom\n \n\n Thursday\, July 4\, 2024 16:00 Hong Kong/Beijing/Singapore | 09:00 London | 17:00 Tokyo | 18:00 Sydney\n \n\n \n cqhmail@hku.hk\n \n \n\n /*! elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 */\n.elementor-widget-divider{–divider-border-style:none;–divider-border-width:1px;–divider-color:#0c0d0e;–divider-icon-size:20px;–divider-element-spacing:10px;–divider-pattern-height:24px;–divider-pattern-size:20px;–divider-pattern-url:none;–divider-pattern-repeat:repeat-x}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider{display:flex}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider__text{font-size:15px;line-height:1;max-width:95%}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider__element{margin:0 var(–divider-element-spacing);flex-shrink:0}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-icon{font-size:var(–divider-icon-size)}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider-separator{display:flex;margin:0;direction:ltr}.elementor-widget-divider–view-line_icon .elementor-divider-separator\,.elementor-widget-divider–view-line_text .elementor-divider-separator{align-items:center}.elementor-widget-divider–view-line_icon .elementor-divider-separator:after\,.elementor-widget-divider–view-line_icon .elementor-divider-separator:before\,.elementor-widget-divider–view-line_text .elementor-divider-separator:after\,.elementor-widget-divider–view-line_text .elementor-divider-separator:before{display:block;content:””;border-block-end:0;flex-grow:1;border-block-start:var(–divider-border-width) var(–divider-border-style) var(–divider-color)}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-left .elementor-divider .elementor-divider-separator>.elementor-divider__svg:first-of-type{flex-grow:0;flex-shrink:100}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-left .elementor-divider-separator:before{content:none}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-left .elementor-divider__element{margin-left:0}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-right .elementor-divider .elementor-divider-separator>.elementor-divider__svg:last-of-type{flex-grow:0;flex-shrink:100}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-right .elementor-divider-separator:after{content:none}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-right .elementor-divider__element{margin-right:0}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-start .elementor-divider .elementor-divider-separator>.elementor-divider__svg:first-of-type{flex-grow:0;flex-shrink:100}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-start .elementor-divider-separator:before{content:none}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-start .elementor-divider__element{margin-inline-start:0}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-end .elementor-divider .elementor-divider-separator>.elementor-divider__svg:last-of-type{flex-grow:0;flex-shrink:100}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-end .elementor-divider-separator:after{content:none}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-end .elementor-divider__element{margin-inline-end:0}.elementor-widget-divider:not(.elementor-widget-divider–view-line_text):not(.elementor-widget-divider–view-line_icon) .elementor-divider-separator{border-block-start:var(–divider-border-width) var(–divider-border-style) var(–divider-color)}.elementor-widget-divider–separator-type-pattern{–divider-border-style:none}.elementor-widget-divider–separator-type-pattern.elementor-widget-divider–view-line .elementor-divider-separator\,.elementor-widget-divider–separator-type-pattern:not(.elementor-widget-divider–view-line) .elementor-divider-separator:after\,.elementor-widget-divider–separator-type-pattern:not(.elementor-widget-divider–view-line) .elementor-divider-separator:before\,.elementor-widget-divider–separator-type-pattern:not([class*=elementor-widget-divider–view]) .elementor-divider-separator{width:100%;min-height:var(–divider-pattern-height);-webkit-mask-size:var(–divider-pattern-size) 100%;mask-size:var(–divider-pattern-size) 100%;-webkit-mask-repeat:var(–divider-pattern-repeat);mask-repeat:var(–divider-pattern-repeat);background-color:var(–divider-color);-webkit-mask-image:var(–divider-pattern-url);mask-image:var(–divider-pattern-url)}.elementor-widget-divider–no-spacing{–divider-pattern-size:auto}.elementor-widget-divider–bg-round{–divider-pattern-repeat:round}.rtl .elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider__text{direction:rtl}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-divider\,.e-con>.elementor-widget-divider{width:var(–container-widget-width\,100%);–flex-grow:var(–container-widget-flex-grow)}\n /*! elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 */\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} \nABSTRACT\nUsing the census data of China\, Nan Li of Fudan University and his co-author analyze the current spatial geographical distribution of the Han nationality and the issue of ethnic identity and integration in China from the aspects of geographical environment and political integration\, and try to answer the question of “how China become Chinese” proposed by Diamond (1997). Their findings show that the geographical environment\, proxied by agricultural suitability\, and political integration\, proxied by the duration of counties\, have a significant positive impact on the current spatial geographical distribution of the Han nationality. However\, compared to geographical environment\, political integration has a more significant impact on the spatial geographical distribution of the Han nationality. In particular\, political integration can effectively alleviate the negative constraints on the spatial geographical distribution of the Han nationality caused by the geographical environment through immigration and the provision of public goods such as water conservancy and education. During this Quantitative History Webinar\, Nan will provide empirical evidence for the origin of ethnic diversity from the geographical hypothesis and political integration hypothesis\, in addition to the current spatial geographical distribution of the Han nationality. \nNan’s co-author: Youhong Lin (Xiamen University) \nDiscussant: Sijie Hu\, Assistant Professor of Economics\, Renmin University of China \nABOUT THE QUANTITATIVE HISTORY WEBINAR SERIES\nThe Quantitative History (QH) Webinar Series aims to provide researchers\, teachers\, and students with an online intellectual platform to keep up to date with the latest research in the field\, promoting the dissemination of research findings and interdisciplinary use of quantitative methods in historical research. The QH Webinar Series\, now entering its fifth year\, is co-organized by the Centre for Quantitative History at the HKU Business School and the International Society for Quantitative History in partnership with the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences. The Series is now substantially supported by the Areas of Excellence (AoE) Scheme from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region\, China (Project No. [AoE/B-704/22-R]). 量化歷史網上講座系列由香港大學陳志武和馬馳騁教授聯合發起，旨在介紹前沿量化歷史研究成果、促進同仁交流，推廣量化方法在歷史研究中的應用。本系列講座由香港大學經管學院量化歷史研究中心和國際量化歷史學會承辦，及香港人文社會研究所全力支持。從2023年開始，系列得到中國香港特別行政區研究資助局卓越學科領域計劃的重要資助 (項目編號[AoE/B-704/22-R])。 \nConveners:Zhiwu ChenChicheng Ma URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/how-china-became-chinese-geography-or-political-integration-2/ LOCATION:Via Zoom CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Copy-of-HKIHSS-banner_QH_615-15.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240620 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240621 DTSTAMP:20261030T105655 CREATED:20240722T193134Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103323Z UID:85192-1718841600-1718927999@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Twilight of the Medieval Chinese Aristocracy: Keju\, Officeholding\, and Assortative Mating in the Tang DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n\nVia Zoom\n\nThursday\, June 20\, 2024 9:00 Hong Kong/Beijing/Singapore | 10:00 Seoul/Tokyo | 11:00 Sydney | Previous Day 18:00 Los Angeles | 21:00 New York on Wednesday\, June 19\n\ncqhmail@hku.hk\n\n\n/*! 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elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 */\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} \nABSTRACT\nData from the distant past provide fertile ground for testing social science theories of education and social mobility. Erik H. Wang of the New York University and his team constructed a dataset from 3\,640 tomb epitaphs of males in China’s Tang Dynasty (618–907 CE)\, containing detailed information about ancestral origins\, family background\, and career histories of the deceased elites. Their statistical analysis yields evidence of a transition away from an aristocratic society in three key trends: 1) family pedigree mattered less for career achievement over time\, 2) passing the Imperial Examination (Keju) became an increasingly important predictor of one’s career achievement\, and 3) father’s position always mattered throughout the Tang\, especially for men who did not pass the Keju. Erik and his team’s findings cast doubt on historical studies portraying the medieval Chinese aristocracy as self-perpetuating during this era. These works appear to “select on the dependent variable” when analyzing biographical data. \nDuring this Quantitative History Webinar\, Erik will present models that correct for the biases incurred in these studies. The new findings reaffirm earlier\, classic works that suggested a chronic decline of the aristocracy via the rise of Keju. The aristocracy’s advantage in officeholding had already been in clear decline long before the wars and upheavals of the late 9th and early 10th centuries that allegedly ended the aristocracy. The twilight of medieval Chinese aristocracy\, according to the data\, began in as early as the mid-seventh century CE. The advantage of ancient great houses gradually vanished and individuals’ educational achievement became increasingly important for their career success. Erik will also discuss new results on Keju and assortative mating among the Tang elites. \nDiscussant: Javier Cha\, Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities\, HKU Department of History \nABOUT THE QUANTITATIVE HISTORY WEBINAR SERIES\nThe Quantitative History (QH) Webinar Series aims to provide researchers\, teachers\, and students with an online intellectual platform to keep up to date with the latest research in the field\, promoting the dissemination of research findings and interdisciplinary use of quantitative methods in historical research. The QH Webinar Series\, now entering its fifth year\, is co-organized by the Centre for Quantitative History at the HKU Business School and the International Society for Quantitative History in partnership with the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences. The Series is now substantially supported by the Areas of Excellence (AoE) Scheme from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region\, China (Project No. [AoE/B-704/22-R]). 量化歷史網上講座系列由香港大學陳志武和馬馳騁教授聯合發起，旨在介紹前沿量化歷史研究成果、促進同仁交流，推廣量化方法在歷史研究中的應用。本系列講座由香港大學經管學院量化歷史研究中心和國際量化歷史學會承辦，及香港人文社會研究所全力支持。從2023年開始，系列得到中國香港特別行政區研究資助局卓越學科領域計劃的重要資助 (項目編號[AoE/B-704/22-R])。 URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/twilight-of-the-medieval-chinese-aristocracy-keju-officeholding-and-assortative-mating-in-the-tang/ LOCATION:Via Zoom CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Copy-of-HKIHSS-banner_QH_1080-9.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240530T210000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240530T210000 DTSTAMP:20261030T105655 CREATED:20240602T192650Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103220Z UID:81507-1717102800-1717102800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Celebrating legacy: The intergenerational transmission of reproduction and human capital in Ming–Qing Chinese families DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n\n Via Zoom\n \n\n May 30\, 2024 21:00 Hong Kong/Beijing/Singapore | 22:00 Tokyo | 09:00 New York |14:00 London\n \n\n \n Zoom Registration\n \n /*! 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elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 */\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} \nABSTRACT\nIn unified growth models\, a key to achieving sustained economic growth is the evolving nexus between population dynamics and technological change. Sijie Hu of Renmin University of China uses the genealogical records of 36\,456 males to investigate this nexus—the intergenerational transmission of reproduction and human capital—within six Chinese lineages from 1350 to 1920. By examining the relationship between reproduction and long-run reproductive success\, the empirical results reveal an optimal level of reproduction of seven sons\, although 99 percent of the sample had fewer than seven sons. Her finding suggests that\, for the majority in the sample\, greater reproduction in each generation was conducive to long-run reproductive success. In exploring the mechanisms through which reproduction affected long-run reproductive success\, I investigate the relationship between child quantity and quality. \nDuring this Quantitative History Webinar\, Sijie will explain her results that indicate a quantity-quality trade-off of children was largely absent in the six lineages. She will also explain why her study concludes that\, in Ming–Qing (1368–1911) China\, the decision to have larger families provided significant advantages to high-status men\, enabling them to produce a greater number of high-quality male descendants across successive generations. \nDiscussant: Carol H. Shiue\, Professor of Economics\, University of Colorado-Boulder \nABOUT THE QUANTITATIVE HISTORY WEBINAR SERIES\nThe Quantitative History (QH) Webinar Series aims to provide researchers\, teachers\, and students with an online intellectual platform to keep up to date with the latest research in the field\, promoting the dissemination of research findings and interdisciplinary use of quantitative methods in historical research. The QH Webinar Series\, now entering its fifth year\, is co-organized by the Centre for Quantitative History at the HKU Business School and the International Society for Quantitative History in partnership with the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences. The Series is now substantially supported by the Areas of Excellence (AoE) Scheme from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region\, China (Project No. [AoE/B-704/22-R]).  URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/celebrating-legacy-the-intergenerational-transmission-of-reproduction-and-human-capital-in-ming-qing-chinese-families/ LOCATION:Via Zoom CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Copy-of-HKIHSS-banner_QH_1080-7.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240523T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240523T160000 DTSTAMP:20261030T105655 CREATED:20240602T193907Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103220Z UID:81532-1716480000-1716480000@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Secular Decline in Modern China? Wage Evidence from Hydraulic Constructions and Rural Casual Work in Suzhou and Shanghai DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n\n Via Zoom\n \n\n May 23\, 2024 16:00 Hong Kong/Beijing/Singapore | 09:00 London | 17:00 Tokyo | 18:00 Sydney\n \n\n \n Zoom Registration\n \n /*! elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 */\n.elementor-widget-divider{–divider-border-style:none;–divider-border-width:1px;–divider-color:#0c0d0e;–divider-icon-size:20px;–divider-element-spacing:10px;–divider-pattern-height:24px;–divider-pattern-size:20px;–divider-pattern-url:none;–divider-pattern-repeat:repeat-x}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider{display:flex}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider__text{font-size:15px;line-height:1;max-width:95%}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider__element{margin:0 var(–divider-element-spacing);flex-shrink:0}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-icon{font-size:var(–divider-icon-size)}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider-separator{display:flex;margin:0;direction:ltr}.elementor-widget-divider–view-line_icon .elementor-divider-separator\,.elementor-widget-divider–view-line_text .elementor-divider-separator{align-items:center}.elementor-widget-divider–view-line_icon .elementor-divider-separator:after\,.elementor-widget-divider–view-line_icon .elementor-divider-separator:before\,.elementor-widget-divider–view-line_text .elementor-divider-separator:after\,.elementor-widget-divider–view-line_text .elementor-divider-separator:before{display:block;content:””;border-block-end:0;flex-grow:1;border-block-start:var(–divider-border-width) var(–divider-border-style) var(–divider-color)}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-left .elementor-divider .elementor-divider-separator>.elementor-divider__svg:first-of-type{flex-grow:0;flex-shrink:100}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-left .elementor-divider-separator:before{content:none}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-left .elementor-divider__element{margin-left:0}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-right .elementor-divider .elementor-divider-separator>.elementor-divider__svg:last-of-type{flex-grow:0;flex-shrink:100}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-right .elementor-divider-separator:after{content:none}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-right .elementor-divider__element{margin-right:0}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-start .elementor-divider .elementor-divider-separator>.elementor-divider__svg:first-of-type{flex-grow:0;flex-shrink:100}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-start .elementor-divider-separator:before{content:none}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-start .elementor-divider__element{margin-inline-start:0}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-end .elementor-divider .elementor-divider-separator>.elementor-divider__svg:last-of-type{flex-grow:0;flex-shrink:100}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-end .elementor-divider-separator:after{content:none}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-end .elementor-divider__element{margin-inline-end:0}.elementor-widget-divider:not(.elementor-widget-divider–view-line_text):not(.elementor-widget-divider–view-line_icon) .elementor-divider-separator{border-block-start:var(–divider-border-width) var(–divider-border-style) var(–divider-color)}.elementor-widget-divider–separator-type-pattern{–divider-border-style:none}.elementor-widget-divider–separator-type-pattern.elementor-widget-divider–view-line .elementor-divider-separator\,.elementor-widget-divider–separator-type-pattern:not(.elementor-widget-divider–view-line) .elementor-divider-separator:after\,.elementor-widget-divider–separator-type-pattern:not(.elementor-widget-divider–view-line) .elementor-divider-separator:before\,.elementor-widget-divider–separator-type-pattern:not([class*=elementor-widget-divider–view]) .elementor-divider-separator{width:100%;min-height:var(–divider-pattern-height);-webkit-mask-size:var(–divider-pattern-size) 100%;mask-size:var(–divider-pattern-size) 100%;-webkit-mask-repeat:var(–divider-pattern-repeat);mask-repeat:var(–divider-pattern-repeat);background-color:var(–divider-color);-webkit-mask-image:var(–divider-pattern-url);mask-image:var(–divider-pattern-url)}.elementor-widget-divider–no-spacing{–divider-pattern-size:auto}.elementor-widget-divider–bg-round{–divider-pattern-repeat:round}.rtl .elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider__text{direction:rtl}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-divider\,.e-con>.elementor-widget-divider{width:var(–container-widget-width\,100%);–flex-grow:var(–container-widget-flex-grow)}\n /*! elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 */\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} \nABSTRACT\nScholars have long debated whether the Chinese economy has been in a secular decline since the nineteenth century. During this Quantitative History Webinar\, Ziang Liu of the Centre for Quantitative History\, HKU Business School\, will present wage evidence from local hydraulic construction projects in Suzhou\, Shanghai\, and other Lower Yangzi cores that challenges this thesis within the region. Throughout the nineteenth century\, the conscription system used to mobilise labours irreversibly shifted towards market hiring. While the administrative system still functioned as a labour pool\, the market dynamics determined worker wages. Although wages saw a mild decline from the 1820s to the 1860s\, a substantial improvement followed. The most significant change took place in the early twentieth century when wage trends broke through the typical decline-rebound cycle and moved towards intensive growth. Moreover\, wage differentials between unskilled and semi-skilled labours\, as well as between casual and stable employment\, indicate a growing integration of the labour market across rural and urban sectors and industries in the Lower Yangzi Delta. \nDiscussant: Kaixiang Peng\, Professor of Economics\, Wuhan University(The discussion will be conducted in Mandarin\, accompanied by English presentation) \nABOUT THE QUANTITATIVE HISTORY WEBINAR SERIES\nThe Quantitative History (QH) Webinar Series aims to provide researchers\, teachers\, and students with an online intellectual platform to keep up to date with the latest research in the field\, promoting the dissemination of research findings and interdisciplinary use of quantitative methods in historical research. The QH Webinar Series\, now entering its fifth year\, is co-organized by the Centre for Quantitative History at the HKU Business School and the International Society for Quantitative History in partnership with the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences. The Series is now substantially supported by the Areas of Excellence (AoE) Scheme from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region\, China (Project No. [AoE/B-704/22-R]) \nConveners:\nZhiwu ChenChicheng Ma URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/secular-decline-in-modern-china-wage-evidence-from-hydraulic-constructions-and-rural-casual-work-in-suzhou-and-shanghai/ LOCATION:Via Zoom CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Copy-of-HKIHSS-banner_QH_1080-6.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240426T163000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240426T180000 DTSTAMP:20261030T105655 CREATED:20240602T220129Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260507T090841Z UID:81581-1714149000-1714154400@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:The Population History of China (1368–1953) by Professor Shuji Cao DESCRIPTION:/*! elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 */\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=”.svg”]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} \n\nLanguage: Mandarin Chinese\nLecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom\nApril 26\, 2024 (16:30 – 18:00 HKT)\n\n\nZoom Registration\n\n/*! 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elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 */\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} \nABSTRACT\nJoin us for the highly anticipated book launch event celebrating the release of “The Population History of China (1368–1953)” by our Honorary Professor Shuji Cao. His newly released work offers a comprehensive exploration of China’s population figures\, density\, and changes from the Ming to the Qing Dynasty. As we celebrate the newly released book\, Professor Cao will take this opportunity to announce his newly constructed ‘Database of County-level Population\, Land Area\, Land Tax\, and Corvée Labour in China (Shandong) from 1368 to 1953’ during his presentation. Don’t miss the chance to be part of this intellectual engagement and insightful discussions on this significant contribution to the study of Chinese economic history. \nPROGRAM RUNDOWN\n16:00 Networking\n16:30 Welcome Remarks by Institute Director Professor Zhiwu Chen\n16:35 Presentation by Professor Shuji Cao\n17:30 Panel Discussion with Professor William Guanglin Liu\n17:50 Q&A Session\n18:00 Closing \nThe talk will be conducted in Mandarin Chinese (no translation will be provided) \nABOUT THE BOOK\nFrom 1368 to 1953\, China’s administrative divisions were mainly composed of counties\, prefectures\, and provinces. This book shows the population figures\, density\, and changes in the provincial population in China during this period and population figures of each major city and town and its proportion in terms of the provincial population during this period―the urbanization rate. Data in this book is drawn partly from historical sources and partly from statistical-model-based calculations. The book also includes provincial population maps in 1393\, and their original statistical models\, population databases\, and metadata. \nMore information: The Population History of China (1368–1953) | Brill \nABOUT THE QUANTITATIVE HISTORY BOOK LAUNCH SERIES\nThe Quantitative History Book Launch Series is a collaborative initiative jointly organized with the Centre for Quantitative History at HKU Business School. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-population-history-of-china-1368-1953-by-professor-shuji-cao/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Book Launch Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/HKIHSS-banner_QH_1080_Quantitative-History-Book-Launch-Series-Shuji-Cao.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240425T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240425T160000 DTSTAMP:20261030T105655 CREATED:20240602T222709Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103222Z UID:81611-1714060800-1714060800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Going Native: Foreign Firms’ Responses to Domestic Boycotts DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n\n Via Zoom\n \n\n Date/Time: April 25\, 2024 16:00 Hong Kong/Beijing/Singapore | 09:00 London | 17:00 Tokyo | 18:00 Sydney)\n \n\n \n Zoom Registration\n \n /*! elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 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Using newly digitized data on trademark registrations for 20\,740 trademarks between 1928 and 1935\, they analyze firms’ advertisement strategies through their trademark images. During this Quantitative History Webinar\, Cong Liu will explain their difference-in-differences analysis\, which indicates that\, compared with firms from other nations\, Japanese firms were more likely to register trademarks with Chinese-style images after the Mukden Incident. This effect was particularly concentrated in Shanghai and within the processed goods sector. \nCong Liu’s co-authors: Shiyu Bo (Jinan) and Ting Chen (HKBU) \nDiscussant: Chang Sun\, Assistant Professor of Economics\, HKU Business School \nABOUT THE QUANTITATIVE HISTORY WEBINAR SERIES\nThe Quantitative History (QH) Webinar Series aims to provide researchers\, teachers\, and students with an online intellectual platform to keep up to date with the latest research in the field\, promoting the dissemination of research findings and interdisciplinary use of quantitative methods in historical research. The QH Webinar Series\, now entering its fifth year\, is co-organized by the Centre for Quantitative History at the HKU Business School and the International Society for Quantitative History in partnership with the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences. The Series is now substantially supported by the Areas of Excellence (AoE) Scheme from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region\, China (Project No. [AoE/B-704/22-R]).  \nCONVENERS\nZhiwu ChenChicheng Ma URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/going-native-foreign-firms-responses-to-domestic-boycotts/ LOCATION:Via Zoom CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/HKIHSS-banner_QH_1080-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240411T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240411T160000 DTSTAMP:20261030T105655 CREATED:20240602T225316Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103221Z UID:81579-1712851200-1712851200@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:War and the Origins of Chinese Civilization DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n\n Via Zoom\n \n\n April 11\, 2024 (16:00 Hong Kong/Beijing/Singapore | 09:00 London | 17:00 Tokyo | 18:00 Sydney)\n \n\n \n Zoom Registration\n \n /*! elementor – 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But it remains an open question as to what made the early cradles of civilization emerge. To answer this\, Zhiwu Chen of HKU Business School and his team divide China’s landmass into 1\,004 grid-cells of 100×100 km\, containing 32\,946 archaeological sites\, 838 walled cities\, 157\,050 excavated graves and 53\,780 military burial goods from both the Neolithic (8000 – 1700 BCE) and the Eastern Zhou (770 – 221 BCE). First\, using their large archaeological database\, they find that during both the Neolithic and the Late Neolithic (3000 – 1700 BCE)\, cells with lower terrain ruggedness had both more weaponry objects buried in the excavated graves and more walled cities. To the extent that warfare must have figured heavily in human lives in order for the locals to care so much as to carrying weapons into their graves\, war threats and the early cradles of civilization must have been linked as weaponry grave goods have mostly been discovered in flatter regions along the Yellow and the Yangtze River valleys. Since no historical data on military conflicts is available for the periods prior to 770 BCE\, their analysis then focuses on the Eastern Zhou\, for which they find cells with flatter terrains to have had significantly more wars\, which caused these cells to form more fortified cities. During this Quantitative History Webinar\, Zhiwu Chen will explain how their quantitative evidence indicates that warfare played a significant role in the formation of Chinese civilization. The process began in the North\, particularly in the alluvial plains\, where the flat terrain made the local populations more vulnerable to war threats. Consequently\, they engaged in extensive defensive fortification. \nABOUT THE QUANTITATIVE HISTORY WEBINAR SERIES\nThe Quantitative History (QH) Webinar Series aims to provide researchers\, teachers\, and students with an online intellectual platform to keep up to date with the latest research in the field\, promoting the dissemination of research findings and interdisciplinary use of quantitative methods in historical research. The QH Webinar Series\, now entering its fourth year\, is co-organized by Centre for Quantitative History at the HKU Business School and International Society for Quantitative History in partnership with Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences. The Series is now substantially supported by the Areas of Excellence (AoE) Scheme from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region\, China (Project No. [AoE/B-704/22-R]). URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/war-and-the-origins-of-chinese-civilization/ LOCATION:Via Zoom CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Copy-of-HKIHSS-banner_QH_1080-5.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240321T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240321T160000 DTSTAMP:20261030T105655 CREATED:20240603T000852Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103224Z UID:81704-1711036800-1711036800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:The Empire Project: Trade Policy in Interwar Canada DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n\n Via Zoom\n \n\n March 21\, 2024 (16:00 Hong Kong/Beijing/Singapore | 08:00 London | 12:00 Abu Dhabi | 17:00 Tokyo | 19:00 Sydney)\n \n\n \n Enquiry: cqhmail@hku.hk\n \n \n\n \n Zoom Registration\n \n /*! elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 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var(–divider-color)}.elementor-widget-divider–separator-type-pattern{–divider-border-style:none}.elementor-widget-divider–separator-type-pattern.elementor-widget-divider–view-line .elementor-divider-separator\,.elementor-widget-divider–separator-type-pattern:not(.elementor-widget-divider–view-line) .elementor-divider-separator:after\,.elementor-widget-divider–separator-type-pattern:not(.elementor-widget-divider–view-line) .elementor-divider-separator:before\,.elementor-widget-divider–separator-type-pattern:not([class*=elementor-widget-divider–view]) .elementor-divider-separator{width:100%;min-height:var(–divider-pattern-height);-webkit-mask-size:var(–divider-pattern-size) 100%;mask-size:var(–divider-pattern-size) 100%;-webkit-mask-repeat:var(–divider-pattern-repeat);mask-repeat:var(–divider-pattern-repeat);background-color:var(–divider-color);-webkit-mask-image:var(–divider-pattern-url);mask-image:var(–divider-pattern-url)}.elementor-widget-divider–no-spacing{–divider-pattern-size:auto}.elementor-widget-divider–bg-round{–divider-pattern-repeat:round}.rtl .elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider__text{direction:rtl}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-divider\,.e-con>.elementor-widget-divider{width:var(–container-widget-width\,100%);–flex-grow:var(–container-widget-flex-grow)}\n /*! elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 */\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} \nABSTRACT\nKevin O’Rourke of NYU Abu Dhabi and team use a new dataset on the universe of Canadian imports and tariffs between 1924 and 1936\, disaggregated into 1697 goods originating in 112 countries\, to analyze the impact on Canadian imports of interwar Canadian trade policy\, including the 1932 Ottawa trade agreements. Rather than use a dummy variable approach\, they compute the impact of individual tariffs which varied substantially across goods\, trade partners\, and time. During this Quantitative History Webinar\, Kevin O’Rourke will explain how his team develops a novel method of controlling for multilateral resistances in the context of a one-country dataset\, and perform a variety of counterfactual exercises to determine the impact of tariffs on trade flows. The overall impact of post-1929 tariff shifts\, including the 1932 agreements\, was relatively small\, reflecting the fact that Canadian trade policy was already highly protectionist: trade agreements can have het- erogenous effects on participants because the shocks involved are different. Compared with a free trade counterfactual\, the impact of the overall structure of protection on the level and composition of trade was large. \nABOUT THE QUANTITATIVE HISTORY WEBINAR SERIES\nThe Quantitative History (QH) Webinar Series aims to provide researchers\, teachers\, and students with an online intellectual platform to keep up to date with the latest research in the field\, promoting the dissemination of research findings and interdisciplinary use of quantitative methods in historical research. The QH Webinar Series\, now entering its fourth year\, is co-organized by Centre for Quantitative History at the HKU Business School and International Society for Quantitative History in partnership with Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences. The Series is now substantially supported by the Areas of Excellence (AoE) Scheme from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region\, China (Project No. [AoE/B-704/22-R]). URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-empire-project-trade-policy-in-interwar-canada/ LOCATION:Via Zoom CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Copy-of-HKIHSS-banner_QH_1080-4.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240229T220000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240229T220000 DTSTAMP:20261030T105655 CREATED:20240603T004944Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103227Z UID:81788-1709244000-1709244000@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:The State Civilian Granary System and Price Stability\, 1741-1856 DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n\n Via Zoom\n \n\n February 29\, 2024 (10:00pm Hong Kong/ Beijing/ Singapore | 11:00pm Tokyo | 13:00pm Sydney\n \n\n February 28\, 2024 (18:00pm Los Angeles | 21:00pm New York)\n \n\n \n Enquiry: cqhmail@hku.hk\n \n \n\n \n Zoom Registration\n \n /*! elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 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var(–divider-color)}.elementor-widget-divider–separator-type-pattern{–divider-border-style:none}.elementor-widget-divider–separator-type-pattern.elementor-widget-divider–view-line .elementor-divider-separator\,.elementor-widget-divider–separator-type-pattern:not(.elementor-widget-divider–view-line) .elementor-divider-separator:after\,.elementor-widget-divider–separator-type-pattern:not(.elementor-widget-divider–view-line) .elementor-divider-separator:before\,.elementor-widget-divider–separator-type-pattern:not([class*=elementor-widget-divider–view]) .elementor-divider-separator{width:100%;min-height:var(–divider-pattern-height);-webkit-mask-size:var(–divider-pattern-size) 100%;mask-size:var(–divider-pattern-size) 100%;-webkit-mask-repeat:var(–divider-pattern-repeat);mask-repeat:var(–divider-pattern-repeat);background-color:var(–divider-color);-webkit-mask-image:var(–divider-pattern-url);mask-image:var(–divider-pattern-url)}.elementor-widget-divider–no-spacing{–divider-pattern-size:auto}.elementor-widget-divider–bg-round{–divider-pattern-repeat:round}.rtl .elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider__text{direction:rtl}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-divider\,.e-con>.elementor-widget-divider{width:var(–container-widget-width\,100%);–flex-grow:var(–container-widget-flex-grow)}\n /*! elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 */\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} \nABSTRACT\nOver the past several decades governments across the world have begun targeting price stability in financial markets. This is a stark contrast to the laissez-faire approach of the twentieth century and has few precedents in Western financial history. In China\, however\, the notion that state intervention is necessary to stabilize market prices dates to the fifth century BC\, and grain storage\, as a tool of intervention\, has remained an important political concern for over two millennia. During this Quantitative History Webinar\, Andrew J. Sinclair of HKU Business School will explain how he studies the effect of the state civilian granary system on price stability between 1741 and 1856. During this period\, granaries held a value of grain equal to nearly 40% of annual fiscal revenues and were required to turnover their entire stock every three years. While the literature has focused on the role of granaries in reducing famine\, Andrew uses this unique historical setting to quantify the long-term behavior of market prices under the presence of an interventionist government. \nABOUT THE SERIES\nThe Quantitative History (QH) Webinar Series aims to provide researchers\, teachers\, and students with an online intellectual platform to keep up to date with the latest research in the field\, promoting the dissemination of research findings and interdisciplinary use of quantitative methods in historical research. The QH Webinar Series\, now entering its fourth year\, is co-organized by Centre for Quantitative History at the HKU Business School and International Society for Quantitative History in partnership with Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences. The Series is now substantially supported by the Areas of Excellence (AoE) Scheme from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region\, China (Project No. [AoE/B-704/22-R]). URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-state-civilian-granary-system-and-price-stability-1741-1856/ LOCATION:Via Zoom CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Copy-of-HKIHSS-banner_QH_1080-3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240222T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240222T160000 DTSTAMP:20261030T105655 CREATED:20240603T011447Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103227Z UID:81800-1708617600-1708617600@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:The Impact of the 1901 Land Title Deed Act on Bangkok’s Urban Land Market DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n\n Via Zoom\n \n\n February 22\, 2024 (16:00pm Hong Kong/ Beijing/ Singapore | 08:00am London| 15:00pm Bangkok| 17:00pm Tokyo | 19:00pm Sydney\n \n\n \n Enquiry: cqhmail@hku.hk\n \n \n\n \n Zoom Registration\n \n /*! elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 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var(–divider-color)}.elementor-widget-divider–separator-type-pattern{–divider-border-style:none}.elementor-widget-divider–separator-type-pattern.elementor-widget-divider–view-line .elementor-divider-separator\,.elementor-widget-divider–separator-type-pattern:not(.elementor-widget-divider–view-line) .elementor-divider-separator:after\,.elementor-widget-divider–separator-type-pattern:not(.elementor-widget-divider–view-line) .elementor-divider-separator:before\,.elementor-widget-divider–separator-type-pattern:not([class*=elementor-widget-divider–view]) .elementor-divider-separator{width:100%;min-height:var(–divider-pattern-height);-webkit-mask-size:var(–divider-pattern-size) 100%;mask-size:var(–divider-pattern-size) 100%;-webkit-mask-repeat:var(–divider-pattern-repeat);mask-repeat:var(–divider-pattern-repeat);background-color:var(–divider-color);-webkit-mask-image:var(–divider-pattern-url);mask-image:var(–divider-pattern-url)}.elementor-widget-divider–no-spacing{–divider-pattern-size:auto}.elementor-widget-divider–bg-round{–divider-pattern-repeat:round}.rtl .elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider__text{direction:rtl}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-divider\,.e-con>.elementor-widget-divider{width:var(–container-widget-width\,100%);–flex-grow:var(–container-widget-flex-grow)}\n /*! elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 */\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} \nABSTRACT\nKing Chulalongkorn adopted a Western land code in 1901 as a part of a defensive strategy against Western colonial ambitions in Siam. The enactment of the 1901 Land Title Deed Act converted traditional secure usufruct rights to fully transferable private property rights with absolute exclusion rights. Using plot-level data collected from 9\,840 Bangkok orchard land deeds issued in the 1880s\, Jessica Vechbanyongratana of Chulalongkorn University analyzes the incidence of land transfers after the enactment of the 1901 land law. Her analysis shows that the shift from secure usufruct to transferable private property rights is associated with increased land transfers in Bangkok after 1901. Furthermore\, the lifting of agricultural land use restrictions resulted in relatively more property transactions in non-agricultural areas and next to the river and roads\, which were important for commerce and trade but not agriculture. During this Quantitative History Webinar\, Jessica will explain how the adoption of a Western land code\, driven by political reasons\, had the unintended consequence of supporting the growth of new economic activities outside agriculture in Bangkok. \nABOUT THE QUANTITATIVE HISTORY WEBINAR SERIES\nThe Quantitative History (QH) Webinar Series aims to provide researchers\, teachers\, and students with an online intellectual platform to keep up to date with the latest research in the field\, promoting the dissemination of research findings and interdisciplinary use of quantitative methods in historical research. The QH Webinar Series\, now entering its fourth year\, is co-organized by Centre for Quantitative History at the HKU Business School and International Society for Quantitative History in partnership with Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences. The Series is now substantially supported by the Areas of Excellence (AoE) Scheme from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region\, China (Project No. [AoE/B-704/22-R]). URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-impact-of-the-1901-land-title-deed-act-on-bangkoks-urban-land-market/ LOCATION:Via Zoom CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/HKIHSS-banner_QH_1080_Jessica-Vechbanyongratana.