2023 UB-UC3M-UV Interuniversity
Economic History Annual Ph.D. Workshop
The Interuniversity Ph.D. Program in Economic History formed by the University of Barcelona (UB), Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M) and University of Valencia (UV) holds an Annual Workshop where doctoral researchers from the program, along with invited PhD students from other universities, present and discuss with faculty members their ongoing research.
The location of the Interuniversity Workshop alternates annually between Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia. The 7th Edition will take place on Thursday, June 15th, and Friday, June 16th, 2023 in classroom 14.0.11 of the UC3M Getafe Campus.
Alternatively, you can join us online.
Thursday 15 June
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14:00-16:15
Chair: Juan Carmona
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Xavier Jou (UB): "Gender Conflict Amongst Workers: The Role of Women in
Industrialization at Chocolates Ametller (1890-1914)"
Discussant: Leo Dolan (UC3M)
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Songlin Wang (UB): "China’s state capacity in the mirror of foreign trade data,
1864–1938"
Discussant: Victor Fernández (UV)
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Gabriel Leitner (Paul Bairoch Institute): "International monetary relations and
the crafting of the Sterling Bloc 1931 – 1935"
Discussant: Songlin Wang (UB)
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16:15 -16:30
Coffee Break
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16:30 -18:45
Chair: Pablo Martinelli
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Victor Fernández (UV): “State administrative deployment and population across
municipalities: the case of the former Kingdom of Valencia, 1834-1930”
Discussant: Sabrina Sigel (Paul Bairoch Institute)
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Pablo Marmissolle (UV) [ONLINE]: “Workers, capitalists and landowners: winners and losers of distributional struggle in the long run. The case of Uruguay (1880-2022)”
Discussant: Clara Sarasa (UV)
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Ana Catelén (UC3M) [ONLINE]: "Are all business cycles alike? A study of
Argentine large economic recessions in the long 20th century (1880-2020)"
Discussant: Gabriel Leitner (Paul Bairoch Institute)
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Friday 16 June
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9.15-11:30
Chair: Ana Carreras
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Leo Dolan (UC3M): "Data-Mining: A Comparative Study of Mining Workers'
Welfare in Africa's Former Colonial Empires"
Discussant: Xavier Jou (UB)
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Boyu Fang (UC3M): "Factors influencing overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia's
intention to remit: Based on the Chaoshan Qiaopi archives from 1915 to 2000"
Discussant: Quang Minh Nguyen (UV)
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Quang Minh Nguyen (UV) [ONLINE]: "Assessing the Impact of Privatization on
Firm Performance in Vietnam: A Staggered Difference-in-Differences Analysis with
Heterogeneity in Treatment Effects"
Discussant: Boyu Fang (UC3M)
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11:30-11:45 Coffee Break
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11:45-13:15
Chair: Onur Yükçü
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Sabrina Sigel (Paul Bairoch Institute): "Public debates in São Paulo on the dilemma of economic imperatives versus ecological preservation, 1890 – 1934"
Discussant: Pablo Marmissolle (UV)
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Clara Sarasa (UB): “Bibliometric Analysis of Translations in Political Economy in 18th Century Spain"
Discussant: Ana Catelén (UC3M)
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13:15-14:15
"The Academic Job Market for Economic History PhD Graduates",
Meeting with Laura Maravall (University of Alcalá, PhD UC3M)
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14:15 Buffet Lunch
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You can download below the Workshop Programme.