• Date: Friday, August 26th, 2022

• Time: 8:30 am - 13:00 pm

• Venue: Zoom (online)

* All dates and times are in Korea Standard Time (UTC + 09:00).

• Host: Korean Economic History Society

• Co-host: Chung-Ang University Economic Research Institute,

Chung-Ang University Pre-BK21 Education and Research Team,

Seoul National University Institute for Future Strategy

• Organizer: Sun Go (Chung-Ang University)

• Graduate Assistants: Sanghwa Ahn, Eunji You, Meiling Jin

• Speaker: David N. Weil

(James and Merryl Tisch Professor of Economics, Brown University, USA)

• Moderator: Chulhee Lee

(Seoul National University, President of the Korea Economic History Society)

• Discussants: Myung Soo Cha (Yeungnam University, Korea)

Duol Kim (Myongji University, Korea)

• Title: Protestantism, Human Capital, and Female Empowerment: Evidence from South Korea’s Past Century

• Presenter: Sangyoon Park (Hong Kong University, Hong Kong)

• Discussant: Yeonha Jung (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea)

• Title: Women's Wages and Empowerment: Japan, 1600-1910

• Presenter: Yuzuru Kumon (Toulouse School of Economics, France)

• Discussant: Jisoo Hwang (Seoul National University, Korea)

• Title: The Mission to Educate Women: a Protestant Legacy in China

• Presenter: Se Yan (Peking University, China)

• Discussant: Hyunjoo Yang (Sogang University, Korea)

• Title: The Layered Colonialism and Korea's Terms of Trade under Japanese Colonial Rule

• Presenter: Chuanlong Xiang (Cambridge University, UK)

• Discussant: Sang-Yun Ryu (Ulsan University, Korea)

• Title: Industrial Districts and Economic Development in Meiji Japan

• Presenter: Asuka Imaizumi (Saitama University, Japan)

• Discussant: Sohyun Park (George Mason University Korea, Korea)

• Title: Military Investment and the Rise of Industrial Clusters: Evidence from China’s Self-Strengthening Movement

• Presenter: Cong Liu (Jinan University, China)

• Discussant: Changkeun Lee (KDI School, Korea)