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240208T100000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240208T100000 DTSTAMP:20261030T105655 CREATED:20240603T173634Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103228Z UID:81826-1707386400-1707386400@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Fiscal Innovation and the Origins of Paper Currency in Song China (960-1276) DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n\n Via Zoom\n \n\n February 8\, 2024 (10:00am Hong Kong/ Beijing/ Singapore | 11:00am Tokyo | 13:00pm Sydney)\n \n\n February 7\, 2024 (18:00pm Los Angeles | 21:00pm New York)\n \n\n \n Enquiry: cqhmail@hku.hk\n \n \n\n \n Zoom Registration\n \n /*! elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 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100%;-webkit-mask-repeat:var(–divider-pattern-repeat);mask-repeat:var(–divider-pattern-repeat);background-color:var(–divider-color);-webkit-mask-image:var(–divider-pattern-url);mask-image:var(–divider-pattern-url)}.elementor-widget-divider–no-spacing{–divider-pattern-size:auto}.elementor-widget-divider–bg-round{–divider-pattern-repeat:round}.rtl .elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider__text{direction:rtl}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-divider\,.e-con>.elementor-widget-divider{width:var(–container-widget-width\,100%);–flex-grow:var(–container-widget-flex-grow)}\n /*! elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 */\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading 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In this Quantitative History Webinar\, Richard von Glahn of the University of California\, Los Angeles\, will explain how his study reaffirms the crucial role of paper currency in the Song market economy. He will also emphasize that the success of the Song state in maintaining a viable paper currency is derived from the interrelationship between state finance and private commerce. Paper currencies thus were an integral part of what he calls the “synergistic fiscal state” in Song times\, in which the state sought to harness market forces for its own fiscal ends. \nABOUT THE SERIES\nThe Quantitative History (QH) Webinar Series aims to provide researchers\, teachers\, and students with an online intellectual platform to keep up to date with the latest research in the field\, promoting the dissemination of research findings and interdisciplinary use of quantitative methods in historical research. The QH Webinar Series\, now entering its fourth year\, is co-organized by Centre for Quantitative History at the HKU Business School and International Society for Quantitative History in partnership with Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences. The Series is now substantially supported by the Areas of Excellence (AoE) Scheme from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region\, China (Project No. [AoE/B-704/22-R]). URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/fiscal-innovation-and-the-origins-of-paper-currency-in-song-china-960-1276/ LOCATION:Via Zoom CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/HKIHSS-banner_QH_1080_Richard-von-Glahn.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20231207T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20231207T160000 DTSTAMP:20261030T105655 CREATED:20240604T004000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103231Z UID:81959-1701964800-1701964800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:The Glorious Revolution That Wasn’t: Rural Elite Conflict and Demand for Democratization DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n\n Via Zoom\n \n\n December 07\, 2023 (16:00 pm Hong Kong\n \n\n Beijing/ Singapore | 8:00am (London)| 17:00 pm (Tokyo) | 19:00 pm (Sydney)\n \n\n \n Enquiry: cqhmail@hku.hk\n \n \n\n \n Zoom Registration\n \n /*! elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 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var(–divider-color)}.elementor-widget-divider–separator-type-pattern{–divider-border-style:none}.elementor-widget-divider–separator-type-pattern.elementor-widget-divider–view-line .elementor-divider-separator\,.elementor-widget-divider–separator-type-pattern:not(.elementor-widget-divider–view-line) .elementor-divider-separator:after\,.elementor-widget-divider–separator-type-pattern:not(.elementor-widget-divider–view-line) .elementor-divider-separator:before\,.elementor-widget-divider–separator-type-pattern:not([class*=elementor-widget-divider–view]) .elementor-divider-separator{width:100%;min-height:var(–divider-pattern-height);-webkit-mask-size:var(–divider-pattern-size) 100%;mask-size:var(–divider-pattern-size) 100%;-webkit-mask-repeat:var(–divider-pattern-repeat);mask-repeat:var(–divider-pattern-repeat);background-color:var(–divider-color);-webkit-mask-image:var(–divider-pattern-url);mask-image:var(–divider-pattern-url)}.elementor-widget-divider–no-spacing{–divider-pattern-size:auto}.elementor-widget-divider–bg-round{–divider-pattern-repeat:round}.rtl .elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider__text{direction:rtl}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-divider\,.e-con>.elementor-widget-divider{width:var(–container-widget-width\,100%);–flex-grow:var(–container-widget-flex-grow)} \nDuring the Second World War the Nazis wiped out the world of Jewish scholarship centred in Talmudic academies or ‘Yeshivot’ in Europe. Remarkably\, one academy survived intact.  The Mir yeshiva was based in Byelorussia\, but in 1939 fled Stalin to independent Lithuania. The outbreak of war put an end to Lithuanian independence\, and placed the large Jewish world of Eastern Europe in an impossible situation\, between Stalin and Hitler.  This paper tells the story of how one Yeshiva escaped to China\, keeping alive a way of life almost entirely extinguished elsewhere. \n /*! elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 */\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} \nWATCH REPLAY\n \n \nABOUT THE SERIES\nThe Quantitative History (QH) Webinar Series aims to provide researchers\, teachers\, and students with an online intellectual platform to keep up to date with the latest research in the field\, promoting the dissemination of research findings and interdisciplinary use of quantitative methods in historical research. The QH Webinar Series\, now entering its fourth year\, is co-organized by Centre for Quantitative History at the HKU Business School and International Society for Quantitative History in partnership with Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences. The Series is now substantially supported by the Areas of Excellence (AoE) Scheme from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region\, China (Project No. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-glorious-revolution-that-wasnt-rural-elite-conflict-and-demand-for-democratization/ LOCATION:Via Zoom CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Copy-of-HKIHSS-banner_QH_1080-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20231116T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20231116T140000 DTSTAMP:20261030T105655 CREATED:20240610T233604Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103234Z UID:83265-1700136000-1700143200@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Labor Coercion and Trade: Evidence from Colonial Indonesia DESCRIPTION:/*! elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 */\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=”.svg”]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} \n\n\n Language: English\n \n\n Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom\n \n\n November 16\, 2023 (12:00 pm Hong Kong/ Beijing/ Singapore)\n \n\n 13:00 pm (Tokyo) | 15:00 pm (Sydney) | November 15\, 2023 20:00 pm (Los Angeles)\n \n\n \n Enquiry: cqhmail@hku.hk\n \n \n\n \n Zoom Registration\n \n /*! 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elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 */\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} \nABSTRACT\nWhat determines the use of labor coercion? Mark Hup of Peking University studies the impact of trade on corvée labor – the payment of taxation in labor – in colonial Indonesia. To do so\, he constructs a unique database on corvée usage and exports at the residency-product-year level from 1900 to 1940. The results show that trade booms\, especially of labor-intensive exports\, reduced corvée usage. The effect ran through laborers buying themselves out of corvée. The buy-out option enabled high-productivity laborers to self-select out of corvée without requiring stronger information-collection capabilities of the state. Through such buyouts\, the fall in in-kind taxation was mirrored by a rise in monetary taxation. The opposite took place during the trade collapse of the Great Depression. While some studies find a positive relationship between trade and private labor coercion\, Mark Hup argues public labor coercion follows a different logic due to the state’s encompassing interest. In this Quantitative History Lecture\, Mark Hup will explain how the nature of the relationship between coercer and coerced is thus key in understanding labor coercion. \nWATCH REPLAY URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/labor-coercion-and-trade-evidence-from-colonial-indonesia/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/HKIHSS-banner_QH_1080_Mark-Hup.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230914T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230914T120000 DTSTAMP:20261030T105655 CREATED:20240611T180142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103238Z UID:83429-1694692800-1694692800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:New Crops and Old States: Economic Productivity and State Capacity in Historical China DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n\n Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom\n \n\n September 14\, 2023 (12:00 pm Hong Kong/ Beijing/ Singapore )\n \n\n 00:00 (New York) | 21:00 pm (-1day) (Los Angeles)\n \n\n 05:00 am (London) | 13:00 pm (Tokyo) | 14:00 pm (Sydney)\n \n\n \n Enquiry: cqhmail@hku.hk\n \n \n\n /*! 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elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 */\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} \nABSTRACT\nMost conventional theories of state origin regard economic development as a catalyst for state formation. However\, new scholarly works increasingly emphasized the appropriability of output\, rather than mere productivity\, as the vital determinant. Clair Z. Yang of the University of Washington\, in her latest study\, leverages the introduction of two New World crops—maize and sweet potato—into historical China as a natural experiment. Maize\, being a cereal grain\, is highly appropriable\, while sweet potato is not. During this Quantitative History Lecture\, Clair Z. Yang will present her findings that reveal while both new crops contributed positively to population growth\, their impact on state capacity differed significantly. Maize demonstrated a substantial and positive effect on state fiscal revenue\, whereas sweet potato led to a decline in state capacity. Her results are consistent with the prediction of a state-locality bargaining model and underscore a multi-dimensional relationship between economic productivity and state-building. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/new-crops-and-old-states-economic-productivity-and-state-capacity-in-historical-china/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/HKIHSS-banner_QH_1080-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230907T100000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230907T100000 DTSTAMP:20261030T105655 CREATED:20240611T181502Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103238Z UID:83430-1694080800-1694080800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Intergenerational Mobility of Daughters and Marital Sorting: New Evidence from Imperial China DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n\n Zoom\n \n\n September 7\, 2023\, 10:00 a.m. (HK time)\n \n\n \n Enquiry: cqhmail@hku.hk\n \n \n\n /*! elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 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100%;-webkit-mask-repeat:var(–divider-pattern-repeat);mask-repeat:var(–divider-pattern-repeat);background-color:var(–divider-color);-webkit-mask-image:var(–divider-pattern-url);mask-image:var(–divider-pattern-url)}.elementor-widget-divider–no-spacing{–divider-pattern-size:auto}.elementor-widget-divider–bg-round{–divider-pattern-repeat:round}.rtl .elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider__text{direction:rtl}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-divider\,.e-con>.elementor-widget-divider{width:var(–container-widget-width\,100%);–flex-grow:var(–container-widget-flex-grow)}\n /*! elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 */\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading 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Shiue studying the role of marriage for women’s intergenerational mobility using original information on women’s status from family histories of Central China over the 15th to 19th century. Their latest research documents that women who are first wives have higher status than other wives\, which is supported both by relatively strong positive sorting between biological and in-law families for first-wife marriages and by the relatively high status of the husbands of the first wives. As early as the 15th century\, daughters with high-status fathers are more likely to be the first wife in their households. Further\, accounting for the role of marriage changes the understanding of the level\, sources\, and trends in the intergenerational mobility of daughters. In particular\, due to positive sorting\, a focus on biological family would considerably overestimate father-daughter mobility. In addition\, the intergenerational contribution to daughter status from the in-law family is about 40%\, which is crucial for consistent comparisons of mobility as the extent of marital sorting fell over time. Overall\, the implied level of mobility between father and daughter is comparable to that between father and son\, and once marital sorting is accounted for\, the intergenerational mobility of daughters follows a similar trend as that of the son as well. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/intergenerational-mobility-of-daughters-and-marital-sorting-new-evidence-from-imperial-china/ LOCATION:Zoom\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/HKIHSS-banner_QH_1080.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230624T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230624T090000 DTSTAMP:20261030T105655 CREATED:20240611T183745Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260507T090925Z UID:83468-1687597200-1687597200@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Symposium on New Frontiers and Directions in Chinese History DESCRIPTION:Language: English\nLecture Hall\, May Hall\, HKU Campus\nJune 23 – 24\, 2023\n\n/*! elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 */\n.elementor-widget-divider{–divider-border-style:none;–divider-border-width:1px;–divider-color:#0c0d0e;–divider-icon-size:20px;–divider-element-spacing:10px;–divider-pattern-height:24px;–divider-pattern-size:20px;–divider-pattern-url:none;–divider-pattern-repeat:repeat-x}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider{display:flex}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider__text{font-size:15px;line-height:1;max-width:95%}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider__element{margin:0 var(–divider-element-spacing);flex-shrink:0}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-icon{font-size:var(–divider-icon-size)}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider-separator{display:flex;margin:0;direction:ltr}.elementor-widget-divider–view-line_icon .elementor-divider-separator\,.elementor-widget-divider–view-line_text .elementor-divider-separator{align-items:center}.elementor-widget-divider–view-line_icon .elementor-divider-separator:after\,.elementor-widget-divider–view-line_icon .elementor-divider-separator:before\,.elementor-widget-divider–view-line_text .elementor-divider-separator:after\,.elementor-widget-divider–view-line_text .elementor-divider-separator:before{display:block;content:””;border-block-end:0;flex-grow:1;border-block-start:var(–divider-border-width) var(–divider-border-style) var(–divider-color)}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-left .elementor-divider .elementor-divider-separator>.elementor-divider__svg:first-of-type{flex-grow:0;flex-shrink:100}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-left .elementor-divider-separator:before{content:none}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-left .elementor-divider__element{margin-left:0}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-right .elementor-divider .elementor-divider-separator>.elementor-divider__svg:last-of-type{flex-grow:0;flex-shrink:100}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-right .elementor-divider-separator:after{content:none}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-right .elementor-divider__element{margin-right:0}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-start .elementor-divider .elementor-divider-separator>.elementor-divider__svg:first-of-type{flex-grow:0;flex-shrink:100}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-start .elementor-divider-separator:before{content:none}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-start .elementor-divider__element{margin-inline-start:0}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-end .elementor-divider .elementor-divider-separator>.elementor-divider__svg:last-of-type{flex-grow:0;flex-shrink:100}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-end .elementor-divider-separator:after{content:none}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-end .elementor-divider__element{margin-inline-end:0}.elementor-widget-divider:not(.elementor-widget-divider–view-line_text):not(.elementor-widget-divider–view-line_icon) .elementor-divider-separator{border-block-start:var(–divider-border-width) var(–divider-border-style) var(–divider-color)}.elementor-widget-divider–separator-type-pattern{–divider-border-style:none}.elementor-widget-divider–separator-type-pattern.elementor-widget-divider–view-line .elementor-divider-separator\,.elementor-widget-divider–separator-type-pattern:not(.elementor-widget-divider–view-line) .elementor-divider-separator:after\,.elementor-widget-divider–separator-type-pattern:not(.elementor-widget-divider–view-line) .elementor-divider-separator:before\,.elementor-widget-divider–separator-type-pattern:not([class*=elementor-widget-divider–view]) .elementor-divider-separator{width:100%;min-height:var(–divider-pattern-height);-webkit-mask-size:var(–divider-pattern-size) 100%;mask-size:var(–divider-pattern-size) 100%;-webkit-mask-repeat:var(–divider-pattern-repeat);mask-repeat:var(–divider-pattern-repeat);background-color:var(–divider-color);-webkit-mask-image:var(–divider-pattern-url);mask-image:var(–divider-pattern-url)}.elementor-widget-divider–no-spacing{–divider-pattern-size:auto}.elementor-widget-divider–bg-round{–divider-pattern-repeat:round}.rtl .elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider__text{direction:rtl}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-divider\,.e-con>.elementor-widget-divider{width:var(–container-widget-width\,100%);–flex-grow:var(–container-widget-flex-grow)}\n/*! elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 */\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} \nAbout the Symposium\nThe Symposium on New Frontiers and Directions in Chinese History 2023 is a two-day event on June 23 – 24\, 2023\, showcasing the latest research in Chinese history. Keynote speeches and discussions\, convened by Professor Zhiwu Chen and Professor Guoqi Xu\, will cover late imperial China\, the old and new orders\, Chinese business history\, and conflict from within. The symposium will conclude with a closing keynote speech on archaeological data and Chinese history. Invitees can attend exclusive lunch and dinner events\, providing great networking opportunities. The event is co-organized by the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (HKIHSS) and the HKU Department of History (HKU History)\, and co-sponsored by the Louis Cha Fund for Chinese Studies and East/West Studies\, with the partnership of the Centre for Quantitative History of HKU Business School. It will take place at the historic May Hall on the HKU campus\, making it a must-attend event for scholars\, researchers\, teachers\, and students working in the field of Chinese history. \nProgram Rundown\nJune 23\, 2023 (Friday) – Day 1 \n\n\n\n8:15\nRegistration starts with refreshments\n\n\n9:00 – 9:10\nWelcome Remarks \n\nZhiwu Chen\, Director\, Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences\, Chair and Cheng Yu-Tung Professor in Finance\, HKU Business School\n\n\n\n\n9:10 – 9:30\nOpening Remarks \n\nGuoqi Xu\, Professor of History\, HKU Department of History\nOscar Sanchez-Sibony\, Department Chair\, Associate Professor of History\, HKU Department of History\n\n\n\n\n9:30 – 10:30\nOpening Keynote SpeechThe Chinese Century? The Revival and Rise of Chinese Universities “The Chinese Century? The Revival and Rise of Chinese Universities” explores the remarkable growth of higher education in China. From enrolling approximately 860\,000 students in 1978\, Chinese universities have experienced exponential growth\, with over thirty million students enrolled by 2010 and more than forty million in 2020. The expansion of higher education is altogether new in its scope\, but it is also a modern manifestation of centuries of dedication to advanced learning. To understand the Chinese higher education sector today\, we must first look back at its foundations in imperial and Republican China. \n\n\n\nSpeaker: William Kirby\, T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies\, Harvard University and Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration\, Harvard Business School\n\n\n\n\nChair and discussant: Guoqi Xu (HKU History)\n\n\n\n\n10:30 – 10:45\nCoffee Break\n\n\n10:45 – 12:45\nLate Imperial China \nStaging Hong Kong (Studies) in Chinese History Recent years have witnessed rejuvenated interests in Hong Kong\, a fascinating research site not only for its inherent appeal but also for its significance in broader geopolitical dynamics. When China was closed to foreign travel\, early scholarly attention studied Hong Kong as a proxy for such issues as Chinese lineage and society. In the period leading up to the handover in 1997\, interest in Hong Kong has flourished\, turning the focus to local Hong Kong. Building on these Hong Kong-centered studies\, recent projects have emphasized the instrumentality of Hong Kong in directing regional and global flows. Compared to this historiographical trajectory\, Hong Kong owed its geopolitical and economic significance to its role as China’s outlet during the Cold War\, and the city has found it necessary to refashion itself since China’s Reform era. To maintain the city’s vitality\, Hong Kong will have to assert its function as a regional and global hub\, especially as shifting geopolitics and COVID rewire international circuitries. Interlacing such historiographical trajectory with historical developments\, this talk explores Hong Kong’s opportunities and challenges in our world today. \n\nSpeaker: John D. Wong\, Associate Professor of Humanities and Social Science\, Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences\, HKU\n\nSports for National Rejuvenation or National Salvation: How Chinese and Americans Turned to Sports for National Developments at the Turn of the 20th Century  This paper focuses on following three questions: why was the period of from 1890 to 1920 so important in both Chinese and American history? Why can a sports perspective help us better understand the history of Chinese and Americans at the turn of the 20th century? And how sports became a vehicle for Chinese national salvation during 1890 and 1920 while at the same time Americans embraced sports as new frontier and for national rejuvenation? The major objective of this paper is to demonstrate there was a strong shared theme and journey between Chinese and Americans in their respective formative national history through the lens of sports. \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Guoqi Xu\, Professor of History\, HKU Department of History\nCommentator: Mei Zhao\, Scholar specializing in US-China relations\, Institute of American Studies\, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences\n\n\n\n\nChair and discussant: Ghassan Moazzin (HKIHSS and HKU History)\n\n\n\n\n13:00 – 15:00\nLunch (By Invitation Only)\n\n\n15:30 – 17:30\nThe Old Order and The New \nEngendering Chinese History from Tianjin to Hong Kong Through discussing her award-winning book Dwelling in the World: Family\, House\, and Home in Tianjin China\, 1860-1960\, Dr. Elizabeth LaCoutureintroduces how gender representation of both scholars and methods can illuminate new directions in Chinese history. While feminist theory was an early innovator in interdisciplinary scholarship\, feminist methods introduce alternative ways to compile and read an archive. As access to archives has become increasingly challenging\, especially during the pandemic\, feminist archival practices\, such as memoir or material culture\, may prove useful. The talk will focus on three case studies from Republican-era Tianjin that demonstrate how people wrote their stories through their dwelling. Bringing together diverse sources from architecture\, women’s memoir\, and the archives the talk will highlight how individual identities at the intersections of gender and class changed in urban China during the Republican era. \n\nSpeaker: Elizabeth LaCouture\, Assistant Professor of History\, HKU Department of History\n\nTranslating the Declaration of Independence: American Frontiers of Good Governance in the Era of Opium Wars In 1838 the US missionary Rev. Elijah C. Bridgman introduced the Declaration of Independence to Qing-era readership in <美理哥合省國志略>.  Revisiting Bridgman’s Chinese publication and subsequent revision of the Declaration opens a potential for scholarship to consider the rhetorical charge of the frontier as a point of intercultural reference.  Bridgman’s translation also focuses attention on the importance of media in inter-imperial contexts of commerce that shaped development of “international law.” \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Kendall A. Johnson\, Head and Professor of American Literature\, HKU School of English\n\n\n\n\nChair and discussant: Billy K. L. So (HKIHSS)\n\n\n\n\n18:00\nDinner (By Invitation Only)\n\n\n\nune 24\, 2023 (Saturday) – Day 2 \n\n\n\n9:15\nRegistration starts with refreshments\n\n\n10:00 – 12:00\nChinese Business History \nA Glimpse into the 1929 Corporate Performance in the Book Industry: A Comparative Analysis of Balance Sheets of Two Companies in New York and Shanghai Although there was no relation between the two\, The Macmillan Company in New York and The Commercial Press in Shanghai were each considered among the largest corporations in the book industry in their respective countries in the 1920s. In this study we examine the companies’ 1929 balance sheets and take a glimpse into how they were doing financially 30 years after they were incorporated. Our purpose is twofold; first\, to find out what the balance sheet can tell about the corporate performance\, and secondly\, to enhance their corporate narratives with financial data. \n\nSpeaker: Billy K. L. So\, HKIHSS Fellow\, HKU; Emeritus Professor of Humanities\, HKUST and former Chair Professor of History\, CUHK\n\nFrom Huasheng to Huawei: The Origins of the Chinese Electrical and Electronics Industries Before 1937 In my presentation\, I will introduce my current research and book project on the historical development of the Chinese electrical and electronics industries in pre-war China. The first part of the presentation will introduce the general questions\, themes and historical actors the project focuses on and situate it in relation of the Chinese electrical and electronics industries today. In the second half of the presentation\, I will then discuss the beginnings of the Chinese electrical lamp industry\, more specifically\, the case of the Chinese Oppel Electric Manufacturing Co. Ltd.\, to further illustrate the aims and significance of the project. \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Ghassan Moazzin\, Assistant Professor of Humanities and Social Science\, Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences and Department of History\, HKU\n\n\n\n\nChair and discussant: John D. Wong (HKIHSS)\n\n\n\n\n12:30 – 14:30\nLunch (By Invitation Only)\n\n\n15:00 – 17:00\nConflict from Within \nStates and Wars: China’s Long March towards Unity and its Long-Term Consequences\, 750 BC – 1911 AD Based on the compilation of a large geocoded annual data series of political regimes and incidences of warfare between 221 BC and 1911 AD\, we show that the mythical historical Chinese rests in a tripartite synthesis of China’s unique geography (of environmental circumscription)\, ideology (of a single unified ruler for all) and institution (of direct administrative rule). Our paper provides a first direct quantification of ideology based on the application of the latest textual analysis of Classical Chinese primary sources. Our econometric exercise shows that the mechanism of China’s unity under this tripartite synthesis is forged through nomadic-agrarian warfare. \n\nSpeaker: Debin Ma\, Professor of Economic History\, Faculty of History and Fellow\, All Souls College\, University of Oxford\n\nRethinking China under Mao The talk provides an overview of the burgeoning historiography of the People’s Republic of China\, especially of the early period between 1949 and 1978\, and suggests how we might integrate such work into narratives of the Chinese past and present. In working through the research of the past decades the findings not only help us identify new areas of research\, they rephrase some of the initial questions. The presentation will highlight areas in which reconsidering PRC history seems especially necessary: transnational flows\, violence and social transformation. \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Klaus Mühlhahn\, President and Director\, Chair of Modern Chinese Studies\, Zeppelin University\n\n\n\n\nChair and discussant: Oscar Sanchez-Sibony (HKU History)\n\n\n\n\n17:00 – 18:00\nClosing Keynote SpeechWhat Can Archaeological Data Tell Us About Chinese History? As Mark Twain put it\, history doesn’t repeat itself\, but it often rhymes. However\, how far back should we go to better understand modern China? Skinner (1985) took us back to the 8th–13th centuries and found that today’s China came into shape during the Tang and Song China. Chen\, Kung and Ma (2020) demonstrate that prefectures that did well in the keju exam during the Ming and Qing dynasties are still doing better today. So\, is the Ming\, or even the Tang\, far back enough for understanding the present? Now with vast archaeological data available\, we can investigate how much of modern China was already shaped during the late Neolithic era. \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Zhiwu Chen\, Director\, Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences\, Chair and Cheng Yu-Tung Professor in Finance\, HKU Business School\n\n\n\n\nChair and discussant: Guoqi Xu (HKU History)\n\n\n\n\n18:30\nDinner (By Invitation Only)\n\n\n\nThis symposium program is subject to change without prior notice. Lunch and dinner are by invitation only. \nOrganizers\nThe symposium is co-organized by the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (HKIHSS) and the HKU Department of History (HKU History)\, and co-sponsored by the Louis Cha Fund for Chinese Studies and East/West Studies\, with the partnership of the Centre for Quantitative History of HKU Business School. \nEnquiries\nihss@hku.hk / hilsonng@hku.hk (Ms. Hilson Ng) URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/symposium-on-new-frontiers-and-directions-in-chinese-history/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, May Hall\, HKU Campus\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Conference ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/symposium-on-new-frontiers-and-directions-in-chinese-history-20230623-24-1080.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230623T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230623T090000 DTSTAMP:20261030T105655 CREATED:20240611T190117Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260507T090951Z UID:83481-1687510800-1687510800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Symposium on New Frontiers and Directions in Chinese History DESCRIPTION:Language: English\nLecture Hall\, May Hall\, HKU Campus\nJune 23 – 24\, 2023\n\n/*! 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elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 */\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} \nAbout the Symposium\nThe Symposium on New Frontiers and Directions in Chinese History 2023 is a two-day event on June 23 – 24\, 2023\, showcasing the latest research in Chinese history. Keynote speeches and discussions\, convened by Professor Zhiwu Chen and Professor Guoqi Xu\, will cover late imperial China\, the old and new orders\, Chinese business history\, and conflict from within. The symposium will conclude with a closing keynote speech on archaeological data and Chinese history. Invitees can attend exclusive lunch and dinner events\, providing great networking opportunities. The event is co-organized by the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (HKIHSS) and the HKU Department of History (HKU History)\, and co-sponsored by the Louis Cha Fund for Chinese Studies and East/West Studies\, with the partnership of the Centre for Quantitative History of HKU Business School. It will take place at the historic May Hall on the HKU campus\, making it a must-attend event for scholars\, researchers\, teachers\, and students working in the field of Chinese history. \nProgram Rundown\nJune 23\, 2023 (Friday) – Day 1 \n\n\n\n8:15\nRegistration starts with refreshments\n\n\n9:00 – 9:10\nWelcome Remarks \n\nZhiwu Chen\, Director\, Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences\, Chair and Cheng Yu-Tung Professor in Finance\, HKU Business School\n\n\n\n\n9:10 – 9:30\nOpening Remarks \n\nGuoqi Xu\, Professor of History\, HKU Department of History\nOscar Sanchez-Sibony\, Department Chair\, Associate Professor of History\, HKU Department of History\n\n\n\n\n9:30 – 10:30\nOpening Keynote SpeechThe Chinese Century? The Revival and Rise of Chinese Universities “The Chinese Century? The Revival and Rise of Chinese Universities” explores the remarkable growth of higher education in China. From enrolling approximately 860\,000 students in 1978\, Chinese universities have experienced exponential growth\, with over thirty million students enrolled by 2010 and more than forty million in 2020. The expansion of higher education is altogether new in its scope\, but it is also a modern manifestation of centuries of dedication to advanced learning. To understand the Chinese higher education sector today\, we must first look back at its foundations in imperial and Republican China. \n\n\n\nSpeaker: William Kirby\, T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies\, Harvard University and Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration\, Harvard Business School\n\n\n\n\nChair and discussant: Guoqi Xu (HKU History)\n\n\n\n\n10:30 – 10:45\nCoffee Break\n\n\n10:45 – 12:45\nLate Imperial China \nStaging Hong Kong (Studies) in Chinese History Recent years have witnessed rejuvenated interests in Hong Kong\, a fascinating research site not only for its inherent appeal but also for its significance in broader geopolitical dynamics. When China was closed to foreign travel\, early scholarly attention studied Hong Kong as a proxy for such issues as Chinese lineage and society. In the period leading up to the handover in 1997\, interest in Hong Kong has flourished\, turning the focus to local Hong Kong. Building on these Hong Kong-centered studies\, recent projects have emphasized the instrumentality of Hong Kong in directing regional and global flows. Compared to this historiographical trajectory\, Hong Kong owed its geopolitical and economic significance to its role as China’s outlet during the Cold War\, and the city has found it necessary to refashion itself since China’s Reform era. To maintain the city’s vitality\, Hong Kong will have to assert its function as a regional and global hub\, especially as shifting geopolitics and COVID rewire international circuitries. Interlacing such historiographical trajectory with historical developments\, this talk explores Hong Kong’s opportunities and challenges in our world today. \n\nSpeaker: John D. Wong\, Associate Professor of Humanities and Social Science\, Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences\, HKU\n\nSports for National Rejuvenation or National Salvation: How Chinese and Americans Turned to Sports for National Developments at the Turn of the 20th Century  This paper focuses on following three questions: why was the period of from 1890 to 1920 so important in both Chinese and American history? Why can a sports perspective help us better understand the history of Chinese and Americans at the turn of the 20th century? And how sports became a vehicle for Chinese national salvation during 1890 and 1920 while at the same time Americans embraced sports as new frontier and for national rejuvenation? The major objective of this paper is to demonstrate there was a strong shared theme and journey between Chinese and Americans in their respective formative national history through the lens of sports. \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Guoqi Xu\, Professor of History\, HKU Department of History\nCommentator: Mei Zhao\, Scholar specializing in US-China relations\, Institute of American Studies\, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences\n\n\n\n\nChair and discussant: Ghassan Moazzin (HKIHSS and HKU History)\n\n\n\n\n13:00 – 15:00\nLunch (By Invitation Only)\n\n\n15:30 – 17:30\nThe Old Order and The New \nEngendering Chinese History from Tianjin to Hong Kong Through discussing her award-winning book Dwelling in the World: Family\, House\, and Home in Tianjin China\, 1860-1960\, Dr. Elizabeth LaCoutureintroduces how gender representation of both scholars and methods can illuminate new directions in Chinese history. While feminist theory was an early innovator in interdisciplinary scholarship\, feminist methods introduce alternative ways to compile and read an archive. As access to archives has become increasingly challenging\, especially during the pandemic\, feminist archival practices\, such as memoir or material culture\, may prove useful. The talk will focus on three case studies from Republican-era Tianjin that demonstrate how people wrote their stories through their dwelling. Bringing together diverse sources from architecture\, women’s memoir\, and the archives the talk will highlight how individual identities at the intersections of gender and class changed in urban China during the Republican era. \n\nSpeaker: Elizabeth LaCouture\, Assistant Professor of History\, HKU Department of History\n\nTranslating the Declaration of Independence: American Frontiers of Good Governance in the Era of Opium Wars In 1838 the US missionary Rev. Elijah C. Bridgman introduced the Declaration of Independence to Qing-era readership in <美理哥合省國志略>.  Revisiting Bridgman’s Chinese publication and subsequent revision of the Declaration opens a potential for scholarship to consider the rhetorical charge of the frontier as a point of intercultural reference.  Bridgman’s translation also focuses attention on the importance of media in inter-imperial contexts of commerce that shaped development of “international law.” \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Kendall A. Johnson\, Head and Professor of American Literature\, HKU School of English\n\n\n\n\nChair and discussant: Billy K. L. So (HKIHSS)\n\n\n\n\n18:00\nDinner (By Invitation Only)\n\n\n\nune 24\, 2023 (Saturday) – Day 2 \n\n\n\n9:15\nRegistration starts with refreshments\n\n\n10:00 – 12:00\nChinese Business History \nA Glimpse into the 1929 Corporate Performance in the Book Industry: A Comparative Analysis of Balance Sheets of Two Companies in New York and Shanghai Although there was no relation between the two\, The Macmillan Company in New York and The Commercial Press in Shanghai were each considered among the largest corporations in the book industry in their respective countries in the 1920s. In this study we examine the companies’ 1929 balance sheets and take a glimpse into how they were doing financially 30 years after they were incorporated. Our purpose is twofold; first\, to find out what the balance sheet can tell about the corporate performance\, and secondly\, to enhance their corporate narratives with financial data. \n\nSpeaker: Billy K. L. So\, HKIHSS Fellow\, HKU; Emeritus Professor of Humanities\, HKUST and former Chair Professor of History\, CUHK\n\nFrom Huasheng to Huawei: The Origins of the Chinese Electrical and Electronics Industries Before 1937 In my presentation\, I will introduce my current research and book project on the historical development of the Chinese electrical and electronics industries in pre-war China. The first part of the presentation will introduce the general questions\, themes and historical actors the project focuses on and situate it in relation of the Chinese electrical and electronics industries today. In the second half of the presentation\, I will then discuss the beginnings of the Chinese electrical lamp industry\, more specifically\, the case of the Chinese Oppel Electric Manufacturing Co. Ltd.