(Including but not limited to the following topics)
Track 1: Ancient History
Pre-Qin political systems
Qin-Han bureaucratic system
Wei-Jin aristocratic politics
Liao-Jin-Yuan politics and ethnic groups
Sui-Tang legal and administrative systems
Song Dynasty civil administration
Liao-Jin-Yuan politics and ethnic groups
Ming Dynasty political system
Qing Dynasty imperial power and Military Secretariat
Ancient military systems and wars
Ancient finance and economy
Ancient land taxation system
Ancient cities and commerce
Ancient Silk Road trade
Ancient clans and grassroots governance
Ancient rituals and sacrifices
Ancient legal system
Ancient education and imperial examinations
Ancient science and astronomy and calendar
Ancient border regions and ethnic relations
Ancient historiography and document traditions
Track 2: Document Research
Excavated documents collection
Papyrus and ancient script
Oracle bone inscriptions interpretation
Stone inscriptions and seal inscriptions
Dunhuang and Turpan documents
Ancient book versions and textual criticism
Catalogology and authenticity verification
Ancient book collation and annotation
Encyclopedias and government documents
Local chronicles and local historical materials
Officially compiled histories
Private historical writing and notes
Digitalization of documents
Return of foreign Chinese books
Transmission of manuscripts and editions
Identification of forgeries
Images and gold and stone historical materials
Library history and inheritance
Document protection and restoration
Construction of ancient book databases
Track 3: Historical Geography
Ancient territorial and administrative regions
Ancient capital site selection and cities
Historical population migration
Historical land use
Transport routes and post stations
Geography of the Silk Road
Canals and water conservancy
Ports and maritime transportation
Climate change and environment
Disaster records and responses
Desertification and environmental change
Place names evolution
Great Wall and passes
Regional economic differences
Regional cultural zoning
Historical geographic information systems
Historical map compilation
Ancient map research
Spatial analysis of archaeological sites
Environmental archaeology