UC3M ECONOMIC HISTORY SEMINAR, Spring 2026
Seminars take place (unless otherwise stated)
on THURSDAYS at 12:00 – 13:30 (C.E.T.)
in Room 18.0.A.02 of the UC3M Getafe Campus
FALL 2026
September 24
Bruno Caprettini (University of St. Gallen): "You Only Weave Twice. Industrial Espionage and Economic Growth in XIX Century France"
October 1
Chris Colvin (Queen’s University Belfast): “After the Union: Ireland Inside the World’s First Industrial Economy, 1801-1901” (joint work with Eoin McLaughlin)
October 29
Maylis Avaro (Trinity College Dublin): "De Gaulle and the U.S. Dollar: A Thriller"
November 12
Meredith Paker (Oxford University): "The Volunteer Army of the Unemployed?" (joint with Jason Lennard)
December 3
Marie Beigelman (Kings College London): "Sugar, Hardship, and Aftermath of Slavery"
December 15
Leticia Arroyo Abad (City University of New York - Queens College & Graduate Center): "Caminante, sí hay Camino: Networks in the First Transatlantic Migration, 1492-1540"



