Hosted by the Department of Economic History
Organizers: Nora Yitong Qiu, Melanie Meng Xue
To register please complete this form: LSE Chinese Economic and Social History Workshop I
For more information contact Nora Yitong Qiu
Programme
(You can download the programme as a PDF here: Workshop Programme)
Sunday 12 March - Keynote Speech
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13:00-14:00
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A Cultural Theory of Economic Divergence and Reconvergence
Taisu Zhang, Yale University
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Panel 1. Troubled Qing Empire: Manchus, Money, and Sold People 14:00-16:00
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14:00-14:30
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Seizing the Pawn: A Social Network Analysis of Confiscation Practices in Late Imperial Qing China (1644-1912)
Nora Yitong Qiu, LSE
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14:30-15:00
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Slaves or Adopted Sons? Imperial Artisans and Status Disputes Among Bondservant Households in Early Qing Manchuria.
Chenxi Luo, Washington University, St.Louis
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15:00-15:30
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The Monetary Shadow of High Qing: Copper Cash Counterfeiting during the Qianlong Reign (1736-1795)
Xiaoyu Gao, University of Chicago
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15:30-16:00
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State Regulation and the Creation of Qing-Kazakh Trading Centers
Chao Lang, Harvard University
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Panel 2. Modern China: Reform and Rebellions 16:30-18:30
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16:30-17:00
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Coeducation Reform and Evolution of Gender Norms: Evidence from University Coeducation in 1920s China
Yuchen Lin, Warwick University
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17:00-17:30
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Mothers at the crossroad: Gender-generational Inequality during Republican China’s Legal Reforms
Shumeng Han, UC San Diego
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17:30-18:00
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The Sacred Red and Communist Red: Vernacular Religion and Rebellion in the Lawless Frontier of Southwest China
Shuhui Zhou, University of Washington, Seattle
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18:00-18:30
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How Bottom-up Data Manipulation Mitigates Authoritarian Risks: Evidence from China’s Public Health Campaign
Jingyang Rui, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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Monday 13 March - Keynote Speech
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12:00-13:00
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Taxation and Revolution in Late Qing Sichuan
Keynote Speaker: Elizabeth Kaske
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13:00-14:00
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How to Navigate a Career in Chinese Economic History - the Hidden Curriculum
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Panel 3. Economic and Political Changes: Causation and Correlation 14:00-16:00
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14:00-14:30
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Awakening Latent Human Capital: Entrepreneurship and the Opening-up of China
Li Duan, Hongkong University
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14:30-15:00
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Marx Meets Weber: The Dissolution of Communes and the Rise of Religion in China
Pinghan Liang, Sun Yat-Sen University
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15:00-15:30
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Adjustments And Vicissitudes: The Indirect Banknote Issuance In Republican China, 1915-19491
Meng Wu, University of Manchester
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15:30-16:00
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Newspaper, Post Office, and Protest: How Do Political Information Diffusion and Social Interactions Affect Collective Action in Late Imperial China?
Boxiao Zhang, Renmin University
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Panel 4. Agriculture, Occupation, and Knowledge 16:30-18:30
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16:30-17:00
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Regional Variations in Chinese Agriculture and Urbanisation from the Twelfth to the Fourteenth Century
Zhao Dong, Oxford University
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17:00-17:30
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Resisted Motion: (Im)mobility of Miao Arrow Poison in Eighteenth-century China
Chang Xu, Washington University, St. Louis
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17:30-18:00
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By-Employment in the Long-Twentieth-Century Yangtze Valley: Structural Change, Land System, and Specialisation
Ying Dai, Cambridge University
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18:00-18:30
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The Entangled Production and Livelihood: An Ethnography of Farming Life in Maoist China, 1949-1980
Shumeng Han, University of California, San Diego
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