Wenkai HE
和文凱

PhD in Political Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007

Associate Professor
Division of Social Science

ORCID
0000-0002-7423-4956
Scopus ID
56991864300

Research Interest

  • Economic history of early modern and modern China
  • Political economy of development
  • Comparative historical analysis

Publications

2023 2

Public Interest and State Legitimation: Early Modern England, Japan, and China


He, Wenkai
Book

通向现代财政国家的路径


和文凱
Book
2021 1

Public Goods Provision in the Early Modern Economy: Comparative Perspectives from Japan, China, and Europe [Book review]

Social Science Japan Journal, v. 24, (2), Summer 2021, p. 435-437
He, Wenkai
Book review
2020 2

市场经济与资本主义：大分流视野下的中国明清经济史研究

清史研究=The Qing History Journal, v. 6, November 2020, p. 21-36
和文凱
Article

通向现代财政国家的路径: 英国、日本与中国


和文凱
Book
2019 1

The Land Question in China: Agrarian Capitalism, Industrious Revolution and East Asian Development [Book review]

Journal of World-Ststems Research, v. 25, (2), Summer/Fall 2019, p. 533-536
He, Wenkai
Book review
2018 1

The Magic of Concepts: History and the Economic in Twentieth-Century China [Book review]

Pacific Affaris, v. 91, (2), June 2018
He, Wenkai
Book review
2017 2

'Public Interest' as a Basis for Early Modern State-Society Interactions: Water Control Projects in Qing China, 1750-1850

Environment and History, v. 23, (3), August 2017, p. 455-476
He, Wenkai
Article

The Rise of Fiscal States: A Global History 1500-1914 [Book review]

Journal of World History, v. 26, (3), September 2015, p. 650-652
He, Wenkai
Book review
2016 1

乾隆朝铜钱管理的政策讨论及实践: 兼与十八世纪英国小额货币管理的比较

中国经济史研究, (1), 2016, p. 125-141
和文凯
Article
2015 2

Public Interest and the Financing of Local Water Control in Qing China, 1750-1850

Social Science History, v. 39, (3), October 2015, p. 409-430
He, Wenkai
Article

Chinese money in global context: historical junctures between 600CE and 2012 [Book review]

The Economic History Review, v. 68, (2), May 2015, p. 746-747
He, Wenkai
Book review
2013 2

Paths toward the Modern Fiscal State: England, Japan, and China


He, Wenkai
Book

Public Interest and Water Control Financing in Qing China, 1790-1840


He, Wenkai
Conference paper
2012 3

Global crisis and domestic responses: the Qing famine relief 1876-1895

XVIth World Economic History Congress, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 9-13 July 2012
He, Wenkai
Conference paper

Global crisis and domestic responses: the Qing famine relief 1876-1895

International Workshop on the 19th-Century Globalization and Colonialism: India, Asia, and the World Economy, 24-25 March 2012, Kyoto, Japan
He, Wenkai
Conference paper

Public Interest and the Financing of River Work Projects in Qing China, 1790-1840

37th Annual Meeting of the Social Science History Association, Vancouver, Canada, 1-5 Nov 2012
He, Wenkai
Conference paper
2011 1

Information and discipline : Qing central efforts to monitor local tax collection, C.1730-1840

2011 joint conference of Association for Asian Studies (AAS) and International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, March 31-April 3 2011
He, Wenkai
Conference paper
2010 3

Paths to Development in Asia: South Korea, Vietnam, China, and Indonesia [Book review]

The Journal of Asian Studies, v. 69, (4), November 2010, p. 1172-1174
He, Wenkai
Book review

Shanghai's Bund and beyond: British banks, banknote issuance, and monetary policy in China, 1842-1937 [Book review]

Economic History Review, v. 63, (2), May 2010, p. 558-559
He, Wenkai
Book review

Potential and Limits of Adaptive Fiscal Decentralization: Japan (1800-1868) and China (1800-1851)

the 35th annual meeting of Social Science History Association, Chicago, 18-21 Nov 2010
He, Wenkai
Conference paper
2009 4

