See the conferences from CQH.
See the workshops from CQH.
清代江蘇士人的家世、仕進與社會流動 Family Background, Official Advancement, and Social Mobility of the Jiangsu Literati in the Qing Dynasty
In this Quantitative History Webinar, Qin Jiang will demonstrate that while the examination system indeed provided avenues for social mobility, the influence of family background was more evident in elevating descendants to higher examination degree.
January 29, 2026
Spousal Occupations in the Twentieth-century Yangtze Valley
During this Quantitative History Webinar, Ying Dai will explain that the spousal occupations are shaped by both marriage formation and post-marriage occupational decisions in the twentieth-century Yangtze Valley.
November 13, 2025
Doctoral Research Webinar: Weaving a Modern Workforce: How Female Industrial Pioneers Refined Women’s Economic Role in Japan
Xinxian Li, Research PhD Candidate of HKU Business School, examines how female industrial pioneers helped mediate this tension by prompting more women to participate in factory employment during the early industrialization in late 19th to early 20th century Japan.
October 9, 2025
The Origins of Enduring Economic Inequality
Our in-person Economic History Seminar Series, jointly organized with the Economics Area of HKU Business School, welcomes Professor Samuel Bowles to share his findings on the origins of enduring inequality.
November 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