Lecturer at the podium

Asia Economic History Seminar 2021-22

Seminar Organisers: Hanzhi Deng, Nora Yitong Qiu, Safya Morshed, Sijie Hu, Ziang Liu.

For more information, contact: Safya Morshed (s.morshed@lse.ac.uk)

 

Summer Term 2022

Tuesday 10 May - in-person lecture

  • Presenter: Professor Zhiwu Chen (HKU Business School) 
  • Title: "Even prehistory never dies: The persistent impact of Neolithic development on China"
  • Time: 12:00-1:30pm
  • Room: 32L.G.03  

Tuesday 24 May - online lecture

  • Presenter: Xizi Luo (LSE)
  • Title: “Door in Door”: Assortative Mating in Imperial China, 1614-1854. 
  • Time: 12:00-1:00pm

Michaelmas Term 2021 Seminars 

9 November - Online

  • Yasin Arslantas
  • "Religious Conversion and Economic Incentives: Evidence from Ottoman Bosnia"

Lent Term 2022 Seminars

 25 January

  • Melanie Meng Xue (LSE)
  • "The long-run effects of affirmative action: evidence from Imperial China

1 March

  • Dr. Sijie Hu (Renmin University of China) 
  • "The 'missing' girls in Imperial China: Re-estimating the survival and marriages of daughters, 1350-1900."

15 March - online seminar

  • Yitong Qiu (LSE)
  • "The Politics of Qing Confiscation 1644-1912: A Study of Legal Tradition and Imperial Governance in Late Imperial China"

29 March

  • Meng Wu (co-authored with Hanhui Guan (Peking University) and Nuno Palma (Manchester University)
  • "Paper Money, Warfare and the Silver Standard - Understanding the Rise and Fall of Paper Money in Yuan China"