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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250930T123000
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SUMMARY:Marketing Africa: Production of Knowledge about Africa by Businesspeople on Chinese Short-Video Platforms
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\n\nIn recent years\, contents showing deep knowledge about African countries and people have been increasingly popular in Chinese social media\, especially on short video platforms. Such knowledge often contains insider business information and cultural understandings of Africa that are difficult to get without living in Africa for a long time. Drawing on a handcrafted dataset of streaming contents and short videos\, I analyze some of the Africa-related short videos posted since late 2023\, and address this question: how are Chinese content creators representing their deep knowledge of Africa in Chinese social media by short videos? I show that a key theme in the representations of China-Africa connections is marketing Africa to their Chinese audience by well-established Chinese entrepreneurs in Africa. These representations of Africa\, much more precise and nuanced than the more widely circulated stereotypical if not racist representations of Africa\, bring detailed and vivid information about Africa to many Chinese unfamiliar with the region. But at the same time\, capitalist values heavily shape these representations in such a way that\, in them\, Africa appears almost exclusively as a source of profit. Further\, I suggest that the capitalistic aspect in this knowledge comes from an increasingly popular imagination of Africa as a frontier of profits and the context of a fervor of “going overseas” of Chinese businesses. \n  \n\nABOUT THE SPEAKER \nRundong Ning is an RGC Post-doctoral Fellow at the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Hong Kong. His research interests include work and labor\, entrepreneurship\, volunteerism\, and digital economy. His current research focuses on China-Kenya connections in the digital economy and entrepreneurship in Congo-Brazzaville. His publications appear in Current Anthropology\, Economic Anthropology\, American Journal of Cultural Sociology\, African Studies Review\, Africa\, and other outlets. \n  \n\nABOUT THE SERIES \nThis series aims to introduce a wide range of cutting-edge research in various disciplines and areas. If you have any questions about this seminar or would be interested in giving a talk\, please contact Professor Ghassan Moazzin (gmoazzin@hku.hk).  \n  \n\nLight refreshments will be served for registered participants attending the seminar in person.
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/marketing-africa-production-of-knowledge-about-africa-by-businesspeople-on-chinese-short-video-platforms/
LOCATION:201\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250926T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250926T100000
DTSTAMP:20261026T091024
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SUMMARY:Chinese Workers of the World: Colonialism\, Chinese Labor\, and the Yunnan–Indochina Railway
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\nThe Yunnan–Indochina Railway\, a French investment in imperial China during the age of “railroad colonialism\,” was designed to link French-colonized Indochina to Chinese markets and to stimulate cross-border trade in tin\, silk\, tea\, and opium. Yet this ambitious project came at a devastating human cost: thousands of Chinese workers lost their lives during its brutal construction. \nIn this talk\, Selda Altan adopts a transnational perspective to situate the railway’s labor conflicts within the broader history of the post-emancipation coolie trade and the emergence of a global labor market. She argues that\, long before the Chinese Communist Party cast Chinese workers as the vanguard of revolution in the 1920s\, late nineteenth-century Euro-American competition for cheap labor had already given rise to the modern figure of the Chinese worker. \n\nABOUT THE SPEAKERSelda Altan is Associate Professor of History at Randolph College. She specializes in labor history\, colonialism\, and comparative empires. Her research examines the experiences of Chinese workers in transnational and imperial contexts\, with a particular focus on labor markets\, migration\, and capitalist development. \n\nABOUT THE SERIESThis monthly webinar series features the newest research on the history of Chinese business and entrepreneurship. If you have any questions about this webinar series\, would be interested in giving a talk\, or would like to be removed from this mailing list\, please contact Professor John D. Wong (jdwong@hku.hk) or Professor Ghassan Moazzin (gmoazzin@hku.hk).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/chinese-workers-of-the-world-colonialism-chinese-labor-and-the-yunnan-indochina-railway/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250918T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250918T173000
DTSTAMP:20261026T091024
CREATED:20260228T140207Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102840Z
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SUMMARY:兩千年中國經濟增長 China’s GDP over Two Millennia
DESCRIPTION:DESCRIPTION \n兩千年中國經濟增長 \n中國人民大學農業與農村發展學院助理教授翟潤卓構建了從秦代到1949年連續的、十年分辨率的中國歷史GDP數據集。在兩千多年的歷史中，中國經濟增長軌跡呈現出千年尺度的準倒U型趨勢。從秦代到北宋初期，人均GDP從380國際元（1990年水平）持續增長至1949年之前的最高水平1\,430國際元。自北宋以後，人均GDP則表現出長期震盪下降的趨勢，直到19世紀後期長期維持在550國際元的水平。 \n在本次量化歷史網上講座，翟潤卓將解釋經濟增長過程的解構顯示，在兩千多年的歷史中，中國歷史經濟增長呈現出一種馬爾薩斯風格的人口驅動模式，但並不完全符合經典馬爾薩斯(Malthusian)理論中「工資鐵律」所描繪的長期停滯圖景。 \nChina’s GDP over Two Millennia \nRunzhuo Zhai of Renmin University of China constructs\, for the first time\, a decadal GDP dataset for China from 220 BCE to 1949 CE\, which\, when linked to adjusted post-1949 data based on official surveys\, offers a clear view of China’s economic performance over the past two millennia. The continuous series enables testing of Malthusian theory. Our findings indicate that Malthus’s prediction of stagnant per capita income in pre-modern economies likely applies only to the last millennium. Earlier periods in China\, representing at least a quarter of the global population\, did not experience prolonged stagnation. Furthermore\, Malthus’s assumption that population growth outpaces food production may not universally apply to all pre-modern periods. Theoretical social scientists should approach Malthusian theory with caution when describing premodern economies. \nDiscussant: Kaixiang Peng\, Professor\, School of Economics and Management\, Wuhan University \n*This webinar will be conducted in Mandarin.​
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/%e5%85%a9%e5%8d%83%e5%b9%b4%e4%b8%ad%e5%9c%8b%e7%b6%93%e6%bf%9f%e5%a2%9e%e9%95%b7-chinas-gdp-over-two-millennia/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250909T113000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250909T123000
DTSTAMP:20261026T091024
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SUMMARY:The Emergence of Logistics Networks and Financial Administration during the Qin Conquest (230–221 BCE)
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\n\nThis talk explores the logistics networks of the Qin state during its war of unification between 230 and 221 BCE. First\, the article investigates the Qin’s “assigned transfer” logistics system\, which was comprised of two forms\, namely\, the transfer of resources among regional administrative units\, and that between the central and regional governments. Second\, it examines the infrastructures and institutions underpinning this logistics system during the Qin conquest\, exploring how the emergence of long-distance\, empire-wide military logistics networks might have contributed to economic development and driven reforms of the Qin financial administration. Overall\, this talk unfolds not only the institutional reforms stimulated by the Qin’s war of unification but also the impact of war on social development. \n  \n\nABOUT THE SPEAKER \nChun Fung Tong is an assistant professor at the School of Chinese and Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences\, The University of Hong Kong. He studied history at the Chinese University of Hong Kong for his BA and MPhil degrees and received a PhD in Sinology from Heidelberg University. His research primarily focuses on social\, political and institutional history in early China\, early Chinese historiography\, as well as writing culture in premodern China. \n  \n\nABOUT THE SERIES \nThis series aims to introduce a wide range of cutting-edge research in various disciplines and areas. If you have any questions about this seminar or would be interested in giving a talk\, please contact Professor Ghassan Moazzin (gmoazzin@hku.hk). 
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-emergence-of-logistics-networks-and-financial-administration-during-the-qin-conquest-230-221-bce/
LOCATION:201\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250821T163000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250821T180000
DTSTAMP:20261026T091024
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SUMMARY:Economic History of Asia as a Regional Entity: Past\, Present\, and Future
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\nAsia\, encompassing the eastern Eurasian continent and its island regions\, is home to over 60% of the world’s population and is characterized by profound geographical\, cultural\, and social diversity. Against this widely recognized backdrop\, this presentation explores how the economic history of Asia may be conceptualized not merely as a collection of national narratives\, but as a regional entity shaped by enduring internal linkages. \nBeginning in the early 1980s\, Japanese and international scholars\, working within the conceptual framework of the “Asian Trading Zone\,” examined economic interconnections across the region as a cohesive whole. By focusing on trade-related dimensions\, they traced the emergence of intra-Asian linkages from the 16th century onward and reinterpreted the region’s economic transformations in the 19th century and beyond through the lens of these earlier dynamics. This framework offered an alternative to nation-centered\, Eurocentric narratives and anticipated the rise of global economic history in the 1990s\, with its emphasis on connectivity and comparison. \nThe study of Asia’s regional economic history has continued to evolve alongside contemporary political and economic developments. This presentation reflects on the intellectual trajectory of Asian economic history and considers how historical perspectives may inform our understanding of the region’s current challenges and future prospects. \n\nABOUT THE SPEAKERTomoko Shiroyama is a Professor of Asian Economic History at the Graduate School of Economics\, the University of Tokyo\, and a Research Associate at Toyo Bunko (The Oriental Library). She earned her Ph.D. in History from Harvard University in 1999. As a historian of China and Asia\, her research explores China’s global connections through the commodity trade\, financial flows\, and the migration of traders and laborers. Her major works include China during the Great Depression: Market\, State\, and the World Economy\, 1929-1937(2008) and the co-edited volume Chinese and Indian Merchants in Modern Asia: Networking Businesses and Formation of Regional Economy (2019). Most recently\, she led the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) project The Hydrosphere and Socioeconomics in Modern Asia – Exploring a New Regional History Using a Database and Spatial Analysis (2017–2022). She is an executive board member of the International Economic History Association and serves as a series editor for the Economic History Library at Brill. \n\nProfessors John D. Wong and Ghassan Moazzin\nHong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences\, The University of Hong Kong
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/economic-history-of-asia-as-a-regional-entity-past-present-and-future/
LOCATION:G01\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250821
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250824
DTSTAMP:20261026T091024
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SUMMARY:Enterprise and Economy in Modern China
DESCRIPTION:CONFERENCE PROGRAM(PDF version with full abstracts) \n\n\n21 August\n10.45am-11.15am: Registration \nLocation: Faculty Board Room (4.36)\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus \n11.15am: Welcome \nLocation: Faculty Board Room (4.36)\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus \nPanel 1: 11.30am-1pm: \nChair: Ghassan Moazzin (The University of Hong Kong) \nLocation: Faculty Board Room (4.36)\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus \nSpeakers: \nOtis Edwards (The University of Hong Kong) – Reconfiguring Trade: London Finance\, Lintin Island\, and the Transformation of the Opium Economy in Early Nineteenth-Century Canton \nXiaoyu Gao (University of Chicago) – Empire of Copper: British and American Global Trade\, Chilean Copper\, and the Transformation of Chinese Monetary System (1800-1862) \nWilliam R. Kelson (The University of Hong Kong) – The ‘Circle of Distress’: Mapping the Spread of the Late-Qing Financial Crisis of the 1880s \nPanel 2: 2pm-3.30pm: \nChair: John D. Wong (The University of Hong Kong) \nLocation: Faculty Board Room (4.36)\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus \nSpeakers: \nYuan Weipeng (Shanghai Jiaotong University) – 晚清政府采购制度与汉冶萍公司 \nLi Zigui (Sun Yat-sen University) – Reuters and the Evolving News Telegram Distribution System in Late Qing Shanghai \nWang Zilong (The University of Tokyo) – State Control or Managerial Autonomy? The Long-Term Evolution of the China Merchants Steam Navigation Company\, 1872–2022 \n22 August\nPanel 3: 9.30am-11am \nChair: Li Ji (The University of Hong Kong) \nLocation: Faculty Board Room (4.36)\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus \nSpeakers: \nGhassan Moazzin (The University of Hong Kong) – Shenbao\, Advertisements and Electrical Modernity in Shanghai\, 1912-1937 \nDebin Ma (Tsinghua University) – Adjustments and Vicissitudes: The Indirect Issuance of Banknotes in Republican China\, 1915–1945 \nShinya Oishida (Rikkyo University) – Postal Savings Bank in Republican China: In Comparison with Commercial Banking Business \nPanel 4: 11.30am – 1pm \nChair: William R. Kelson (The University of Hong Kong) \nLocation: Faculty Board Room (4.36)\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus \nSpeakers: \nBilly K. L. So (The University of Hong Kong) & Sufumi So (The University of Hong Kong) – Modern Corporation: Conceptual Excursions\, and the China Exception? \nPeter E. Hamilton (University of Bristol) – China’s First Management Consultants in the Nanjing Decade \nNing Jennifer Chang (Academia Sinica) – Managing Volunteer Associations in Modern China: The Case of the Shanghai Race Club\, 1850-1950 \n2.30pm: Transportation to Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Archives \n3pm-4.30pm: Visit to Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Archives (registered attendees only) \n23 August\nPanel 5: 9.30am – 11.30am \nChair: Debin Ma (Tsinghua University) \nLocation: Faculty Board Room (4.36)\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus \nSpeakers: \nNiu Hao (Zhongnan University of Economics and Law) – OEM Collaboration: A Study on the Production and Distribution of Indanthrene Fabric in the Republic of China \nBrett Sheehan (University of Southern California) – Balancing strangers and friends: Curating shareholder composition by the Dongya Corporation\, 1932–1950 \nHuangfu Qiushi (Fudan University) – Pirnie\, Lee & Company and the Post-war Sino-U.S. Economic Cooperation on the Local Level (1946–48) \nKoji Hirata (Monash University) – From Grain Exporter to Importer: Food Crisis\, Trade Realignment\, and China’s Turn to the Capitalist World\, 1960–1965 \nPanel 6: 1pm – 3pm \nChair: Brett Sheehan (University of Southern California) \nLocation: Faculty Board Room (4.36)\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus \nSpeakers: \nElizabeth Sinn (The University of Hong Kong) – Death by American protectionism? The Life and Times of a Hong Kong Chinese Company – the On Tai Marine Insurance Company (1877–1899) \nSheyla S. Zandonai (University of Macau) – Pledging\, Betting\, Building: The History of Modern Pawnshops in Macau \nDong Yan (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics) – From Local Currency to Foreign Exchange: Reshaping the Hong Kong Dollar in 1950s Guangdong \nKelvin Chan (University of Bristol) – Made in Hong Kong: Eu Yan Sang and Chinese Medicine in Cold War Southeast Asia \nRoundtable: Future Avenues for Research: 3.30pm-4.30pm \nChair: Ghassan Moazzin (The University of Hong Kong) \nLocation: Faculty Board Room (4.36)\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus \nTakeshi Hamashita (Toyo Bunko)\, John D. Wong (The University of Hong Kong)\, Tomoko Shiroyama (The University of Tokyo) \n4.30pm-5pm: Closing Discussion (Possible Collaboration and Publications) \nChairs: John D. Wong (The University of Hong Kong) & Ghassan Moazzin (The University of Hong Kong)
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/enterprise-and-economy-in-modern-china/
LOCATION:Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250820T110000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250820T123000
DTSTAMP:20261026T091024
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SUMMARY:A Tale of Two Currencies: Cash and Crypto
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\nWe discuss numerous justifications for why Blockchain technology would be highly conducive for the smooth functioning of today’s society. We provide several comparisons between cryptocurrencies issued by blockchain projects – crypto – and conventional government issued currencies – cash or fiat. We develop intuitive analogies – which are later supplemented with formal arguments – that helps us to understand the role of money in society and then to see how crypto can fulfil the functions of money\, as we know it\, in a better way.We look at the origins of crypto-currencies and the evolution of decentralized finance. We consider how money has moved from being centralized to decentralized and how there are attempts to make it centralized again using blockchain technology. We discuss how crypto can be a remedy to several monetary maladies and the promise it holds for creating equal wealth generation opportunities for everyone. We discuss the evolution of trading facilities from centralized cryptocurrency exchanges into decentralized exchanges and later towards the creation of venues that act as a one stop shop for all financial matters\, Super-Store Exchanges\, or Special-Service-Exchanges. \nWe summarize seven fundamental innovations that would be required to make blockchain wealth management accessible and safe for the masses. The conceptual ideas we discuss outline an approach to: 1) Strengthened Security Blueprint; 2) Rebalancing and Trade Execution Suited for Blockchain Nuances 3) \nVolatility and Variance Adjusted Weight Calculation 4) Accommodating Investor Preferences and Risk Parity Construction; 5) Profit Sharing and Investor Protection; 6) Concentration Risk Indicator and Performance Metrics; 7) Multi-chain expansion and Select Strategic Initiatives including the notion of a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO). \nIncorporating these concepts into several projects would also facilitate the growth of the overall blockchain eco-system so that this technology can – have wider mainstream adoption and – accomplish its potential in transforming all aspects of human interactions. \n\nABOUT THE SPEAKERRavi Kashyap is a Finance Professor at the Estonian Business School and University of Waikato Joint Institute at Hangzhou City University. He has taught finance\, economics and blockchain courses at many universities in South Korea\, Vietnam\, China and Singapore.Ravi has held senior (and pioneering) roles – as CEO\, Head of Quantitative Research\, Product Manager – at both traditional financial service firms and blockchain money management funds in New York\, Singapore and Hong Kong\, including Goldman Sachs\, Morgan Stanley\, Merrill Lynch\, IHS Markit and Citigroup. He has experience setting the strategy for multi-billion dollar financial service divisions and product managing multi-million dollar quantitative products. He has developed and applied numerous machine learning techniques and related models for risk mitigation and wealth appreciation. \nHe moved to academia to focus on research regarding uncertainty\, optimization and decision making. \nHe continues to be involved with the industry\, on a limited basis\, by advising efforts geared towards incubating artificial intelligence and working with several blockchain firms to develop innovative methodologies that can be applied to transform all aspects of human interactions. \nHis doctoral thesis from the City University of Hong Kong is about uncertainty and unintended consequences in life\, financial markets and everything else. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business\, New York University and an undergraduate degree from the National Institute of Technology Calicut\, India. He enjoys playing volleyball and skiing.
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/a-tale-of-two-currencies-cash-and-crypto/
LOCATION:G01\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:IHSS
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250819T110000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250819T123000
DTSTAMP:20261026T091024
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SUMMARY:Approaches to Sustainability and Impact in Family Wealth
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\n\n“Sustainability” has become a trendy term within the business world over the last few years – a Morgan Stanley report estimated that sustainable investment funds add up to US$3.56 trillion in AuM as of Dec 31\, 2024[1]\, while a report by MSCI estimated that the size of the global carbon credit market was around USD 1.4 billion[2]. For a while\, investors flocked to such investments with promises that they could generate returns AND at the same time\, make impact to the environment and society. Corporate strategists touted terms such as CSR and ESG to their boards as part of a competitive advantage. Climate scientists drew up risk scenarios for insurers to valuate risks of their policies. \nAmongst all these varying concepts on sustainability\, how should a family wealth manager separate the wheat from the chaff? What actually matters for a family – carbon emissions\, ESG ratings or social impact? In this presentation\, Ms. Bonnie Leung proposes a simple framework for family wealth managers to consider sustainability in respect of business families. A family may have multiple interests and objectives\, and it is imperative that the family wealth manager matches the initiatives appropriately to different objectives. Ms. Leung will raise examples of how families apply corporate sustainability\, sustainable investing\, impact and philanthropy based on their needs and personal beliefs. The framework also clarifies when one may expect investment returns vs generation of positive external impact. \nUltimately\, this lecture explores sustainability through different perspectives of families and family wealth\, and contributes to the dialogue from a specific lens. \n  \n\nABOUT THE SPEAKER \nMs. Bonnie Leung is currently Programme Director for Master of Family Wealth Management\, offered by The University of Hong Kong. As the Founding Programme Director\, she oversaw the launch and execution of the programme. Her teaching commitments include current trends in family office management\, and sustainable investing and philanthropy in the context of family wealth.  \nMs. Leung brings decades of industry experience to the FWM programme. She previously held various COO positions at BlackRock\, one of the world’s largest asset management firms\, including serving as their COO for APAC Client Business. As COO\, Ms. Leung sat on BlackRock’s Global Financial Crime Country Risk Committee\, Global Funds Distributor Oversight Committee\, APAC Investment Oversight Committee\, and APAC Risks & Controls Committee. Subsequently\, Ms. Leung became a founding member of their Asia Pacific sustainable investing team\, leading the Asia ex Japan Sustainable & Transition Solutions business. In this role\, she frequently spoke at large-scale webinars and events in Chinese and English\, representing BlackRock’s views on sustainable investing\, and thus furthering investors’ understanding of sustainable investments \nPrior to BlackRock\, Ms. Leung was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company\, serving financial institution clients\, both MNC and Asian-based companies. She also led professional development for the Hong Kong office.  Ms. Leung started her professional career as an architect and practised in the New York-based firm\, Kohn Pedersen Fox.  \nMs. Leung is a graduate of the Wharton School\, University of Pennsylvania\, where she received an MBA. For her undergraduate studies\, Ms. Leung obtained a B.Arch and a B.Sc.(Arch) from McGill University. 
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/approaches-to-sustainability-and-impact-in-family-wealth/
LOCATION:G01\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:IHSS
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250630T163000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250630T180000
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SUMMARY:Women As Vernacular Knowers In China’s Long Republic (1894-1954): What We Can Learn From Cheap Print
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\nMany of the knowledges we can classify as vernacular were enacted by women in spheres that were largely governed by women: whether household maintenance\, family emergencies\, or basic healthcare. Accessing this level of knowledge and penetrating women’s experience\, however\, poses significant methodological challenges. Where can we look to find vernacular knowers who left few physical traces of what they thought or what they did? How can we begin to reconstitute what they knew\, how they knew it\, and how they applied it? \nI will explore ways of overcoming these methodological difficulties in this presentation. I will first define vernacular knowledge and introduce the genres of cheap print with which I am working. I will then introduce the notion of vernacular literacy which serves to expand our understanding of which women read\, how they read\, and where they read. Finally\, I will use an assemblage of methods to create composites of individuals and attempt to reconstruct how particular historical women might have engaged in household science—to label clothing\, preserve eggs\, and treat a cholera infection. Ultimately the presentation interrogates the largely unacknowledged intersections between vernacular knowledge and science\, and broadens our understanding of as yet little explored gendered modes of knowing. \n\nABOUT THE SPEAKERJoan Judge is a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow\, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada\, and a Professor in the Department of History at York University in Toronto. A cultural historian of print and knowledge in modern China\, her most recent publication is The Politics of Common Reading: Vernacular Knowledge and Everyday Technics in China\, 1894-1954 which is forthcoming from the University of Chicago Press in the fall of 2025. She is also the author of Republican Lens: Gender\, Visuality\, and Experience in the Early Chinese Periodical Press(University of California Press\, 2015)\, The Precious Raft of History: The Past\, the West\, and the Woman Question in China (Stanford University Press\, 2008)\, and Print and Politics: ‘Shibao’ and the Culture of Reform in Late Qing China (Stanford University Press\, 1996). She is co-editor of The Sinosphere and Beyond: Essays in Honor of Joshua Fogel (DeGruyter Oldenbourg\, 2024)\, “Publishing for Daily Life in Early Modern East Asia\,” (special issue of Lingua Franca: The History of the Book in Translation 6 [2020])\, Women Warriors and National Heroes: Global Histories (Bloomsbury Academic\, 2020)\, Women and the Periodical Press in China’s Global Twentieth Century: A Space of Their Own? (Cambridge University Press\, 2018)\, and Beyond Exemplar Tales: Women’s Biography in Chinese History (University of California Press\, 2011). \n\nABOUT THE SERIESThis series aims to introduce a wide range of cutting-edge research in various disciplines and areas. If you have any questions about this webinar\, would be interested in giving a talk\, or would like to be removed from this mailing list\, please contact Professor Ghassan Moazzin (gmoazzin@hku.hk).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/women-as-vernacular-knowers-in-chinas-long-republic-1894-1954-what-we-can-learn-from-cheap-print/
LOCATION:Room 201\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250623T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250623T173000
DTSTAMP:20261026T091024
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SUMMARY:From Yellow River to Yellow Sea: The Spatial Construction of the Qi State\, c. 700–300 BCE
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\nQi 齊 emerged as a powerful territorial state in Shandong\, eastern China between the seventh and fourth centuries BCE. Over this period\, a notable transformation occurred in the political and spatial organization of the Qi state whereby traditional lineage and kin-based power structures were replaced by centralized institutions predicated on certain principles of territorial rule\, including direct infrastructural and administrative control over lands\, populations\, and resources. To understand this shift and its broader implications for the spatial dynamics of state-building in early China\, I synthesize a wide range of paleographic\, archaeological\, received textual\, and numismatic evidence for Qi\, focusing especially on three areas: (1) the urban development of the Qi capital at Linzi into an administrative-economic hub; (2) the construction of the southern frontier and the Long Wall of Qi; and (3) the introduction of Qi coinage and monetary zones. Through these analyses\, I demonstrate that the territorial imprint of the Qi state was made strategically upon both the physical environment and imagined landscapes of Shandong in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. \n\nABOUT THE SPEAKERChris Kim is Visiting Assistant Professor at New York University’s Institute for the Study of the Ancient World. His research examines statecraft\, political economy\, and the spatial dynamics of state power in Zhou China (1045–221 BCE) through paleographic\, archaeological\, and textual analysis. His current book project\, Building the Qi State: Lineage\, Economy\, and Territorial Organization in Early China\, investigates the development of territorial administration\, bureaucratic officialdom\, urban networks\, and monetary zones in the state of Qi in Shandong during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. In addition\, his research interests include the origins of coinage in China\, Eastern Zhou kingship\, and discovering innovative applications of GIS and other spatial analysis approaches to map the early Chinese world. He has previously published studies on salt in the Western Zhou state and on Bronze Age Chinese political economies. Chris received his PhD from Columbia University\, MA from Harvard University\, and BA from Brown University.
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/from-yellow-river-to-yellow-sea-the-spatial-construction-of-the-qi-state-c-700-300-bce/
LOCATION:G01\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:IHSS
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250616T103000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250616T120000
DTSTAMP:20261026T091024
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SUMMARY:Power Cast in Bronze: A Social Network Analysis of Noble Families in Early China\, 1600–256 BCE
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\nDue to the relative scarcity of transmitted texts\, bronze inscriptions have become one of the principal sources for investigating key issues in early Chinese history—particularly during the Shang and Zhou periods—such as the formation of clan system and kin-based political communities. A wide variety of records were cast onto bronzes\, ranging from clan emblems to political appointments and rewards\, as well as intermarriages among noble families. While historians and archaeologists have long engaged in detailed philological and case-based studies\, large-scale systematic analyses remain limited. \nThis study constructs a comprehensive and structured database containing nearly 20\,000 inscribed bronze artifacts from the Shang and Zhou dynasties\, enabling the integration of diverse data types and embedding the analysis within spatiotemporal and relational contexts. \nThe method of social network analysis (SNA) is employed to explore various types of networks—including clan emblem networks\, co-occurrence networks\, political networks\, and marriage networks—across three levels: the micro level (individuals and families)\, the meso level (clusters and groups)\, and the macro level (topological structure). Temporal changes in these networks reveal striking shifts in power dynamics among noble families\, mapping the evolving sociopolitical landscape of Early China. \n\nABOUT THE SPEAKERYuqi Chen is a PhD graduate of Peking University\, where she also received her Bachelor’s degree. She is actively engaged in the fields of Digital Humanities and Quantitative History. Her research focuses on integrating AI and computational methods with humanities research\, especially Early China history and archaeology\, aiming to uncover new insights through innovative interdisciplinary approaches. She serves as a reviewer for prestigious journals such as Nature Human Behaviour\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, among others. She has also published her work in journals including International Journal of Geographical Information Science\, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications\, and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities\, as well as at conferences such as the Digital Humanities (DH) Conference and the Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/power-cast-in-bronze-a-social-network-analysis-of-noble-families-in-early-china-1600-256-bce/
LOCATION:G01\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:IHSS
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250605T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250605T173000
DTSTAMP:20261026T091024
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102840Z
UID:98109-1749139200-1749144600@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Real and Nominal Belief in God: Evidence from Wills\, England: 1300-1850
DESCRIPTION:DESCRIPTION\n\nNeil J. Cummins of LSE and his co-author use the full-texts of ~36\,000 English wills to generate estimates of religiosity\, 1300-1850. They distinguish between pro-forma performative statements of belief in a creator God in the preamble\, which they term “nominal” religiosity\, from “real” religiosity\, non-template religious statements in the latter part of the will\, and bequests to religious entities. They code wills algorithmically for a set of religious variables\, such as mentions of God\, Jesus\, the Saints\, a Soul\, separately for the preamble\, and the rest of the will. They then construct unitary indices using Principal Component Analysis. The broad picture as understood by historians is confirmed by the dramatic and large rise in nominal religiosity from 1400 to 1650\, from an index value ~20 to ~60\, on a 0-100 scale. This rise appears to track the cultural shift of the period well and quantitatively captures the social milieu that would result in the English reformation. Even more dramatic than this long run rise is the relatively sudden decline in nominal religiosity after its 1650 peak to an index value just over 10 in 1850. This decline is coincident with both scientific and Industrial Revolutions. However\, real religiosity has a very different historical evolution than nominal religiosity. Real religiosity rises ~1300 to ~1450. The Black Death of 1346 is at the right time to be considered a potential causal factor in this rise. And they demonstrate this emphatically using a separate sample of will abstracts for the 14th century. The decline in real religiosity\, after 1450\, of the English precedes the decline in nominal religiosity\, after 1650\, by about two centuries. Performative religious statements thus hid an early and previously hidden social evolution in the sincere religious belief of the English. They next divide their sample of will makers by wealth tercile. The poor are always less likely to have highly religious preambles. They show that the rise in real religiosity 1300-1400 is driven by the richest group. Thereafter the decline is also driven by the richest with a very sharp decline 1400 to 1550 that is hidden in the aggregate score by the stable real religiosity of the poor. The early decline of real religiosity amongst the rich of England represents a surprising and important new stylized fact of history. This is only detectable through the reading of the full text of wills and splitting them into a nominal and real complement as is done here. \nDuring this Quantitative History Webinar\, Neil J. Cummins will explain how this behavior change occurs at the same time as the decline in aristocratic violence (Cummins (2017))\, and like violence\, precedes the behavior change of the poor by many centuries. Here they find new evidence of the emergence of modern behavior\, and the roots of the enlightenment\, and the scientific and Industrial Revolutions. \nNeil J. Cummins’s co-author: Aurelius Noble (Transkribus) \nDiscussant: Ji Li\, Associate Professor of History\, HKU School of Modern Languages and Cultures and IHSS
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/real-and-nominal-belief-in-god-evidence-from-wills-england-1300-1850/
LOCATION:Zoom\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250604T163000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250604T180000
DTSTAMP:20261026T091024
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UID:98114-1749054600-1749060000@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Ethics and Leadership in the Finance Profession: A Fireside Chat
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\n\nEthics and guiding principles enable us to make “right” choices\, even when facing conflicting interests. In the money-centric financial industry\, practitioners are often faced with such challenges. In a constantly evolving financial landscape\, how do ethics play a role in guiding decision-making processes? Can finance professionals truly prioritize ethical behaviour in a competitive and fast-paced industry? Join us for a thought-provoking fireside chat where Bonnie Leung\, Programme Director for HKU’s Master of Family Wealth Management\, will discuss with Kenny Lam\, CEO of Two Sigma Asia-Pacific\, his views on this topic. Kenny shall share his real life experiences dealing with ethical dilemmas throughout his various positions in management consulting\, wealth management\, investment management\, and corporate governance. This fireside chat promises to inspire reflection and dialogue on the importance of ethics and leadership in shaping a responsible financial industry.  \n\nABOUT THE SPEAKER \nKenny is the CEO of Two Sigma Asia-Pacific\, managing and overseeing the region for Two Sigma\, one of the world’s largest hedge funds with almost USD 70 billion in assets. Two Sigma is known for its expertise in quantitative investment management. \nBefore Two Sigma\, Kenny was a global Partner at McKinsey & Company and co-leader of McKinsey’s Financial Services Practice in Asia. He was the lead Partner for the creation of the Private Management Wealth Association in Hong Kong with the Hong Kong Banking Association. After McKinsey\, he served as the Group President of Noah Holdings Limited\, China’s first NYSE-listed and largest independent wealth and asset management with over 90 billion in assets under advisory. \nKenny holds several prominent public roles in the business community. He is the Chairman of the Executive Board of the Wharton School in Asia and Co-Chairman of the Asia Pacific Leadership Council of The Nature Conservancy. He also serves on the University of Waterloo President’s Global Advisory Board and is a Special Advisor to Our Hong Kong Foundation\, a leading think-tank. \nKenny is an elected board member of two major companies in Asia: The Bank of East Asia (China)\, one of the largest foreign banks in China\, serving as its risk committee chairman\, and Smartone Telecommunications in Hong Kong (HKSE: 315). \nKenny graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania\, where he was a Joseph Wharton Scholar and Benjamin Franklin Scholar. He also read Law at the University of Oxford. \nKenny is a best-selling author in China. His book “Choices 選擇” published by CITIC Publishing\, one of China’s largest publishers\, reached No. 4 in e-book sales in China in 2023
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/ethics-and-leadership-in-the-finance-profession-a-fireside-chat/
LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:HKU Family Wealth Series
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250529T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250529T173000
DTSTAMP:20261026T091024
CREATED:20260302T060437Z
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UID:98120-1748534400-1748539800@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Cowrie Money and the Making of the Modern World: A Global Perspective
DESCRIPTION:DESCRIPTION\nOriginating in the sea\, especially in the waters surrounding the low-lying islands of the Maldives\, Cypraea moneta (sometimes confused with Cypraea annulus) was transported to various parts of Afro-Eurasia in the prehistoric era\, and in many cases\, it was gradually transformed into a form of money in various societies for a long span of time. During this Quantitative History Webinar\, Bin Yang of City University of Hong Kong provides a global examination of cowrie money within and beyond Afro-Eurasia from the archaeological period to the early twentieth century. By focusing on cowrie money in Indian\, Chinese\, Southeast Asian and West African societies and shell money in Pacific and North American societies\, his talk will synthesize and illustrate the economic and cultural connections\, networks and interactions over a longue durée and in a cross-regional context. Analysing locally varied experiences of cowrie money from a global perspective\, Bin Yang argues that cowrie money was the first global money that shaped Afro-Eurasian societies both individually and collectively\, and thus made a significant contribution to the making of the modern world. \nDiscussant: Zhiwu Chen\, Chair Professor of Finance\, HKU Business School
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/cowrie-money-and-the-making-of-the-modern-world-a-global-perspective/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250529T103000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250529T120000
DTSTAMP:20261026T091024
CREATED:20260302T061414Z
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UID:98126-1748514600-1748520000@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Transborder Fugitives\, Extradition\, and Political Crimes in Modern China
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\nWhy were there no extradition treaties between China and most Western countries historically? Jenny Huangfu Day traces how the fugitive rendition clauses in the Opium War treaties evolved into informal extradition practices and argues that China’s inability to secure reciprocal extradition treaties was rooted in the legacy of extraterritoriality and semi-colonialism. Through an examination of a series of landmark but often overlooked extradition cases between China and foreign powers — especially between Canton and the colonial government of Hong Kong — she challenges the notion that “political crimes” in modern China emerged solely as a domestic legal construct\, instead situating them in transborder legal and diplomatic processes open to interpretation and maneuvering by both state authorities and the broader transborder population. \n\nABOUT THE SPEAKERJenny Huangfu Day is an associate professor of history and the Francis Tang ‘61 Chair of China Studies at Skidmore College\, NY. She is the author of Qing Travelers to the Far West: Diplomacy and the Information Order in Late Imperial China and a forthcoming book\, Transborder Fugitives\, Extradition\, and Political Crimes in Modern China.
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/transborder-fugitives-extradition-and-political-crimes-in-modern-china/
LOCATION:G01\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Others
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250522T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250522T203000
DTSTAMP:20261026T091024
CREATED:20260302T064045Z
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UID:98133-1747940400-1747945800@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Re-imaging the University: Can Higher Education Foster a New Renaissance?
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\n\nUniversities are the Hadron Colliders of ideas – places where ideas are distilled\, expressed\, critiqued and reformulated. That commitment to critical but attentive listening to other viewpoints has a major contribution to make to a society that is becoming increasingly fragmented along ideological grounds. \nTo further counteract such fragmentation\, Dr. Lloyd will argue that beauty and goodness are necessary concomitants to the pursuit of truth\, and that\, as well as being colliders of ideas\, universities can also be crucibles of art that captures the imagination and minds of our contemporaries. He will outline his vision for fostering a new Renaissance and the role of Christian Scholarship in leading the process. \n  \n\nABOUT THE SPEAKER \nDr. Lloyd has taught theology and doctrine at the University of Oxford\, Cambridge University and St Paul’s Theological Centre\, London. He has published on a wide range of topics\, from Handel’s music to animal spirituality\, and is helping spearhead the Renaissance Project at Wycliffe Hall\, within Oxford University. \n 
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/re-imaging-the-university-can-higher-education-foster-a-new-renaissance/
LOCATION:Digital Interactive Lab\, 2/F\, Main Libruary\, HKU
CATEGORIES:Others
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250522T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250522T173000
DTSTAMP:20261026T091024
CREATED:20260302T065921Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102841Z
UID:98140-1747929600-1747935000@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:A Comparative Study of the Commercial Seafaring Organizations of China and Arab in the Medieval Age
DESCRIPTION:DESCRIPTION\n\nBased on previous studies\, by making use of extant literature\, stele inscriptions\, documents and underwater archaeological materials\, Yexuan Chen reconstructs the routes of the commercial seafaring of Arab and Chinese merchants\, analyzes the organization and cargo management of merchant ships\, and explores the international trade patterns during the Medieval era. During this lecture\, Yexuan Chen will reveal that the Arab and Chinese seafaring merchants had developed and maintained the maritime commercial routes in the Indian Ocean successfully before the coming of the Portuguese. The commercial seafaring of Arab and Chinese merchants had significant influence on the development of ancient economic history\, and their contact became one part of the early global history. \n中世紀中國與阿拉伯海商組織比較研究 在前人研究基礎上，陳燁軒利用傳世文獻、碑銘、文書和沉船考古資料，復原阿拉伯和中國商人的遠航路線，分析商船的組織和貨物管理，探討中世紀的國際貿易模式。 本講課將揭示，在葡萄牙人到來之前，阿拉伯和中國的航海家已經發展並維護了印度洋海上通道。 阿拉伯、中國的商業遠航對古代經濟史發展具有重要影響，他們的彼此交流成為早期全球史的重要組成部分。  \n*This lecture will be conducted in Mandarin.
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/a-comparative-study-of-the-commercial-seafaring-organizations-of-china-and-arab-in-the-medieval-age/
LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250325T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250325T100000
DTSTAMP:20261026T091024
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SUMMARY:Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series Spring Semester 2025
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URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/interdisciplinary-research-seminar-series-spring-semester-2025/
LOCATION:May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:The Counterparty to Chinese Business: The Upper Yangtze Steam Navigation Scheme and the Opening of Chungking
DESCRIPTION:Title: The Counterparty to Chinese Business: The Upper Yangtze Steam Navigation Scheme and the Opening of Chungking \nSpeaker: Dr. Zigui Li (Sun Yat-sen University) \nDate/Time: March 21\, 2025 (Fri) 09:00-10:00 HKT (Mar 20\, 2025 | 18:00-19:00 PDT) \nLanguage: English \nVenue: via Zoom \nEnquiry: (Email) ihss@hku.hk \nRegister Now: https://hku.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__AMzm8b4Qhivcb896eUyQA#/registration \nAbstract\nThe treaty port system has undergone continuous expansion since the Opium War\, with an increase in the number of treaty ports and a gradual extension of their geographical locations from the south-eastern coast to the western inland regions. In 1888\, a British merchant secured funding of the Upper Yangtze steam navigation company to construct the “S.S. Kuling” in an effort to navigate the Upper Yangtze River and reach Chungking (Pinyin: Chongqing)\, thereby fulfilling the stipulation in the Chefoo Convention that mandated the opening of Chungking as a new treaty port. British diplomatic archives reveal that deceptive tactics were employed to obscure the unfitness of the Kuling for upper river navigation\, while the Tsungli-Yamen actively advocated for the opening of Chungking. A re-examination of the Kuling project and its negotiation process elucidates the intricate relationships among China\, foreign powers\, central and local authorities\, as well as officials and merchants during the expansion of the treaty port system. This investigation contributes to a deeper understanding of the treaty port system’s impact on local society and China’s distinctive modernization trajectory in the late 19th century.\n About The SpeakerZigui Li is a post-doctoral research fellow in the Department of History at Sun Yat-sen University\, Guangzhou. With a Ph.D. from The Chinese University of Hong Kong\, Dr. Li’s dissertation focused on the historical significance of the North-China Herald newspaper company from 1850 to 1900. Research interests include the mechanisms of Sino-foreign information exchange and the societal transformations associated with it\, particularly through the lens of printing\, publishing\, and the newspaper industry in late imperial China. Contributions to peer-reviewed journals encompass analyses of news distribution systems in late Qing Shanghai and the influence of foreign companies on Sino-British diplomacy and public discourse. Dr. Li has received several competitive grants\, including the National Social Science Fund of China’s Young Scholar Project. Dr. Li engages with diverse historical sources\, especially English manuscripts in the 19th century.\nAbout the SeriesThis monthly webinar series features the newest research on the history of Chinese business and entrepreneurship. If you have any questions about this webinar series or would be interested in giving a talk\, please contact Professor John D. Wong  (jdwong@hku.hk) or Professor Ghassan Moazzin (gmoazzin@hku.hk).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-counterparty-to-chinese-business-the-upper-yangtze-steam-navigation-scheme-and-the-opening-of-chungking/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250320T143000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250320T153000
DTSTAMP:20261026T091024
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SUMMARY:The Archaeology Talks Series
DESCRIPTION:Language: English\nMH 201 or Via Zoom\nihss@hku.hk\nRegistration
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-archaeology-talks-series/
LOCATION:Room 201\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Others
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250314T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250503T120000
DTSTAMP:20261026T091024
CREATED:20250122T234038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260423T055343Z
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SUMMARY:Master of Family Wealth Management: Applications Now Open
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URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/master-of-family-wealth-management-applications-now-open/
LOCATION:N/A
CATEGORIES:HKU Family Wealth Series
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250311T123000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250311T133000
DTSTAMP:20261026T091024
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SUMMARY:Rediscovering Ni Kwei Tseng and the Rise of the 'Soong Dynasty' in the Republican Era
DESCRIPTION:Title: Rediscovering Ni Kwei Tseng and the Rise of the ‘Soong Dynasty’ in the Republican Era \nSpeaker: Dr. Annie Hongping Nie (Faith and Global Engagement Research Fellow) \nDate/Time: March 11\, 2025 (Tue) 12:30 – 13:30 HKT (Mar 10 | 21:30 – 22:30 PDT) \nVenue: Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong & Via ZOOM \nLanguage: English \nEnquiry:ihss@hku.hk \nRegister Now: https://hku.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RoUcDL7wTXyO3TUJPk01TQ#/registration \nAbstract \nEven though her husband\, son\, and daughters as well as their husbands were significant personalities in Chinese modern history and heroines of many academic and popular books\, she hardly received any attention. The wife of Charlie Soong\, mother of T.V. Soong\, the ‘Soong Sisters’\, and mother-in-law of Sun Yat-sen\, Chiang Kai-shek and H.H. Kung\, Ni Kweu Tseng deserves a close examination. Based on archival materials including family diaries\, letters\, eulogies and interviews\, this study attempts to uncover the life story of Ni Kwei Tseng as a woman living in late nineteenth and early twentieth century China\, highlighting the radical social and cultural changes and its impact on the transformation of women’s roles and identity at the time.  Moreover\, born to a local pastor father and a mother who was a ninth-generation granddaughter of Xu Guangqi\, a Ming court official and disciple of Jesuit Matteo Ricci\, Ni’s story sheds light on the understanding of Chinese Christian heritage and how it helped shape marriage/family structure and social networks in the process of the making of modern China. \n  \nAbout the Speaker \nBefore becoming Faith and Global Engagement Research Fellow\, Dr. Annie Hongping Nie was Teaching Associate at the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies\, Research Associate at the University of Oxford China Centre\, and China Head at Oxford Analytica\, an Oxford-based consulting firm. She also served as Chair of Examiners at the Joint Programme of the MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies and the MPhil in Modern China Studies operated by the Oxford School of Global and Areas Studies and the Faculty of Africa and Middle Eastern Studies\, University of Oxford. She has been a core member of the Leverhulme programme of the Persistence of Conflict: China’s War with Japan and Its Impact\, Memory\, and Legacy: 1931 to the Present\, Faculty of History\, University of Oxford. She is the author of the award-winning book The Selden Map of China: A New Understanding of the Ming Dynasty (Bodleian Library\, 2019). Dr Nie’s current research focuses on the history of Christianity in China\, especially the role of Christian women and their contribution to modern Chinese society. \nAbout the Series \nThis series aims to introduce a wide range of cutting-edge research in various disciplines and areas. If you have any questions about this seminar or would be interested in giving a talk\, please contact Professor Ghassan Moazzin (gmoazzin@hku.hk).  \nLight refreshments will be served for registered participants attending the seminar in person.
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/interdisciplinary-research-20250311/
LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250306T210000
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SUMMARY:Rise of the south: How Arab-led maritime trade transformed China\, 671–1371 CE
DESCRIPTION:Title: Rise of the south: How Arab-led maritime trade transformed China\, 671–1371 CE \nSpeaker: Zhiwu Chen \n               Chair of Finance               Cheng Yu-Tung Professor in Finance               Director\, Centre for Quantitative History               Director\, HK Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences               HKU Business School \nDate/Time: March 6\, 2025 21:00 – 22:3021:00 (Hong Kong/Beijing/Singapore) 08:00 (New York) | 05:00 (Los Angeles) | 13:00 (London) | 22:00 (Tokyo) | 00:00 (+1\, Sydney) \nVenue: Via Zoom \nLanguage: English \nEnquiry: cqhmail@hku.hk \nRegister Now: https://hku.zoom.us/webinar/register/2017398066299/WN_VH-0047DTNGvPH-jXGLH9Q#/registration \nDescription \nChina’s center of socioeconomic activities was in the North prior to the Tang dynasty but is in the South today. Zhiwu Chen of HKU Business School and his co-authors demonstrate that Arab and Persian Muslim traders triggered that transition when they came to China in the late seventh century\, by lifting maritime trade along the South Coast and re-creating the South. Between 742 and 1393 CE\, prefectures with better access to maritime trade\, or higher porcelain trade participation\, experienced significantly higher population growth\, but the predictive coefficient weakened substantially after the maritime trade ban of 1371 CE. In this Quantitative History Webinar\, Zhiwu Chen will explain how their findings are robust after controlling for many confounding factors. \nZhiwu Chen’s co-authors: Zhan Lin (Renmin University of China) and Kaixiang Peng (Wuhan University) \nDiscussant: Billy K. L. So\, Professor Emeritus\, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology\, Fellow\, Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences \n  \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]). \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/rise-of-the-south-how-arab-led-maritime-trade-transformed-china-671-1371-ce/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250305T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250305T203000
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CREATED:20250220T184817Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102829Z
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SUMMARY:NATURE MATTERS: WHY BELIEF COUNTS FOR TREE FROGS
DESCRIPTION:Title: NATURE MATTERS: WHY BELIEF COUNTS FOR TREE FROGS \nSpeaker: Peter Harris (Co-Founder\, A Rocha) \nDate/Time: 5 March 2025 (Wed) \,   7:00pm – 8:30pm \nVenue: Rayson Huang Theatre\, HKU \nLanguage: English \nEnquiry: (Email) faithful@hku.hk \nRegister Now: https://hku.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3Cz4HKEqkpP8SMK \nAbstract\n\nThe question of why nature matters is now critical. Over recent decades\, we have witnessed the thinning of life on earth and the collapse of eco-systems and habitats. At its heart\, this crisis comes down to human decisions about what matters. It would appear from the actions and choices of most societies that people don’t believe nature matters. So why does nature matter? We will explore various explanations coming from different points of view\, and suggest that Christian thinking may have a considerable contribution to make to this critical debate. \n  \n\nAbout The Speaker \nPeter Harris co-founded the Christian conservation organisation A Rocha in 1983.  For the last forty years\, he has worked to mobilise financial investment and  practical responses to the challenges of biodiversity decline and climate change. A Rocha organisations are now found in more than 20 countries on five continents each one committed to community based conservation.
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/nature-matters-why-belief-counts-for-tree-frogs/
LOCATION:Rayson Huang Theatre\, HKU
CATEGORIES:Others
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250305T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250305T103000
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CREATED:20250507T024503Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260420T064350Z
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SUMMARY:Archaeology Webinar Series Spring Semester 2025
DESCRIPTION:Language: English\nVia Zoom\n2025 Spring\nihss@hku.hk
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/archaeology-webinar-series-spring-semester-2025/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250305T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250305T103000
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CREATED:20250225T175424Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102828Z
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SUMMARY:Cultivating diversity at the onset of agriculture: insights from the Yangtze valley in the 10th millennium BP
DESCRIPTION:Title: Cultivating diversity at the onset of agriculture: insights from the Yangtze valley in the 10th millennium BP \nSpeaker: Dr. Ting An (Associate Professor\, Department of Art and Archaeology\, Zhejiang University) \nDate/Time: March 5 2025 (Wed)  09:00-10:30 HKT \nLanguage: English \nVenue: Via Zoom \nEnquiry: (Email) ihss@hku.hk \nRegister Now: https://hku.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_x8alkmyiRyu4IBiwg4I3XA \nAbstract\n\nThe Middle and Lower Yangtze valley is recognized as the earliest centre of rice agriculture. Rice cultivation\, alongside the utilization of various starchy plants\, has persisted over millennia since the early Neolithic. While previous discussions have extensively explored the use of nuts\, tubers\, and large-grain grasses\, small-grain grasses have received relatively little attention. This study examines plant impressions found in pottery sherds dating to the early Shangshan period (ca. 12\,711–8\,538 cal bp) to shed light on the significance of barnyard grass (Echinochloa sp.) during this era. Using microCT technology\, we obtained clear and detailed visualizations of plant remains from pottery sherds\, enhancing the archaeobotanical assemblage in a context where macro plant remains were scarce. Our study provides compelling evidence of diversified cultivation practices in the Lower Yangtze valley during the early Neolithic period. Furthermore\, it situates the origins of rice agriculture within the broader framework of wetland plant management. \n  \n\nAbout the Series \nThe Archaeology Webinar Series aims to provide a platform for scholars\, students\, and enthusiasts to discuss and share knowledge about archaeology\, its importance\, recent discoveries\, research methods\, and its significance in understanding the past. The series aims to promote awareness\, education\, and appreciation for archaeology among academia and the general public and foster a sense of curiosity and interest in exploring our shared human history.
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/cultivating-diversity-at-the-onset-of-agriculture-insights-from-the-yangtze-valley-in-the-10th-millennium-bp/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Others
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250228T110000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250228T120000
DTSTAMP:20261026T091024
CREATED:20250220T183950Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102828Z
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SUMMARY:納稅人” 研究：中國天主教史一個被忽視的維度   The Taxpayer: A Neglected Dimension of Chinese Catholic History
DESCRIPTION:Title: 納稅人” 研究：中國天主教史一個被忽視的維度 \n         The Taxpayer: A Neglected Dimension of Chinese Catholic History \nSpeaker: 康志杰教授 \n                Prof. KANG Zhijie \nDate/Time: February 28\, 2025 (Fri) 11:00 – 12:00 HKT \nVenue: Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong \nLanguage: Mandarin Chinese \nEnquiry: (Email) faithful@hku.hk \nRegister Now: https://hku.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_07XPvwvJv1XDM8K \nAbstract天主教是制度型宗教中最為嚴格的一個類型，過往的相關研究多偏重宗教傳播，經濟活動則被忽略。將天主教的身份定位于“納稅人”並進行分析討論，對於廓清宗教與國家，宗教與族群之間的複雜關係，理解傳統的中國財政體制變化，解析棘手的政教關係，具有重要的價值與意義。\n\nCatholicism is the strictest type of institutional religion. Previous studies have mostly focused on religious transmission\, while economic activities have been ignored. Positioning the Catholic identity as a “taxpayer” and conducting analysis and discussion are of great value and significance for clarifying the complex relationships between religion and the state\, religion and ethnic groups\, understanding changes in the traditional Chinese fiscal system\, and analysing the thorny relationship between politics and religion.  \n  \n\nAbout the Speaker \n康志杰，香港漢語基督教文化研究所訪問學者，暨南大學澳門研究院特聘研究員，湖北大學歷史文化學院教授。主要從事基督宗教來華史研究，已出版學術專著多部，發表論文百餘篇。代表作有：《鄂西北磨盤山天主教社區研究》（意大利馬切拉塔利瑪竇研究中心、中國香港原道交流中心聯合出版2013年）；《基督的新娘：中國天主教貞女研究》（中國社科出版社，2013年）；《中國天主教財務經濟研究（1582-1949）》（人民出版社，2019年）等。 \nKang Zhijie is Visiting Scholar at the Institute of Sino-Christian Studies in Hong Kong; Distinguished Researcher at the Macao Research Institute of Jinan University; and Professor of History at the School of History and Culture\, Hubei University. She has published eight academic monographs and more than 90 academic papers\, including Research on the Catholic Community in Mopanshan\, Northwest Hubei (2013); The Bride of Christ: Research on Chinese Catholic Virgins (2013); and Research on Chinese Catholic Finance and Economics (1582–1949) (2019). 
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/%e7%b4%8d%e7%a8%85%e4%ba%ba-%e7%a0%94%e7%a9%b6%ef%bc%9a%e4%b8%ad%e5%9c%8b%e5%a4%a9%e4%b8%bb%e6%95%99%e5%8f%b2%e4%b8%80%e5%80%8b%e8%a2%ab%e5%bf%bd%e8%a6%96%e7%9a%84%e7%b6%ad%e5%ba%a6-the-tax/
LOCATION:Rm 201​\, May Hall\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Others
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250221T143000
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SUMMARY:Adventurers or Scientists? Historical Episodes from the Archaeological Exploration of the Middle East
DESCRIPTION:Title: Adventurers or Scientists? Historical Episodes from the Archaeological Exploration of the Middle East \nSpeaker: Dr. Elvan Cobb (Assistant Professor\, Department of History\, Hong Kong Baptist University) \nDate/Time: February 21\, 2025 (Friday) 14:30-15:30 (HKT) \nLanguage: English \nVenue: Room 201\, May Hall\, HKU & Zoom \nEnquiry: (Email) ihss@hku.hk \nRegister Now: https://hku.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_A3a8uo4fSKa0rOnpzYm7OQ#/registration \nAbstract \nThe railway engineer who convinced a pair of empires to let him lead the first archaeological excavations of Ephesus in the 1860s. The photographer driven mad by unsupported demands for spectacular discoveries at Mesopotamian Nippur in the 1890s. The trail-blazing female architect-archaeologist who\, despite her hearing impairment\, introduced the monumental Hellenistic burial at Mount Nemrut to the globe after World War II. For each of these early explorers\, doing archaeology in the ancient Near East was undoubtedly always very difficult\, but perhaps never boring. However\, these three and others had something else important in common\, they each strived to introduce careful scientific practice to a discipline all too often entrenched in amateur treasure-hunting. Investigating their stories\, both personal and professional\, provides us with an opportunity to better understand the crucial interplay between scientific thought and early archaeological practice\, against a backdrop of often unintended adventures. \n  \nAbout the Speaker \nElvan is an assistant professor of history at the Hong Kong Baptist University.  She is currently working on a book manuscript that investigates how the advent of railways in the Ottoman Empire altered spatial practices in western Anatolia and facilitated the rise of emergent practices ranging from tourism to archaeology.  She is also the assistant director of a field project in Armenia\, the Ararat Plain Southeast Archaeological Project\, where she is currently researching human and nonhuman mobilities of the South Caucasus during the early modern and modern eras.
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/adventurers-or-scientists-historical-episodes-from-the-archaeological-exploration-of-the-middle-east/
LOCATION:201\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Others
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250220T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250220T180000
DTSTAMP:20261026T091024
CREATED:20250219T201245Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102837Z
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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
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SUMMARY:Faith and True Wealth 信仰與真財富 | World Religion Day 2025
DESCRIPTION:World Religion Day 2025\nFaith and True Wealth\n信仰與真財富\n\nWhat is true wealth? Is it money\, or more than money? What is spiritual wealth? What is the relationship between spiritual and material wealth? Does religion want us to be rich or poor? Can we be spiritual in a financial capital like Hong Kong? The Spiritual Assembly of the Baháʼis of Hong Kong invites you to join World Religion Day and consider these questions through interfaith dialogue\, devotions and music with members of different religious and non-religious communities in HK. \n什麼是真正的財富？是金錢？還是不止於金錢？什麼是精神財富？精神財富和物質財富之間的關係是什麼？宗教希望我們富有還是貧窮？在香港這樣的金融之都，我們能否保持靈性？香港巴哈伊總會邀請您參與世界宗教日，透過跨宗教對話、靈修和音樂，與香港不同宗教和非宗教社群的成員一起思考這些問題。 \nDate:  Feb 16 (Sun)\, 2025 \nTime:  2 – 5 pm (HKT) \nLanguage: English & Chinese \nFormat: Prayers\, singing & chanting performances + Interfaith dialogue + Panel sharings \nVenue: EY Wavespace\, 22/F Citic Tower\, 20 Tim Mei Avenue\, Central\, Hong Kong. \nDirections: \nYou can reach Citic Tower from Admiralty MTR station. \nGet out at Admiralty Exit D ( United Centre) and walk towards Legco Building / Central Government Offices using the overhead walkway. \nOn the right hand side you will see entrance to Citic Tower 2/F. \nThe lifts to 22/ F Wavespace are on 1/F of the building. \nNote that\, when you reach the entrance to the Citic tower from the overhead walkway\, you will be on the 2/F of the building. But you need to go down to the 1st floor to find the lift to the 22/F. \nHost: The Spiritual Assembly of the Baháʼis of Hong Kong \nCo-organizers: \nAsian Religious Connections Research Center\, HKIHSS\, HKU \nGreat Future Social Innovate Center（Beijing） \nHong Kong Network on Religion and Peace \nRegister TODAY: \nGoogle Form https://forms.gle/BAuhAXKTUbf6to1r9 or \nEmail <secretariat@bahai.hk> or \ncall +852 2367 6407 for registration \n(Limited quotas are available\, first come first serve)\n*Further details will be sent to you upon successful registration
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/faith-and-true-wealth-%e4%bf%a1%e4%bb%b0%e8%88%87%e7%9c%9f%e8%b2%a1%e5%af%8c-world-religion-day-2025/
LOCATION:EY Wavespace\, 22/F Citic Tower\, 20 Tim Mei Avenue\, Central\, Hong Kong
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