Following a series of military setbacks since the nineteenth century, Chinese elites turned to the West in hope of finding solutions to catch up with

The social sciences and humanities are being fundamentally shaken by the massive adoption of digitization, which allows the collection and availability of data in massive

This project constitutes a historical research on the everyday life of local elites in modern Wenzhou (1830–1949). Using a newly available collection of local diaries

The second project investigates how far we can revisit the Republican period — especially the Nationalist regime (1927-1949) — as the cradle for a modern

The history of modern China has been told from many perspectives. Historiography abounds in trends or notions to define the nature of China’s historical trajectory

This project is an experimental research that aims to explore how recently developed concepts, methods, and tools of digital humanities can be applied to the

Established in 1857 to investigate subjects connected with China by offering lectures and seminars, providing facilities for research (Library, 1869-1952/ Shanghai Museum, 1874-1948) and publishing

Drawing on sociological studies that include reputation as a criterion in their enriched conceptualization of elites, this project sees the development of the modern press