See the conferences from CQH.
See the workshops from CQH.
Real and Nominal Belief in God: Evidence from Wills, England: 1300-1850
During this Quantitative History Webinar, Neil J. Cummins will explain how the religious behavior change occurs at the same time as the decline in aristocratic violence (Cummins (2017)), and like violence, precedes the behavior change of the poor by many centuries.
June 5, 2025
Cowrie Money and the Making of the Modern World: A Global Perspective
During this Quantitative History Webinar, Bin Yang of City University of Hong Kong provides a global examination of cowrie money within and beyond Afro-Eurasia from the archaeological period to the early twentieth century.
May 29, 2025
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
Masculinity Around the World
Our in-person Economic History Seminar Series, jointly organized with the Economics Area of HKU Business School, welcomes Ieda Matavelli to share her latest research on the masculinity norms.
May 14, 2024
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