Economic History Workshop

2023 Apr 07

Seminar in Economic History (In Person)

1:15pm to 2:45pm

Location: 

Littauer Center of Public Administration, 1805 Cambridge Street, Hansen-Mason Room (Littauer Third Floor Lounge)

"Identifying Agglomeration Shadows: Long-run Evidence from Ancient Ports"

Speaker:

Rick HornbeckV. Duane Rath Professor of Economics and Neubauer Family Faculty Fellow, University of Chicago.

Contact:

Emily Dietzel
edietzel@fas.harvard.edu

Cosponsored by the Department of Economics, Harvard University.

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2023 Mar 24

Seminar in Economic History (In Person)

1:15pm to 2:45pm

Location: 

Littauer Center of Public Administration, 1805 Cambridge Street, Hansen-Mason Room (Littauer Third Floor Lounge)

"Germ Theory at Home: The Role of Private Action in Reducing Child Mortality during the Epidemiological Transition"

Speaker:

James Feigenbaum, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Boston University.

Contact:

Emily Dietzel
edietzel@fas.harvard.edu

Cosponsored by the Department of Economics, Harvard University.

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2023 Mar 03

Seminar in Economic History (In Person)

1:15pm to 2:45pm

Location: 

Littauer Center of Public Administration, 1805 Cambridge Street, Hansen-Mason Room (Littauer Third Floor Lounge)

"Family Tree Branches and Southern Roots: Contemporary Racial Differences in Marriage in Intergenerational and Contextual Perspective"

Speaker:

Deirdre BloomeProfessor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.

Contact:

Emily Dietzel
edietzel@fas.harvard.edu

Cosponsored by the Department of Economics, Harvard University.

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2023 Feb 17

Seminar in Economic History (In Person)

1:15pm to 2:45pm

Location: 

Littauer Center of Public Administration, 1805 Cambridge Street, Hansen-Mason Room (Littauer Third Floor Lounge)

“The Dawn of Civilization: Metal Trade and the Urban Revolution”

Speaker:

Luigi PascaliKenen Fellow, Princeton University; Associate Professor of Economics, Pompeu Fabra University.

Contact:

Emily Dietzel
edietzel@fas.harvard.edu

Cosponsored by the Department of Economics, Harvard University.

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2023 Feb 10

Seminar in Economic History (In Person)

1:15pm to 2:45pm

Location: 

Littauer Center of Public Administration, 1805 Cambridge Street, Hansen-Mason Room (Littauer Third Floor Lounge)

"Wealth and Property Taxation in the US"

Speaker:

Stefanie Stantcheva, Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University.

Contact:

Emily Dietzel
edietzel@fas.harvard.edu

Cosponsored by the Department of Economics, Harvard University.

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2023 Feb 03

Seminar in Economic History (In Person)

1:15pm to 2:45pm

Location: 

Littauer Center of Public Administration, 1805 Cambridge Street, Hansen-Mason Room (Littauer Third Floor Lounge)

"Fallow Lengths and the Structure of Property Rights"

Speaker:

Sara LowesAssistant Professor of Economics, University of California, San Diego.

Contact:

Emily Dietzel
edietzel@fas.harvard.edu

Cosponsored by the Department of Economics, Harvard University.

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2022 Nov 11

Seminar in Economic History (Zoom)

1:15pm to 2:45pm

Location: 

Online Only

"Market Integration in the Ottoman Empire and the Great Divergence, 1550-1914"

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Speaker:

Sevket PamukProfessor of Economics and Economic History, Bogaziçi University.

Contact:

Emily Dietzel
edietzel@fas.harvard.edu

Cosponsored by the Department of Economics, Harvard University.

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2022 Oct 21

Seminar in Economic History (In Person)

1:15pm to 2:45pm

Location: 

Littauer Center of Public Administration, 1805 Cambridge Street, Hansen-Mason Room (Littauer Third Floor Lounge)

"Shareholder Democracy under Autocracy: Voting Rights and Corporate Performance in Imperial Russia"

Speaker:

Amanda GreggAssociate Professor of Economics, Middlebury College.

Contact:

Emily Dietzel
edietzel@fas.harvard.edu

Cosponsored by the Department of Economics, Harvard University.

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2022 Oct 14

Seminar in Economic History (In Person)

1:15pm to 2:45pm

Location: 

Littauer Center of Public Administration, 1805 Cambridge Street, Hansen-Mason Room (Littauer Third Floor Lounge)

"NAACP Cases and Black/White Differences in Schooling"

Speakers:

Elizabeth CascioProfessor of Economics, Dartmouth College.

Ethan LewisProfessor of Economics, Dartmouth College.

Contact:

Emily Dietzel
edietzel@fas.harvard.edu

Cosponsored by the Department of Economics, Harvard University.

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2022 Oct 07

Seminar in Economic History (In Person)

1:15pm to 2:45pm

Location: 

Littauer Center of Public Administration, 1805 Cambridge Street, Hansen-Mason Room (Littauer Third Floor Lounge)

"En Route: Colonial Origins of Francophone Africa's Emigration"

Speaker:

Ambra SeckPhD Candidate in Political Economy and Government, Harvard University.

Contact:

Emily Dietzel
edietzel@fas.harvard.edu

Cosponsored by the Department of Economics, Harvard University.

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