The Joint Center for History and Economics was established at Harvard University and King’s College (Cambridge, UK) in 2007 to promote research and education on subjects of importance for historians and economists. Its aim is to provide a forum in which scholars can address some of their common concerns through the history of economic and social thought, economic history, and the application of economic concepts to historical problems. The objective of the Center is to encourage fundamental research in history, economics, and related disciplines. It also encourages the participation of historians and economists in addressing issues of public importance.

In conjunction with its counterpart Centre for History and Economics at King’s College, the Center at Harvard undertakes research projects and organizes workshops, seminars, and exchanges of faculty and graduate students. It builds on the current research projects at both Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the Centre for History and Economics, including a Mellon-funded project on exchanges of economic and political ideas since 1750. Emma Rothschild, the Jeremy and Jane Knowles Professor of History, directs the Center for History and Economics and co-directs the King’s College Centre. The Center’s executive committee consists of Lizabeth Cohen, Robert Darnton, Dale Jorgenson, Charles Rosenberg, Emma Rothschild, Elaine Scarry, and Richard Tuck. The Center’s faculty associates are Sugata Bose, Alison Frank, Walter Johnson, and Kenneth Mack. Affiliated graduate students are Alisha Holland, Philipp Lehmann, Elisa Minoff, Josh Specht, Julia Stephens, and Jeremy Zallen.

Related Links

• Center for History and Economics Web site
• Current Program Affiliates