Hello:
We've had a bumper crop of future Economic Historians arrive as Jason Lennard, Anne Ruderman, and Jordan Claridge all welcomed daughters to their families recently. We look forward to meeting them all in-person soon and, especially, to teaching them in the future!
Goodbye:
Sadly, to Loraine Long, PhD Administrator, who retired at the end of Michaelmas Term after more than a decade in the Department. Having successfully supported several PhD cohorts during this time she, and her wonderful cakes, will be much missed.
To Alex 'Spike' Gibbs, LSE Fellow, who has been appointed to a permanent position in Mannheim. We wish him well, and look forward to seeing the outcome of his research into the relationship between local political power and economic resources in the late medieval village.
Congratulations:
To Jane Humphries, Centennial Professor of the Department, who has been appointed President Elect of the Economic History Society, the main U.S. academic grouping in economic history. She will take over from Ann Carlos later this year.
To Mary S. Morgan, Albert O. Hirschman Professor of History and Philosophy of Economics, who has been appointed President Elect of the Royal Economics Society, taking over from Nick Crafts in May 2022.
To Neil Cummins, Associate Professor, who was awarded the Economic History Association’s prestigious Arthur H. Cole prize, for the most outstanding article published in the previous year’s volume of the Journal of Economic History.
The article, 'The Hidden Wealth of English Dynasties, 1892-2016' has generated a lot of interest and you can read Neil's blog summary here. The full article is available through Wiley Online here or, if you do not have access to the JEH, you can read the Working Paper version here.
Department Blog:
If you haven’t already done so, why not sign up to our blog: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/economichistory/? Our latest article Industralization, health and human welfare, by Daniel Gallardo Albarrán, currently a Visiting Fellow in the Department, looks at the paradox of how rising material living standards were not necessarily followed by improvements in other important aspects of life, such as workers’ health or working time.
Keep in touch:
Our LinkedIn Group (https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12551482/) now has more than 200 members and is intended to help alumni and current students stay in touch. We are regularly publishing Departmental information, and we’d love to hear your suggestions about what else to include.
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