See the conferences from CQH.
See the workshops from CQH.
An Economic History of India: Growth, Income and Inequalities from the Mughals to the 21st Century
As part of the Quantitative History Book Launch Series, this public lecture unveils a significant new economic history of India spanning from the reign of Akbar in the sixteenth century to its post-independence integration into the global economy.
December 16, 2024
Cliodynamics of End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites and the Path of Political Disintegration
Social and political turbulence in the United States and Western Europe has been rising over the past decade. The research by Peter Turchin of Complexity Science Hub Vienna, which combines analysis of historical data with the tools of complexity science, has identified the deep structural forces that work to undermine societal stability and resilience to internal and external shocks.
December 12, 2024
New Explorations of the Principle of the Lever in the Pre-Qin Period
Boqun Zhou offers new insights into the mechanics of levers in the Mohist Canon and the scale markings on Chu balance beams. Join us to gain a more precise understanding of how lever mechanics were conceptualized in the Pre-Qin period.
April 17, 2025
Chinese Ceramics in Archaic Globalisation
Ran Zhang explores the role of Chinese ceramics in the Indian Ocean trade within the broader framework of archaic globalisation, focusing on maritime networks linking China with the Persian Gulf, East Africa, and South Asia (8th–19th centuries).
April 3, 2025
Rise of the south: How Arab-led maritime trade transformed China, 671–1371 CE
Join as Zhiwu Chen explores the historical shift of China’s socioeconomic core from North to South triggered by Arab and Persian Muslim traders in the late seventh century. Explore how maritime trade transformations reshaped the region, influencing population growth until the maritime trade ban of 1371 CE.
March 6, 2025
Financial Shocks and Portfolio Preferences: Evidence from the Failure of the Freedmen’s Savings Bank
Our in-person Economic History Seminar Series, jointly organized with the Economics Area of HKU Business School, welcomes Gary Richardson to share his latest research on the failure of the Freedmen’s Savings Bank.
April 29, 2024
What Makes a Great Composer? An Economist’s Answer based on a Millennium of Data
Our in-person Economic History Seminar Series, jointly organized with the Economics Area of HKU Business School, welcomes Karol Jan Borowiecki to share his latest research on composers using a Millennium of Data.
August 11, 2023