BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//IHSS - ECPv6.14.0//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:20260101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260625T163000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260625T180000 DTSTAMP:20260610T103327 CREATED:20260602T083147Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260608T062440Z UID:108987-1782405000-1782410400@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:The End of the Silver Era: Silver Flow\, Banking and Monetary Changes\, Boom and Bust from the late Qing to the Chinese Republic DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Description \n \n \n \n Maanik Nath of Utrecht University and his co-author investigate the impact of public investments on agricultural incomes across colonial India. Using new data in a difference-in-differences framework\, it shows that districts with access to canal irrigation experienced a 22% increase in agricultural incomes\, alongside a three to six percentage-point decline in subsistence cropping. In this Quantitative History webinar\, Maanik Nath will discuss how canal irrigation effects remained positive throughout the colonial period and were especially pronounced in arid areas. The research also highlights how imperial policy persistently prioritized railway expansion while underinvesting in canal irrigation—an oversight that constrained agricultural growth in parts of colonial India. Maanik Nath co-author: Vigyan D. Ratnoo (Assistant Professor\, Department of History and Art History\, Utrecht University) \n \n \n \n About the Quantitative History Webinar Series \n \n \n \n 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 sixth 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])。 Conveners: Professors Zhiwu Chen & Chicheng Ma (HKU Business School) URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-end-of-the-silver-era-silver-flow-banking-and-monetary-changes-boom-and-bust-from-the-late-qing-to-the-chinese-republic/ LOCATION:G01\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Conference ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Draft-3_Keynote_Banner-1080-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260624 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260627 DTSTAMP:20260610T103327 CREATED:20260602T060915Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260608T062240Z UID:108946-1782259200-1782518399@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Chinese Business History in The Two Deltas DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Description \n \n \n \n Maanik Nath of Utrecht University and his co-author investigate the impact of public investments on agricultural incomes across colonial India. Using new data in a difference-in-differences framework\, it shows that districts with access to canal irrigation experienced a 22% increase in agricultural incomes\, alongside a three to six percentage-point decline in subsistence cropping. In this Quantitative History webinar\, Maanik Nath will discuss how canal irrigation effects remained positive throughout the colonial period and were especially pronounced in arid areas. The research also highlights how imperial policy persistently prioritized railway expansion while underinvesting in canal irrigation—an oversight that constrained agricultural growth in parts of colonial India. Maanik Nath co-author: Vigyan D. Ratnoo (Assistant Professor\, Department of History and Art History\, Utrecht University) \n \n \n \n About the Quantitative History Webinar Series \n \n \n \n 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 sixth 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])。 Conveners: Professors Zhiwu Chen & Chicheng Ma (HKU Business School) URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/chinese-business-history-in-the-two-deltas/ LOCATION:Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Conference ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Draft-4_Conference_Banner-1080-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260618T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260618T173000 DTSTAMP:20260610T103327 CREATED:20260609T061053Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260609T061412Z UID:109245-1781798400-1781803800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Drivers of Agricultural Growth in British India DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Description \n \n \n \n Maanik Nath of Utrecht University and his co-author investigate the impact of public investments on agricultural incomes across colonial India. Using new data in a difference-in-differences framework\, it shows that districts with access to canal irrigation experienced a 22% increase in agricultural incomes\, alongside a three to six percentage-point decline in subsistence cropping. In this Quantitative History webinar\, Maanik Nath will discuss how canal irrigation effects remained positive throughout the colonial period and were especially pronounced in arid areas. The research also highlights how imperial policy persistently prioritized railway expansion while underinvesting in canal irrigation—an oversight that constrained agricultural growth in parts of colonial India. Maanik Nath co-author: Vigyan D. Ratnoo (Assistant Professor\, Department of History and Art History\, Utrecht University) \n \n \n \n About the Quantitative History Webinar Series \n \n \n \n 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 sixth 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])。 Conveners: Professors Zhiwu Chen & Chicheng Ma (HKU Business School) URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/drivers-of-agricultural-growth-in-british-india/ LOCATION:Via Zoom CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Quantitative-History-Webinar-Series-34.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260529T083000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260530T180000 DTSTAMP:20260610T103327 CREATED:20260526T033146Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260604T065156Z UID:108722-1780043400-1780164000@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:第二屆 “早期中國發展及其長久影響”研討會 The Second “Early China Development and Its Long-Term Impact” Workshop DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Description \n \n \n \n Maanik Nath of Utrecht University and his co-author investigate the impact of public investments on agricultural incomes across colonial India. Using new data in a difference-in-differences framework\, it shows that districts with access to canal irrigation experienced a 22% increase in agricultural incomes\, alongside a three to six percentage-point decline in subsistence cropping. In this Quantitative History webinar\, Maanik Nath will discuss how canal irrigation effects remained positive throughout the colonial period and were especially pronounced in arid areas. The research also highlights how imperial policy persistently prioritized railway expansion while underinvesting in canal irrigation—an oversight that constrained agricultural growth in parts of colonial India. Maanik Nath co-author: Vigyan D. Ratnoo (Assistant Professor\, Department of History and Art History\, Utrecht University) \n \n \n \n About the Quantitative History Webinar Series \n \n \n \n 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 sixth 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])。 