Congratulations to Ghassan Moazzin! His first book Foreign Banks and Global Finance in Modern China is co-winner of the First Monograph Prize in Economic and/or Social History of the Economic History Society.

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A large new collection just published on hpcbristol.net

Congratulations to Ghassan Moazzin!

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#QuantitativeHistory webinar | War and the Origins of Chinese Civilization by Zhiwu Chen. Sign up to discover the fascinating connection between warfare and the birth of Chinese #civilization : lnkd.in/epGrna75

The Economic History Society award a prize for the best first monograph in Economic and/or Social History. Congratulations to the winners in 2024, Ghassan Moazzin and Maanik Nath !

Exciting news! My forthcoming book is now available for pre-order, and for a limited time, you can enjoy a special 20% discount!

[TOMORROW] Don't miss the chance to learn more about HKU's ongoing #archaeological fieldwork in the South #Caucasian country of #Armenia . Sign up now.

I am positively in shock (and very honoured and humbled)! My book is the co-winner of the First Monograph Prize of the Economic History Society. I am very grateful to Economic History Society for the great honour! Many congratulations also to the co-winner Maanik Nath!

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We're at #EHS2024 Economic History Society!

Visit our stand to take advantage of our conference discounts, or browse our titles at a 30% discount here: cup.org/3xp5VIt

The homepage of the 60th Congress of the Business History Society of Japan is now open. We will have sessions in English. The call for papers is open until May 15.
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CHINESE WORKERS OF THE WORLD

Explores Chinese labor under colonial regimes by examining the Yunnan-Indochina Railway, a project that claimed the lives of thousands of Chinese workers during its construction.

June 2024
Selda Altan
Stanford Press
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MADMEN IN SHANGHAI

A novel perspective on the emergence of Chinese consumer society. Investigates the advertising industry in pre-Communist China, utilizing a diverse array of unexplored primary sources.

June 2024
Cécile Armand
De Gruyter Official
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🔔My article 'Wages, Labour Markets, and Living Standards in China, 1530-1840' is finally out in Explorations in Economic History and was dispatched in print yesterday. It took a bit of time, but it's finally landed!🔔

Save the date for our hybrid Interdisciplinary Research Seminar by Prof. Peter Cobb on 'The Archaeology of Ancient Southwest Asia' The University of Hong Kong on Apr 9 at 12:30 pm (HKT). Join us in person at May Hall or via Zoom. More info: hkihss.hku.hk/en/events/inte…
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Another new major article on Chinese business history:

Michael Ng, 'Borrowing without Banks: Deposit-Taking by Early Twentieth-Century Chinese Firms (1920s–1930s)', in the newest issue of Business History Review

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For those in HK: Prof. Wang Fan-sen will give a series of lectures The University of Hong Kong on 'The Long Nineteenth Century - Intellectual Turmoil during the Late Qing Period' between March and June

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Major new article by Dr. Peter E. Hamilton (韩墨松) out in businesshistory:

'Management thought and practice in 1920s China'

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Excited to share my new article, 'Management Thought and Practice in 1920s China'! Thank you to Ghassan Moazzin John Wong and Jin-A Kang for including me in this special issue of 'Business History.' If you can't access it, let me know!

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The grant writing workshop held as part of the The Business History Conference mentoring week with guest speakers Christina Lubinski and Ed Balleisen is now available online

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Come work with us! My department is hiring an Assistant/Associate Professor of Teaching, in world history. Review starts on April 1. lingnan.csod.com/ux/ats/careers…