\, to further illustrate the aims and significance of the project. \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Ghassan Moazzin\, Assistant Professor of Humanities and Social Science\, Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences and Department of History\, HKU\n\n\n\n\nChair and discussant: John D. Wong (HKIHSS)\n\n\n\n\n12:30 – 14:30\nLunch (By Invitation Only)\n\n\n15:00 – 17:00\nConflict from Within \nStates and Wars: China’s Long March towards Unity and its Long-Term Consequences\, 750 BC – 1911 AD Based on the compilation of a large geocoded annual data series of political regimes and incidences of warfare between 221 BC and 1911 AD\, we show that the mythical historical Chinese rests in a tripartite synthesis of China’s unique geography (of environmental circumscription)\, ideology (of a single unified ruler for all) and institution (of direct administrative rule). Our paper provides a first direct quantification of ideology based on the application of the latest textual analysis of Classical Chinese primary sources. Our econometric exercise shows that the mechanism of China’s unity under this tripartite synthesis is forged through nomadic-agrarian warfare. \n\nSpeaker: Debin Ma\, Professor of Economic History\, Faculty of History and Fellow\, All Souls College\, University of Oxford\n\nRethinking China under Mao The talk provides an overview of the burgeoning historiography of the People’s Republic of China\, especially of the early period between 1949 and 1978\, and suggests how we might integrate such work into narratives of the Chinese past and present. In working through the research of the past decades the findings not only help us identify new areas of research\, they rephrase some of the initial questions. The presentation will highlight areas in which reconsidering PRC history seems especially necessary: transnational flows\, violence and social transformation. \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Klaus Mühlhahn\, President and Director\, Chair of Modern Chinese Studies\, Zeppelin University\n\n\n\n\nChair and discussant: Oscar Sanchez-Sibony (HKU History)\n\n\n\n\n17:00 – 18:00\nClosing Keynote SpeechWhat Can Archaeological Data Tell Us About Chinese History? As Mark Twain put it\, history doesn’t repeat itself\, but it often rhymes. However\, how far back should we go to better understand modern China? Skinner (1985) took us back to the 8th–13th centuries and found that today’s China came into shape during the Tang and Song China. Chen\, Kung and Ma (2020) demonstrate that prefectures that did well in the keju exam during the Ming and Qing dynasties are still doing better today. So\, is the Ming\, or even the Tang\, far back enough for understanding the present? Now with vast archaeological data available\, we can investigate how much of modern China was already shaped during the late Neolithic era. \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Zhiwu Chen\, Director\, Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences\, Chair and Cheng Yu-Tung Professor in Finance\, HKU Business School\n\n\n\n\nChair and discussant: Guoqi Xu (HKU History)\n\n\n\n\n18:30\nDinner (By Invitation Only)\n\n\n\nThis symposium program is subject to change without prior notice. Lunch and dinner are by invitation only. \nOrganizers\nThe symposium is co-organized by the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (HKIHSS) and the HKU Department of History (HKU History)\, and co-sponsored by the Louis Cha Fund for Chinese Studies and East/West Studies\, with the partnership of the Centre for Quantitative History of HKU Business School. \nEnquiries\nihss@hku.hk / hilsonng@hku.hk (Ms. Hilson Ng) URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/symposium-on-new-frontiers-and-directions-in-chinese-history-2/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, May Hall\, HKU Campus\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Conference ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/symposium-on-new-frontiers-and-directions-in-chinese-history-20230623-24-1080.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230518T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230518T120000 DTSTAMP:20261030T105655 CREATED:20240611T190747Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103240Z UID:83480-1684411200-1684411200@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Pre-modern Growth\, Industrialization and Biological Living Standards of Japan and Korea\, 1840 – 2023 DESCRIPTION:/*! elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 */\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=”.svg”]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} \n\n\n Language: English\n \n\n Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom\n \n\n May 18\, 2023\, 12:00 nn (HK time)\n \n\n \n Enquiry: cqhmail@hku.hk\n \n \n\n /*! elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 */\n.elementor-widget-divider{–divider-border-style:none;–divider-border-width:1px;–divider-color:#0c0d0e;–divider-icon-size:20px;–divider-element-spacing:10px;–divider-pattern-height:24px;–divider-pattern-size:20px;–divider-pattern-url:none;–divider-pattern-repeat:repeat-x}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider{display:flex}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider__text{font-size:15px;line-height:1;max-width:95%}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider__element{margin:0 var(–divider-element-spacing);flex-shrink:0}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-icon{font-size:var(–divider-icon-size)}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider-separator{display:flex;margin:0;direction:ltr}.elementor-widget-divider–view-line_icon .elementor-divider-separator\,.elementor-widget-divider–view-line_text .elementor-divider-separator{align-items:center}.elementor-widget-divider–view-line_icon .elementor-divider-separator:after\,.elementor-widget-divider–view-line_icon .elementor-divider-separator:before\,.elementor-widget-divider–view-line_text .elementor-divider-separator:after\,.elementor-widget-divider–view-line_text .elementor-divider-separator:before{display:block;content:””;border-block-end:0;flex-grow:1;border-block-start:var(–divider-border-width) var(–divider-border-style) var(–divider-color)}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-left .elementor-divider .elementor-divider-separator>.elementor-divider__svg:first-of-type{flex-grow:0;flex-shrink:100}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-left .elementor-divider-separator:before{content:none}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-left .elementor-divider__element{margin-left:0}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-right .elementor-divider .elementor-divider-separator>.elementor-divider__svg:last-of-type{flex-grow:0;flex-shrink:100}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-right .elementor-divider-separator:after{content:none}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-right .elementor-divider__element{margin-right:0}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-start .elementor-divider .elementor-divider-separator>.elementor-divider__svg:first-of-type{flex-grow:0;flex-shrink:100}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-start .elementor-divider-separator:before{content:none}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-start .elementor-divider__element{margin-inline-start:0}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-end .elementor-divider .elementor-divider-separator>.elementor-divider__svg:last-of-type{flex-grow:0;flex-shrink:100}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-end .elementor-divider-separator:after{content:none}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-end .elementor-divider__element{margin-inline-end:0}.elementor-widget-divider:not(.elementor-widget-divider–view-line_text):not(.elementor-widget-divider–view-line_icon) .elementor-divider-separator{border-block-start:var(–divider-border-width) var(–divider-border-style) var(–divider-color)}.elementor-widget-divider–separator-type-pattern{–divider-border-style:none}.elementor-widget-divider–separator-type-pattern.elementor-widget-divider–view-line .elementor-divider-separator\,.elementor-widget-divider–separator-type-pattern:not(.elementor-widget-divider–view-line) .elementor-divider-separator:after\,.elementor-widget-divider–separator-type-pattern:not(.elementor-widget-divider–view-line) .elementor-divider-separator:before\,.elementor-widget-divider–separator-type-pattern:not([class*=elementor-widget-divider–view]) .elementor-divider-separator{width:100%;min-height:var(–divider-pattern-height);-webkit-mask-size:var(–divider-pattern-size) 100%;mask-size:var(–divider-pattern-size) 100%;-webkit-mask-repeat:var(–divider-pattern-repeat);mask-repeat:var(–divider-pattern-repeat);background-color:var(–divider-color);-webkit-mask-image:var(–divider-pattern-url);mask-image:var(–divider-pattern-url)}.elementor-widget-divider–no-spacing{–divider-pattern-size:auto}.elementor-widget-divider–bg-round{–divider-pattern-repeat:round}.rtl .elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider__text{direction:rtl}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-divider\,.e-con>.elementor-widget-divider{width:var(–container-widget-width\,100%);–flex-grow:var(–container-widget-flex-grow)}\n /*! elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 */\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} \nABSTRACT\n\nMeasuring the living standards of pre-modern societies is a crucial subject in economic history. It not only helps us understand the period itself but also sheds light on the origins of industrialization and its impact on human life. Since Kenneth Pomeranz’s seminal work brought attention to this issue\, scholars have made various efforts to measure long-term trends in GDP per capita\, real wages\, and body index\, especially in Asian countries. The next step forward based on these foundational studies is to re-examine and reinterpret the juncture of history\, investigating how the impact from the West interacted with the indigenous economy and ultimately changed living standards. This can provide new insights into the modernization of current developing countries and the history of Asian countries. \nIn this Quantitative History Lecture\, Duol Kim of Myongji University will discuss his investigation of this problem\, using data on the height of Koryo Deceased (=Hangryu Deceased\, 行旅死亡者). These are individuals who died on the street or in institutions without any acquaintances claiming the body. He will use this data to explain the changes in biological living standards before and after port opening and modern industrialization\, as well as the centennial patterns of Japanese and Korean heights. \n\n  URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/pre-modern-growth-industrialization-and-biological-living-standards-of-japan-and-korea-1840-2023/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/quantitative-history-lecture-series-20230518-1080.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230511T123000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230511T140000 DTSTAMP:20261030T105655 CREATED:20240611T194307Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103241Z UID:83507-1683808200-1683813600@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Conflict and Gender Norms: Evidence from India DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n\n May 11\, 2023\, 4:00 pm (HK time)\n \n\n \n Enquiry: cqhmail@hku.hk\n \n \n\n /*! 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elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 */\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} \nABSTRACT\nWhere do gender norms that favour men come from? While the status of women in India has its origins in part in son preference\, the proposed explanations of son preference in the literature\, such as cultivation of rice and wheat and women’s participation in these activities are often poor predictors of sex ratios (Fenske\, Gupta\, and Neumann\, 2022). \nIn this Quantitative History Webinar\, Bishnupriya Gupta of the University of Warwick will present her latest research using pre-colonial conflict exposure for each district of modern India and several data sources on the status of women\, including colonial and modern censuses\, Demographic and Health Surveys\, and data on crimes against women. Bishnupriya and her team find that conditional on geographic controls and state-fixed effects\, greater pre-colonial conflict predicts: More male-biased sex ratios\, in particular among “other backward class” Hindus today and more missing women in the population in 2011. They also find more crimes against women in recent administrative data. Conflict exposure predicts lower female shares in 1931. They argue that the mechanism is old and operates throughout the life cycle. They confirm these results using an instrument based on proximity to the Khyber Pass\, “the most important highway to India”. The results survive controlling for centuries of foreign conquest\, direct rule\, language\, and religion. \nBishnupriya’s co-authors: This study is based on joint work with Mark Dincecco (Michigan)\, James Fenske (Warwick) and Anil Menon (Cornell) \nDiscussant: Heng Chen (HKU Business School) \nABOUT THE QUANTITATIVE HISTORY WEBINAR SERIES\nThe Quantitative History (QH) Webinar Series aims to provide researchers\, teachers\, and students with an online intellectual platform to keep up to date with the latest research in the field\, promoting the dissemination of research findings and interdisciplinary use of quantitative methods in historical research. The QH Webinar Series\, now entering its fourth year\, is co-organized by Centre for Quantitative History at the HKU Business School and International Society for Quantitative History in partnership with Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences. The Series is now substantially supported by the Areas of Excellence (AoE) Scheme from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region\, China (Project No. [AoE/B-704/22-R]).  \n  \nConveners: Professor Zhiwu Chen & Dr. Chicheng Ma (HKU Business School)  \nORGANIZER\nThis event is co-organized by the International Society for Quantitative History\, HKU Business School\, and Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences. \nLight refreshments will be served for registered participants attending the seminar in person. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/conflict-and-gender-norms-evidence-from-india/ CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/quantitative-history-webinar-series-20230511-1656-q64yy9tlyapfq27jhmhn52qcfr55s6cvw595qystyo.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230428T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230428T120000 DTSTAMP:20261030T105655 CREATED:20240611T214929Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103242Z UID:83538-1682683200-1682683200@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Ideology and Economic Change: The Contrasting Paths to the Modern Economy in Late 19th Century China and Japan DESCRIPTION:/*! elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 */\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=”.svg”]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} \n\n\n Language: English\n \n\n Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom\n \n\n April 28\, 2023\, 12:00 nn (HK time)\n \n\n \n Enquiry: cqhmail@hku.hk\n \n \n\n /*! 