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- Economic History Workshop
- Date: October 1, 2010
- Time: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
- Littauer Center, M-16
- This is open to the public.
"Slum Clearance and Urban Renewal in the United States 1949-1974"
- Speakers
- Collins, William
Professor of Economics, Professor of History (by courtesy), and Director of Graduate Studies, Vanderbilt University.
- Economic History Workshop
- Date: October 8, 2010
- Time: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
- Littauer Center, M-16
- This is open to the public.
"The Empire Struck Back: A New Look at the Mexican Oil Expropriation of 1938"
- Speakers
- Maurer, Noel
Associate Professor in the Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit, Harvard Business School.
- Economic History Workshop
- Date: October 22, 2010
- Time: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
- Littauer Center, M-16
- This is open to the public.
"To Establish a More Effective Supervision of Banking" How the Birth of the Fed Altered Bank Supervision"
- Speakers
- White, Eugene
Professor of Economics, Rutgers University
- Economic History Workshop*
- Date: October 29, 2010
- Time: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
- Littauer Center, M-16
- This is open to the public.
"Putting the Co in Education: Timing, Reasons and Consequences of College Coeducation from 1835 to the Present"
*Please note: This event will take place as scheduled.
- Speakers
- Goldin, Claudia
Henry Lee Professor of Economics, Harvard University.
- Katz, Larry
Elisabeth Allison Professor of Economics, Harvard University.
- Economic History Workshop
- Date: November 5, 2010
- Time: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
- Littauer Center, M-16
- This is open to the public.
"Slave Productivity in Cotton Production by Gender, Age, Season and Scale"
- Speakers
- Rhode, Paul
Professor of Economics, University of Michigan.
- Economic History Workshop
- Date: November 12, 2010
- Time: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
- Littauer Center, M-16
- This is open to the public.
"On the Origins of Gender Roles: Women and the Plough"
- Speakers
- Nunn, Nathan
- Faculty Associate. Professor, Department of Economics, Harvard University.
- Economic History Workshop
- Date: November 19, 2010
- Time: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
- Littauer Center, M-16
- This is open to the public.
"Reserve Requirements and the Origins of the 1937-1938 Recession: A Reappraisal"
For more information, visit Charles Calomiris' website.
- Speakers
- Calomoris, Charles
Henry Kaufman Professor of Financial Institutions, Columbia University.
- Economic History Workshop
- Date: December 10, 2010
- Time: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
- Littauer Center, M-16
- This is open to the public.
"Predators or Watchdogs? Bankers on Corporate Boards in the Age of Finance Capitalism"
For more information, visit the websites of Carola Frydman and Eric Hilt.
- Speakers
- Frydman, Carola
Assistant Professor of Economics, Boston University.
- Hilt, Eric
Assistant Professor of Economics, Wellesley College
- Economic History Workshop
- Date: February 11, 2011
- Time: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
- Littauer Center, M-16
- This is open to the public.
"The Feudal Revolution: Political Stability and the Rise of Europe"
(with Lisa Blaydes)
- Speakers
- Chaney, Eric
- Faculty Associate. Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Harvard University.
- Economic History Workshop
- Date: February 18, 2011
- Time: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
- Littauer M-16
- This is open to the public.
“The Impact of the Transatlantic Slave Trade on Pre-Colonial Institutions in Africa”
(with Rob Gillezeau)
- Speakers
- Whatley, Warren
Professor of Economics, University of Michigan.
- Economic History Workshop
- Date: February 25, 2011
- Time: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
- Littauer M-16
- This is open to the public.
"Reinventing the Wheel"
- Speakers
- Robinson, James A.
- Executive Committee; Steering Committee; Faculty Associate; Harvard
Academy Senior Scholar. David Florence Professor of Government,
Department of Government, Harvard University.
- Economic History Workshop
- Date: March 4, 2011
- Time: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
- Littauer M-16
- This is open to the public.
"Effects of Jewish Emigres on U.S. Invention"
(with Fabian Waldinger and Alessandra Voena)
- Speakers
- Moser, Petra
Assistant Professor of Economics, Stanford University.
- Economic History Workshop
- Date: March 11, 2011
- Time: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
- Littauer M-16
- This is open to the public.
"Persecution Perpetuated: The Medieval Origins of Anti-Semitic Violence in Nazi Germany"
- Speakers
- Voth, Joachim
ICREA Research Professor, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
- Economic History Workshop
- Date: March 25, 2011
- Time: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
- Littauer M-16
- This is open to the public.
"Hispanic Fertility in the Twentieth Century"
- Speakers
- Haines, Michael
Banfi Vintners Professor of Economics, Colgate University.
- Economic History Workshop
- Date: April 1, 2011
- Time: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
- Littauer M-16
- This is open to the public.
"Housing and Family Formation in the Mid-Twentieth Century"
- Speakers
- Fetter, Dan
Assistant Professor of Economics, Wellesley College.
- Economic History Workshop
- Date: April 8, 2011
- Time: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
- Littauer M-16
- This is open to the public.
"Travel in the Age of Sail"
- Speakers
- Feyrer, James
Associate Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College.
- Economic History Workshop
- Date: April 15, 2011
- Time: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
- Littauer M-16
- This is open to the public.
"Assessing the Long-Term Effects of Financial Crisis on Innovation: The Case of Cleveland, Ohio, 1920-1940"
(with Maggie Levenstein)
- Speakers
- Lamoreaux, Naomi
Professor of Economics and History, Yale University.
- Economic History Workshop
- Date: April 22, 2011
- Time: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
- Littauer M-16
- This is open to the public.
"Railroads and the Development of the American Economy"
To be followed by the Economic History Workshop end-of-semester party.
- Speakers
- Hornbeck, Richard
- Faculty Associate. Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Harvard University.
- Donaldson, David
Assistant Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
