Lee-Campbell Group at the Social Science History Association Meetings in Toronto, October 31-November 3, 2024

Ten members of the Lee-Campbell group will be presenting seven papers and participating as co-authors in one paper presented by others in four sessions at the Social Science History Association meetings in Toronto. Group members will be also participating in an Author-Meets-Critics session. Below is a schedule based on the SSHA program.

Thursday, October 31, 10:00 AM – 11:45 AM
Session 16

Education, Knowledge, and Science in China 1920-2020

Education, Knowledge, and Science

1. Regional Human Capital Development in China: Comparing 75,000 Elite University Students in Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shanghai, 1912-1952. Haozhe Han, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

2. Social Origins, Education, and Impact of 1700 China-U.S. Physics and Related Science Disciplines PhD Students to the USA, 1979-1989. James Z. Lee, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Shengbin Wei, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Dongqian Liu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

3. Social Origins, Education, and Impact of 1400 Chinese Boxer Indemnity Scholarship Students to the USA, 1909-1949. Chen Liang, Nanjing University; Yueran Hou, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

4. Comparing Medicine and Engineering: The Education and Employment of 50,000 Medical Doctors and Engineers in China, 1905-1950. Bamboo Ren, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology


Friday, November 1, 10:00 AM – 11:45 AM
Session 78
Databases for the Quantitative History of China


Data Infrastructure

Chair: Li Ji, University of Iowa

2. Databases for the Study of Qing (1644-1911) Political and Educational Elites. Cameron Campbell, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

3. Databases for the Study of Educational, Professional, and Political Elites in the Republican China (1911-1949). James Z. Lee, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Bamboo Ren, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Friday, November 1, 3:45 PM – 5:30 PM
Session 121
Power Dynamics: Patriarchy, Slaveholding, and Class Struggles


Family Demography

3. Never Forget the Struggle over Class: An Introduction to the China Rural Revolution Dataset – Siqing. Matthew Noellert, Hitotsubashi University

Saturday, November 2, 1:15 PM – 3:00 PM
Session 165
Determinants of Mortality: Disease, Disability, and Climate Impacts

Family Demography


2. Disability, Disease, and Mortality in Northeast China, 1749-1909. Ruijie Liu, Peking University; Hao Dong, Peking University; Cameron Campbell, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; James Z. Lee, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Saturday, November 2, 1:15 PM – 3:00 PM
Session 176
Author Meets Critic: At the Frontier of God’s Empire: A Missionary Odyssey in Modern China by Ji Li


Religion

Discussant: James Lee, Hong Kong University of Science and Techonology