About the Quantitative History Webinar Series
The Quantitative History (QH) Webinar Series provides researchers, teachers, and students with an online intellectual platform to stay up to date with the latest research in the field. It promotes the dissemination of research findings and the interdisciplinary use of quantitative methods in historical research. Now entering its seventh year, the QH Webinar Series is co-organised by the Centre for Quantitative History at HKU Business School and the International Society for Quantitative History, in partnership with the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences. The series is substantially supported by the Areas of Excellence (AoE) Scheme of the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (Project No. AoE/B-704/22-R).
Doctoral Research Webinar | 明代田賦數據的結構與性質——以「加耗」為中心 The Structure and Nature of Land Tax Data in Ming China: The Case of Surcharges
廈門大學歷史與文化遺產學院博士研究生龐毅通過計算加耗率，更清晰地闡述明代田賦數據的結構與性質，以及恢復地方政府的實際稅額。
September 17, 2026
16:00 - 17:30 (HKT)
Gold and Trade: An Empirical Simulation Approach
In this Quantitative History Webinar, Rui Esteves will show that the trade networks strongly shaped monetary choices: countries tended to adopt the regimes of their main trading partners, using a dynamic social network model. By contrast, the evidence provides little support for the classic gravity-model claim that shared regimes substantially increased trade.
Drivers of Agricultural Growth in British India
In this Quantitative History webinar, Maanik Nath will discuss how canal irrigation effects remained positive throughout the colonial period and were especially pronounced in arid areas.
Flora, Cosmos, Salvatio: Pre-modern Academic Institutions and the Spread of Ideas
Transport and the Transmission of Plague across Settlements in Early Modern England
In this Quantitative History Webinar, Eric Schneider of the London School of Economics and Political Science will present a study using a novel dataset of aggregated monthly burial totals covering more than 4,000 parishes between 1557 and 1667. Eric and his co-authors measure how frequently settlements experienced plague epidemics and analyses the factors leading to outbreaks—particularly whether the transmission of plague was affected by the transport network.