Date(s)December 9, 2024 - December 10, 2024
HKU Main Campus
Language(s)English
Speaker(s) / Presenter(s)
Professor of Economics
University of Warwick
Professor and Xiaokai Yang Chair of Business and Economics
Monash University
Robert H. Strotz Professor of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Economics and History, Northwestern University
Emeritus Professor,
University of Connecticut
- 8:30 AM — 9:00 AMCPD-3.28
Registration
- 9:00 AM — 9:10 AMCPD-3.28
Opening Ceremony
- 9:10 AM — 10:10 AMCPD-3.28
Keynote Speech by Sascha O. Becker
- 10:10 AM — 10:30 AM
Tea Break
- 10:30 AM — 12:30 AM
Parallel Sessions A
A1
Cultural Legacies of Historical Shocks
CPD-3.29
A2
Demographic History
CPD-3.28
A3
Financial History
CPD-3.15
A4
Historical Environmental Economics
CPD-3.16
- 12:30 PM — 2:00 PM14/F., SCR, KKL
Lunch
- 2:00 PM — 3:30 PM
Parallel Sessions B
B1
Examinations and Mobility
CPD-3.29
B2
Fiscal Capacity
CPD-3.01
B3
Technology and Industrial Development
CPD-3.15
B4
Health and Living Standards
CPD-3.16
- 3:30 PM — 4:00 PM
Tea Break
- 4:00 PM — 6:00 PM
Parallel Sessions C
C1
Loyalty and Meritocracy
CPD-3.29
C2
Economic History of the Asia-Pacific (EHSANZ session)
CPD-3.01
C3
Political Economy of Trade
CPD-3.15
C4
Conflicts and State Building
CPD-3.16
- 4:00 PM — 6:00 PM14/F., SCR, KKL
Conference Dinner
- 6:30 PM — 7:10 PM14/F., SCR, KKL
Keynote Speech by Peter Turchin
- 9:10 AM — 10:10 AMCPD-3.28
Keynote Speech by Joel Mokyr
- 10:10 AM — 10:30 AM
Tea Break
- 10:30 AM — 12:00 PM
Parallel Sessions D
D1
Heaven and Crown
CPD-3.29
D2
Trade and Transport
CPD-3.01
D3
Female Empowerment
CPD-3.15
D4
Urbanization and Business History
CPD-3.16
- 12:00 PM — 1:30 PM
Lunch
- 1:30 PM — 3:00 PM
Parallel Sessions E
E1
The Great Divergence
CPD-3.29
E2
Explorations in Accounting History
CPD-3.01
E3
Comparative Economic Development
CPD-3.15
E4
Economic History of China
CPD-3.16
- 3:00 PM — 3:20 PM14/F., SCR, KKL
Tea Break
- 3:20 PM — 4:50 PM
arallel Sessions F
F1
Gender and Culture
CPD-3.29
F2
Political Economy of Writings and Paintings
CPD-3.01
F3
Migration and Social Network
CPD-3.15
F4
Political Economy of Development
CPD-3.28
- 5:00 PM — 6:00 PMCPD-3.28
Plenary Session: Research and Publication in Economic History
- 5:06 AM
Parallel Sessions C
- 8:30 AM — 9:00 AM
Registration
- 9:00 AM — 9:10 AM
Opening ceremony by Zhiwu Chen (HKU)
- 9:10 AM — 10:10 AM
Keynote speech
Chair: Zhiwu Chen (HKU)
“Religion and Economic Development: Past, Present, Future”
Sascha O. Becker (University of Warwick and Monash University)
- 10:10 AM — 10:30 AM
Tea Break
- 10:30 AM — 12:30 PM
Parallel Sessions A
Session A1: Cultural Legacies of Historical Shocks
Venue:
Chair: Henry Chen (HKU)“Salience and Persistent Reference Dependence: The Lasting Effect of Man-made Disasters on Risk Perceptions.” by Yang Cai (Renmin University of China), Shuo Chen (Fudan University), and Dongxu Li (Xiamen University)
“The Legacy of Colonial Violence in Australia” by Haikun Zhan (University of Queensland), Cain Polidano (University of Melbourne), and Julie Moschion (University of Queensland)
“Identity Choice under Coercion: Responses to the Name Change Policy in Colonial Korea, 1940-1945.” by Dohyung Kim (Myongji University), Duol Kim (Myongji University), and Sung Nam Kim (NH Economic Research Institute)
“Cultural Traits and Behavior During Crisis: Evidence from Courier Daily Performance Records.” by Henry Chen (HKU), Yuyu Chen (Peking University), Yuxi Xie (Peking University), and Qingxu Yang (Peking University)
Session A2: Demographic History
Venue:
Session A2: Demographic History“The Making of Missing Girls: Excessive Mortality and Selective Registration of Girls in Northeastern China and Japan, 1716-1909” by Hao Dong (Peking University), Satomi Kurosu (Reitaku University), and James Z. Lee (HKUST)
“The Race between Lewis and Malthus” by Joseph Enguehard (École Normale Supérieure de Lyon)
“Wealth Redistribution and Population Growth in China” by Xiaohuan Lan (Fudan University), Yongxiang Wang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University), and Bin Xie (Jinan University)
“Land Property, Marriage, and Childbirth: Evidence from Land Reform in Japan” by Erika Igarashi (Hitotsubashi University)
Session A3: Financial History
Venue:
Chair: Ghassan Moazzin (HKU)“How to Wage Wars: The Rise of the Financial Markets at Kaifeng in Northern Song China” by William Liu (Lingnan University) and Kai Wan Kwan (Lingnan University)
“Utilising Shanghai’s Early Government Bond Markets to Measure Institutional Quality in Late-Imperial and Republican China” by James Daniel Harris (University of Tokyo)
“The British Imperial Retreat from China: Evidence from the Chinese Sovereign Bond Market in London” by Hao Tang (Fudan University) and Dan Li (Fudan University)
“Dollar-Tael Silver Standardization after the ‘Opening’ of China: A New Monetary Regime and Money Market Integration in China, c.1850-1870” by David Chilosi (King’s College London), Alejandra Irigoin (LSE), and Atsushi Kobayashi (Nagoya University)
Session A4: Historical Environmental Economics
Venue:
Chair: Tuan Hwee Sng (National University of Singapore) [Confirmed]“The Persistent Health Effects of Defoliating Vietnam” by Nguyen Vuong (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
“The Making of a Hinterland: The Legacy of Horse Raising Policies in North China, 1368-1911” by Senhao Hu (HKU)
“Lost in Luxury: Climate Change and Royal Silk Consumption in Mid-Qing China” by Mengyuan Qiu (Hong Kong Polytechnic University), Qing Pei (Hong Kong Polytechnic University), Alex Lo (York St John University), and Jie Fei (Fudan University)
“Teak Trade and Tropical Deforestation: Evidence from Siam’s Transition of Forest Property Rights from 1860 to 2000” by Thanyaporn Chankrajang (Chulalongkorn University)
Event Poster
About AHEC
About AHEC The Asian Historical Economics Conference (AHEC) is a biennial conference organized by the Asian Historical Economics Society. The conference aims to bring together researchers working on the economic history of all regions of Asia, as well as those comparing Asia with other regions. Previous conferences were held in Venice (2008), Beijing (2010), Tokyo (2012), Istanbul (2014), Seoul (2016), Hong Kong (2018), and Bangkok (2022).
AHEC 2024
The 8th Conference (AHEC 2024) will be hosted by the Centre for Quantitative History of HKU Business School, in collaboration with the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences and the International Society for Quantitative History. The two-day conference will take place at the main campus of The University of Hong Kong on December 9-10, 2024. Sascha O. Becker (Warwick and Monash), Joel Mokyr (Northwestern), and Peter Turchin (Complexity Science Hub-Vienna and Connecticut) will give keynote speeches.
Key Dates
- May 31, 2024
Deadline for paper submission
We invite papers that explore various aspects of economic history, with priority given to those related to Asia. Please submit your paper (or a 3-5 page proposal) via our submission form, no later than May 31, 2024.
Submit your paper here
- June 1-30
Review of papers
The Program Committee will review the submissions.
- July 2-14
Notification of paper acceptance
The Program Committee will announce the results by mid-July.
- July 22
Online registration begins
Paper presenters should register online through the HKU system.
- September 22
Deadline for Early Bird registration and payment
Enjoy the early bird offers by September 22.
- November 10
Deadline for online registration and payment
- November 11-15
Notification of final presentation schedule
We hope to notify all presenters and chairs of the final schedule within this week.
- December 9-10, 2024
AHEC 2024
We look forward to seeing you all in Hong Kong!
Registration is now closed, and the conference is fully booked. Walk-ins are not allowed.
Full Conference Programme
All speakers, presenters, registered attendees, and observers should have received the full program and logistics note by email. Further updates will be provided through our AHEC email lists. Please note this. See you at the conference!
AHEC 2024 Organizing Committee
Chair
Zhiwu Chen
University of Hong Kong
Members
Stephen Broadberry, FBA
University of Oxford
Kyoji Fukao
Hitotsubashi University
Bishnupriya Gupta
University of Warwick
Duol Kim
Myongji University
Chicheng Ma
University of Hong Kong
Debin Ma
Fudan University
Şevket Pamuk
Bogaziçi University
Keynote speakers and committee members are in alphabetical order by last name.
Acknowledgement
AHEC 2024 is substantially supported by a grant from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong SAR (Project Reference Number: AoE/B-704/22-R).
More questions?
Please visit the conference website www.cqh.hku.hk/ahec2024 for the most up-to-date information on AHEC 2024.
If you have any questions, please email them to the AHEC 2024 Secretariat.