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elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 */\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} \nABSTRACT\nIn this Quantitative History Lecture\, Debin Ma of the University of Oxford will present his paper which revisits the old thesis of the contrasting paths of modernization between Japan and China. It develops a new analytical framework regarding the role of ideology and ideological change—Meiji Japan’s decisive turn towards the West pitted against Qing China’s lethargic response to Western imperialism – as the key driver behind this contrast. They show that the structural difference between Tokugawa Japan’s feudal\, decentralized political regime and Qing China’s centralized bureaucratic system generated differential benefits and costs for regime change and ideological realignment in mid-19th century. Debin Ma and his team build a historical narrative to trace the origin of this political bifurcation to the Medieval period. 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ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/quantitative-history-webinar-series-20230428-1080.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230427T123000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230427T140000 DTSTAMP:20261030T105655 CREATED:20240611T215945Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103241Z UID:83553-1682598600-1682604000@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Ideas Mobilize People: The Diffusion of Communist Ideology in China DESCRIPTION:/*! elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 */\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=”.svg”]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} \n\n\n Language: English\n \n\n April 27\, 2023\, 4:00 pm (HK time)\n \n\n \n Enquiry: cqhmail@hku.hk\n \n \n\n /*! elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 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Ying Bai of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and his co-authors investigate this question by analyzing how exposure to Communist ideology shaped an individual’s decision to join the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) during its formative stage. Their study focuses on cadets at the Whampoa Military Academy\, who played crucial roles in China’s major 20th-century conflicts. Their identification strategy leverages the locality-time-content variation in the circulation of the New Youth magazine—the primary platform promoting Communism following the Treaty of Versailles in 1919—and the variation in an individual’s location over time. Comparing Whampoa cadets living in a locality with access to post-1919 New Youth against those who lived in the same locality but missed this channel\, they find that the former were significantly more likely to join the CCP\, and that this party choice was consequential in subsequent conflicts. They also find that family background did not predict party choice\, but that social networks complemented ideology exposure. In this Quantitative History Webinar\, Ying Bai will present their analyses of other periodicals and organizations that support post-1919 New Youth’s role as a proxy for Communism penetration in a locality. \nYing’s co-authors: Ruixue Jia (UC San Diego) and Runnan Wang (Chinese University of Hong Kong) \nDiscussant: Debin Ma (Oxford) \nABOUT THE QUANTITATIVE HISTORY WEBINAR SERIES\nThe Quantitative History (QH) Webinar Series aims to provide researchers\, teachers\, and students with an online intellectual platform to keep up to date with the latest research in the field\, promoting the dissemination of research findings and interdisciplinary use of quantitative methods in historical research. The QH Webinar Series\, now entering its fourth year\, is co-organized by Centre for Quantitative History at the HKU Business School and International Society for Quantitative History in partnership with Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences. The Series is now substantially supported by the Areas of Excellence (AoE) Scheme from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region\, China (Project No. [AoE/B-704/22-R]). \nConveners: Professor Zhiwu Chen & Dr. Chicheng Ma (HKU Business School)  \nORGANIZER\nThis event is co-organized by the International Society for Quantitative History\, HKU Business School\, and Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/ideas-mobilize-people-the-di%ef%ac%80usion-of-communist-ideology-in-china/ CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230420T100000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230420T100000 DTSTAMP:20261030T105655 CREATED:20240611T223616Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103243Z UID:83594-1681984800-1681984800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:The Uses (and Limitations) of Quantitative Prosopography for Tang and Song History DESCRIPTION:/*! elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 */\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=”.svg”]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} \n\n\n Language: English\n \n\n April 20\, 2023\, 10:00 am (HK time)\n \n\n \n Enquiry: cqhmail@hku.hk\n \n \n\n /*! elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 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100%;-webkit-mask-repeat:var(–divider-pattern-repeat);mask-repeat:var(–divider-pattern-repeat);background-color:var(–divider-color);-webkit-mask-image:var(–divider-pattern-url);mask-image:var(–divider-pattern-url)}.elementor-widget-divider–no-spacing{–divider-pattern-size:auto}.elementor-widget-divider–bg-round{–divider-pattern-repeat:round}.rtl .elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider__text{direction:rtl}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-divider\,.e-con>.elementor-widget-divider{width:var(–container-widget-width\,100%);–flex-grow:var(–container-widget-flex-grow)}\n /*! elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 */\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading 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Nicolas Tackett will pay particular attention to what these databases reveal about the very different structures of the Tang and Song political elites\, not to mention the very different structures of the Tang and Song states. \nDiscussant: Erik H. Wang (Australian National University)Note: Erik will join New York University in Fall 2023 \nABOUT THE QUANTITATIVE HISTORY WEBINAR SERIES\nThe Quantitative History (QH) Webinar Series aims to provide researchers\, teachers\, and students with an online intellectual platform to keep up to date with the latest research in the field\, promoting the dissemination of research findings and interdisciplinary use of quantitative methods in historical research. The QH Webinar Series\, now entering its fourth year\, is co-organized by Centre for Quantitative History at the HKU Business School and International Society for Quantitative History in partnership with Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences. The Series is now substantially supported by the Areas of Excellence (AoE) Scheme from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region\, China (Project No. [AoE/B-704/22-R]). \nConveners: Professor Zhiwu Chen & Dr. Chicheng Ma (HKU Business School)  \nORGANIZER\nThis event is co-organized by the International Society for Quantitative History\, HKU Business School\, and Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-uses-and-limitations-of-quantitative-prosopography-for-tang-and-song-history/ CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230413T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230413T160000 DTSTAMP:20261030T105655 CREATED:20240611T225519Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103244Z UID:83617-1681401600-1681401600@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Basins and Regions in the Spatial Process of the Western Zhou Feudal States DESCRIPTION:/*! elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 */\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=”.svg”]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} \n\n\n Language: English\n \n\n April 13\, 2023\, 4:00 pm (HK time)\n \n\n \n Enquiry: cqhmail@hku.hk\n \n \n\n /*! elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 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100%;-webkit-mask-repeat:var(–divider-pattern-repeat);mask-repeat:var(–divider-pattern-repeat);background-color:var(–divider-color);-webkit-mask-image:var(–divider-pattern-url);mask-image:var(–divider-pattern-url)}.elementor-widget-divider–no-spacing{–divider-pattern-size:auto}.elementor-widget-divider–bg-round{–divider-pattern-repeat:round}.rtl .elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider__text{direction:rtl}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-divider\,.e-con>.elementor-widget-divider{width:var(–container-widget-width\,100%);–flex-grow:var(–container-widget-flex-grow)}\n /*! elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 */\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} \nABSTRACT\nBasins and Regions in the Spatial Process of the Western Zhou Feudal States (Webinar in Mandarin)The political territory of the Western Zhou dynasty consisted of two major parts: the royal domain (wangji) and the feudal states. A comprehensive understanding of the temporal and spatial processes of the development of the feudal states can serve as a basic reference for research on the Western Zhou period and even the pre-Qin period. \nAccording to historical records\, there were nearly 130 feudal states during the Western Zhou period. Wei Yu of the Sun Yat-sen University history department (Zhuhai) has conducted a comprehensive review of the historical materials of the Western Zhou period\, extracting information on location changes\, and has found that 26 of the feudal states were subject to relocation orders. The temporal and spatial characteristics of these 26 feudal states can reflect the rhythm of regional development and territorial expansion and contraction of the Western Zhou dynasty. During the development of the Western Zhou feudal states\, basins served as the natural geographical base\, providing the basic conditions for inter-feudal links\, such as resources and transportation. In the following 275 years of Western Zhou history\, the socio-political elements were matched with the natural conditions of the basin\, and the political-geographical structure of the Western Zhou feudal states became increasingly clear\, with several comprehensive humanistic regions emerging within the territory. \nIn this Quantitative History Webinar\, Wei Yu will explain that basins and regions represent two basic dimensions of physical and human geography and can serve as important analytical tools for conducting historical political geography research on a dynastic scale. \nDiscussant: Wei Han (Peking University) \nABOUT THE QUANTITATIVE HISTORY WEBINAR SERIES\nThe Quantitative History (QH) Webinar Series aims to provide researchers\, teachers\, and students with an online intellectual platform to keep up to date with the latest research in the field\, promoting the dissemination of research findings and interdisciplinary use of quantitative methods in historical research. The QH Webinar Series\, now entering its fourth year\, is co-organized by Centre for Quantitative History at the HKU Business School and International Society for Quantitative History in partnership with Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences. The Series is now substantially supported by the Areas of Excellence (AoE) Scheme from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region\, China (Project No. [AoE/B-704/22-R]).  \nConveners: Professor Zhiwu Chen & Dr. Chicheng Ma (HKU Business School)  URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/basins-and-regions-in-the-spatial-process-of-the-western-zhou-feudal-states/ CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230330T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230330T090000 DTSTAMP:20261030T105655 CREATED:20240611T232048Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103245Z UID:83635-1680166800-1680166800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:An Evolutionary Approach to the History of Useful Knowledge DESCRIPTION:/*! elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 */\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=”.svg”]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} \n\n\n Language: English\n \n\n March 30\, 2023\, 9:00 am (HK time)\n \n\n \n Enquiry: cqhmail@hku.hk\n \n \n\n /*! 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elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 */\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} \nABSTRACT\nHow should we think about long-term economic progress? Something dramatic changed in Europe in the centuries before the Industrial Revolution\, but our models have difficulty identifying the precise nature of what was driving the change. \nIn this Quantitative History Webinar\, Joel Mokyr of Northwestern University will present his argument that models inspired by Charles Darwin can help us understand the selection process that committed the most important agents in Europe to a culture of progress which we associate with the Industrial Enlightenment and eventually to sustainable economic growth. The great advantage of evolutionary thinking is that it tries to explain why the present is the way it is and not some other (possible) way and that unintended consequences and emergent properties are a key to understanding long-term economic history. \nDiscussant: Jared Rubin\, Professor of Economics\, Chapman University \nABOUT THE QUANTITATIVE HISTORY WEBINAR SERIES\nThe Quantitative History (QH) Webinar Series aims to provide researchers\, teachers\, and students with an online intellectual platform to keep up to date with the latest research in the field\, promoting the dissemination of research findings and interdisciplinary use of quantitative methods in historical research. The QH Webinar Series\, now entering its fourth year\, is co-organized by Centre for Quantitative History at the HKU Business School and International Society for Quantitative History in partnership with Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences. The Series is now substantially supported by the Areas of Excellence (AoE) Scheme from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region\, China (Project No. [AoE/B-704/22-R]). \nConveners: Professor Zhiwu Chen & Dr. Chicheng Ma (HKU Business School)  \nORGANIZER\nThis event is co-organized by the International Society for Quantitative History\, HKU Business School\, and Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/an-evolutionary-approach-to-the-history-of-useful-knowledge/ CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR