Xiaoyun Tang

ESRC-funded PhD Candidate in Political Economy, King's College London

Economic historian working across archives, text, and data to study banking crises, financial narratives, and information flows in East Asia.

About

My research combines historical archives with natural language processing and econometric analysis to examine how information moved, how anxiety spread, and how financial instability was understood in East Asia between 1881 and 1936. Before joining King's, I completed an MSc in Economic History (Research) at LSE, where I graduated with Distinction, received the Hunt Prize for Best Dissertation, and was awarded a Highly Commended Overall Masters Performance.

Supervisors

Dr. David Chilosi

Dr. Gabriel Geisler Mesevage

Dr. Nora Yitong Qiu

Current Research

PhD Thesis

“Banking Crises in East Asia: A Textual and Econometric Exploration Analysis, 1881-1936.”

Historical archivesNLPOCREconometric analysis

Publication

Qiu, Nora Yitong, and Tang, Xiaoyun. “Disciplining the State: Confiscation and Strategic Governance in Late Imperial Qing China.”

Conditionally AcceptedPast & Present (Oxford University Press)

Teaching

Teaching Assistant

University College London

HIST0212: The Global Economy Since 1700

Teaching Assistant

King's College London

5SSPP263 The Growth of Financial Capitalism

Contact

Institution

King's College London