EXAMINATION & MENTORSHIP
Ph.D. Dissertation Supervision
Song Feiyang. "Gendered Voices under Judgment: Reconstructing Non-Elite Women’s Agency through Qing Legal Archives."
Ying Kecheng. "The Long May Fourth: Memory and Legacy in People’s Republic of China, 1949-2000."
Ph.D. External Upgrade Examiner (Outside UCL History)
Yinan LUO, Institute of Education, UCL. "Co-education and Women’s Higher Education in Modern China (1905–1937)," 2026.
Yuwei QIU, Institute for Global Prosperity, UCL. "The Lives and Livelihood of Canton Export Painting Artisans in Nineteenth Century: A Micro-Historical Analysis of the Guan Family," 2025.
Minghao ZHANG, Institute of Education, UCL. "Chinese and Japanese Students in UK Higher Education, 1895-1941," 2025.
Ph.D. Viva Examiner
Rachel Alexandra Chua. "The Bones of History: Peking Man and the Making of Modern Chinese Cultural Heritage." 2025
CONFERENCE LEADERSHIP
Workshop and Conferences Organised
Workshop: Qing China in Global Perspectives, 2026, UCL
Financial History Network, 2025, University of Oxford
Global Correspondent Banking Conferences, 2023, University of Oxford
LSE Chinese Economic and Social History Workshop, 2023, LSE
Asia Economic History Seminar, 2018, LSE
Serving as Chair and Discussant
Chair and Discussant, Qing China in Global Perspectives, UCL: The Making and Unmaking of Inner Asia. 2026. 06
a) Peripheralizing Xinjiang: From the Imperial Experimental Site of New Policies to the Battleground of Industrialization. Chao Lang (Tsinghua University)
b) 1781: the Qing Empire and Inner Asia on the Brink of Crisis. Peng Zhao (University of Munich)
c) Pantheons of the Emperor: The Iconographic Representation at Fanhualou. Ziyi Shao (SOAS)
d) Imperial Legacy and National Renewal: The Destruction and Reconstruction of An Imperial Monastery in Modern China. Xu Yang (University of Macau)
Discussant, Concepts and Clarity in Studies of the Chinese Past Workshop, King's College, University of Cambridge, 2026. 04.
Chair for Economic History Society, Centenary Annual Conference 2026, LSE, UK: Private and public institutions in the Ottoman Empire/Türkiye. 2026. 04
a) The Long-Term Financial Trajectory of Ottoman Foundations (Waqfs): A Political Economy Perspective. Christopher Markiewicz (Ghent University) & Pinar Ceylan (University of Cambridge)
b) The Geography of State Communication: Horses, Fees, and Taxes in the Ottoman Relay System. Ali Coşkun Tunçer (University College London) & Choon Hwee Koh (UCLA)
c) Dynamics of Firm Entry, Exit, and Reorganization: Firm Histories in Istanbul, 1926–50. Cihan Artunç (Middlebury College) & Seven Agir (Middle East Technical University)
Discussant for Business History Conference, Imperial College London, UK: Markets in the Shadows: State, Business, and informality in Twentieth-Century East Asia. Chair: Adam Frost (University of Southern Denmark) 2026. 04
a) War and the Co-creation of State–Market Relations: The Collapse of China's Tea Industry during the Second World War. Huirong Cheng (University of Edinburgh)
b) Co-creating Informal Economies: Gold Trade and the Transnational Business Networks in Cold War Hong Kong. Ka Shing So (State University of New York, Binghamton)
c) Informal Credit and Rural Women: Micro-Financial Crises in Reform-Era China. Qiuyang Chen (Loughborough University)
Chair and Discussant for BACS 2025 University of Leicester, UK: Crossing Borders with ink: Textual Compilation, Cultural Concepts and Foreign Relations in the Qing Empire’s Frontier Regions. 2025. 09
a) Qing Empire, Native Chieftain Mu Family and the Nakhi People in Yunnan Frontier: Resistance, Agency, Civilizing Project and Imperial Eyes of Colonial Lijiang. Ting Cheung Wong (State University of New York)
b) Gaps in Translation: An Examination of the Compilation of Manchu-Chinese-Korean Multilingual Dictionaries in Chosŏn. Kuan Chieh Chen (National Taiwan University)
c) An Extraordinary Act beyond Convention: Kui Xu’s Mission to Joseon under the Kangxi Reign. Pin Hsin Huang (National Taiwan University)
d) Extraterritoriality, First Unequal Treaty and Nation-State Building. Chao Lang (Harvard University)