Time: Wednesdays 1-2pm UK time
Venue: Mar 1.10 (Marshall Building)
June 8 only: MAR 1.04 (Marshall Building)
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Summer Term 2022
4 May - in person
- Murray Seccombe (Lancaster University)
- Highways, Law and Governance in the Parish of Halifax, c.1550-1700
11 May – in person
- Ryah Thomas (University of Oxford)
- All rise: Immigrants, Locals, and Socioeconomic Mobility in England (1851-1911)
18 May – in person
25 May - online
- Carla Salvo (Sapienza University of Rome)
- Does Trade Liberalization Boost Innovation? Evidence from French Industrial Sectors in the 19th century
1 June - in person
- Marie Beigelman (University of Barcelona)
- Intergenerational Effect of Violence on Health and Family Outcomes
8 June - in person - MAR 1.04 (Marshall Building)
- Alex Green (LSE)
- A Long 1946, a Pivotal Year for the International Wheat Market
15 June - in person
- Andrea Ramazzotti, (LSE)
- When Italy Lost Track: Minimum Wages, Educational Choices and long-run Outcomes in Italy 1960s-1980s
Lent Term 2022
19 January - online seminar
- Matías Cabello (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg)
- The Counterreformation, Science, and Long-Term Growth: A Black Legend?
26 January - In person
- Ziang Liu (LSE)
- Wages, Labour Market and Living Standards in China, 1530-1840 – TBC
2 February - online seminar
- Ludwig Pelzl (European University Institute)
- Old Age, Social Mobility and Saving in South Germany, 17th to 18th centuries
9 February - online seminar
- Ariane Salem (University of Geneva)
- The Negative Impacts of Colonization on the Local Population: Evidence from Morocco
16 February - online seminar
- Alice Dominici (European University Institute)
- The Medieval Origins of Catholic Political Preferences
23 February – Reading Week
2 March - In-person seminar
- Xizi Luo (LSE)
- The Persistence of Status: Social Mobility in Imperial China, 1700-1902
9 March - In-person seminar
- Safya Morshed (LSE)
- Paper Tigers and Leviathans: The Role of Intermediaries in the Fiscal Development of Mughal India (1556-1707) and Qing China (1644-1911) Compared
16 March - In-person seminar
- Julius Koschnick (LSE)
- Breaking Tradition: Knowledge flows at English Universities during the Scientific Revolution
23 March - In-person seminar
- Aurelius Noble
- The Last Testament: Wealth, Class and Occupation from Complete English Probate Data, 1858-1907
30 March - online seminar
- Jordi Caum Julio (University of Barcelona)
- Institutions, Allegiance and Prestige: Healthcare Provision in Colonial India
Michaelmas 2021
29 September - In person seminar
- Vincent Delabastita (KU Leuven)
- Colluding Against Workers: Evidence from Belgium (1845-1913)
6 October - Online seminar
- Pier Paolo Creanza (Princeton University)
- Institutions, Trade, and Growth: the Ancient Greek case of proxenia
13 October - Online seminar
- Fernando Stipanicic (Tolouse School of Economics)
- The Diffusion of Knowledge: Evidence from the Jet Age
20 October - Online seminar
- Peiyuan Li (University of Colorado Boulder)
- Political Repression, Media Propaganda, and Nation Building
27 October - In person seminar
- Hanzhi Deng (LSE)
- Re-examine the Restoration: Fiscal Capacity and Industrialization in Modern China, 1860-1930
3 November - Reading Week
10 November - In person Job Market Workshop
- Yitong (Nora) Qiu (LSE)
- Power and Identity of Manchu and Mongol Bannermen in Qing: A Study of Household Economies by Means of Confiscation Inventory Lists
17 November - In person Job Market Workshop
- Juliana Jaramillo (LSE)
- Job Market Workshop – Title tbc
24 November - In person Job Market Workshop
- Felix Schaff (LSE)
- Job Market Workshop – Title tbc
1 December - In person seminar
- Victoria Gierok (University of Oxford)
- Fiscal Capacity in Urban Pre-Industrial Germany: Introducing a New Database
8 December - In person seminar
- Mario Cuenda García (LSE)
- Taxation and Agricultural Production in Spain, 1901-1936: the Impact of the Elaboration of the Land Cadastre