16 Mar 2023 5:00pm - 6:30pm World History Seminar (2022-23)
Scientific Remedies and Natural Specimens from the Islamic World in Seventeenth-century Europe Federica GIGANTE
History of Science Museum, University of Oxford Federica GIGANTE
History of Science Museum, University of Oxford 2 Mar 2023 9:00am - 10:30am World History Seminar (2022-23)
Byzantine Alchemy and the History of Science Alexandre M. ROBERTS
Department of Classics, University of Southern California Alexandre M. ROBERTS
Department of Classics, University of Southern California 23 Feb 2023 8:00pm - 9:30pm World History Seminar (2022-23)
When Rhetoric Didn’t Work: Cultural Gifts and Early-Modern Diplomacy Brian MAXSON
Department of History, East Tennessee State University Brian MAXSON
Department of History, East Tennessee State University 16 Feb 2023 9:00am - 10:30am World History Seminar (2022-23)
Roman Ethnogenesis in Late Antiquity Anthony KALDELLIS
Department of Classics, University of Chicago Anthony KALDELLIS
Department of Classics, University of Chicago 9 Feb 2023 5:00pm - 6:30pm World History Seminar (2022-23)
Learned Connections: Hellenistic Rhodes and Graeco-Roman Learning Thomas R. P. COWARD
Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Naples Thomas R. P. COWARD
Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Naples 2 Feb 2023 2:30pm - 4:15pm World History Seminar (2022-23)
The Making of Capital Cities through Imperial Expansion in the Neo-Assyrian Empire CHEN Yi Samuel
Department of History, The University of Hong Kong CHEN Yi Samuel
Department of History, The University of Hong Kong 19 Jan 2023 7:00pm - 8:30pm World History Seminar (2022-23)
From the Arno to the Pearl River Delta: Renaissance Florentine Merchants and Global Trade Brian BREGE
Department of History, Syracuse University Brian BREGE
Department of History, Syracuse University 1 Dec 2022 5:00pm - 6:30pm World History Seminar (2022-23)
Lecture 13:
Portuguese Mestiços and Mercenary Networks in the Seventeenth-Century Deccan: An Exercise in Global Microhistory Giuseppe MARCOCCI
Faculty of History, University of Oxford Giuseppe MARCOCCI
Faculty of History, University of Oxford 24 Nov 2022 2:15pm - 3:45pm World History Seminar (2022-23)
Lecture 12:
Rome Calling? The Making of Roman Catholicism as a World Religion Reconsidered Simon DITCHFIELD
Department of History, University of York Simon DITCHFIELD
Department of History, University of York 17 Nov 2022 9:00am - 10:30am World History Seminar (2022-23)
Lecture 11:
Muslim-Christian Relations: Religious Exchange and the Formation of the Early Islamic World John ZALESKI
Department of Theology, Loyola University Maryland John ZALESKI
Department of Theology, Loyola University Maryland 10 Nov 2022 5:00pm - 6:30pm World History Seminar (2022-23)
Lecture 10:
Medical Lives in the Age of Surgical Revolution: An Example of Medical History and World History Marguerite DUPREE
School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow Marguerite DUPREE
School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow 3 Nov 2022 10:00am - 11:30am World History Seminar (2022-23)
Lecture 9:
Seeing the Forest but not the Trees? A Deep Time History of the Upper Amazon Ryan CLASBY
American Council of Learned Societies Ryan CLASBY
American Council of Learned Societies 27 Oct 2022 9:00am - 10:30am World History Seminar (2022-23)
Lecture 8:
Carthage: A Republic at War Michael TAYLOR
Department of History, University at Albany, State University of New York Michael TAYLOR
Department of History, University at Albany, State University of New York 20 Oct 2022 9:00am - 10:30am World History Seminar (2022-23)
Lecture 7:
The Kingdom of Rus: One Medieval Kingdom among Many Christian RAFFENSPERGER
Department of History, Wittenberg University Christian RAFFENSPERGER
Department of History, Wittenberg University 13 Oct 2022 5:00pm - 6:30pm World History Seminar (2022-23)
Lecture 6:
The Art and Architecture of Egypt from the Earliest Times to the Roman Period Eleni VASSILIKA Eleni VASSILIKA 6 Oct 2022 5:00pm - 6:30pm World History Seminar (2022-23)
Lecture 5:
Native Spies and Imperial Designs across Portuguese Asia: Macau, 1626; Goa, 1634 Jorge FLORES
Department of History and Philosophy of Sciences, University of Lisbon Jorge FLORES