Persistence of Fiscal Decentralization and the Potential for Centralization in Qing China: 1860-1911

2009 Association of Asian Studies Annual Meeting, Chicago, March 25-28 2009
He, Wenkai
Conference paper

The Copper Coins in Qing Dynasty from the Perspective of Small Change

Revisiting the Chinese Monetary History from Multiple and Complementary Viewpoints, the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, Tokyo University, December 15-16 2009
He, Wenkai
Conference paper

Trajectory and Tempo of Institutional Development in a Context of Multiplicity: The Centralization of Public Finance in the Meiji Restoration Re-examined

2009 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, September 3-6 2009
He, Wenkai
Conference paper

Uncertainty, Multiple Possibilities, and Institutional Development in Public Finance in Meiji Japan, 1868-1882

105th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Toronto, 3-6 Sep 2009
He, Wenkai
Conference paper
2007 2

Events, Institutional Development, and the Socio-Economic Structure: England"s Path toward the Financial Revolution, 1642-1752

2007 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, August 30–September 2 2007
He, Wenkai
Conference paper

The Limit to Centralizing Indirect Taxes in Late Qing China, 1860-1911

2007 Social Science History Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, September 15–18 2007
He, Wenkai
Conference paper
2003 1

Building the Sinews of a Modern Fiscal State: the Structural Transformation of the Public Finance in Meiji Japan, 1868-1888

2003 Social Science History Association Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, November 13-16 2003
He, Wenkai
Conference paper
1993 1

The laser mode split by rotating an intracavity, tilt cut crystal quartz plate around its surface normal

Optics Communications, v. 97, 1993, p. 210-214
He, Wenkai; Zhang, Shulian
Article
Book review 1

Public Goods Provision in the Early Modern Economy: Comparative Perspectives from Japan, China, and Europe [Book review]

Social Science Japan Journal, v. 24, (2), Summer 2021, p. 435-437
He, Wenkai
Article 1

市场经济与资本主义：大分流视野下的中国明清经济史研究

清史研究=The Qing History Journal, v. 6, November 2020, p. 21-36
和文凱
Book 1

通向现代财政国家的路径: 英国、日本与中国


和文凱
Book review 1

The Land Question in China: Agrarian Capitalism, Industrious Revolution and East Asian Development [Book review]

Journal of World-Ststems Research, v. 25, (2), Summer/Fall 2019, p. 533-536
He, Wenkai
Book review 1

The Magic of Concepts: History and the Economic in Twentieth-Century China [Book review]

Pacific Affaris, v. 91, (2), June 2018
He, Wenkai
Article 1

'Public Interest' as a Basis for Early Modern State-Society Interactions: Water Control Projects in Qing China, 1750-1850

Environment and History, v. 23, (3), August 2017, p. 455-476
He, Wenkai
Book review 1

The Rise of Fiscal States: A Global History 1500-1914 [Book review]

Journal of World History, v. 26, (3), September 2015, p. 650-652
He, Wenkai
Article 1

乾隆朝铜钱管理的政策讨论及实践: 兼与十八世纪英国小额货币管理的比较

中国经济史研究, (1), 2016, p. 125-141
和文凯
Article 1

Public Interest and the Financing of Local Water Control in Qing China, 1750-1850

Social Science History, v. 39, (3), October 2015, p. 409-430
He, Wenkai
Book review 1

Chinese money in global context: historical junctures between 600CE and 2012 [Book review]

The Economic History Review, v. 68, (2), May 2015, p. 746-747
He, Wenkai
Conference paper 3

Global crisis and domestic responses: the Qing famine relief 1876-1895

XVIth World Economic History Congress, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 9-13 July 2012
He, Wenkai

Global crisis and domestic responses: the Qing famine relief 1876-1895

International Workshop on the 19th-Century Globalization and Colonialism: India, Asia, and the World Economy, 24-25 March 2012, Kyoto, Japan
He, Wenkai

Public Interest and the Financing of River Work Projects in Qing China, 1790-1840

37th Annual Meeting of the Social Science History Association, Vancouver, Canada, 1-5 Nov 2012
He, Wenkai
Conference paper 1

Information and discipline : Qing central efforts to monitor local tax collection, C.1730-1840

2011 joint conference of Association for Asian Studies (AAS) and International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, March 31-April 3 2011
He, Wenkai
Book review 2

Paths to Development in Asia: South Korea, Vietnam, China, and Indonesia [Book review]

The Journal of Asian Studies, v. 69, (4), November 2010, p. 1172-1174
He, Wenkai

Shanghai's Bund and beyond: British banks, banknote issuance, and monetary policy in China, 1842-1937 [Book review]

Economic History Review, v. 63, (2), May 2010, p. 558-559
He, Wenkai
Conference paper 1

Potential and Limits of Adaptive Fiscal Decentralization: Japan (1800-1868) and China (1800-1851)

the 35th annual meeting of Social Science History Association, Chicago, 18-21 Nov 2010
He, Wenkai
Conference paper 4

Persistence of Fiscal Decentralization and the Potential for Centralization in Qing China: 1860-1911

2009 Association of Asian Studies Annual Meeting, Chicago, March 25-28 2009
He, Wenkai

The Copper Coins in Qing Dynasty from the Perspective of Small Change

Revisiting the Chinese Monetary History from Multiple and Complementary Viewpoints, the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, Tokyo University, December 15-16 2009
He, Wenkai

Trajectory and Tempo of Institutional Development in a Context of Multiplicity: The Centralization of Public Finance in the Meiji Restoration Re-examined

2009 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, September 3-6 2009
He, Wenkai

Uncertainty, Multiple Possibilities, and Institutional Development in Public Finance in Meiji Japan, 1868-1882

105th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Toronto, 3-6 Sep 2009
He, Wenkai
Conference paper 2

Events, Institutional Development, and the Socio-Economic Structure: England"s Path toward the Financial Revolution, 1642-1752

2007 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, August 30–September 2 2007
He, Wenkai

The Limit to Centralizing Indirect Taxes in Late Qing China, 1860-1911

2007 Social Science History Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, September 15–18 2007
He, Wenkai
Conference paper 1

Building the Sinews of a Modern Fiscal State: the Structural Transformation of the Public Finance in Meiji Japan, 1868-1888

2003 Social Science History Association Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, November 13-16 2003
He, Wenkai
Article 1

The laser mode split by rotating an intracavity, tilt cut crystal quartz plate around its surface normal

Optics Communications, v. 97, 1993, p. 210-214
He, Wenkai; Zhang, Shulian
2019 1

The Land Question in China: Agrarian Capitalism, Industrious Revolution and East Asian Development [Book review]

Journal of World-Ststems Research, v. 25, (2), Summer/Fall 2019, p. 533-536
He, Wenkai
Book review
2018 1

The Magic of Concepts: History and the Economic in Twentieth-Century China [Book review]

Pacific Affaris, v. 91, (2), June 2018
He, Wenkai
Book review
2017 2

'Public Interest' as a Basis for Early Modern State-Society Interactions: Water Control Projects in Qing China, 1750-1850

Environment and History, v. 23, (3), August 2017, p. 455-476
He, Wenkai
Article

The Rise of Fiscal States: A Global History 1500-1914 [Book review]

Journal of World History, v. 26, (3), September 2015, p. 650-652
He, Wenkai
Book review
2016 1

乾隆朝铜钱管理的政策讨论及实践: 兼与十八世纪英国小额货币管理的比较

中国经济史研究, (1), 2016, p. 125-141
和文凯
Article
2015 2

Public Interest and the Financing of Local Water Control in Qing China, 1750-1850

Social Science History, v. 39, (3), October 2015, p. 409-430
He, Wenkai
Article

Chinese money in global context: historical junctures between 600CE and 2012 [Book review]

The Economic History Review, v. 68, (2), May 2015, p. 746-747
He, Wenkai
Book review
2013 2

Paths toward the Modern Fiscal State: England, Japan, and China


He, Wenkai
Book

Public Interest and Water Control Financing in Qing China, 1790-1840


He, Wenkai
Conference paper
2012 3

Global crisis and domestic responses: the Qing famine relief 1876-1895

XVIth World Economic History Congress, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 9-13 July 2012
He, Wenkai
Conference paper

Global crisis and domestic responses: the Qing famine relief 1876-1895

International Workshop on the 19th-Century Globalization and Colonialism: India, Asia, and the World Economy, 24-25 March 2012, Kyoto, Japan
He, Wenkai
Conference paper

Public Interest and the Financing of River Work Projects in Qing China, 1790-1840

37th Annual Meeting of the Social Science History Association, Vancouver, Canada, 1-5 Nov 2012
He, Wenkai
Conference paper
2011 1

Information and discipline : Qing central efforts to monitor local tax collection, C.1730-1840

2011 joint conference of Association for Asian Studies (AAS) and International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, March 31-April 3 2011
He, Wenkai
Conference paper
2010 3

Paths to Development in Asia: South Korea, Vietnam, China, and Indonesia [Book review]

The Journal of Asian Studies, v. 69, (4), November 2010, p. 1172-1174
He, Wenkai
Book review

Shanghai's Bund and beyond: British banks, banknote issuance, and monetary policy in China, 1842-1937 [Book review]

Economic History Review, v. 63, (2), May 2010, p. 558-559
He, Wenkai
Book review

Potential and Limits of Adaptive Fiscal Decentralization: Japan (1800-1868) and China (1800-1851)

the 35th annual meeting of Social Science History Association, Chicago, 18-21 Nov 2010
He, Wenkai
Conference paper
2009 4

Persistence of Fiscal Decentralization and the Potential for Centralization in Qing China: 1860-1911

2009 Association of Asian Studies Annual Meeting, Chicago, March 25-28 2009
He, Wenkai
Conference paper

The Copper Coins in Qing Dynasty from the Perspective of Small Change

Revisiting the Chinese Monetary History from Multiple and Complementary Viewpoints, the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, Tokyo University, December 15-16 2009
He, Wenkai
Conference paper

Trajectory and Tempo of Institutional Development in a Context of Multiplicity: The Centralization of Public Finance in the Meiji Restoration Re-examined

2009 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, September 3-6 2009
He, Wenkai
Conference paper

Uncertainty, Multiple Possibilities, and Institutional Development in Public Finance in Meiji Japan, 1868-1882

105th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Toronto, 3-6 Sep 2009
He, Wenkai
Conference paper
2007 2

Events, Institutional Development, and the Socio-Economic Structure: England"s Path toward the Financial Revolution, 1642-1752

2007 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, August 30–September 2 2007
He, Wenkai
Conference paper

The Limit to Centralizing Indirect Taxes in Late Qing China, 1860-1911

2007 Social Science History Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, September 15–18 2007
He, Wenkai
Conference paper
2003 1

Building the Sinews of a Modern Fiscal State: the Structural Transformation of the Public Finance in Meiji Japan, 1868-1888

2003 Social Science History Association Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, November 13-16 2003
He, Wenkai
Conference paper
1993 1

The laser mode split by rotating an intracavity, tilt cut crystal quartz plate around its surface normal

Optics Communications, v. 97, 1993, p. 210-214
He, Wenkai; Zhang, Shulian
Article
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Teaching Assignment

MGCS6000Z The Economic History of Late Imperial China
SOSC1700 What Is Democracy?
MGCS6000Z The Economic History of Late Imperial China
SOSC3630 Democracy and Democratization around the World
MGCS6982 Research Project in Global China Studies II
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Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2022 to December 2025 (As of 03 April 2025)
Graduated RPGs
Master of Philosophy

  • ZHANG, Delin
    Social Science( Completed in 2024 )

  • XIE, Muyu
    Social Science( Completed in 2023 )

Projects

From January 2023 to December 2025
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