Centre for Quantitative History

Workshop on Chinese Historical Databases by HKUST
Workshops

Workshop on Chinese Historical Databases by HKUST

Date(s)Date(s)

January 11, 2024 - January 12, 2024

Venue

Room 3401, Academic Building, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Language(s)Language(s)

English

Speaker(s) / Presenter(s)

Zhiwu Chen

Chair of Finance
Cheng Yu-Tung Professor in Finance
Director, Centre for Quantitative History
Director, HK Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences
HKU Business School

Cameron Campbell

Acting Dean of Humanities and Social Science
Chair Professor, Division of Social Science
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Ting Chen

Associate Head (Research) and Associate Professor
Department of Accountancy, Economics and Finance
Associate Director, Centre for Business Analytics and the Digital Economy
Hong Kong Baptist University

Zhan Lin

Associate Professor
School of History
Renmin University of China

Debin Ma

Professor of Economic History
Faculty of History
Fellow, All Souls College
University of Oxford

Description

Co-PI Cameron Campbell organized a two-day workshop “Chinese Historical Databases: Sources, Methods, Prospects” at HKUST on January 11 – 12, 2024, bringing together an audience of 50, including team members and other researchers, to present their databases and methods for construction and analysis.