Department of History and Philosophy of Sciences, University of Lisbon 29 Sep 2022 5:00pm - 6:30pm World History Seminar (2022-23)
Lecture 4:
“It is Certain that the King Loves Italians”: Louis XIV and Italy, 1659-1707 John CONDREN
Faculty of History, University of Oxford John CONDREN
Faculty of History, University of Oxford 22 Sep 2022 12:00nn - 1:30pm World History Seminar (2022-23)
Lecture 3:
The Great Escape: How the Fall of the Roman Empire Made the Modern World Possible Walter SCHEIDEL
Departments of Classics and History, Stanford University Walter SCHEIDEL
Departments of Classics and History, Stanford University 15 Sep 2022 5:00pm - 6:30pm World History Seminar (2022-23)
Lecture 2:
Polemics and Confessionalization: The Case of Christian Church History Stefan BAUER
Department of History, King’s College London Stefan BAUER
Department of History, King’s College London 8 Sep 2022 7:30pm - 9:00pm World History Seminar (2022-23)
Lecture 1:
Impacts of Printing in Early Modern Europe: What we can Learn from the Paratexts of Early Printed Books? Ann BLAIR
Department of History, Harvard University Ann BLAIR
Department of History, Harvard University 21 Apr 2022 5:00pm - 6:30pm World History Seminar (2021-22)
Lecture 11:
West African and World History: A New Perspective Toby GREEN
Department of History, King’s College London Toby GREEN
Department of History, King’s College London 14 Apr 2022 12:30pm - 2:00pm World History Seminar (2021-22)
Lecture 10:
Acculturation and Authority in the Roman and Han Empires Carlos NOREÑA
Department of History, University of California, Berkeley Carlos NOREÑA
Department of History, University of California, Berkeley 31 Mar 2022 5:00pm - 6:30pm(Postponed) World History Seminar (2021-22)
Lecture 9:
Classicising Learning and Empire: Byzantine Contexts, Chinese Comparisons Niels GAUL
School of History, Classics & Archaeology, University of Edinburgh Niels GAUL
School of History, Classics & Archaeology, University of Edinburgh 24 Mar 2022 5:30pm - 7:00pm World History Seminar (2021-22)
Lecture 8:
The Morisco Problem in Sixteenth-Century Spain Stephanie M. CAVANAUGH
Exeter College, University of Oxford Stephanie M. CAVANAUGH
Exeter College, University of Oxford 17 Mar 2022 10:30am - 12:00nn World History Seminar (2021-22)
Lecture 7:
Mesoamerican Origins: Uncovering the Early Maya at Ceibal Jessica MACLELLAN
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Jessica MACLELLAN
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute 10 Mar 2022 12:30pm - 2:00pm World History Seminar (2021-22)
Lecture 6:
Byzantine Astronomy: An Orientalized Modern Research Topic Maria MAVROUDI
Departments of History and Classics
University of California, Berkeley Maria MAVROUDI
Departments of History and Classics
University of California, Berkeley 3 Mar 2022 5:00pm - 6:30pm World History Seminar (2021-22)
Lecture 5:
Animal Worlds: The Perfection of Nature Between Europe and the Americas Mackenzie COOLEY
I Tatti, The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies Mackenzie COOLEY
I Tatti, The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies 24 Feb 2022 5:00pm - 6:30pm World History Seminar (2021-22)
Lecture 4:
The Remarkable Immediacy of the Gods of the Roman Capitol Nicholas PURCELL
Camden Professor of Ancient History, University of Oxford Nicholas PURCELL
Camden Professor of Ancient History, University of Oxford 18 Feb 2022 5:00pm - 6:30pm World History Seminar (2021-22)
Lecture 3:
Towards a Global History of the World Map: The Translation and Circulation of Cartographic Knowledge in Sino-Western Encounters Florin-Stefan MORAR
Department of Linguistics and Translation, City University of Hong Kong Florin-Stefan MORAR
Department of Linguistics and Translation, City University of Hong Kong 10 Feb 2022 12:30pm - 2:00pm World History Seminar (2021-22)
Lecture 2:
Geography is Destiny: Britain’s Place in the World, a 10,000-year History Ian MORRIS
Department of Classics, Stanford University Ian MORRIS
Department of Classics, Stanford University 26 Jan 2022 -
21 Apr 2022 World History Seminar 2021-22 26 Jan 2022 12:30pm - 2:00pm World History Seminar (2021-22)
Lecture 1:
