We are delighted to announce the launch our new CQH website, featuring revamped content, improved navigation and a refreshed design.

The Summer School for Quantitative History cum International Symposium, a cross-institutional effort initiated by Prof. Zhiwu Chen in 2013, trains aspiring young researchers from various disciplines to become successful scholars in the rapidly growing field of quantitative history, with a focus on China. This summer, the project team members and advisory board members of the Centre for Quantitative History (CQH) at the HKU Business School brought the team’s momentum again to Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), where they jointly organized the 10th Summer School for Quantitative History cum International Symposium on Quantitative History together with SJTU Department of History, and the Institute of Qing History at Renmin University of China. These annual activities, held from July 6 to 15, 2024, were a success, attracting over 250 scholars from universities and research institutions around the world.

The Centre for Quantitative History of HKU Business School hosted a two-day conference on October 25-26, 2023, showcasing the latest quantitative history (QH) research carried out under the Areas of Excellence (AoE) Scheme funded by the Research Grants Council. This scheme aims to increase research collaboration. The conference brought together over 60 attendees from Asia, Europe, and North America to explore the latest trends and ideas in quantitative history on the HKU campus.

For those who missed the Smith Around the World Lecture Series featuring Professor Zhiwu Chen, Director of the Centre for Quantitative History, there is still an opportunity to catch up on Professor Chen’s keynote speech and the discussion that followed. The lecture titled “Triumph of the Market: What China’s past and present tell us” was successfully held on March 24, 2023, at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), and the full lecture replay is available on YouTube. Click here to view the video.