Conference Programme

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1 Conference Programme 9 October 2015 Time Event Remarks 9:00am Registration Conference Opening 9:30am to 10:00am Opening Speech 10:00am to 11:00am Prof. LIU Hong Chair, School of Humanities & Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University Keynote Lecture cum The Fourth Chuan Han-Sheng Lecture * Prof. Takeshi HAMASHITA Sun Yat-sen University Speaker (45mins) Migration, Home Remittance, and Emergence of Financial Market between Southeast Asia And South China in 19th Century 11:00am to 11:30am 11:30am to 12:30pm Chairperson Prof. LAI Chi-Kong University of Queensland Photo taking Lunch * The First Chuan Han-sheng Lecture was hosted by the University of Queensland in 2011, with Professor David FAURE (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) as the invited speaker, to commemorate Professor CHUAN Han-sheng's hundredth birthday and commend his academic accomplishments and contributions. Professor CHUAN Han-sheng ( ), Academician of Academia Sinica and a renowned Chinese historian specialising in Chinese Economic History, was one of the founders of the field of Modern Chinese Economic History. The lecture series is co-sponsored by the following institutions: Nanyang Technological University, the New Asia Research Institute, The University of Queensland, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shandong University, Tsinghua University and Wuyi University. Past speakers of the Chuan Han-Sheng Lecture include Professor Wang Yeh-Chieh (Academia Sinica, Taiwan) and Professor Wang Gungwu (East Asian Institute, Singapore).

2 Panel Discussions (Conference Day 1) 1:00pm to 2:10pm Session 1: State and Politics Every presenter (20mins) Asst. Prof. HARRIS, Lane Jeremy Furman University, United States of America Serving the National Interest: The Qiaopi Industry, the Chinese Post Office, and the Transnationalization of the State, Prof. Gregor BENTON Cardiff University Qiaopi and politics Prof. Kenneth DEAN National University of Singapore 2:15pm to 3:25pm Session 2: Southeast Asia Every presenter (20mins) Dr. CHEONG Kee Cheok University of Malaya, Malaysia Colonial Policies on Remittances from Malaya and Singapore to China Just Before and After the Second World War Ms. JIA Junying Central China Normal University, China The Credit Evolution of Qiaopi Industry: Taking Tienit (Tianyi Ju) as a case 3:25pm to 3:55pm Asst. Prof. YOW Cheun Hoe Tea break

3 4:00pm to 5:10pm Session 3: Chinese Enterprises Every presenter (20mins) Dr. KUO Mei-Fen University of Queensland, Australia Enterprising Chinese Australians and Rethinking Remittance Network: The Reflection of Wing Sang and Co Mr. KIM Jongho National University of Singapore Survival of Overseas Chinese Company among Empires and Wars: Eu Yan Sang company and Remittance Business Network during the Wartime Period, :10pm to 6:10pm 6:30pm Asst. Prof. ONG Soon Keong Visiting Chinese Heritage Centre Welcome Dinner

4 10 October 2015 (Saturday) Time Event Remarks Panel Discussions (Conference Day 2) 9:30am to 10:40am Session 4: Banking Sector Every presenter (20mins) Prof. LAI Chi-Kong University of Queensland, Australia Remittance and Banking Networks of Chungshan Merchant Groups Mr. LIU Bozi The Museum of Quanzhou Overseas Chinese History, China The Operating Modes of Overseas Chinese s Remittance & Mail Adopted by Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation and the Impact on Overseas Chinese Postal Agencies Prof Evelyne HU-DEHART Brown University 10:40am to 11:10am Tea break 11:10am to 12:30 Session 5: Gender and New Perspective Every presenter (20mins) Assoc. Prof.SHEN Huifen Xiamen University, China Commentator (25mins) Letters from Southeast Asia: Links between Chinese Overseas and Left-behind Family Members across the South China Sea in the First Half of the Twentieth Century Assoc. Prof. LIU Jin Wu Yi University, China Sex Scandals, Golden Mountain Wives and the Female Characters of Siyi Qiaoxiang: A Study Focused on Family Letters of the Overseas Chinese in the Republic Era

5 Mr. KUA Bak Lim ** Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations, Singapore New Thoughts on the Research into Qiaopi Asst. Prof. KOH Keng We 12:35pm to 12:50pm Closing speech 12:50pm to 1:50pm 2pm 6pm Prof. LIU Hong Chair, School of Humanities & Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University Lunch Field trip (Applicable for presenters only) Farewell Dinner ** Mr Kua Bak Lim is unable to attend the conference. Prof. Koh Keng We will summarize Mr Kua s paper and give his comment for the paper.