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Protected: Oct 24 | Xavier Ante, “Salesmen for the Empire: Broker-elites and the Incorporation of Indigenous Peoples in the Southwestern Highlands of the Qing”
Protected: Oct 10 | Dr. Yang Zhang, “Seeing Like a Sociologist: Studying China through Historical Sociology”
Protected: October 3 | Xiuyu Li, “The Uncensored Kokka Gakkai Zasshi: Nambara Shigeru, Maruyama Masao, and the Tōdai Law Faculty in Wartime Japan”
Protected: May 23 | Tian Yuan, “Chinese Junks Flying Foreign Flags: Tax Evasion, Provincial Revenue, and State-building in Treaty Port Chongqing”
Protected: May 16 | Dr. Arunabh Ghosh, “ORENCO and Chinese Small Hydropower in the United States”
Protected: May 1 | Dr. Hiromi Mizuno, “The Nitrogen Network for Farms and Arms”
Protected: April 25 | You Wang, “The 1834 White Thatch Drama: State, Gentry, Labor, and River”
Protected: April 11 | Dr. Federico Brusadelli, “‘Self-determination’, for whom? A Conceptual Analysis of Chen Jiongming’s Federal Manifesto (1927)”
Nov. 10 | Spencer Stewart: “Can We Quantify Cultural Change? Textual Analysis for History”
Dear all,
We invite you to attend the fourth session of the East Asia: Transregional Histories Workshop, to be held this Thursday, November 10. Please note that this workshop does not have an associated paper. Instead, Spencer will introduce the workshop to textual analysis methods and offer a demonstration to interested participants; he will also reflect on the utility of these methods for historical research.
Thursday, Nov. 10 | Spencer Stewart
Postdoctoral Fellow, D. Kim Foundation and The University of Chicago
“Can We Quantify Cultural Change? Textual Analysis for History”
(CEAS Room 319, 4:00 – 5:30 pm CT)
Abstract: This workshop explores several different textual analysis methods and their application for historical research. In addition to providing a general introduction to methods such as collocations and word embeddings, we will test out these methods using the Chinese-language magazine Eastern Miscellany 東方雜誌 (1904-1948). We will discuss, among other things, the advantages and disadvantages of different tools, the difficulties of working with non-Western languages, along with whether or not it is possible (or even useful) to quantify cultural change. No prior knowledge is required.
We look forward to seeing you there.
As always, please do not hesitate to reach out with questions and suggestions.
All best,
Gabriel Groz and Xiangning Li