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| Quantitative History Webinar Series - Leviathan's Offer: State-Building With Elite Compensation In Early Medieval China by Joy Chen | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2022-05-26 14:02:22 |
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| Live on Zoom on May 26, 2022 16:00 Hong Kong time How can the resistance of failed reformers to state-building efforts be softened? Join us and find out more. |
| Quantitative History Webinar Series - Structural Change, Elite Capitalism, and the Emergence of Labor Emancipation by Quamrul H. Ashraf | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2022-03-21 12:00:11 |
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| Live on Zoom on March 24, 2022 9:00 Hong Kong/Beijing/Singapore | 10:00 Tokyo | 12:00 Sydney Previous Day 18:00 Los Angeles | 21:00 New York/Williamstown Join Quamrul Ashraf (Williams College) and explore a novel mechanism for the emergence of labor emancipation - one in which the material incentive... |
| Quantitative History Webinar Series - Varied Trajectories of Chiefdomization by Robert D. Drennan | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2022-03-07 11:34:45 |
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| Join our upcoming QH Webinar featuring anthropologist Robert D. Drennan (Pittsburgh) and explore how his research team seeks to understand better the chiefdomization process that produced the earliest complex societies by pursuing a comparative archaeological analysis of some 60 "natural experi... |
| Quantitative History Webinar Series - The Ant and the Grasshopper: Seasonality and the Invention of Agriculture by Andrea Matranga | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2021-08-10 10:51:09 |
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| How and where did agriculture begin? Join Andrea Matranga (Chapman University) in his quest for understanding the rise of civilizations and subsequent human history. Live on Zoom on Thurs, August 12, 2021 12:00 Hong Kong/Beijing/Singapore | 13:00 Tokyo | 14:00 Sydney Previous day 21:00 Los Angeles |
| Quantitative History Webinar Series - Technology Adoption and Productivity Growth: Evidence from Industrialization in France | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2021-05-28 16:26:49 |
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| Speaker: Mara P. Squicciarini (Bocconi University) Live on Zoom on June 3, 2021 16:00 Hong Kong/Beijing/Singapore 09:00 London | 10:00 Milan | 17:00 Tokyo | 18:00 Sydney Don't miss out as this webinar will not be recorded. |
| QH Webinar - Involution or Industrialization: Reinterpreting the 19-20th Century Chinese Agriculture through the Perspectives of Seasonality | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2021-05-10 22:22:36 |
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| Chinese agriculture remains central to our understanding of China's long-term Chinese economic growth trajectory and the Great Divergence debate. In this Quantitative History Webinar, Debin Ma of Hitotsubashi University revisits the debates of "involution" in the context of incorporating a... |
| Quantitative History Webinar -Lineage as Risk-Sharing Institution: How Confucianism Contributed to Population Growth in Pre-Industrial China | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2021-05-10 22:04:52 |
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| We present to you our very own conveners for this Quantitative History Webinar! Chicheng Ma will present his recent co-authored paper with Zhiwu Chen: "Lineage as Risk-Sharing Institution: How Confucianism Contributed to Population Growth in Pre-Industrial China", and explain how the Confu... |
| Quantitative History Doctoral Research Webinar | 理學的陰影：儒家文化轉型與中國明清時期科技發展停滯 | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2021-05-04 17:39:59 |
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| 理學的陰影：儒家文化轉型與中國明清時期科技發展停滯 講者：中國人民大學經濟學院博士生王慶 講座以普通話進行 Conducted in Mandarin QH Doctoral Research Webinar - The Shadow of Reason: Neo-Confucianism and the Stagnation of Technological Development in L... |
| Quantitative History Webinar Series - Cultural macroevolution: Understanding the rise of large-scale complex societies in human history | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2021-04-12 10:37:02 |
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| Join Evolutionary anthropologist Peter Turchin in his quest for the major evolutionary force explaining the rise of large-scale complex human societies using the framework of Cultural Evolution and data in Seshat: Global History Databank. Live on Zoom on April 22, 2021 09:00 Hong Kong/Beijing/Singap... |
| Quantitative History Webinar Series - Transition to Agriculture and First State Presence [Ola Olsson, University of Gothenburg] | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2021-03-31 21:01:30 |
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| It has often been observed that the emergence of states in a region is typically preceded by an earlier transition to agricultural production. In this Quantitative History Webinar, Ola Olsson (University of Gothenburg) presents a global scale analysis of the chronological relationship between the tr... |
| Quantitative History Webinar Series - Roman Transport Network Connectivity and Economic Integration | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2021-03-12 14:14:43 |
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| Live on Zoom on March 18, 2021 16:00 Hong Kong In this Quantitative History Webinar, Erik Hornung of University of Cologne presents his latest research which shows that the creation of the first integrated multi-modal pan-European transport network during Roman times influences economic integration ... |
| Quantitative History Webinar Series - Modern Library Holdings and Historic City Growth by Eric Chaney (Oxford) | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2021-03-06 13:40:24 |
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| In search of a new proxy for pre-industrial economic activity, Eric Chaney of Oxford University explores how the library collection data is used to revisit urban growth during the rise of the Atlantic trade and to investigate the impact of the Mongol invasions on the Eastern Islamic world. Live on Z... |
| 暴力風險與合約選擇：來自近代東北鄉村匪患的證據 | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2021-03-02 20:14:59 |
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| Live on Zoom 2021年3月4日(星期四) 16:00 香港/北京/新加坡 風險如何影響農業合約的選擇一直是合約理論關注的重要議題，然而當代研究多注重自然風險的影響，而鮮有探討暴力風險的影響。復旦大學經濟學教授李楠及其合著者利用... |
| Quantitative History Webinar Series - The Year 1000: When Explorers Connected the Globe and Globalization Began | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2021-02-21 10:25:47 |
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| A new system of global pathways formed in the year 1000 AD following the Vikings arrival in northeastern Canada. In this Quantitative History Webinar, Yale historian Valerie Hansen takes us back to the year 1000 and discuss how globalization began. Live on Zoom on February 25, 2021 20:30 Hong Kong T... |
| 量化歷史網上講座系列 | 中國史前時代的貧富分化 - 墓葬的視角 The rich-poor polarization in prehistoric China: a perspective based on burials | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2021-01-21 13:41:34 |
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| Join us live on Zoom on Thurs, Jan 28 at 4PM. Wealth inequality revealed in investigations of archaeological burials is a valuable means to study the evolution of social stratification and civilization. The Chalcolithic period and the Early Bronze Age saw a gradually widening gap in both wealth and ... |
| 量化歷史網上講座系列 - 高利貸中的市場機制：以滿鐵調查為中心 Usury and Markets: Evidence from the surveys conducted by the South Manchuria Railway Company | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2021-01-18 11:37:47 |
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| Join us live on Zoom for the first Quantitative History Webinar in 2021! Unlike many short-lived financial innovations, lending for high interest, or usury, as a notorious financial transaction shows remarkable resilience throughout human history. This leads to some interesting questions regarding t... |
| Quantitative History Webinar Series - States And Wars: China's Long March Towards Unity And Its Consequences, 221 BC - 1911 AD | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2020-12-04 16:31:46 |
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| In this Quantitative History Webinar, Debin Ma will present his paper titled States And Wars: China's Long March Towards Unity And Its Consequences, 221 BC - 1911 AD, and further discuss the long-run implications of Chinese unity on economic performance in a global context. Speaker: Debin Ma, In... |
| Quantitative History Webinar Series - How (not) to get published [Hans-Joachim Voth, University of Zurich] | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2020-11-24 22:29:33 |
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| Getting published is crucial for academic success. For most young scholars, the process is often daunting, frustrating, and confusing. This event is addressed to those who are just getting started in the publishing game. Based on Joachim's experience as an editor over the last 12 years at a variety ... |
| Quantitative History Webinar Series - Inflation and Investors Behavior: Evidence from the German Hyperinflation by Fabio Braggion (Tilburg) | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2020-11-11 20:42:50 |
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| Live on Zoom on November 19 Also available on AGI FB |
| Quantitative History Webinar Series - Political divergence between East and West in the 8th & 9th centuries [Clair Yang and Yasheng Huang] | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2020-11-11 20:38:37 |
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| Live on Zoom on November 12 Also available on AGI FB |
| Quantitative History Webinar Series - Marrying for Money: Evidence from the First Wave of Married Women's Property Laws in the U.S. | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2020-10-20 20:48:52 |
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| Quantitative History Webinar Series - Marrying for Money: Evidence from the First Wave of Married Women's Property Laws in the U.S. Peter Koudijs Associate Professor of Finance Stanford Graduate School of Business Live on Zoom on October 29, 2020 16:00 Hong Kong/Beijing/Singapore 08:00 London | ... |
