The Quantitative History Webinar Series, convened by Professor Zhiwu Chen and Dr. Chicheng Ma of The University of Hong Kong (HKU), 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 Series is co-organized by the International Society for Quantitative History, HKU Business School, and the Asia Global Institute (AGI). 量化歷史網上講座系列(Quantitative History Webinar Series)由香港大學陳志武教授和馬馳騁博士聯合發起並舉辦,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。本系列講座由國際量化歷史學會、香港大學經管學院和亞洲環球研究所全力支持和承辦。量化歷史網上講座系列銳意逢星期四舉辦講座,若邀請學者位於歐洲及中國時區,講座將於星期四香港時間下午4時至5時30分舉行;若位於美國時區,將於星期四香港時間上午9時至10時30分或10時至11時30分舉行。
Conveners 召集人: Professor Zhiwu Chen (陳志武教授) Dr. Chicheng Ma (馬馳騁博士) Upcoming webinar: Thursday, January 28: 中國史前時代的貧富分化 — 墓葬的視角 The rich-poor polarization in prehistoric China: a perspective based on burials [Jianye Han, Department of Archaeology, School of History, Renmin University of China] (Webinar in Mandarin) | Register Now Upcoming speakers (in alphabetical order): Cameron Campbell (HKUST), Eric Chaney (Oxford), Samuel Chen (Oxford), Valerie Hansen (Yale), Erik Hornung (Cologne), Zhangkai Huang (Tsinghua), James Kung (HKU), Chicheng Ma (HKU), Tuan-Hwee Sng (NUS), Mara Pasquamaria Squicciarini (Bocconi), Peter Turchin (Connecticut), Qing Wang (Renmin), Melanie Xue (NYU Abu Dhabi) and more. Stay tuned! In the News: 陳志武:新冠只會加劇貧富分化、仇外及動蕩 Financial Times (Chinese) | October 23, 2020 | Read the full story (in Chinese only)
Asia Global Institute and HKU Business School launch Quantitative History Webinar Series to promote quantitative history research June 11, 2020 | Read the press release
If you are interested in presenting or you would like to suggest a speaker for our Quantitative History Webinar Series, please contact Bethof HKU Economic History Group.
古DNA探究史前現代人群的遺傳演化 by Qiaomei Fu, Director of the Ancient DNA Laboratory at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology Chinese Academy of Sciences (October 22, 2020)
Political divergence between East and West in the 8th & 9th centuries by Clair Z. Yang, Assistant Professor in Chinese Economics, University of Washington & Yasheng Huang, Epoch Foundation Professor of International Management and Professor, Global Economics and Management, MIT Sloan School of Management (November 12, 2020)
How (not) to get published by Hans-Joachim Voth, UBS Foundation Professor of Economics, Economics Department, University of Zurich (November 26, 2020)