Program Overview
July 2: Registration @Jiasuo (甲所)
Welcome Dinner @ Jiasuo Dining Hall (欢迎晚宴：甲所餐厅)
July 3-July 7: Lectures/Seminars @Room 3200, the Third Teaching Building（三教3200)
July 8-9: Symposium @Room 3200/1300, the Third Teaching Building（三教3200和三教1300)
July 8: Symposium Dinner @Jinchun Yuan Restaurant（年会晚宴：近春园餐厅）
July 10-July 12: Lectures/Seminars @ Room 3200, the Third Teaching Building（三教3200)
July 12: Farewell Dinner @Jiasuo Dining Hall (欢送晚宴：甲所餐厅)
July 13: Departure
July 2: Welcome Dinner Jiasuo Dining Hall (甲所餐厅)
July 3: Lectures/Seminars
9:00-9:10 Opening Remarks Zhiwu CHEN
9:10-10:40 Lecture Bozhong Li: The GDP study in economic history and the System of Historical National Accounts (经济史中的GDP研究与历史国民账户系统)
10:40-11:05 Coffee/Tea Break
11:05-12:35 Lecture Bozhong Li: The comparative studies in qualitative history (量化史学中的比较研究)
14:00-15:30 Lecture Debin Ma: Chinese Historical GDP and International Comparison
15:30-15:55 Coffee/Tea Break
15:55-17:25 Lecture Debin Ma: Historical Chinese Living Standards: a real wage approach
July 4: Lectures/Seminars
9:00-10:30 Lecture Debin Ma: Why England or Japan but not India or China: a factor-price based comparison of historical productivities
10:30-10:55 Coffee/Tea Break
10:55-12:25 Lecture Bozhong Li: The comparative studies in qualitative history (量化史学中的比较研究)
14:00-15:30 Lecture James Kung: The Economic Impact of Western Penetration: the case of Protestantism
15:30-15:55 Coffee Break
15:55-17:25 Lecture James Kung: Conflicts in Historical Perspectives
July 5: Lectures/Seminars
9:00-10:30 Lecture Zhiwu CHEN, Kaixiang PENG: Violent Conflicts in Private Finance: A Research Based on Qing Dynasty’s Homicide Reports (民间金融中的暴力冲突：清代债务命案研究)
10:30-10:55 Coffee/Tea Break
10:55-12:25 Lecture Denggao Long: Land Transaction in Pre-modern China
14:00-15:30 Lecture Joachim Voth: Malthusian Dynamism I – Death and the Origins of Early European Exceptionalism
15:30-15:55 Coffee/Tea Break
15:55-17:25 Lecture Joachim Voth: Malthusian Dynamism II – Fertility and the Origins of Early European Exceptionalism
July 6: Lectures/Seminars
9:00-10:30 Lecture Se Yan: Evolutions of Institutions and Human Capital in Chinese History: Quantitative Assessments
10:30-10:55 Coffee/Tea Break
10:55-12:25 Lecture Se Yan: Evolutions of Institutions and Human Capital in Chinese History: Quantitative Assessments
14:00-15:30 Lecture Joachim Voth: State Capacity and Economic Growth
15:30-15:55 Coffee/Tea Break
15:55-17:25 Lecture James Kung: Institutional Change in Chinese agriculture
July 7: Lectures/Seminars
9:00-10:30 Lecture Philip T. Hoffman: The political economy of early modern conquest: an economic model
10:30-10:55 Coffee/Tea Break
10:55-12:25 Lecture Philip T. Hoffman: The political economy of early modern conquest: can history explain what is outside the model?
Free afternoon
July 8-9: Symposium
8:00-8:30 (July 8) Registration
8:30-17:50 (July 8)
Presentations Robert Allen, Philip T. Hoffman, Joachim Voth, Timur Kuran, Patrick Wallis, Debin Ma, James Kung, Zhiwu CHEN, Kaixiang PENG, Cameron Campbell, Zhen Li, Bozhong Li
8:30-17:50 (July 9) Presentations 陈 强, 董保民, 管汉晖, 郝 煜, 徐 毅, 杨 荷, 席天扬, 李 丹, 李 楠, 赵红军, 赵劲松, 刘 愿, 魏 忠
July 10: Lectures/Seminars
9:00-10:30 Lecture Timur Kuran: Economic Underdevelopment of the Middle East: Roles of Islamic Institutions
10:30-10:55 Coffee/Tea Break
10:55-12:25 Lecture Timur Kuran: Political Underdevelopment of the Middle East: Effects of the Islamic Waqf
14:00-15:30 Lecture Philip T. Hoffman: The development of mortgage markets: the exampes of France and the United States
15:30-15:55 Coffee/Tea Break
15:55-17:25 Lecture Timur Kuran: The Economic Ascent of the Middle East’s Non-Muslim Minorities and Foreigners: Institutional Causes
July 11: Lectures/Seminars
9:00-10:30 Lecture Zhengping Chen: 大数据时代与近代经济统计研究
10:30-10:55 Coffee/Tea Break
10:55-12:25 Lecture Robert Allen: The long run history of poverty and living standards
14:00-15:30 Lecture Cameron Campbell: Kin networks, descent groups, and inequality in China
15:30-15:55 Coffee/Tea Break
15:55-17:25 Lecture Patrick Wallis: Human capital formation in Europe before industrialisation: institutions and practices
July 12: Lectures/Seminars
9:00-10:30 Lecture Cameron Campbell: Comparative studies in quantitative history: The Eurasia Project and beyond
10:30-10:55 Coffee/Tea Break
10:55-12:25 Lecture Cameron Campbell: New sources for quantitative social history in China: The China Multigenerational Panel Databases
14:00-15:30 Lecture Robert Allen: globalization and economic growth in early modern Europe
15:30-15:55 Coffee/Tea Break
15:55-17:25 Lecture Robert Allen: Explaining the Industrial Revolution
18:00 Farewell Dinner Jiasuo Dining Hall (甲所餐厅)
July 13: Departure