| Quantitative History Webinar Series - 古DNA探究史前現代人群的遺傳演化 | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2020-10-20 20:42:44 |
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| 不同時間和地點的人類古基因組數據的湧現，帶來大時空框架下研究人類遺傳演化的可能，尤其是古基因組捕獲技術的應用與發展，為獲取史前人群基因組打開局面。此次網上講座將著重闡述史前時期現代人群遺傳演化的主要特... |
| Quantitative History Webinar Series - Borderline Disorder: (De facto) Historical Ethnic Borders and Contemporary Conflict in Africa | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2020-09-29 21:29:29 |
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| Ömer Özak and his coauthor explore the effect of historical ethnic borders on contemporary non-civil conflict in Africa. In this Quantitative History Webinar, Ömer will share their findings and explain in great detail the key underlying mechanisms: competition for agricultural land, p... |
| Quantitative History Webinar Series - A Theory of Cultural Revivals [Murat Iyigun, University of Colorado Boulder] | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2020-09-29 21:23:40 |
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| Live on Zoom on October 8, 2020 at 9AM (HKT) Why do some societies fail to adopt more efficient institutions? And why do such failures often coincide with cultural movements that glorify the past? In this Quantitative History Webinar, Murat Iyigun explains in detail the interplay-or lack thereof-bet... |
| Quantitative History Webinar Series - Economic Geography Aspects of the Panama Canal [Stephan Maurer, University of Konstanz] | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2020-09-20 16:56:07 |
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| Quantitative History Webinar Series - Economic Geography Aspects of the Panama Canal [Stephan Maurer, University of Konstanz] Speaker: Stephan Maurer Assistant Professor University of Konstanz Live on Zoom on Tuesday, September 29, 2020 09:00 London | 10:00 Konstanz | 16:00 Hong Kong/Beijing/Singapo... |
| Quantitative History Webinar Series - One American, One Chinese and their extraordinary Journeys in the 19th century | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2020-09-17 16:29:33 |
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| In this Quantitative History Webinar, Guoqi Xu will explain the extraordinary journeys of Anson Burlingame and Ge Kunhua and their significances, paying special attention to the aspects of the shared history and destinies between Chinese and Americans in the 19th century and beyond. |
| Quantitative History Webinar Series - Discretion and Destruction: Promotions, Performance, and Patronage in the Royal Navy [Joachim Voth] | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2020-09-11 16:35:32 |
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| Professor Joachim Voth and his co-author study the selection effects of patronage in the world's most successful navy - the British Royal Navy between 1690 and 1849. In this Quantitative History Webinar, Joachim will explain in detail the overall selection effect of patronage. Live on Zoom on Septem... |
| Quantitative History Webinar Series - 為商人做辯護？「富者貧之母」的明清政治經濟學 | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2020-09-05 18:31:27 |
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| Join us for this Quantitative History Webinar featuring Distinguished Professor Peng-sheng Chiu from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He will explore how tenets such as "fostering businessmen to benefit the peasantry" and "the rich nourishing the poor" were implemented in relevant policies and laws, a... |
| Quantitative History Webinar Series - The Fate of Skilled Jews in Nazi Germany | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2020-08-20 17:00:09 |
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| The Nazi period is a transformational period in German history. When Hitler took power in 1933, Jews were expelled from public sector jobs. Using detailed biographical information for Jewish academics, Sascha O. Becker and his team examine several important margins. In this webinar, Sascha will pres... |
| Quantitative History Webinar Series (June - July 2020) | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2020-06-21 16:47:42 |
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| Eminent guest speakers include Hong Xu (Institute of Archaeology, CASS), Shuji Cao (Shanghai Jiao Tong), Mark Koyama (George Mason), Stephen Broadberry (Oxford), and Ron Harris (Tel-Aviv). More speakers to be announced. |
| Comparative performance of different civilizations in the history of the Maritime Silk Road 海上絲路歷史中不同文明的表現 | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2020-06-09 14:51:50 |
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| This Thursday, the Quantitative History Webinar Series will return with our very own Zhiwu Chen, who will speak on comparative performance of different civilizations in the 2000-year history of the Maritime Silk Road. The Series is co-organized by the Asia Global Institute and Faculty of Business an... |
| Quantitative History Webinar Series (AGI & FBE) | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2020-05-27 09:31:29 |
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| The conventional theory about the origin of the state is that the adoption of farming led to an increase in productivity, which led to food surplus. Food surplus is held to be a prerequisite for the emergence of hierarchical societies and eventually states. In this Quantitative History Webinar, Luig... |
| INTRODUCING ASIAGLOBAL VOICES | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2020-04-03 15:26:49 |
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| To help you explore even more perspectives on global issues from Asian perspectives, AsiaGlobal Online has launched AsiaGlobal Voices a curated feed of summaries of opinion articles, columns and editorials published in local languages in media from across Asia. Stay up to speed on trending opinions ... |
| Global Thinkers | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2020-01-14 15:49:49 |
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| A Business Response to the Climate Crisis and Inequality |
| Global Thinkers: In Conversation with Kishore Mahbubani and Sam Palmisano on Trade Tension and Tech-Nationalism | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2019-10-22 17:12:11 |
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| Join this special Global Thinkers session for a stimulating conversation between Kishore Mahbubani, one of Asias leading public intellectuals and Sam Palmisano, a global technology visionary on trade tension and techno-nationalism, moderated by Zhiwu Chen. |
| AsiaGlobal Dialogue (AGD) 2019: Building a Sustainable Framework for a Globalized Economy | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2019-10-10 10:05:00 |
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| Join us at AGD 2019: Building a Sustainable Framework for a Globalized Economy. Don't miss the opportunity to interact with thought leaders from around the world. HKU staff and alumni can enjoy the HKU community rate by registering on or before October 20. Limited spaces are available for underg... |
| AsiaGlobal Dialogue 2018- Welcome Remarks by Professor Xiang Zhang | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2018-12-03 18:00:37 |
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| Launched in 2012, AsiaGlobal Dialogue (AGD) is Asia Global Institute's flagship forum for constructive dialogue to bring out fresh insights and Asian perspectives on key global issues. Themed Redefining multilateralism in a new global economy, AGD 2018 was held from November 14 -15. The Institute ho... |
| AsiaGlobal Dialogue 2018- Welcome Remarks by Dr. Victor K. Fung | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2018-12-03 17:56:31 |
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| Launched in 2012, AsiaGlobal Dialogue (AGD) is Asia Global Institute's flagship forum for constructive dialogue to bring out fresh insights and Asian perspectives on key global issues. Themed Redefining multilateralism in a new global economy, AGD 2018 was held from November 14 -15. The Institute ho... |
| Join AGI Lecture by Prof. Kenneth Pomeranz, the author of The Great Divergence | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2018-11-30 10:59:47 |
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| AGI Lecture - Migration, Frontier Policy, and the Expansion of China: Redefining the Qing Realm and its Subjects, ca. 1750-1850 by Prof. Kenneth Pomeranz, University Professor in History and the College, University of Chicago |
| Economic History Workshop - Economic Origins of Modern Science: Technology, Institutions, and the Market for Ideas | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2018-08-23 09:34:41 |
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| Dr. Jeremiah Dittmar is Assistant Professor at the London School of Economics. His research examines the technological and political determinants of economic development, including the role of information technology in influencing economic, religious, and political change in European history. |
| Join the Asia Global Institute's premier forum on global issues | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2018-03-26 14:23:39 |
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| IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde presents the IMF's view of the global economy and where it is headed |
| Urban Design and Mental Health in Hong Kong | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2017-11-05 15:47:16 |
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| Join Layla McCay, Director of the Centre for Urban Design and Mental Health (UD/MH) and AsiaGlobal Fellow, and Asia Global Institute for an evening of multi-disciplinary presentations and discussion. |
| Join the Asia Global Institute's premier forum on global issues | |
| Asia Global Institute Uploaded on 2017-10-31 14:36:43 |
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| The Asia-Global Dialogue was first launched in 2012 and is the Asia Global Institute's flagship forum for constructive dialogue to bring out fresh insights and Asian perspectives on key global issues. This year's discussions are built around the theme of Asian Perspectives in a New Global Ec... |
