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
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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
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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"
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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?”
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November 30
Jean Lacroix (Université Paris-Saclay) “Domino Secessions: Evidence from the U.S." joint work with Kris J. Mitchener and Kim Ooesterlinck,
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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
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