Conveners: Professors Zhiwu Chen & Chicheng Ma (HKU Business School) URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-second-early-china-development-and-its-long-term-impact-workshop/ LOCATION:May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, Room 201\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_0236.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260528T140000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260528T153000 DTSTAMP:20260610T103327 CREATED:20260526T071237Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260526T075127Z UID:108719-1779976800-1779982200@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:The Making of China and India in the 21st Century: Long-Run Human Capital Accumulation from 1900 to 2020 DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Description \n \n \n \n Maanik Nath of Utrecht University and his co-author investigate the impact of public investments on agricultural incomes across colonial India. Using new data in a difference-in-differences framework\, it shows that districts with access to canal irrigation experienced a 22% increase in agricultural incomes\, alongside a three to six percentage-point decline in subsistence cropping. In this Quantitative History webinar\, Maanik Nath will discuss how canal irrigation effects remained positive throughout the colonial period and were especially pronounced in arid areas. The research also highlights how imperial policy persistently prioritized railway expansion while underinvesting in canal irrigation—an oversight that constrained agricultural growth in parts of colonial India. Maanik Nath co-author: Vigyan D. Ratnoo (Assistant Professor\, Department of History and Art History\, Utrecht University) \n \n \n \n About the Quantitative History Webinar Series \n \n \n \n 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 sixth 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])。 Conveners: Professors Zhiwu Chen & Chicheng Ma (HKU Business School) URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-making-of-china-and-india-in-the-21st-century-long-run-human-capital-accumulation-from-1900-to-2020/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Lecture Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Quantitative-History-Webinar-Series-26.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260528T100000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260528T110000 DTSTAMP:20260610T103327 CREATED:20260514T090018Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260601T065000Z UID:107950-1779962400-1779966000@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:How the Tang fed its frontiers: military farms and environmental constraints in the northwestern borderlands DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Description \n \n \n \n Maanik Nath of Utrecht University and his co-author investigate the impact of public investments on agricultural incomes across colonial India. Using new data in a difference-in-differences framework\, it shows that districts with access to canal irrigation experienced a 22% increase in agricultural incomes\, alongside a three to six percentage-point decline in subsistence cropping. In this Quantitative History webinar\, Maanik Nath will discuss how canal irrigation effects remained positive throughout the colonial period and were especially pronounced in arid areas. The research also highlights how imperial policy persistently prioritized railway expansion while underinvesting in canal irrigation—an oversight that constrained agricultural growth in parts of colonial India. Maanik Nath co-author: Vigyan D. Ratnoo (Assistant Professor\, Department of History and Art History\, Utrecht University) \n \n \n \n About the Quantitative History Webinar Series \n \n \n \n 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 sixth 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])。 Conveners: Professors Zhiwu Chen & Chicheng Ma (HKU Business School) URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/how-the-tang-fed-its-frontiers-military-farms-and-environmental-constraints-in-the-northwestern-borderlands/ LOCATION:G01\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS,IHSS Seminar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20260528_IHSS-Seminar_banner-1080.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260515T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260515T100000 DTSTAMP:20260610T103327 CREATED:20260420T023417Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260520T051054Z UID:106907-1778835600-1778839200@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Mule Carts in Beijing: Knowledge and Ignorance in Transportation Planning in the 1950s DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Description \n \n \n \n Maanik Nath of Utrecht University and his co-author investigate the impact of public investments on agricultural incomes across colonial India. Using new data in a difference-in-differences framework\, it shows that districts with access to canal irrigation experienced a 22% increase in agricultural incomes\, alongside a three to six percentage-point decline in subsistence cropping. In this Quantitative History webinar\, Maanik Nath will discuss how canal irrigation effects remained positive throughout the colonial period and were especially pronounced in arid areas. The research also highlights how imperial policy persistently prioritized railway expansion while underinvesting in canal irrigation—an oversight that constrained agricultural growth in parts of colonial India. Maanik Nath co-author: Vigyan D. Ratnoo (Assistant Professor\, Department of History and Art History\, Utrecht University) \n \n \n \n About the Quantitative History Webinar Series \n \n \n \n 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 sixth 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])。 Conveners: Professors Zhiwu Chen & Chicheng Ma (HKU Business School) URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/mule-carts-in-beijing-knowledge-and-ignorance-in-transportation-planning-in-the-1950s/ LOCATION:Via Zoom CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/20260515_CBH_Yujie-Li_Banner-1080.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260514T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260514T173000 DTSTAMP:20260610T103327 CREATED:20260508T032045Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T075016Z UID:107651-1778774400-1778779800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Flora\, Cosmos\, Salvatio: Pre-modern Academic Institutions and the Spread of Ideas DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Description \n \n \n \n Maanik Nath of Utrecht University and his co-author investigate the impact of public investments on agricultural incomes across colonial India. Using new data in a difference-in-differences framework\, it shows that districts with access to canal irrigation experienced a 22% increase in agricultural incomes\, alongside a three to six percentage-point decline in subsistence cropping. In this Quantitative History webinar\, Maanik Nath will discuss how canal irrigation effects remained positive throughout the colonial period and were especially pronounced in arid areas. The research also highlights how imperial policy persistently prioritized railway expansion while underinvesting in canal irrigation—an oversight that constrained agricultural growth in parts of colonial India. Maanik Nath co-author: Vigyan D. Ratnoo (Assistant Professor\, Department of History and Art History\, Utrecht University) \n \n \n \n About the Quantitative History Webinar Series \n \n \n \n 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 sixth 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])。 Conveners: Professors Zhiwu Chen & Chicheng Ma (HKU Business School) URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/flora-cosmos-salvatio-pre-modern-academic-institutions-and-the-spread-of-ideas/ LOCATION:Via Zoom CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Quantitative-History-Webinar-Series-21.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260507T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260507T173000 DTSTAMP:20260610T103327 CREATED:20260430T085410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260511T041619Z UID:107561-1778169600-1778175000@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Transport and the Transmission of Plague across Settlements in Early Modern England DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Description \n \n \n \n Maanik Nath of Utrecht University and his co-author investigate the impact of public investments on agricultural incomes across colonial India. Using new data in a difference-in-differences framework\, it shows that districts with access to canal irrigation experienced a 22% increase in agricultural incomes\, alongside a three to six percentage-point decline in subsistence cropping. In this Quantitative History webinar\, Maanik Nath will discuss how canal irrigation effects remained positive throughout the colonial period and were especially pronounced in arid areas. The research also highlights how imperial policy persistently prioritized railway expansion while underinvesting in canal irrigation—an oversight that constrained agricultural growth in parts of colonial India. Maanik Nath co-author: Vigyan D. Ratnoo (Assistant Professor\, Department of History and Art History\, Utrecht University) \n \n \n \n About the Quantitative History Webinar Series \n \n \n \n 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 sixth 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])。 Conveners: Professors Zhiwu Chen & Chicheng Ma (HKU Business School) URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/transport-and-the-transmission-of-plague-across-settlements-in-early-modern-england/ LOCATION:Via Zoom CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/IMG_9997.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260505T123000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260505T133000 DTSTAMP:20260610T103327 CREATED:20260419T081020Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260419T081020Z UID:106658-1777984200-1777987800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Local Lore of a Sacred Landscape: The Daoist Tradition of Peach Blossom Spring DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Description \n \n \n \n Maanik Nath of Utrecht University and his co-author investigate the impact of public investments on agricultural incomes across colonial India. Using new data in a difference-in-differences framework\, it shows that districts with access to canal irrigation experienced a 22% increase in agricultural incomes\, alongside a three to six percentage-point decline in subsistence cropping. In this Quantitative History webinar\, Maanik Nath will discuss how canal irrigation effects remained positive throughout the colonial period and were especially pronounced in arid areas. The research also highlights how imperial policy persistently prioritized railway expansion while underinvesting in canal irrigation—an oversight that constrained agricultural growth in parts of colonial India. Maanik Nath co-author: Vigyan D. Ratnoo (Assistant Professor\, Department of History and Art History\, Utrecht University) \n \n \n \n About the Quantitative History Webinar Series \n \n \n \n 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 sixth 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])。 Conveners: Professors Zhiwu Chen & Chicheng Ma (HKU Business School) URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/local-lore-of-a-sacred-landscape-the-daoist-tradition-of-peach-blossom-spring/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/20260505_IRS_Mark-Meulenbeld_banner-1080.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260430T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260430T173000 DTSTAMP:20260610T103327 CREATED:20260422T031127Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260430T084937Z UID:107012-1777564800-1777570200@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Innovation Networks in the Industrial Revolution DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Description \n \n \n \n Maanik Nath of Utrecht University and his co-author investigate the impact of public investments on agricultural incomes across colonial India. Using new data in a difference-in-differences framework\, it shows that districts with access to canal irrigation experienced a 22% increase in agricultural incomes\, alongside a three to six percentage-point decline in subsistence cropping. In this Quantitative History webinar\, Maanik Nath will discuss how canal irrigation effects remained positive throughout the colonial period and were especially pronounced in arid areas. The research also highlights how imperial policy persistently prioritized railway expansion while underinvesting in canal irrigation—an oversight that constrained agricultural growth in parts of colonial India. Maanik Nath co-author: Vigyan D. Ratnoo (Assistant Professor\, Department of History and Art History\, Utrecht University) \n \n \n \n About the Quantitative History Webinar Series \n \n \n \n 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 sixth 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])。 Conveners: Professors Zhiwu Chen & Chicheng Ma (HKU Business School) URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/innovation-networks-in-the-industrial-revolution/ LOCATION:Via Zoom CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/image-10.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260421T123000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260421T133000 DTSTAMP:20260610T103327 CREATED:20260330T020924Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260419T081255Z UID:105923-1776774600-1776778200@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Recasting the National Fengshui Master: Local Knowledge\, Textual Authority\, and Centralized Order in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Description \n \n \n \n Maanik Nath of Utrecht University and his co-author investigate the impact of public investments on agricultural incomes across colonial India. Using new data in a difference-in-differences framework\, it shows that districts with access to canal irrigation experienced a 22% increase in agricultural incomes\, alongside a three to six percentage-point decline in subsistence cropping. In this Quantitative History webinar\, Maanik Nath will discuss how canal irrigation effects remained positive throughout the colonial period and were especially pronounced in arid areas. The research also highlights how imperial policy persistently prioritized railway expansion while underinvesting in canal irrigation—an oversight that constrained agricultural growth in parts of colonial India. Maanik Nath co-author: Vigyan D. Ratnoo (Assistant Professor\, Department of History and Art History\, Utrecht University) \n \n \n \n About the Quantitative History Webinar Series \n \n \n \n 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 sixth 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])。 Conveners: Professors Zhiwu Chen & Chicheng Ma (HKU Business School) URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/recasting-the-national-fengshui-master-local-knowledge-textual-authority-and-centralized-order-in-the-ming-dynasty-1368-1644/ LOCATION:201\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom CATEGORIES:Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/image-80.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260420T000000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260420T000000 DTSTAMP:20260610T103327 CREATED:20260224T061652Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260522T042611Z UID:97338-1776643200-1776643200@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:China-Indonesia Relations: 2025 Year in Review and 2026 Outlook - Book Talk DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Description \n \n \n \n Maanik Nath of Utrecht University and his co-author investigate the impact of public investments on agricultural incomes across colonial India. Using new data in a difference-in-differences framework\, it shows that districts with access to canal irrigation experienced a 22% increase in agricultural incomes\, alongside a three to six percentage-point decline in subsistence cropping. In this Quantitative History webinar\, Maanik Nath will discuss how canal irrigation effects remained positive throughout the colonial period and were especially pronounced in arid areas. The research also highlights how imperial policy persistently prioritized railway expansion while underinvesting in canal irrigation—an oversight that constrained agricultural growth in parts of colonial India. Maanik Nath co-author: Vigyan D. Ratnoo (Assistant Professor\, Department of History and Art History\, Utrecht University) \n \n \n \n About the Quantitative History Webinar Series \n \n \n \n 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 sixth 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])。 Conveners: Professors Zhiwu Chen & Chicheng Ma (HKU Business School) URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/china-indonesia-relations-2025-year-in-review-and-2026-outlook-book-talk/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Rakhmat_1920x1080.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260416T200000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260416T213000 DTSTAMP:20260610T103327 CREATED:20260409T022521Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260419T081402Z UID:106114-1776369600-1776375000@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Who Let the Gods Out? Possession\, Cohabitation\, and the Anthropology of Religion DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Description \n \n \n \n Maanik Nath of Utrecht University and his co-author investigate the impact of public investments on agricultural incomes across colonial India. Using new data in a difference-in-differences framework\, it shows that districts with access to canal irrigation experienced a 22% increase in agricultural incomes\, alongside a three to six percentage-point decline in subsistence cropping. In this Quantitative History webinar\, Maanik Nath will discuss how canal irrigation effects remained positive throughout the colonial period and were especially pronounced in arid areas. The research also highlights how imperial policy persistently prioritized railway expansion while underinvesting in canal irrigation—an oversight that constrained agricultural growth in parts of colonial India. Maanik Nath co-author: Vigyan D. Ratnoo (Assistant Professor\, Department of History and Art History\, Utrecht University) \n \n \n \n About the Quantitative History Webinar Series \n \n \n \n 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 sixth 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])。 Conveners: Professors Zhiwu Chen & Chicheng Ma (HKU Business School) URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/who-let-the-gods-out-possession-cohabitation-and-the-anthropology-of-religion/ LOCATION:Via Zoom CATEGORIES:ASIAR ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/image.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260413T130000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260413T170000 DTSTAMP:20260610T103327 CREATED:20260410T030427Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260420T101923Z UID:106165-1776085200-1776099600@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Roundtable Workshop on ‘Fairbank in China Now: Contemporary Academic and Policy Legacies’ DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Description \n \n \n \n Maanik Nath of Utrecht University and his co-author investigate the impact of public investments on agricultural incomes across colonial India. Using new data in a difference-in-differences framework\, it shows that districts with access to canal irrigation experienced a 22% increase in agricultural incomes\, alongside a three to six percentage-point decline in subsistence cropping. In this Quantitative History webinar\, Maanik Nath will discuss how canal irrigation effects remained positive throughout the colonial period and were especially pronounced in arid areas. The research also highlights how imperial policy persistently prioritized railway expansion while underinvesting in canal irrigation—an oversight that constrained agricultural growth in parts of colonial India. Maanik Nath co-author: Vigyan D. Ratnoo (Assistant Professor\, Department of History and Art History\, Utrecht University) \n \n \n \n About the Quantitative History Webinar Series \n \n \n \n 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 sixth 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])。 Conveners: Professors Zhiwu Chen & Chicheng Ma (HKU Business School) URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/roundtable-workshop-on-fairbank-in-china-now-contemporary-academic-and-policy-legacies/ LOCATION:Room 4.36\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/image-8-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260410T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260410T100000 DTSTAMP:20260610T103327 CREATED:20260319T093945Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260420T102853Z UID:104156-1775811600-1775815200@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Pioneers in a Distant Land: The Overseas Chinese Business Community in South America\, 1960-2000 DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Description \n \n \n \n Maanik Nath of Utrecht University and his co-author investigate the impact of public investments on agricultural incomes across colonial India. Using new data in a difference-in-differences framework\, it shows that districts with access to canal irrigation experienced a 22% increase in agricultural incomes\, alongside a three to six percentage-point decline in subsistence cropping. In this Quantitative History webinar\, Maanik Nath will discuss how canal irrigation effects remained positive throughout the colonial period and were especially pronounced in arid areas. The research also highlights how imperial policy persistently prioritized railway expansion while underinvesting in canal irrigation—an oversight that constrained agricultural growth in parts of colonial India. Maanik Nath co-author: Vigyan D. Ratnoo (Assistant Professor\, Department of History and Art History\, Utrecht University) \n \n \n \n About the Quantitative History Webinar Series \n \n \n \n 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 sixth 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])。 Conveners: Professors Zhiwu Chen & Chicheng Ma (HKU Business School) URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/pioneers-in-a-distant-land-the-overseas-chinese-business-community-in-south-america-1960-2000/ LOCATION:Via Zoom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/slide-07.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260409T173000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260409T190000 DTSTAMP:20260610T103327 CREATED:20260318T020940Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260420T102726Z UID:103184-1775755800-1775761200@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Entrepreneurship and Leadership in the Finance Profession: A Fireside Chat DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Description \n \n \n \n Maanik Nath of Utrecht University and his co-author investigate the impact of public investments on agricultural incomes across colonial India. Using new data in a difference-in-differences framework\, it shows that districts with access to canal irrigation experienced a 22% increase in agricultural incomes\, alongside a three to six percentage-point decline in subsistence cropping. In this Quantitative History webinar\, Maanik Nath will discuss how canal irrigation effects remained positive throughout the colonial period and were especially pronounced in arid areas. The research also highlights how imperial policy persistently prioritized railway expansion while underinvesting in canal irrigation—an oversight that constrained agricultural growth in parts of colonial India. Maanik Nath co-author: Vigyan D. Ratnoo (Assistant Professor\, Department of History and Art History\, Utrecht University) \n \n \n \n About the Quantitative History Webinar Series \n \n \n \n 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 sixth 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])。 Conveners: Professors Zhiwu Chen & Chicheng Ma (HKU Business School) URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/entrepreneurship-and-leadership-in-the-finance-profession-a-fireside-chat/ LOCATION:G01\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/image-38.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260402T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260402T103000 DTSTAMP:20260610T103327 CREATED:20260330T021433Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260420T064949Z UID:105928-1775120400-1775125800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Blood and Iron: Political Fragmentation in the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Description \n \n \n \n Maanik Nath of Utrecht University and his co-author investigate the impact of public investments on agricultural incomes across colonial India. Using new data in a difference-in-differences framework\, it shows that districts with access to canal irrigation experienced a 22% increase in agricultural incomes\, alongside a three to six percentage-point decline in subsistence cropping. In this Quantitative History webinar\, Maanik Nath will discuss how canal irrigation effects remained positive throughout the colonial period and were especially pronounced in arid areas. The research also highlights how imperial policy persistently prioritized railway expansion while underinvesting in canal irrigation—an oversight that constrained agricultural growth in parts of colonial India. Maanik Nath co-author: Vigyan D. Ratnoo (Assistant Professor\, Department of History and Art History\, Utrecht University) \n \n \n \n About the Quantitative History Webinar Series \n \n \n \n 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 sixth 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])。 Conveners: Professors Zhiwu Chen & Chicheng Ma (HKU Business School) URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/blood-and-iron-political-fragmentation-in-the-ancient-eastern-mediterranean/ LOCATION:Via Zoom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/image-81.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260331T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260331T140000 DTSTAMP:20260610T103327 CREATED:20260318T015635Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260420T102712Z UID:103176-1774958400-1774965600@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Stone Grinding as New Military Technology: How Early Complex Societies Rose in Neolithic China DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Description \n \n \n \n Maanik Nath of Utrecht University and his co-author investigate the impact of public investments on agricultural incomes across colonial India. Using new data in a difference-in-differences framework\, it shows that districts with access to canal irrigation experienced a 22% increase in agricultural incomes\, alongside a three to six percentage-point decline in subsistence cropping. In this Quantitative History webinar\, Maanik Nath will discuss how canal irrigation effects remained positive throughout the colonial period and were especially pronounced in arid areas. The research also highlights how imperial policy persistently prioritized railway expansion while underinvesting in canal irrigation—an oversight that constrained agricultural growth in parts of colonial India. Maanik Nath co-author: Vigyan D. Ratnoo (Assistant Professor\, Department of History and Art History\, Utrecht University) \n \n \n \n About the Quantitative History Webinar Series \n \n \n \n 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 sixth 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])。 Conveners: Professors Zhiwu Chen & Chicheng Ma (HKU Business School) URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/stone-grinding-as-new-military-technology-how-early-complex-societies-rose-in-neolithic-china/ LOCATION:201\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/20260331_IRS_Zhiwu-Chen_banner-1080.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260330T143000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260330T163000 DTSTAMP:20260610T103327 CREATED:20260317T080709Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260423T055603Z UID:103052-1774881000-1774888200@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:The Idea of China: A Contested History DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Description \n \n \n \n Maanik Nath of Utrecht University and his co-author investigate the impact of public investments on agricultural incomes across colonial India. Using new data in a difference-in-differences framework\, it shows that districts with access to canal irrigation experienced a 22% increase in agricultural incomes\, alongside a three to six percentage-point decline in subsistence cropping. In this Quantitative History webinar\, Maanik Nath will discuss how canal irrigation effects remained positive throughout the colonial period and were especially pronounced in arid areas. The research also highlights how imperial policy persistently prioritized railway expansion while underinvesting in canal irrigation—an oversight that constrained agricultural growth in parts of colonial India. Maanik Nath co-author: Vigyan D. Ratnoo (Assistant Professor\, Department of History and Art History\, Utrecht University) \n \n \n \n About the Quantitative History Webinar Series \n \n \n \n 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 sixth 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])。 Conveners: Professors Zhiwu Chen & Chicheng Ma (HKU Business School) URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-idea-of-china-a-contested-history/ LOCATION:Room 4.36\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/3.-202603-Book-Launch_IHSS-Banner_1920x1080_page-0001-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260326T173000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260326T190000 DTSTAMP:20260610T103327 CREATED:20260304T013640Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260420T102611Z UID:98635-1774546200-1774551600@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:A Question of Legacy: Are Asian and European Family Offices Fundamentally Different? DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Description \n \n \n \n Maanik Nath of Utrecht University and his co-author investigate the impact of public investments on agricultural incomes across colonial India. Using new data in a difference-in-differences framework\, it shows that districts with access to canal irrigation experienced a 22% increase in agricultural incomes\, alongside a three to six percentage-point decline in subsistence cropping. In this Quantitative History webinar\, Maanik Nath will discuss how canal irrigation effects remained positive throughout the colonial period and were especially pronounced in arid areas. The research also highlights how imperial policy persistently prioritized railway expansion while underinvesting in canal irrigation—an oversight that constrained agricultural growth in parts of colonial India. Maanik Nath co-author: Vigyan D. Ratnoo (Assistant Professor\, Department of History and Art History\, Utrecht University) \n \n \n \n About the Quantitative History Webinar Series \n \n \n \n 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 sixth 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])。 Conveners: Professors Zhiwu Chen & Chicheng Ma (HKU Business School) URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/a-question-of-legacy-are-asian-and-european-family-offices-fundamentally-different/ LOCATION:G01\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/image-24.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260324T123000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260324T133000 DTSTAMP:20260610T103327 CREATED:20260304T014319Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260420T102635Z UID:98641-1774355400-1774359000@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:When AI Reads Emotions: Affective Computing Approaches to Historical Psychology DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Description \n \n \n \n Maanik Nath of Utrecht University and his co-author investigate the impact of public investments on agricultural incomes across colonial India. Using new data in a difference-in-differences framework\, it shows that districts with access to canal irrigation experienced a 22% increase in agricultural incomes\, alongside a three to six percentage-point decline in subsistence cropping. In this Quantitative History webinar\, Maanik Nath will discuss how canal irrigation effects remained positive throughout the colonial period and were especially pronounced in arid areas. The research also highlights how imperial policy persistently prioritized railway expansion while underinvesting in canal irrigation—an oversight that constrained agricultural growth in parts of colonial India. Maanik Nath co-author: Vigyan D. Ratnoo (Assistant Professor\, Department of History and Art History\, Utrecht University) \n \n \n \n About the Quantitative History Webinar Series \n \n \n \n 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 sixth 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])。 Conveners: Professors Zhiwu Chen & Chicheng Ma (HKU Business School) URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/when-ai-reads-emotions-affective-computing-approaches-to-historical-psychology/ LOCATION:201\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/image-26.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260323T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260323T173000 DTSTAMP:20260610T103327 CREATED:20260320T014337Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260420T064609Z UID:104537-1774281600-1774287000@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:晚清商會與中國早期市民社會的形成──比較歷史視角 Chambers of Commerce in Late Qing China and the Formation of Early Chinese Civil Society: A Comparative Historical Perspective DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Description \n \n \n \n Maanik Nath of Utrecht University and his co-author investigate the impact of public investments on agricultural incomes across colonial India. Using new data in a difference-in-differences framework\, it shows that districts with access to canal irrigation experienced a 22% increase in agricultural incomes\, alongside a three to six percentage-point decline in subsistence cropping. In this Quantitative History webinar\, Maanik Nath will discuss how canal irrigation effects remained positive throughout the colonial period and were especially pronounced in arid areas. The research also highlights how imperial policy persistently prioritized railway expansion while underinvesting in canal irrigation—an oversight that constrained agricultural growth in parts of colonial India. Maanik Nath co-author: Vigyan D. Ratnoo (Assistant Professor\, Department of History and Art History\, Utrecht University) \n \n \n \n About the Quantitative History Webinar Series \n \n \n \n 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 sixth 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])。 Conveners: Professors Zhiwu Chen & Chicheng Ma (HKU Business School) URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/%e6%99%9a%e6%b8%85%e5%95%86%e6%9c%83%e8%88%87%e4%b8%ad%e5%9c%8b%e6%97%a9%e6%9c%9f%e5%b8%82%e6%b0%91%e7%a4%be%e6%9c%83%e7%9a%84%e5%bd%a2%e6%88%90%e2%94%80%e2%94%80%e6%af%94%e8%bc%83%e6%ad%b7%e5%8f%b2/ LOCATION:G01\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/3.-202603-Prof-Ma-Min_2_IHSS-Banner_1920x1080_page-0001-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260319T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260319T173000 DTSTAMP:20260610T103327 CREATED:20260320T015105Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260420T064522Z UID:104540-1773936000-1773941400@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:​Assortative Mating and the Industrial Revolution: England\, 1754-2021 DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Description \n \n \n \n Maanik Nath of Utrecht University and his co-author investigate the impact of public investments on agricultural incomes across colonial India. Using new data in a difference-in-differences framework\, it shows that districts with access to canal irrigation experienced a 22% increase in agricultural incomes\, alongside a three to six percentage-point decline in subsistence cropping. In this Quantitative History webinar\, Maanik Nath will discuss how canal irrigation effects remained positive throughout the colonial period and were especially pronounced in arid areas. The research also highlights how imperial policy persistently prioritized railway expansion while underinvesting in canal irrigation—an oversight that constrained agricultural growth in parts of colonial India. Maanik Nath co-author: Vigyan D. Ratnoo (Assistant Professor\, Department of History and Art History\, Utrecht University) \n \n \n \n About the Quantitative History Webinar Series \n \n \n \n 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 sixth 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])。 Conveners: Professors Zhiwu Chen & Chicheng Ma (HKU Business School) URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/assortative-mating-and-the-industrial-revolution-england-1754-2021/ LOCATION:Via Zoom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/slide-01.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260313T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260313T100000 DTSTAMP:20260610T103327 CREATED:20260224T164300Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102823Z UID:97378-1773392400-1773396000@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:American Dreams of Chinese Businessmen: U.S. Capital and China’s post-war Economic Reconstruction (1944-1949) DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Description \n \n \n \n Maanik Nath of Utrecht University and his co-author investigate the impact of public investments on agricultural incomes across colonial India. Using new data in a difference-in-differences framework\, it shows that districts with access to canal irrigation experienced a 22% increase in agricultural incomes\, alongside a three to six percentage-point decline in subsistence cropping. In this Quantitative History webinar\, Maanik Nath will discuss how canal irrigation effects remained positive throughout the colonial period and were especially pronounced in arid areas. The research also highlights how imperial policy persistently prioritized railway expansion while underinvesting in canal irrigation—an oversight that constrained agricultural growth in parts of colonial India. Maanik Nath co-author: Vigyan D. Ratnoo (Assistant Professor\, Department of History and Art History\, Utrecht University) \n \n \n \n About the Quantitative History Webinar Series \n \n \n \n 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 sixth 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])。 Conveners: Professors Zhiwu Chen & Chicheng Ma (HKU Business School) URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/american-dreams-of-chinese-businessmen-u-s-capital-and-chinas-post-war-economic-reconstruction-1944-1949/ LOCATION:Via Zoom CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/image.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260226T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260226T173000 DTSTAMP:20260610T103327 CREATED:20260224T070155Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102838Z UID:97371-1772121600-1772127000@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:A Century of Language Barriers to Migration in India DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Description \n \n \n \n Maanik Nath of Utrecht University and his co-author investigate the impact of public investments on agricultural incomes across colonial India. Using new data in a difference-in-differences framework\, it shows that districts with access to canal irrigation experienced a 22% increase in agricultural incomes\, alongside a three to six percentage-point decline in subsistence cropping. In this Quantitative History webinar\, Maanik Nath will discuss how canal irrigation effects remained positive throughout the colonial period and were especially pronounced in arid areas. The research also highlights how imperial policy persistently prioritized railway expansion while underinvesting in canal irrigation—an oversight that constrained agricultural growth in parts of colonial India. Maanik Nath co-author: Vigyan D. Ratnoo (Assistant Professor\, Department of History and Art History\, Utrecht University) \n \n \n \n About the Quantitative History Webinar Series \n \n \n \n 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 sixth 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])。 Conveners: Professors Zhiwu Chen & Chicheng Ma (HKU Business School) URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/a-century-of-language-barriers-to-migration-in-india/ LOCATION:Display Area\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Quantitative-History-Webinar-Series-12.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260226T030000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260226T163000 DTSTAMP:20260610T103327 CREATED:20260224T063015Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102951Z UID:97349-1772074800-1772123400@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:China-Indonesia Relations: 2025 Year in Review and 2026 Outlook – Book Talk DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Description \n \n \n \n Maanik Nath of Utrecht University and his co-author investigate the impact of public investments on agricultural incomes across colonial India. Using new data in a difference-in-differences framework\, it shows that districts with access to canal irrigation experienced a 22% increase in agricultural incomes\, alongside a three to six percentage-point decline in subsistence cropping. In this Quantitative History webinar\, Maanik Nath will discuss how canal irrigation effects remained positive throughout the colonial period and were especially pronounced in arid areas. The research also highlights how imperial policy persistently prioritized railway expansion while underinvesting in canal irrigation—an oversight that constrained agricultural growth in parts of colonial India. Maanik Nath co-author: Vigyan D. Ratnoo (Assistant Professor\, Department of History and Art History\, Utrecht University) \n \n \n \n About the Quantitative History Webinar Series \n \n \n \n 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 sixth 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])。 Conveners: Professors Zhiwu Chen & Chicheng Ma (HKU Business School) URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/china-indonesia-relations-2025-year-in-review-and-2026-outlook-book-talk-2/ LOCATION:201\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom CATEGORIES:ASIAR ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Rakhmat_1920x1080.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260224T123000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260224T133000 DTSTAMP:20260610T103327 CREATED:20260210T011219Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102951Z UID:96418-1771936200-1771939800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:The Guomindang Doctrine Against Capitalism and the Original Intent Behind the 1929 Company Law DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Description \n \n \n \n Maanik Nath of Utrecht University and his co-author investigate the impact of public investments on agricultural incomes across colonial India. Using new data in a difference-in-differences framework\, it shows that districts with access to canal irrigation experienced a 22% increase in agricultural incomes\, alongside a three to six percentage-point decline in subsistence cropping. In this Quantitative History webinar\, Maanik Nath will discuss how canal irrigation effects remained positive throughout the colonial period and were especially pronounced in arid areas. The research also highlights how imperial policy persistently prioritized railway expansion while underinvesting in canal irrigation—an oversight that constrained agricultural growth in parts of colonial India. Maanik Nath co-author: Vigyan D. Ratnoo (Assistant Professor\, Department of History and Art History\, Utrecht University) \n \n \n \n About the Quantitative History Webinar Series \n \n \n \n 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 sixth 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])。 Conveners: Professors Zhiwu Chen & Chicheng Ma (HKU Business School) URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-guomindang-doctrine-against-capitalism-and-the-original-intent-behind-the-1929-company-law/ LOCATION:Rm 201\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong (Map)\, or Via Zoom CATEGORIES:Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20260224_IRS_Billy-So-with-Sufumi-So_banner-1080.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260210T123000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260210T133000 DTSTAMP:20260610T103327 CREATED:20260210T010602Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102951Z UID:96393-1770726600-1770730200@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:The Pain and Pleasures of Writing the Biography of Mr Ho Amei (何崑山) (1838-1901)\, Pioneer Entrepreneur DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Description \n \n \n \n Maanik Nath of Utrecht University and his co-author investigate the impact of public investments on agricultural incomes across colonial India. Using new data in a difference-in-differences framework\, it shows that districts with access to canal irrigation experienced a 22% increase in agricultural incomes\, alongside a three to six percentage-point decline in subsistence cropping. In this Quantitative History webinar\, Maanik Nath will discuss how canal irrigation effects remained positive throughout the colonial period and were especially pronounced in arid areas. The research also highlights how imperial policy persistently prioritized railway expansion while underinvesting in canal irrigation—an oversight that constrained agricultural growth in parts of colonial India. Maanik Nath co-author: Vigyan D. Ratnoo (Assistant Professor\, Department of History and Art History\, Utrecht University) \n \n \n \n About the Quantitative History Webinar Series \n \n \n \n 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 sixth 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])。 Conveners: Professors Zhiwu Chen & Chicheng Ma (HKU Business School) URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-pain-and-pleasures-of-writing-the-biography-of-mr-ho-amei-%e4%bd%95%e5%b4%91%e5%b1%b1-1838-1901-pioneer-entrepreneur/ LOCATION:Rm 201\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong (Map)\, or Via Zoom CATEGORIES:Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20260210_IRS_Elizabeth-Sinn_banner-1080.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260206T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260206T100000 DTSTAMP:20260610T103327 CREATED:20260210T005325Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102822Z UID:96375-1770368400-1770372000@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Understanding Global Connectivity through Grassroots Mobility: The Reorganization of Techno-Social Networks among the Upper Yangzi Shipping Groups\, 1850-1937 DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Description \n \n \n \n Maanik Nath of Utrecht University and his co-author investigate the impact of public investments on agricultural incomes across colonial India. Using new data in a difference-in-differences framework\, it shows that districts with access to canal irrigation experienced a 22% increase in agricultural incomes\, alongside a three to six percentage-point decline in subsistence cropping. In this Quantitative History webinar\, Maanik Nath will discuss how canal irrigation effects remained positive throughout the colonial period and were especially pronounced in arid areas. The research also highlights how imperial policy persistently prioritized railway expansion while underinvesting in canal irrigation—an oversight that constrained agricultural growth in parts of colonial India. Maanik Nath co-author: Vigyan D. Ratnoo (Assistant Professor\, Department of History and Art History\, Utrecht University) \n \n \n \n About the Quantitative History Webinar Series \n \n \n \n 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 sixth 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])。 Conveners: Professors Zhiwu Chen & Chicheng Ma (HKU Business School) URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/understanding-global-connectivity-through-grassroots-mobility-the-reorganization-of-techno-social-networks-among-the-upper-yangzi-shipping-groups-1850-1937/ LOCATION:Via Zoom CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20260206_CBH_PanYiying_Banner-1080.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR