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SUMMARY:Hong Kong Media and Asia's Cold War Book Talk
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTWe analyze whether and how iron technology drove political consolidation in pre-imperial China (770–221 BCE) using the China Archaeological Database (CADB)—689\,943 grave goods from 98\,020 sites. Dividing the era into eleven 50-year subperiods\, we construct a state-level proxy for its quantity of iron weapons and estimate panel and instrumental-variable models linking lagged iron weaponry to subsequent state outcomes: territorial expansion\, and survival. States with greater prior iron-weapon prevalence were more likely to win wars\, expand territory\, and avoid conquest; the effect of iron technology is robust to controls for agricultural productivity\, terrain ruggedness\, waterways\, population proxies\, and iron ore reserves. Based on woodland availability and distance to nomadic threats\, the IV exercise confirms the baseline effect of iron technology to be causal. Additionally\, we find that bronze weapons and iron farming tools do not consistently have a significant impact on a state’s territorial expansion and survival. In some cases\, their effects even show signs opposite to that of iron weapons. Therefore\, persisting with old technology or applying new innovations in non-battlefield contexts did not necessarily enhance a state’s offensive or defensive capacity. Mechanism tests show that resource-mobilization and other state-capacity challenges posed by iron weaponry stimulated state building—policy reforms\, county formation\, and broader elite recruitment\, which set the rival states apart and led to the eventual outcome of the Qin winning to form the first empire.   ABOUT THE SPEAKERSenhao HU is a PhD student in the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) at The University of Hong Kong. He has a keen interest in understanding the relationship between violence and state-building in historic China.   ABOUT 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).  Light refreshments will be served for registered participants attending the seminar in person.
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/hong-kong-media-and-asias-cold-war-book-talk/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:IHSS
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230922T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230922T100000
DTSTAMP:20261108T171753
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SUMMARY:The Collapse of Nationalist China: How Chiang Kai-shek Lost China's Civil War
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTWe analyze whether and how iron technology drove political consolidation in pre-imperial China (770–221 BCE) using the China Archaeological Database (CADB)—689\,943 grave goods from 98\,020 sites. Dividing the era into eleven 50-year subperiods\, we construct a state-level proxy for its quantity of iron weapons and estimate panel and instrumental-variable models linking lagged iron weaponry to subsequent state outcomes: territorial expansion\, and survival. States with greater prior iron-weapon prevalence were more likely to win wars\, expand territory\, and avoid conquest; the effect of iron technology is robust to controls for agricultural productivity\, terrain ruggedness\, waterways\, population proxies\, and iron ore reserves. Based on woodland availability and distance to nomadic threats\, the IV exercise confirms the baseline effect of iron technology to be causal. Additionally\, we find that bronze weapons and iron farming tools do not consistently have a significant impact on a state’s territorial expansion and survival. In some cases\, their effects even show signs opposite to that of iron weapons. Therefore\, persisting with old technology or applying new innovations in non-battlefield contexts did not necessarily enhance a state’s offensive or defensive capacity. Mechanism tests show that resource-mobilization and other state-capacity challenges posed by iron weaponry stimulated state building—policy reforms\, county formation\, and broader elite recruitment\, which set the rival states apart and led to the eventual outcome of the Qin winning to form the first empire.   ABOUT THE SPEAKERSenhao HU is a PhD student in the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) at The University of Hong Kong. He has a keen interest in understanding the relationship between violence and state-building in historic China.   ABOUT 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).  Light refreshments will be served for registered participants attending the seminar in person.
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-collapse-of-nationalist-china-how-chiang-kai-shek-lost-chinas-civil-war/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230914T150000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230914T160000
DTSTAMP:20261108T171753
CREATED:20260311T033716Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102829Z
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SUMMARY:Dragon Lady Traders of the 1970s: How the US and China Rebuilt a Trade Relationship Through Textiles and Hong Kong
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTWe analyze whether and how iron technology drove political consolidation in pre-imperial China (770–221 BCE) using the China Archaeological Database (CADB)—689\,943 grave goods from 98\,020 sites. Dividing the era into eleven 50-year subperiods\, we construct a state-level proxy for its quantity of iron weapons and estimate panel and instrumental-variable models linking lagged iron weaponry to subsequent state outcomes: territorial expansion\, and survival. States with greater prior iron-weapon prevalence were more likely to win wars\, expand territory\, and avoid conquest; the effect of iron technology is robust to controls for agricultural productivity\, terrain ruggedness\, waterways\, population proxies\, and iron ore reserves. Based on woodland availability and distance to nomadic threats\, the IV exercise confirms the baseline effect of iron technology to be causal. Additionally\, we find that bronze weapons and iron farming tools do not consistently have a significant impact on a state’s territorial expansion and survival. In some cases\, their effects even show signs opposite to that of iron weapons. Therefore\, persisting with old technology or applying new innovations in non-battlefield contexts did not necessarily enhance a state’s offensive or defensive capacity. Mechanism tests show that resource-mobilization and other state-capacity challenges posed by iron weaponry stimulated state building—policy reforms\, county formation\, and broader elite recruitment\, which set the rival states apart and led to the eventual outcome of the Qin winning to form the first empire.   ABOUT THE SPEAKERSenhao HU is a PhD student in the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) at The University of Hong Kong. He has a keen interest in understanding the relationship between violence and state-building in historic China.   ABOUT 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).  Light refreshments will be served for registered participants attending the seminar in person.
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/dragon-lady-traders-of-the-1970s-how-the-us-and-china-rebuilt-a-trade-relationship-through-textiles-and-hong-kong/
CATEGORIES:Others
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230914T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230914T120000
DTSTAMP:20261108T171753
CREATED:20240611T180142Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103238Z
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SUMMARY:New Crops and Old States: Economic Productivity and State Capacity in Historical China
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTWe analyze whether and how iron technology drove political consolidation in pre-imperial China (770–221 BCE) using the China Archaeological Database (CADB)—689\,943 grave goods from 98\,020 sites. Dividing the era into eleven 50-year subperiods\, we construct a state-level proxy for its quantity of iron weapons and estimate panel and instrumental-variable models linking lagged iron weaponry to subsequent state outcomes: territorial expansion\, and survival. States with greater prior iron-weapon prevalence were more likely to win wars\, expand territory\, and avoid conquest; the effect of iron technology is robust to controls for agricultural productivity\, terrain ruggedness\, waterways\, population proxies\, and iron ore reserves. Based on woodland availability and distance to nomadic threats\, the IV exercise confirms the baseline effect of iron technology to be causal. Additionally\, we find that bronze weapons and iron farming tools do not consistently have a significant impact on a state’s territorial expansion and survival. In some cases\, their effects even show signs opposite to that of iron weapons. Therefore\, persisting with old technology or applying new innovations in non-battlefield contexts did not necessarily enhance a state’s offensive or defensive capacity. Mechanism tests show that resource-mobilization and other state-capacity challenges posed by iron weaponry stimulated state building—policy reforms\, county formation\, and broader elite recruitment\, which set the rival states apart and led to the eventual outcome of the Qin winning to form the first empire.   ABOUT THE SPEAKERSenhao HU is a PhD student in the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) at The University of Hong Kong. He has a keen interest in understanding the relationship between violence and state-building in historic China.   ABOUT 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).  Light refreshments will be served for registered participants attending the seminar in person.
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/new-crops-and-old-states-economic-productivity-and-state-capacity-in-historical-china/
LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230912T123000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230912T133000
DTSTAMP:20261108T171753
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103238Z
UID:83455-1694521800-1694525400@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Dairying Dependence: Dairy Industrialization and Ecological Change during the Postwar Philippine Republic
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTWe analyze whether and how iron technology drove political consolidation in pre-imperial China (770–221 BCE) using the China Archaeological Database (CADB)—689\,943 grave goods from 98\,020 sites. Dividing the era into eleven 50-year subperiods\, we construct a state-level proxy for its quantity of iron weapons and estimate panel and instrumental-variable models linking lagged iron weaponry to subsequent state outcomes: territorial expansion\, and survival. States with greater prior iron-weapon prevalence were more likely to win wars\, expand territory\, and avoid conquest; the effect of iron technology is robust to controls for agricultural productivity\, terrain ruggedness\, waterways\, population proxies\, and iron ore reserves. Based on woodland availability and distance to nomadic threats\, the IV exercise confirms the baseline effect of iron technology to be causal. Additionally\, we find that bronze weapons and iron farming tools do not consistently have a significant impact on a state’s territorial expansion and survival. In some cases\, their effects even show signs opposite to that of iron weapons. Therefore\, persisting with old technology or applying new innovations in non-battlefield contexts did not necessarily enhance a state’s offensive or defensive capacity. Mechanism tests show that resource-mobilization and other state-capacity challenges posed by iron weaponry stimulated state building—policy reforms\, county formation\, and broader elite recruitment\, which set the rival states apart and led to the eventual outcome of the Qin winning to form the first empire.   ABOUT THE SPEAKERSenhao HU is a PhD student in the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) at The University of Hong Kong. He has a keen interest in understanding the relationship between violence and state-building in historic China.   ABOUT 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).  Light refreshments will be served for registered participants attending the seminar in person.
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/dairying-dependence-dairy-industrialization-and-ecological-change-during-the-postwar-philippine-republic/
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:20230907T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230907T100000
DTSTAMP:20261108T171753
CREATED:20240611T181502Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103238Z
UID:83430-1694080800-1694080800@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Intergenerational Mobility of Daughters and Marital Sorting: New Evidence from Imperial China
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTWe analyze whether and how iron technology drove political consolidation in pre-imperial China (770–221 BCE) using the China Archaeological Database (CADB)—689\,943 grave goods from 98\,020 sites. Dividing the era into eleven 50-year subperiods\, we construct a state-level proxy for its quantity of iron weapons and estimate panel and instrumental-variable models linking lagged iron weaponry to subsequent state outcomes: territorial expansion\, and survival. States with greater prior iron-weapon prevalence were more likely to win wars\, expand territory\, and avoid conquest; the effect of iron technology is robust to controls for agricultural productivity\, terrain ruggedness\, waterways\, population proxies\, and iron ore reserves. Based on woodland availability and distance to nomadic threats\, the IV exercise confirms the baseline effect of iron technology to be causal. Additionally\, we find that bronze weapons and iron farming tools do not consistently have a significant impact on a state’s territorial expansion and survival. In some cases\, their effects even show signs opposite to that of iron weapons. Therefore\, persisting with old technology or applying new innovations in non-battlefield contexts did not necessarily enhance a state’s offensive or defensive capacity. Mechanism tests show that resource-mobilization and other state-capacity challenges posed by iron weaponry stimulated state building—policy reforms\, county formation\, and broader elite recruitment\, which set the rival states apart and led to the eventual outcome of the Qin winning to form the first empire.   ABOUT THE SPEAKERSenhao HU is a PhD student in the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) at The University of Hong Kong. He has a keen interest in understanding the relationship between violence and state-building in historic China.   ABOUT 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).  Light refreshments will be served for registered participants attending the seminar in person.
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/intergenerational-mobility-of-daughters-and-marital-sorting-new-evidence-from-imperial-china/
LOCATION:Zoom\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230624T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230624T090000
DTSTAMP:20261108T171753
CREATED:20240611T183745Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260507T090925Z
UID:83468-1687597200-1687597200@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Symposium on New Frontiers and Directions in Chinese History
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTWe analyze whether and how iron technology drove political consolidation in pre-imperial China (770–221 BCE) using the China Archaeological Database (CADB)—689\,943 grave goods from 98\,020 sites. Dividing the era into eleven 50-year subperiods\, we construct a state-level proxy for its quantity of iron weapons and estimate panel and instrumental-variable models linking lagged iron weaponry to subsequent state outcomes: territorial expansion\, and survival. States with greater prior iron-weapon prevalence were more likely to win wars\, expand territory\, and avoid conquest; the effect of iron technology is robust to controls for agricultural productivity\, terrain ruggedness\, waterways\, population proxies\, and iron ore reserves. Based on woodland availability and distance to nomadic threats\, the IV exercise confirms the baseline effect of iron technology to be causal. Additionally\, we find that bronze weapons and iron farming tools do not consistently have a significant impact on a state’s territorial expansion and survival. In some cases\, their effects even show signs opposite to that of iron weapons. Therefore\, persisting with old technology or applying new innovations in non-battlefield contexts did not necessarily enhance a state’s offensive or defensive capacity. Mechanism tests show that resource-mobilization and other state-capacity challenges posed by iron weaponry stimulated state building—policy reforms\, county formation\, and broader elite recruitment\, which set the rival states apart and led to the eventual outcome of the Qin winning to form the first empire.   ABOUT THE SPEAKERSenhao HU is a PhD student in the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) at The University of Hong Kong. He has a keen interest in understanding the relationship between violence and state-building in historic China.   ABOUT 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).  Light refreshments will be served for registered participants attending the seminar in person.
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/symposium-on-new-frontiers-and-directions-in-chinese-history/
LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, May Hall\, HKU Campus\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230623T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230623T090000
DTSTAMP:20261108T171753
CREATED:20240611T190117Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260507T090951Z
UID:83481-1687510800-1687510800@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Symposium on New Frontiers and Directions in Chinese History
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTWe analyze whether and how iron technology drove political consolidation in pre-imperial China (770–221 BCE) using the China Archaeological Database (CADB)—689\,943 grave goods from 98\,020 sites. Dividing the era into eleven 50-year subperiods\, we construct a state-level proxy for its quantity of iron weapons and estimate panel and instrumental-variable models linking lagged iron weaponry to subsequent state outcomes: territorial expansion\, and survival. States with greater prior iron-weapon prevalence were more likely to win wars\, expand territory\, and avoid conquest; the effect of iron technology is robust to controls for agricultural productivity\, terrain ruggedness\, waterways\, population proxies\, and iron ore reserves. Based on woodland availability and distance to nomadic threats\, the IV exercise confirms the baseline effect of iron technology to be causal. Additionally\, we find that bronze weapons and iron farming tools do not consistently have a significant impact on a state’s territorial expansion and survival. In some cases\, their effects even show signs opposite to that of iron weapons. Therefore\, persisting with old technology or applying new innovations in non-battlefield contexts did not necessarily enhance a state’s offensive or defensive capacity. Mechanism tests show that resource-mobilization and other state-capacity challenges posed by iron weaponry stimulated state building—policy reforms\, county formation\, and broader elite recruitment\, which set the rival states apart and led to the eventual outcome of the Qin winning to form the first empire.   ABOUT THE SPEAKERSenhao HU is a PhD student in the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) at The University of Hong Kong. He has a keen interest in understanding the relationship between violence and state-building in historic China.   ABOUT 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).  Light refreshments will be served for registered participants attending the seminar in person.
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/symposium-on-new-frontiers-and-directions-in-chinese-history-2/
LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, May Hall\, HKU Campus\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230518T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230518T120000
DTSTAMP:20261108T171753
CREATED:20240611T190747Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103240Z
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SUMMARY:Pre-modern Growth\, Industrialization and Biological Living Standards of Japan and Korea\, 1840 – 2023
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTWe analyze whether and how iron technology drove political consolidation in pre-imperial China (770–221 BCE) using the China Archaeological Database (CADB)—689\,943 grave goods from 98\,020 sites. Dividing the era into eleven 50-year subperiods\, we construct a state-level proxy for its quantity of iron weapons and estimate panel and instrumental-variable models linking lagged iron weaponry to subsequent state outcomes: territorial expansion\, and survival. States with greater prior iron-weapon prevalence were more likely to win wars\, expand territory\, and avoid conquest; the effect of iron technology is robust to controls for agricultural productivity\, terrain ruggedness\, waterways\, population proxies\, and iron ore reserves. Based on woodland availability and distance to nomadic threats\, the IV exercise confirms the baseline effect of iron technology to be causal. Additionally\, we find that bronze weapons and iron farming tools do not consistently have a significant impact on a state’s territorial expansion and survival. In some cases\, their effects even show signs opposite to that of iron weapons. Therefore\, persisting with old technology or applying new innovations in non-battlefield contexts did not necessarily enhance a state’s offensive or defensive capacity. Mechanism tests show that resource-mobilization and other state-capacity challenges posed by iron weaponry stimulated state building—policy reforms\, county formation\, and broader elite recruitment\, which set the rival states apart and led to the eventual outcome of the Qin winning to form the first empire.   ABOUT THE SPEAKERSenhao HU is a PhD student in the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) at The University of Hong Kong. He has a keen interest in understanding the relationship between violence and state-building in historic China.   ABOUT 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).  Light refreshments will be served for registered participants attending the seminar in person.
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/pre-modern-growth-industrialization-and-biological-living-standards-of-japan-and-korea-1840-2023/
LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230515T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230515T120000
DTSTAMP:20261108T171753
CREATED:20240611T192800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103240Z
UID:83490-1684141200-1684152000@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Rural Revitatlization and Ecological Agriculture
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTWe analyze whether and how iron technology drove political consolidation in pre-imperial China (770–221 BCE) using the China Archaeological Database (CADB)—689\,943 grave goods from 98\,020 sites. Dividing the era into eleven 50-year subperiods\, we construct a state-level proxy for its quantity of iron weapons and estimate panel and instrumental-variable models linking lagged iron weaponry to subsequent state outcomes: territorial expansion\, and survival. States with greater prior iron-weapon prevalence were more likely to win wars\, expand territory\, and avoid conquest; the effect of iron technology is robust to controls for agricultural productivity\, terrain ruggedness\, waterways\, population proxies\, and iron ore reserves. Based on woodland availability and distance to nomadic threats\, the IV exercise confirms the baseline effect of iron technology to be causal. Additionally\, we find that bronze weapons and iron farming tools do not consistently have a significant impact on a state’s territorial expansion and survival. In some cases\, their effects even show signs opposite to that of iron weapons. Therefore\, persisting with old technology or applying new innovations in non-battlefield contexts did not necessarily enhance a state’s offensive or defensive capacity. Mechanism tests show that resource-mobilization and other state-capacity challenges posed by iron weaponry stimulated state building—policy reforms\, county formation\, and broader elite recruitment\, which set the rival states apart and led to the eventual outcome of the Qin winning to form the first empire.   ABOUT THE SPEAKERSenhao HU is a PhD student in the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) at The University of Hong Kong. He has a keen interest in understanding the relationship between violence and state-building in historic China.   ABOUT 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).  Light refreshments will be served for registered participants attending the seminar in person.
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/rural-revitatlization-and-ecological-agriculture/
LOCATION:Room A108\, China
CATEGORIES:IHSS
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230512T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230512T100000
DTSTAMP:20261108T171753
CREATED:20240611T193246Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103241Z
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SUMMARY:Weaving a Bamboo Curtain: Managing Foreign Exchange in the early PRC\, 1949 – 1957
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTWe analyze whether and how iron technology drove political consolidation in pre-imperial China (770–221 BCE) using the China Archaeological Database (CADB)—689\,943 grave goods from 98\,020 sites. Dividing the era into eleven 50-year subperiods\, we construct a state-level proxy for its quantity of iron weapons and estimate panel and instrumental-variable models linking lagged iron weaponry to subsequent state outcomes: territorial expansion\, and survival. States with greater prior iron-weapon prevalence were more likely to win wars\, expand territory\, and avoid conquest; the effect of iron technology is robust to controls for agricultural productivity\, terrain ruggedness\, waterways\, population proxies\, and iron ore reserves. Based on woodland availability and distance to nomadic threats\, the IV exercise confirms the baseline effect of iron technology to be causal. Additionally\, we find that bronze weapons and iron farming tools do not consistently have a significant impact on a state’s territorial expansion and survival. In some cases\, their effects even show signs opposite to that of iron weapons. Therefore\, persisting with old technology or applying new innovations in non-battlefield contexts did not necessarily enhance a state’s offensive or defensive capacity. Mechanism tests show that resource-mobilization and other state-capacity challenges posed by iron weaponry stimulated state building—policy reforms\, county formation\, and broader elite recruitment\, which set the rival states apart and led to the eventual outcome of the Qin winning to form the first empire.   ABOUT THE SPEAKERSenhao HU is a PhD student in the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) at The University of Hong Kong. He has a keen interest in understanding the relationship between violence and state-building in historic China.   ABOUT 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).  Light refreshments will be served for registered participants attending the seminar in person.
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/weaving-a-bamboo-curtain-managing-foreign-exchange-in-the-early-prc-1949-1957/
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230511T123000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230511T140000
DTSTAMP:20261108T171753
CREATED:20240611T194307Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103241Z
UID:83507-1683808200-1683813600@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Conflict and Gender Norms: Evidence from India
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTWe analyze whether and how iron technology drove political consolidation in pre-imperial China (770–221 BCE) using the China Archaeological Database (CADB)—689\,943 grave goods from 98\,020 sites. Dividing the era into eleven 50-year subperiods\, we construct a state-level proxy for its quantity of iron weapons and estimate panel and instrumental-variable models linking lagged iron weaponry to subsequent state outcomes: territorial expansion\, and survival. States with greater prior iron-weapon prevalence were more likely to win wars\, expand territory\, and avoid conquest; the effect of iron technology is robust to controls for agricultural productivity\, terrain ruggedness\, waterways\, population proxies\, and iron ore reserves. Based on woodland availability and distance to nomadic threats\, the IV exercise confirms the baseline effect of iron technology to be causal. Additionally\, we find that bronze weapons and iron farming tools do not consistently have a significant impact on a state’s territorial expansion and survival. In some cases\, their effects even show signs opposite to that of iron weapons. Therefore\, persisting with old technology or applying new innovations in non-battlefield contexts did not necessarily enhance a state’s offensive or defensive capacity. Mechanism tests show that resource-mobilization and other state-capacity challenges posed by iron weaponry stimulated state building—policy reforms\, county formation\, and broader elite recruitment\, which set the rival states apart and led to the eventual outcome of the Qin winning to form the first empire.   ABOUT THE SPEAKERSenhao HU is a PhD student in the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) at The University of Hong Kong. He has a keen interest in understanding the relationship between violence and state-building in historic China.   ABOUT 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).  Light refreshments will be served for registered participants attending the seminar in person.
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/conflict-and-gender-norms-evidence-from-india/
CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230503T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230503T160000
DTSTAMP:20261108T171753
CREATED:20240611T214310Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103241Z
UID:83530-1683129600-1683129600@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Lizards\, Metals\, Stones\, and Sands: Practical Investigations and Vernacular Knowledge Systems in the Premodern World
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTWe analyze whether and how iron technology drove political consolidation in pre-imperial China (770–221 BCE) using the China Archaeological Database (CADB)—689\,943 grave goods from 98\,020 sites. Dividing the era into eleven 50-year subperiods\, we construct a state-level proxy for its quantity of iron weapons and estimate panel and instrumental-variable models linking lagged iron weaponry to subsequent state outcomes: territorial expansion\, and survival. States with greater prior iron-weapon prevalence were more likely to win wars\, expand territory\, and avoid conquest; the effect of iron technology is robust to controls for agricultural productivity\, terrain ruggedness\, waterways\, population proxies\, and iron ore reserves. Based on woodland availability and distance to nomadic threats\, the IV exercise confirms the baseline effect of iron technology to be causal. Additionally\, we find that bronze weapons and iron farming tools do not consistently have a significant impact on a state’s territorial expansion and survival. In some cases\, their effects even show signs opposite to that of iron weapons. Therefore\, persisting with old technology or applying new innovations in non-battlefield contexts did not necessarily enhance a state’s offensive or defensive capacity. Mechanism tests show that resource-mobilization and other state-capacity challenges posed by iron weaponry stimulated state building—policy reforms\, county formation\, and broader elite recruitment\, which set the rival states apart and led to the eventual outcome of the Qin winning to form the first empire.   ABOUT THE SPEAKERSenhao HU is a PhD student in the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) at The University of Hong Kong. He has a keen interest in understanding the relationship between violence and state-building in historic China.   ABOUT 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).  Light refreshments will be served for registered participants attending the seminar in person.
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/lizards-metals-stones-and-sands-practical-investigations-and-vernacular-knowledge-systems-in-the-premodern-world/
LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Others
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230428T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230428T120000
DTSTAMP:20261108T171753
CREATED:20240611T214929Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103242Z
UID:83538-1682683200-1682683200@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Ideology and Economic Change: The Contrasting Paths to the Modern Economy in Late 19th Century China and Japan
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTWe analyze whether and how iron technology drove political consolidation in pre-imperial China (770–221 BCE) using the China Archaeological Database (CADB)—689\,943 grave goods from 98\,020 sites. Dividing the era into eleven 50-year subperiods\, we construct a state-level proxy for its quantity of iron weapons and estimate panel and instrumental-variable models linking lagged iron weaponry to subsequent state outcomes: territorial expansion\, and survival. States with greater prior iron-weapon prevalence were more likely to win wars\, expand territory\, and avoid conquest; the effect of iron technology is robust to controls for agricultural productivity\, terrain ruggedness\, waterways\, population proxies\, and iron ore reserves. Based on woodland availability and distance to nomadic threats\, the IV exercise confirms the baseline effect of iron technology to be causal. Additionally\, we find that bronze weapons and iron farming tools do not consistently have a significant impact on a state’s territorial expansion and survival. In some cases\, their effects even show signs opposite to that of iron weapons. Therefore\, persisting with old technology or applying new innovations in non-battlefield contexts did not necessarily enhance a state’s offensive or defensive capacity. Mechanism tests show that resource-mobilization and other state-capacity challenges posed by iron weaponry stimulated state building—policy reforms\, county formation\, and broader elite recruitment\, which set the rival states apart and led to the eventual outcome of the Qin winning to form the first empire.   ABOUT THE SPEAKERSenhao HU is a PhD student in the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) at The University of Hong Kong. He has a keen interest in understanding the relationship between violence and state-building in historic China.   ABOUT 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).  Light refreshments will be served for registered participants attending the seminar in person.
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/ideology-and-economic-change-the-contrasting-paths-to-the-modern-economy-in-late-19th-century-china-and-japan/
LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230427T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230427T160000
DTSTAMP:20261108T171753
CREATED:20240611T221011Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103241Z
UID:83561-1682611200-1682611200@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Mining concessions and customary law in Malaya\, Sarawak\, and Patani: on the Chinese question after the 1880s
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTWe analyze whether and how iron technology drove political consolidation in pre-imperial China (770–221 BCE) using the China Archaeological Database (CADB)—689\,943 grave goods from 98\,020 sites. Dividing the era into eleven 50-year subperiods\, we construct a state-level proxy for its quantity of iron weapons and estimate panel and instrumental-variable models linking lagged iron weaponry to subsequent state outcomes: territorial expansion\, and survival. States with greater prior iron-weapon prevalence were more likely to win wars\, expand territory\, and avoid conquest; the effect of iron technology is robust to controls for agricultural productivity\, terrain ruggedness\, waterways\, population proxies\, and iron ore reserves. Based on woodland availability and distance to nomadic threats\, the IV exercise confirms the baseline effect of iron technology to be causal. Additionally\, we find that bronze weapons and iron farming tools do not consistently have a significant impact on a state’s territorial expansion and survival. In some cases\, their effects even show signs opposite to that of iron weapons. Therefore\, persisting with old technology or applying new innovations in non-battlefield contexts did not necessarily enhance a state’s offensive or defensive capacity. Mechanism tests show that resource-mobilization and other state-capacity challenges posed by iron weaponry stimulated state building—policy reforms\, county formation\, and broader elite recruitment\, which set the rival states apart and led to the eventual outcome of the Qin winning to form the first empire.   ABOUT THE SPEAKERSenhao HU is a PhD student in the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) at The University of Hong Kong. He has a keen interest in understanding the relationship between violence and state-building in historic China.   ABOUT 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).  Light refreshments will be served for registered participants attending the seminar in person.
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/mining-concessions-and-customary-law-in-malaya-sarawak-and-patani-on-the-chinese-question-after-the-1880s/
LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Others
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230427T123000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230427T140000
DTSTAMP:20261108T171753
CREATED:20240611T215945Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103241Z
UID:83553-1682598600-1682604000@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Ideas Mobilize People: The Diffusion of Communist Ideology in China
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTWe analyze whether and how iron technology drove political consolidation in pre-imperial China (770–221 BCE) using the China Archaeological Database (CADB)—689\,943 grave goods from 98\,020 sites. Dividing the era into eleven 50-year subperiods\, we construct a state-level proxy for its quantity of iron weapons and estimate panel and instrumental-variable models linking lagged iron weaponry to subsequent state outcomes: territorial expansion\, and survival. States with greater prior iron-weapon prevalence were more likely to win wars\, expand territory\, and avoid conquest; the effect of iron technology is robust to controls for agricultural productivity\, terrain ruggedness\, waterways\, population proxies\, and iron ore reserves. Based on woodland availability and distance to nomadic threats\, the IV exercise confirms the baseline effect of iron technology to be causal. Additionally\, we find that bronze weapons and iron farming tools do not consistently have a significant impact on a state’s territorial expansion and survival. In some cases\, their effects even show signs opposite to that of iron weapons. Therefore\, persisting with old technology or applying new innovations in non-battlefield contexts did not necessarily enhance a state’s offensive or defensive capacity. Mechanism tests show that resource-mobilization and other state-capacity challenges posed by iron weaponry stimulated state building—policy reforms\, county formation\, and broader elite recruitment\, which set the rival states apart and led to the eventual outcome of the Qin winning to form the first empire.   ABOUT THE SPEAKERSenhao HU is a PhD student in the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) at The University of Hong Kong. He has a keen interest in understanding the relationship between violence and state-building in historic China.   ABOUT 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).  Light refreshments will be served for registered participants attending the seminar in person.
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/ideas-mobilize-people-the-di%ef%ac%80usion-of-communist-ideology-in-china/
CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230426T123000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230426T140000
DTSTAMP:20261108T171753
CREATED:20240611T221604Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103242Z
UID:83568-1682512200-1682517600@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Time and the River: Temporal and Material Flows and the Potency of Life on the Mekong
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTWe analyze whether and how iron technology drove political consolidation in pre-imperial China (770–221 BCE) using the China Archaeological Database (CADB)—689\,943 grave goods from 98\,020 sites. Dividing the era into eleven 50-year subperiods\, we construct a state-level proxy for its quantity of iron weapons and estimate panel and instrumental-variable models linking lagged iron weaponry to subsequent state outcomes: territorial expansion\, and survival. States with greater prior iron-weapon prevalence were more likely to win wars\, expand territory\, and avoid conquest; the effect of iron technology is robust to controls for agricultural productivity\, terrain ruggedness\, waterways\, population proxies\, and iron ore reserves. Based on woodland availability and distance to nomadic threats\, the IV exercise confirms the baseline effect of iron technology to be causal. Additionally\, we find that bronze weapons and iron farming tools do not consistently have a significant impact on a state’s territorial expansion and survival. In some cases\, their effects even show signs opposite to that of iron weapons. Therefore\, persisting with old technology or applying new innovations in non-battlefield contexts did not necessarily enhance a state’s offensive or defensive capacity. Mechanism tests show that resource-mobilization and other state-capacity challenges posed by iron weaponry stimulated state building—policy reforms\, county formation\, and broader elite recruitment\, which set the rival states apart and led to the eventual outcome of the Qin winning to form the first empire.   ABOUT THE SPEAKERSenhao HU is a PhD student in the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) at The University of Hong Kong. He has a keen interest in understanding the relationship between violence and state-building in historic China.   ABOUT 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).  Light refreshments will be served for registered participants attending the seminar in person.
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/time-and-the-river-temporal-and-material-flows-and-the-potency-of-life-on-the-mekong/
CATEGORIES:ASIAR
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230425T123000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230425T133000
DTSTAMP:20261108T171753
CREATED:20240611T222157Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103242Z
UID:83578-1682425800-1682429400@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:“Those who can\, create; those who can’t\, philosophize”: Tragedy and the Philosophy of the Tragic
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTWe analyze whether and how iron technology drove political consolidation in pre-imperial China (770–221 BCE) using the China Archaeological Database (CADB)—689\,943 grave goods from 98\,020 sites. Dividing the era into eleven 50-year subperiods\, we construct a state-level proxy for its quantity of iron weapons and estimate panel and instrumental-variable models linking lagged iron weaponry to subsequent state outcomes: territorial expansion\, and survival. States with greater prior iron-weapon prevalence were more likely to win wars\, expand territory\, and avoid conquest; the effect of iron technology is robust to controls for agricultural productivity\, terrain ruggedness\, waterways\, population proxies\, and iron ore reserves. Based on woodland availability and distance to nomadic threats\, the IV exercise confirms the baseline effect of iron technology to be causal. Additionally\, we find that bronze weapons and iron farming tools do not consistently have a significant impact on a state’s territorial expansion and survival. In some cases\, their effects even show signs opposite to that of iron weapons. Therefore\, persisting with old technology or applying new innovations in non-battlefield contexts did not necessarily enhance a state’s offensive or defensive capacity. Mechanism tests show that resource-mobilization and other state-capacity challenges posed by iron weaponry stimulated state building—policy reforms\, county formation\, and broader elite recruitment\, which set the rival states apart and led to the eventual outcome of the Qin winning to form the first empire.   ABOUT THE SPEAKERSenhao HU is a PhD student in the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) at The University of Hong Kong. He has a keen interest in understanding the relationship between violence and state-building in historic China.   ABOUT 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).  Light refreshments will be served for registered participants attending the seminar in person.
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/those-who-can-create-those-who-cant-philosophize-tragedy-and-the-philosophy-of-the-tragic/
LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:IHSS
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230421T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230421T200000
DTSTAMP:20261108T171753
CREATED:20240611T223017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103243Z
UID:83586-1682103600-1682107200@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:China Engineers\, Ltd.\, a Hybrid Company in Wartime China\, 1937 – 1945
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTWe analyze whether and how iron technology drove political consolidation in pre-imperial China (770–221 BCE) using the China Archaeological Database (CADB)—689\,943 grave goods from 98\,020 sites. Dividing the era into eleven 50-year subperiods\, we construct a state-level proxy for its quantity of iron weapons and estimate panel and instrumental-variable models linking lagged iron weaponry to subsequent state outcomes: territorial expansion\, and survival. States with greater prior iron-weapon prevalence were more likely to win wars\, expand territory\, and avoid conquest; the effect of iron technology is robust to controls for agricultural productivity\, terrain ruggedness\, waterways\, population proxies\, and iron ore reserves. Based on woodland availability and distance to nomadic threats\, the IV exercise confirms the baseline effect of iron technology to be causal. Additionally\, we find that bronze weapons and iron farming tools do not consistently have a significant impact on a state’s territorial expansion and survival. In some cases\, their effects even show signs opposite to that of iron weapons. Therefore\, persisting with old technology or applying new innovations in non-battlefield contexts did not necessarily enhance a state’s offensive or defensive capacity. Mechanism tests show that resource-mobilization and other state-capacity challenges posed by iron weaponry stimulated state building—policy reforms\, county formation\, and broader elite recruitment\, which set the rival states apart and led to the eventual outcome of the Qin winning to form the first empire.   ABOUT THE SPEAKERSenhao HU is a PhD student in the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) at The University of Hong Kong. He has a keen interest in understanding the relationship between violence and state-building in historic China.   ABOUT 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).  Light refreshments will be served for registered participants attending the seminar in person.
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/china-engineers-ltd-a-hybrid-company-in-wartime-china-1937-1945/
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230420T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230420T100000
DTSTAMP:20261108T171753
CREATED:20240611T223616Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103243Z
UID:83594-1681984800-1681984800@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:The Uses (and Limitations) of Quantitative Prosopography for Tang and Song History
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTWe analyze whether and how iron technology drove political consolidation in pre-imperial China (770–221 BCE) using the China Archaeological Database (CADB)—689\,943 grave goods from 98\,020 sites. Dividing the era into eleven 50-year subperiods\, we construct a state-level proxy for its quantity of iron weapons and estimate panel and instrumental-variable models linking lagged iron weaponry to subsequent state outcomes: territorial expansion\, and survival. States with greater prior iron-weapon prevalence were more likely to win wars\, expand territory\, and avoid conquest; the effect of iron technology is robust to controls for agricultural productivity\, terrain ruggedness\, waterways\, population proxies\, and iron ore reserves. Based on woodland availability and distance to nomadic threats\, the IV exercise confirms the baseline effect of iron technology to be causal. Additionally\, we find that bronze weapons and iron farming tools do not consistently have a significant impact on a state’s territorial expansion and survival. In some cases\, their effects even show signs opposite to that of iron weapons. Therefore\, persisting with old technology or applying new innovations in non-battlefield contexts did not necessarily enhance a state’s offensive or defensive capacity. Mechanism tests show that resource-mobilization and other state-capacity challenges posed by iron weaponry stimulated state building—policy reforms\, county formation\, and broader elite recruitment\, which set the rival states apart and led to the eventual outcome of the Qin winning to form the first empire.   ABOUT THE SPEAKERSenhao HU is a PhD student in the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) at The University of Hong Kong. He has a keen interest in understanding the relationship between violence and state-building in historic China.   ABOUT 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).  Light refreshments will be served for registered participants attending the seminar in person.
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-uses-and-limitations-of-quantitative-prosopography-for-tang-and-song-history/
CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230418T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230418T210000
DTSTAMP:20261108T171753
CREATED:20240611T224127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103243Z
UID:83601-1681844400-1681851600@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Buddhism in Russia: Introspection of Spirituality and New Modalities
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTWe analyze whether and how iron technology drove political consolidation in pre-imperial China (770–221 BCE) using the China Archaeological Database (CADB)—689\,943 grave goods from 98\,020 sites. Dividing the era into eleven 50-year subperiods\, we construct a state-level proxy for its quantity of iron weapons and estimate panel and instrumental-variable models linking lagged iron weaponry to subsequent state outcomes: territorial expansion\, and survival. States with greater prior iron-weapon prevalence were more likely to win wars\, expand territory\, and avoid conquest; the effect of iron technology is robust to controls for agricultural productivity\, terrain ruggedness\, waterways\, population proxies\, and iron ore reserves. Based on woodland availability and distance to nomadic threats\, the IV exercise confirms the baseline effect of iron technology to be causal. Additionally\, we find that bronze weapons and iron farming tools do not consistently have a significant impact on a state’s territorial expansion and survival. In some cases\, their effects even show signs opposite to that of iron weapons. Therefore\, persisting with old technology or applying new innovations in non-battlefield contexts did not necessarily enhance a state’s offensive or defensive capacity. Mechanism tests show that resource-mobilization and other state-capacity challenges posed by iron weaponry stimulated state building—policy reforms\, county formation\, and broader elite recruitment\, which set the rival states apart and led to the eventual outcome of the Qin winning to form the first empire.   ABOUT THE SPEAKERSenhao HU is a PhD student in the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) at The University of Hong Kong. He has a keen interest in understanding the relationship between violence and state-building in historic China.   ABOUT 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).  Light refreshments will be served for registered participants attending the seminar in person.
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/buddhism-in-russia-introspection-of-spirituality-and-new-modalities/
LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:ASIAR
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230418T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230418T133000
DTSTAMP:20261108T171753
CREATED:20240611T224909Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103244Z
UID:83608-1681819200-1681824600@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Ways To Be and Not to Be: Reading LaoZhuangZi PhiloPoetically
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTWe analyze whether and how iron technology drove political consolidation in pre-imperial China (770–221 BCE) using the China Archaeological Database (CADB)—689\,943 grave goods from 98\,020 sites. Dividing the era into eleven 50-year subperiods\, we construct a state-level proxy for its quantity of iron weapons and estimate panel and instrumental-variable models linking lagged iron weaponry to subsequent state outcomes: territorial expansion\, and survival. States with greater prior iron-weapon prevalence were more likely to win wars\, expand territory\, and avoid conquest; the effect of iron technology is robust to controls for agricultural productivity\, terrain ruggedness\, waterways\, population proxies\, and iron ore reserves. Based on woodland availability and distance to nomadic threats\, the IV exercise confirms the baseline effect of iron technology to be causal. Additionally\, we find that bronze weapons and iron farming tools do not consistently have a significant impact on a state’s territorial expansion and survival. In some cases\, their effects even show signs opposite to that of iron weapons. Therefore\, persisting with old technology or applying new innovations in non-battlefield contexts did not necessarily enhance a state’s offensive or defensive capacity. Mechanism tests show that resource-mobilization and other state-capacity challenges posed by iron weaponry stimulated state building—policy reforms\, county formation\, and broader elite recruitment\, which set the rival states apart and led to the eventual outcome of the Qin winning to form the first empire.   ABOUT THE SPEAKERSenhao HU is a PhD student in the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) at The University of Hong Kong. He has a keen interest in understanding the relationship between violence and state-building in historic China.   ABOUT 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).  Light refreshments will be served for registered participants attending the seminar in person.
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/ways-to-be-and-not-to-be-reading-laozhuangzi-philopoetically/
LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:ASIAR
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230413T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230413T160000
DTSTAMP:20261108T171753
CREATED:20240611T225519Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103244Z
UID:83617-1681401600-1681401600@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Basins and Regions in the Spatial Process of the Western Zhou Feudal States
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTWe analyze whether and how iron technology drove political consolidation in pre-imperial China (770–221 BCE) using the China Archaeological Database (CADB)—689\,943 grave goods from 98\,020 sites. Dividing the era into eleven 50-year subperiods\, we construct a state-level proxy for its quantity of iron weapons and estimate panel and instrumental-variable models linking lagged iron weaponry to subsequent state outcomes: territorial expansion\, and survival. States with greater prior iron-weapon prevalence were more likely to win wars\, expand territory\, and avoid conquest; the effect of iron technology is robust to controls for agricultural productivity\, terrain ruggedness\, waterways\, population proxies\, and iron ore reserves. Based on woodland availability and distance to nomadic threats\, the IV exercise confirms the baseline effect of iron technology to be causal. Additionally\, we find that bronze weapons and iron farming tools do not consistently have a significant impact on a state’s territorial expansion and survival. In some cases\, their effects even show signs opposite to that of iron weapons. Therefore\, persisting with old technology or applying new innovations in non-battlefield contexts did not necessarily enhance a state’s offensive or defensive capacity. Mechanism tests show that resource-mobilization and other state-capacity challenges posed by iron weaponry stimulated state building—policy reforms\, county formation\, and broader elite recruitment\, which set the rival states apart and led to the eventual outcome of the Qin winning to form the first empire.   ABOUT THE SPEAKERSenhao HU is a PhD student in the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) at The University of Hong Kong. He has a keen interest in understanding the relationship between violence and state-building in historic China.   ABOUT 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).  Light refreshments will be served for registered participants attending the seminar in person.
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/basins-and-regions-in-the-spatial-process-of-the-western-zhou-feudal-states/
CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230411T123000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230411T133000
DTSTAMP:20261108T171753
CREATED:20240611T230535Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103245Z
UID:83627-1681216200-1681219800@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:‘Yes.. reap… from Brooklyn?’ Place Brand Equity in Digital Marketplaces
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTWe analyze whether and how iron technology drove political consolidation in pre-imperial China (770–221 BCE) using the China Archaeological Database (CADB)—689\,943 grave goods from 98\,020 sites. Dividing the era into eleven 50-year subperiods\, we construct a state-level proxy for its quantity of iron weapons and estimate panel and instrumental-variable models linking lagged iron weaponry to subsequent state outcomes: territorial expansion\, and survival. States with greater prior iron-weapon prevalence were more likely to win wars\, expand territory\, and avoid conquest; the effect of iron technology is robust to controls for agricultural productivity\, terrain ruggedness\, waterways\, population proxies\, and iron ore reserves. Based on woodland availability and distance to nomadic threats\, the IV exercise confirms the baseline effect of iron technology to be causal. Additionally\, we find that bronze weapons and iron farming tools do not consistently have a significant impact on a state’s territorial expansion and survival. In some cases\, their effects even show signs opposite to that of iron weapons. Therefore\, persisting with old technology or applying new innovations in non-battlefield contexts did not necessarily enhance a state’s offensive or defensive capacity. Mechanism tests show that resource-mobilization and other state-capacity challenges posed by iron weaponry stimulated state building—policy reforms\, county formation\, and broader elite recruitment\, which set the rival states apart and led to the eventual outcome of the Qin winning to form the first empire.   ABOUT THE SPEAKERSenhao HU is a PhD student in the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) at The University of Hong Kong. He has a keen interest in understanding the relationship between violence and state-building in historic China.   ABOUT 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).  Light refreshments will be served for registered participants attending the seminar in person.
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/yes-reap-from-brooklyn-place-brand-equity-in-digital-marketplaces/
LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:IHSS
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230330T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230330T090000
DTSTAMP:20261108T171753
CREATED:20240611T232048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103245Z
UID:83635-1680166800-1680166800@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:An Evolutionary Approach to the History of Useful Knowledge
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTWe analyze whether and how iron technology drove political consolidation in pre-imperial China (770–221 BCE) using the China Archaeological Database (CADB)—689\,943 grave goods from 98\,020 sites. Dividing the era into eleven 50-year subperiods\, we construct a state-level proxy for its quantity of iron weapons and estimate panel and instrumental-variable models linking lagged iron weaponry to subsequent state outcomes: territorial expansion\, and survival. States with greater prior iron-weapon prevalence were more likely to win wars\, expand territory\, and avoid conquest; the effect of iron technology is robust to controls for agricultural productivity\, terrain ruggedness\, waterways\, population proxies\, and iron ore reserves. Based on woodland availability and distance to nomadic threats\, the IV exercise confirms the baseline effect of iron technology to be causal. Additionally\, we find that bronze weapons and iron farming tools do not consistently have a significant impact on a state’s territorial expansion and survival. In some cases\, their effects even show signs opposite to that of iron weapons. Therefore\, persisting with old technology or applying new innovations in non-battlefield contexts did not necessarily enhance a state’s offensive or defensive capacity. Mechanism tests show that resource-mobilization and other state-capacity challenges posed by iron weaponry stimulated state building—policy reforms\, county formation\, and broader elite recruitment\, which set the rival states apart and led to the eventual outcome of the Qin winning to form the first empire.   ABOUT THE SPEAKERSenhao HU is a PhD student in the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) at The University of Hong Kong. He has a keen interest in understanding the relationship between violence and state-building in historic China.   ABOUT 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).  Light refreshments will be served for registered participants attending the seminar in person.
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/an-evolutionary-approach-to-the-history-of-useful-knowledge/
CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230327T093000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230327T110000
DTSTAMP:20261108T171753
CREATED:20240611T232717Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103245Z
UID:83642-1679909400-1679914800@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:The Belt and Road Initiative and Spirit Mediums: The Lower Sesan 2 Dam and Sacred Space in Northeastern Cambodia
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTWe analyze whether and how iron technology drove political consolidation in pre-imperial China (770–221 BCE) using the China Archaeological Database (CADB)—689\,943 grave goods from 98\,020 sites. Dividing the era into eleven 50-year subperiods\, we construct a state-level proxy for its quantity of iron weapons and estimate panel and instrumental-variable models linking lagged iron weaponry to subsequent state outcomes: territorial expansion\, and survival. States with greater prior iron-weapon prevalence were more likely to win wars\, expand territory\, and avoid conquest; the effect of iron technology is robust to controls for agricultural productivity\, terrain ruggedness\, waterways\, population proxies\, and iron ore reserves. Based on woodland availability and distance to nomadic threats\, the IV exercise confirms the baseline effect of iron technology to be causal. Additionally\, we find that bronze weapons and iron farming tools do not consistently have a significant impact on a state’s territorial expansion and survival. In some cases\, their effects even show signs opposite to that of iron weapons. Therefore\, persisting with old technology or applying new innovations in non-battlefield contexts did not necessarily enhance a state’s offensive or defensive capacity. Mechanism tests show that resource-mobilization and other state-capacity challenges posed by iron weaponry stimulated state building—policy reforms\, county formation\, and broader elite recruitment\, which set the rival states apart and led to the eventual outcome of the Qin winning to form the first empire.   ABOUT THE SPEAKERSenhao HU is a PhD student in the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) at The University of Hong Kong. He has a keen interest in understanding the relationship between violence and state-building in historic China.   ABOUT 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).  Light refreshments will be served for registered participants attending the seminar in person.
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-belt-and-road-initiative-and-spirit-mediums-the-lower-sesan-2-dam-and-sacred-space-in-northeastern-cambodia/
CATEGORIES:ASIAR
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230324T163000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230324T180000
DTSTAMP:20261108T171753
CREATED:20240611T233508Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103246Z
UID:83649-1679675400-1679680800@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Triumph of the Market: What China’s past and present tell us
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTWe analyze whether and how iron technology drove political consolidation in pre-imperial China (770–221 BCE) using the China Archaeological Database (CADB)—689\,943 grave goods from 98\,020 sites. Dividing the era into eleven 50-year subperiods\, we construct a state-level proxy for its quantity of iron weapons and estimate panel and instrumental-variable models linking lagged iron weaponry to subsequent state outcomes: territorial expansion\, and survival. States with greater prior iron-weapon prevalence were more likely to win wars\, expand territory\, and avoid conquest; the effect of iron technology is robust to controls for agricultural productivity\, terrain ruggedness\, waterways\, population proxies\, and iron ore reserves. Based on woodland availability and distance to nomadic threats\, the IV exercise confirms the baseline effect of iron technology to be causal. Additionally\, we find that bronze weapons and iron farming tools do not consistently have a significant impact on a state’s territorial expansion and survival. In some cases\, their effects even show signs opposite to that of iron weapons. Therefore\, persisting with old technology or applying new innovations in non-battlefield contexts did not necessarily enhance a state’s offensive or defensive capacity. Mechanism tests show that resource-mobilization and other state-capacity challenges posed by iron weaponry stimulated state building—policy reforms\, county formation\, and broader elite recruitment\, which set the rival states apart and led to the eventual outcome of the Qin winning to form the first empire.   ABOUT THE SPEAKERSenhao HU is a PhD student in the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) at The University of Hong Kong. He has a keen interest in understanding the relationship between violence and state-building in historic China.   ABOUT 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).  Light refreshments will be served for registered participants attending the seminar in person.
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/triumph-of-the-market-what-chinas-past-and-present-tell-us/
LOCATION:Wang Gungwu Lecture Hall\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:IHSS
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230323T123000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230323T140000
DTSTAMP:20261108T171753
CREATED:20240611T234224Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103247Z
UID:83657-1679574600-1679580000@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:State Capacity\, Security\, and Welfare in the Ancient Middle East and China\, 12\,000 – 400 BCE.
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTWe analyze whether and how iron technology drove political consolidation in pre-imperial China (770–221 BCE) using the China Archaeological Database (CADB)—689\,943 grave goods from 98\,020 sites. Dividing the era into eleven 50-year subperiods\, we construct a state-level proxy for its quantity of iron weapons and estimate panel and instrumental-variable models linking lagged iron weaponry to subsequent state outcomes: territorial expansion\, and survival. States with greater prior iron-weapon prevalence were more likely to win wars\, expand territory\, and avoid conquest; the effect of iron technology is robust to controls for agricultural productivity\, terrain ruggedness\, waterways\, population proxies\, and iron ore reserves. Based on woodland availability and distance to nomadic threats\, the IV exercise confirms the baseline effect of iron technology to be causal. Additionally\, we find that bronze weapons and iron farming tools do not consistently have a significant impact on a state’s territorial expansion and survival. In some cases\, their effects even show signs opposite to that of iron weapons. Therefore\, persisting with old technology or applying new innovations in non-battlefield contexts did not necessarily enhance a state’s offensive or defensive capacity. Mechanism tests show that resource-mobilization and other state-capacity challenges posed by iron weaponry stimulated state building—policy reforms\, county formation\, and broader elite recruitment\, which set the rival states apart and led to the eventual outcome of the Qin winning to form the first empire.   ABOUT THE SPEAKERSenhao HU is a PhD student in the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) at The University of Hong Kong. He has a keen interest in understanding the relationship between violence and state-building in historic China.   ABOUT 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).  Light refreshments will be served for registered participants attending the seminar in person.
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/state-capacity-security-and-welfare-in-the-ancient-middle-east-and-china-12000-400-bce/
CATEGORIES:Quantitative History,Quantitative History Webinar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230323T123000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230323T140000
DTSTAMP:20261108T171753
CREATED:20240612T004432Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103247Z
UID:83691-1679574600-1679580000@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Premodern Empires and Religious Toleration
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTWe analyze whether and how iron technology drove political consolidation in pre-imperial China (770–221 BCE) using the China Archaeological Database (CADB)—689\,943 grave goods from 98\,020 sites. Dividing the era into eleven 50-year subperiods\, we construct a state-level proxy for its quantity of iron weapons and estimate panel and instrumental-variable models linking lagged iron weaponry to subsequent state outcomes: territorial expansion\, and survival. States with greater prior iron-weapon prevalence were more likely to win wars\, expand territory\, and avoid conquest; the effect of iron technology is robust to controls for agricultural productivity\, terrain ruggedness\, waterways\, population proxies\, and iron ore reserves. Based on woodland availability and distance to nomadic threats\, the IV exercise confirms the baseline effect of iron technology to be causal. Additionally\, we find that bronze weapons and iron farming tools do not consistently have a significant impact on a state’s territorial expansion and survival. In some cases\, their effects even show signs opposite to that of iron weapons. Therefore\, persisting with old technology or applying new innovations in non-battlefield contexts did not necessarily enhance a state’s offensive or defensive capacity. Mechanism tests show that resource-mobilization and other state-capacity challenges posed by iron weaponry stimulated state building—policy reforms\, county formation\, and broader elite recruitment\, which set the rival states apart and led to the eventual outcome of the Qin winning to form the first empire.   ABOUT THE SPEAKERSenhao HU is a PhD student in the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) at The University of Hong Kong. He has a keen interest in understanding the relationship between violence and state-building in historic China.   ABOUT 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).  Light refreshments will be served for registered participants attending the seminar in person.
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/premodern-empires-and-religious-toleration/
LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:IHSS
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230321T123000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230321T140000
DTSTAMP:20261108T171753
CREATED:20240612T005631Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103247Z
UID:83704-1679401800-1679407200@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:From the Hills of China to the Streets of Europe: Southern Zhejiangnese Emigration in the Twentieth Century
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACTWe analyze whether and how iron technology drove political consolidation in pre-imperial China (770–221 BCE) using the China Archaeological Database (CADB)—689\,943 grave goods from 98\,020 sites. Dividing the era into eleven 50-year subperiods\, we construct a state-level proxy for its quantity of iron weapons and estimate panel and instrumental-variable models linking lagged iron weaponry to subsequent state outcomes: territorial expansion\, and survival. States with greater prior iron-weapon prevalence were more likely to win wars\, expand territory\, and avoid conquest; the effect of iron technology is robust to controls for agricultural productivity\, terrain ruggedness\, waterways\, population proxies\, and iron ore reserves. Based on woodland availability and distance to nomadic threats\, the IV exercise confirms the baseline effect of iron technology to be causal. Additionally\, we find that bronze weapons and iron farming tools do not consistently have a significant impact on a state’s territorial expansion and survival. In some cases\, their effects even show signs opposite to that of iron weapons. Therefore\, persisting with old technology or applying new innovations in non-battlefield contexts did not necessarily enhance a state’s offensive or defensive capacity. Mechanism tests show that resource-mobilization and other state-capacity challenges posed by iron weaponry stimulated state building—policy reforms\, county formation\, and broader elite recruitment\, which set the rival states apart and led to the eventual outcome of the Qin winning to form the first empire.   ABOUT THE SPEAKERSenhao HU is a PhD student in the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) at The University of Hong Kong. He has a keen interest in understanding the relationship between violence and state-building in historic China.   ABOUT 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).  Light refreshments will be served for registered participants attending the seminar in person.
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/from-the-hills-of-china-to-the-streets-of-europe-southern-zhejiangnese-emigration-in-the-twentieth-century/
LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:IHSS
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