28/03/2025 Melanie Xu – QUCEH Seminar Series
Enlightenment Under Autocracy: The Origins of Liberalism in China Abstract: This paper investigates how ideas influence political institutions over time, focusing on Wang Yangming’s
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Enlightenment Under Autocracy: The Origins of Liberalism in China Abstract: This paper investigates how ideas influence political institutions over time, focusing on Wang Yangming’s
Councils and Indirect Rule in British Africa Abstract: How did Western colonial rule affect political institutions in Africa? We study the institutional makeup
Archaic Lending or Precocious Financialization? Spanish American Finance to 1800 Abstract: Economic Historians have long assumed that colonial Spanish American finance was poorly developed.
Off the Map: Informational Capacity and Local Development in Colonial Ireland Abstract: How do changes in the state’s informational capacities shape the security of property
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