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First Preparatory Workshop for the project

Economic Outcomes Flowing from the Revolutionary and Napoleonic  Wars, 1793-1815

Fundación Ramón Areces and Instituto Laureano Figuerola de Historia y Ciencias Sociales

Madrid, 09-10 April 2015

 

Day 1 Thursday 09 April

Session 1 

09.00-10.30           

  • Steve Broadberry (LSE)
  • “The Economics Effects of Wars I and II 

10.30 - 11.00 - Coffee 

Session 2 11.00 - 12.30         

  • Patrick O’Brien (LSE)
  • “The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and the Consolidation of Britain’s Economic Hegemony” 

12.30 - 14.00 - Lunch 

Session 3 14.00 - 15.30         

  • Marjolein ‘tHart (Amsterdam)
  • “The French Revolution and the Relative Economic Decline of the Netherlands” 

15.30 - 16.00 - Tea

 

Session 4 16.00 - 17.30

  • Alejandra Irigoin (LSE)
  • “The Impact of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars on the Americas (South and North)

 

Day 2 Friday 10 April

Friday’s sessions could include 2 presentations of 25 minutes, outlining plans for the analysis of connexions between these wars and the long term growth of several European economies

Session 5 09.00 - 10.30

  • Leandro Prados De La Escosura (Carlos III) and Jaime Reis (Lisbon)
  • “Spain and Portugal” 

10.30 - 11.00 - Coffee 

Session 6 11.00 - 12.30

  • Guillaume Daudin (Dauphin, Paris) and Ulrich Pfister (Munster)
  • “France and Germany” 

12.30 - 14.00 - Lunch 

  • Session 7 14.00 - 15.30Giovanni Federico (Pisa) and Peter Solar (Versalius)
  • “Italy - The Global Economy” 

15.30 - 16.00 - Tea 

Session 8 16.00 - 17.00

  • Review and Future Plans

 

Professor Patrick O’Brien, FBA, is Lead Investigator of the project Economic Outcomes Flowing from the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, 1793-1815 and is based at the London School of Economics and Political Science in London 

This workshop was made possible by the generous funding of The Leverhulme Trust

Powerpoint versions of the ten presentations listed above are available on the website of the Fundación Ramón Areces. Discussions were recorded and can be accessed with permission from the Fundacion and the network convenor. 

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