See the conferences from CQH.
See the workshops from CQH.
The Making of China and India in the 21st Century: Long-Run Human Capital Accumulation from 1900 to 2020
In this Quantitative History hybrid lecture, Li Yang of the Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) will present new evidence on the divergence in economic growth between China and India from the 1980s onward, focusing on how human capital accumulation evolved in each country.
May 28, 2026
Confucian Clans as Financial Intermediaries: Why Insurance Thrived but Banking Lagged in China
In this Quantitative History Lecture, Andrew J. Sinclair will explain in detail how their findings demonstrate that the path of financial development depends on whether new financial services compete with or complement existing institutional arrangements.
March 12, 2026
Doctoral Research Webinar: Internal Trade Barriers and Financial Development: Evidence from China
In this Quantitative History Webinar, Wanda Wang of HKU Business School will present research on whether goods-market integration can expand finance.
November 5, 2026
一九三三 1933, A Year of No Significance
在本次量化歷史網上講座中，王慶將介紹本研究的出發點、主要方法以及主要發現，從存量視角重新審視 1933 年中國的社會經濟格局，為理解中國的現代化進程提供新的經驗證據與分析思路。
October 22, 2026
Doctoral Research Webinar: The War vs. Productivity Channel: How New Technology Led to Complex Societies in Neolithic China
In this Quantitative History Webinar, Senhao Hu of the HKU examines how ground-stone technology contributed to the rise of complex societies during the Neolithic.
October 15, 2026
Masculinity Around the World
Our in-person Economic History Seminar Series, jointly organized with the Economics Area of HKU Business School, welcomes Professor Pauline Grosjean to shareshare her research on the masculinity norms.
June 9, 2026
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