World History Roundtable: ‘What is World History?’ 12 Nov 2019 (Lecture 1)
14 Nov 2019 (Lecture 2) Public Lectures on History 2019-20 Cancelled Cancelled 22 Mar 2019 2:30pm – 4:00pm Political Meritocracy in Early Modern Europe, or Why Matteo Ricci thought China was a Utopia James HANKINS
Department of History, Harvard University James HANKINS
Department of History, Harvard University 21 Mar 2019 (Lecture 1)
22 Mar 2019 (Lecture 2) Public Lectures on History and Business in China 2018-19 Jean-François HUCHET
National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilisation (INALCO) Jean-François HUCHET
National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilisation (INALCO) 4 Oct 2018 (Lecture 1)
15 Nov 2019 (Lecture 2) Public Lectures on History 2018-19 4 Jun 2018 4:00pm - 5:30pm Alternative Publications and Counter-Publics in 20th Century China: The Example of the Local Public Sphere in Early Republican Chengdu Sebastian VEG
Centre for the Study of Modern and Contemporary China, Ecole des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, France Sebastian VEG
Centre for the Study of Modern and Contemporary China, Ecole des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, France 1 Jun 2018 10:30am - 12:00nn Making Sense of Numerical Scores in Twentieth Century Chinese Examinations CHU Shiuon
Department of History, Hamilton College CHU Shiuon
Department of History, Hamilton College 31 May 2018 10:30am - 12:00nn History, Memory, and Nationalism in Post-89 China Rowena HE
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University; Department of History, St. Michael’s College Rowena HE
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University; Department of History, St. Michael’s College 1 Mar 2018 (Lecture 1)
2 Mar 2018 (Lecture 2) Public Lectures on History and Business in China 2017-18 Geoffrey G. JONES
Isidor Straus Professor of Business History; Faculty Chair of the School’s Business History Initiative, Harvard Business School Geoffrey G. JONES
Isidor Straus Professor of Business History; Faculty Chair of the School’s Business History Initiative, Harvard Business School 23 Nov 2017 (Lecture 1)
30 Nov 2017 (Lecture 2) Public Lectures on History 2017-18 16 Mar 2017 (Lecture 1)
21 Mar 2017 (Lecture 2)
23 Mar 2017 (Lecture 3) Public Lectures on History and Business in China 2016-17 Lecture 2 Cancelled Lecture 2 Cancelled 23 Feb 2016 (Lecture 1)
29 Feb 2016 (Lecture 2)
1 Mar 2016 (Lecture 3)
3 Mar 2016 (Lecture 4) Public Lectures on History and Business in China 2015-16 27 Jun 2015 -
28 Jun 2015 9:00am – 6:00pm International Workshop for the Publication Project on Philanthropy and the Chinese Diaspora on the Pacific Rim, 1850-1949 5 Feb 2015 (Lecture 1)
10 Feb 2015 (Lecture 2)
23 Mar 2015 (Lecture 3)
26 Mar 2015 (Lecture 4) Public Lectures on History and Business in China 2014-15 Lecture 2 Cancelled Lecture 2 Cancelled 17 Mar 2014 (Lecture 1)
20 Mar 2014 (Lecture 2)
26 Mar 2014 (Lecture 3) Public Lectures on History and Business in China 2013-14 27 Aug 2013 (Session 1 & 2)
28 Aug 2013 (Session 3 - 6) Master Student Workshop: Topic Selecting, Source Finding, Problem Solving and Breakthrough in Historical Research 24 Jan 2013 (Lecture 1)
29 Jan 2016 (Lecture 2)
5 Apr 2016 (Lecture 3) Public Lectures on History and Business in China 2012-13 16 Nov 2012 4:30pm - 6:00pm 有法無天？20世紀中國法律文化的天演化 SO Kee Long
Division of Humanities, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology SO Kee Long
Division of Humanities, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 9 Nov 2012 4:30pm - 6:00pm 《明儒學案•姚江學案》的文本與明代思想史研究 CHU Hung Lam
Department of Chinese Culture, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University CHU Hung Lam
Department of Chinese Culture, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 2 Nov 2012 4:30pm - 6:00pm The Making of Mao’s Great Famine Frank DIKOTTER
History Department, The University of Hong Kong Frank DIKOTTER
History Department, The University of Hong Kong 26 Oct 2012 4:30pm - 6:00pm 讖緯與魏晉南北朝佛教 LU Zongli
Division of Humanities, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology LU Zongli
Division of Humanities, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 12 Mar 2012 3:00pm - 4:30pm Public Lectures on History and Business in China 2011-12 First Public Lecture in Mainland
