UC3M ECONOMIC HISTORY SEMINAR, Fall 2023
Seminars take place (unless otherwise stated)
on THURSDAYS at 17:30 – 19:00 (C.E.T.)
in Room 18.0.A.01 of the UC3M Getafe Campus
and online (links below)
FALL 2023
September 28
Rui Esteves (Geneva Graduate Institute ) “Do Pandemics Change Healthcare? Evidence from the Great Influenza”, joint work with Kris J. Mitchener, Peter Nencka and Melissa A. Thomasson
October 5
Stefania Galli (University of Gothenburg): “Elite persistence in the Caribbean: Dynamics of wealth and power control in the face of major economic and institutional shocks, 1760-1914”, joint work with Dimitrios Theodoridis, Klas Rönnbäck and Kathrine Faust Larsen
There is a companion paper on sources and methods: "Reconstructing a slave society: Building the Danish West Indies panel, 1760-1914"
November 14
Gareth Austin (University of Cambridge) “Causes and Effects of Structural Adjustment in Africa: What can we learn from the Contrasting Cases of Ghana and Kenya?”
November 30
Jean Lacroix (Université Paris-Saclay) “Domino Secessions: Evidence from the U.S." joint work with Kris J. Mitchener and Kim Ooesterlinck,
December 14
Alexandra de Pleijt (Wageningen University) “Reading, Writing and Wrenches. The Contribution of Human Capital to the First Industrial Revolution: A Reassessment”, joint work with Julius Koschnik and Patrick Wallis