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Economic History Events 2025-26

Lectures, workshops and other events hosted by the Department of Economic History.

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Economic History Events

Public lectures and workshops hosted by the Department of Economic History, LSE
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The history of UK debt

What history can teach us about the future of government finance
26Nov
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2024-25 Event Highlights

Elite conflict, colonialism and democracy in the Middle East

Apprenticeship and economic growth in early modern England

The hidden victims: civilian casualties of the two world wars

What was the Holy Roman Empire? What monetary policies tell us about premodern multilaterism

Epstein Lectures

Annual lecture celebrating the legacy of Professor Stephan 'Larry' Epstein (1960-2007)

The diffusion of soft technologies during and after WWII

217 million census records: evidence from linked census data

A Complex Relationship: religiosity and science in a historical perspective

Professor Stephan 'Larry' Epstein - Life, work and academic legacy

Seminars and Workshops

Seminar series and workshops hosted by the Department of Economic History

Economic History Seminars

Weekly and occasional seminars featuring global researchers
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Economic History Workshops

Including Historical Economic Demography and Financial History Group
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Historic Economic Demography Workshops

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Financial History Groups Workshops

A Liberian dollar, featuring an elephant