鴉片戰爭前後100年的政、商關係 CHEN Kuo-tung
Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica CHEN Kuo-tung
Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica 5 Mar 2012 (Lecture 1)
6 Mar 2012 (Lecture 2)
7 Mar 2012 (Lecture 3)
8 Mar 2012 (Lecture 4) Public Lectures on History and Business in China 2011-12 11 Nov 2011 4:30pm - 6:00pm Chinese and Western Sources for the Study of Matteo Ricci Ronnie HSIA
Pennsylvania State University Ronnie HSIA
Pennsylvania State University 11 Nov 2011 2:30pm - 4:00pm Before and Beyond Divergence:
The Politics of Economic Change in China and Europe R. Bin WONG
University of California, Los Angeles R. Bin WONG
University of California, Los Angeles 11 Nov 2011 10:30am - 12:00nn From Antiquarianism to Archaeology in China Lothar von FALKENHAUSEN
Department of Art History, University of California, Los Angeles Lothar von FALKENHAUSEN
Department of Art History, University of California, Los Angeles 25 Jan 2011 (Lecture 1)
18 Feb 2011 (Lecture 2)
28 Feb 2011 (Lecture 3) Public Lectures on History and Business in China 2010-11 27 Jan 2010 (Lecture 1)
28 Jan 2010 (Lecture 2)
3 Feb 2010 (Lecture 3) Public Lectures on History and Business in China 2009-10 2 Aug 2009 -
3 Aug 2009 International Conference on New Institutional History 13 Jun 2009 -
14 Jun 2009 Workshop on Medical Culture in 19th- and 20th- Century Chinese East Asia: Comparative Colonial Medicine and Beyond 9 May 2008 (Lecture 1)
16 May 2008 (Lecture 2)
23 May 2008 (Lecture 3) Public Lectures on Tung Wah Group of Hospitals and the History and Development of Hong Kong 19 Feb 2009 (Lecture 1)
20 Feb 2009 (Lecture 2)
23 Feb 2009 (Lecture 3) Public Lectures on History and Business in China 2008-09 6 Nov 2008 -
7 Nov 2008 Conference on Indigenous Charities: Historical Studies of Charity Institutions Across Culture 25 Mar 2008 「歷史的見證」東華三院檔案資料匯編計劃書稿提交儀式 19 Feb 2008 (Lecture 1)
21 Feb 2008 (Lecture 2)
26 Feb 2008 (Lecture 3)
28 Feb 2008 (Lecture 4) Public Lectures on History and Business in China 2007-08 29 Nov 2007 4:00pm Unlocking Chiang Kai-Shek Diaries, 1918-1945 KUO Tai Chun
Hoover Institution, Stanford University KUO Tai Chun
Hoover Institution, Stanford University 10 Oct 2007 (Lecture 1)
24 Oct 2007 (Lecture 2)
7 Nov 2007 (Lecture 3)
14 Nov 2007 (Lecture 4) Publish Lecturers by Professor John Lagerwey John LAGERWEY
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes John LAGERWEY
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes 6 Oct 2007 2:30pm - 6:00pm Symposium on Business and Enterprises: Wing On Department Stores 6 Oct 2007 中國近代百貨公司圖片展 5 Oct 2007 -
6 Oct 2007 International Conference on Chinese Business History 17 Jan 2007 4:30pm - 6:00pm A King for all Seasons: The Impact of the Goujian Story in Twentieth-Century China Paul COHEN
Wellesley College, Harvard University Paul COHEN
Wellesley College, Harvard University 15 Jan 2007 (Lecture 1)
22 Jan 2007 (Lecture 2)
29 Jan 2007 (Lecture 3)
5 Feb 2007 (Lecture 4) Excursions in Western Theories of Cultural History LEE Ou Fan
Department of History, CUHK LEE Ou Fan
Department of History, CUHK 4 Jan 2007 (Lecture 1)
5 Jan 2007 (Lecture 2)
23 Jan 2007 (Lecture 3)
25 Jan 2007 (Lecture 4)
8 Feb 2007 (Lecture 5)
9 Feb 2007 (Lecture 6) Public Lectures on History and Business in China 2006-07 18 Dec 2006 -
19 Dec 2006 Symposium on Daily Lives of Urban Elite in the 20th Century – China and France 23 Oct 2006 A Talk by Professor William Kirby of Harvard University William KIRBY
Harvard University William KIRBY
Harvard University 14 Jan 2006 TWGHs Heritage Visit 3 Jan 2006 (Lecture 1)
5 Jan 2006 (Lecture 2)
10 Jan 2006 (Lecture 3)
12 Jan 2006 (Lecture 4)
17 Jan 2006 (Lecture 5)
20 Jan 2006 (Lecture 6) Public Lectures on History and Business in China 2005-06 21 Dec 2005 3:00pm 紅夷大砲：東方大陸文明向西方海洋文明學習的第一課 HUANG Yi-long
Tsing Hua University, Taiwan HUANG Yi-long
Tsing Hua University, Taiwan 10 Dec 2005 9:30am - 12:00nn History in Liberal Studies Workshop 14 Nov 2005 -
18 Nov 2005 4:30pm 林毓生教授公開講座 LIN Yu-sheng
University of Wisconsin-Madison LIN Yu-sheng
University of Wisconsin-Madison 24 Jan 2005 -
28 Feb 2005 Public Lectures on History and Business in China