Jan 17, 2024
AnnouncementAbout 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, Professor and Xiaokai Yang Chair of Business and Economics at Monash University, and Joel Mokyr, Robert H. Strotz Professor of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Economics and History at Northwestern University, will give keynote speeches.
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. The Program Committee will review the submissions and announce the results by mid-July. Following the acceptance announcements, we will open the registration system on July 15, 2024.
AHEC 2024 Organizing Committee
Chair
Professor Zhiwu Chen
University of Hong Kong
Members
Stephen Broadberry
University of Oxford
Kyoji Fukao
Hitotsubashi University
Bishnupriya Gupta
University of Warwick
Duol Kim
Myongji University
Chicheng Ma
University of Hong Kong
Debin Ma
University of Oxford
Şevket Pamuk
Boğaziçi University
Key Dates
May 31, 2024 | Deadline for paper submission |
June 1-30, 2024 | Review of papers by the AHEC 2024 Organizing Committee |
July 2-14, 2024 | Notification of paper acceptance |
July 22, 2024 | Online registration begins |
September 22, 2024 | Deadline for Early Bird registration and payment |
November 10, 2024 | Deadline for online registration and payment |
November 11-15, 2024 | Notification of final presentation schedule |
December 9-10, 2024 | AHEC 2024 |
Early Bird Registration Fees
Presenters accepted in the conference program should complete their registration and payment to confirm their attendance at the conference. The reduced Early Bird registration fees for AHEC 2024 are HK$1,800 for regular presenters and HK$1,400 for students. These rates are applicable until September 9, 2024.
Conference registration fees include a welcome reception, coffee breaks, a conference banquet (on December 9), and attendance at all sessions.
Speakers and committee members are in alphabetical order by last name.
Please visit the conference website www.cqh.hku.hk/ahec2024 for the most up-to-date information on AHEC 2024.
We have limited subsidies available for graduate students whose home institutions cannot cover all the expenses.
If you have any questions, please email them to the AHEC 2024 Secretariat: ahec2024@hku.hk.
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