Spring 2024 Seminar in Economic History
Organized by: Professors Claudia Goldin, FAS Economics; James Feigenbaum and Martin Fiszbein, Boston University Economics; with help from Marco Tabellini and Marlous van Waijenburg, HBS BGIE
Faculty Assistant: Emily Dietzel edietzel@fas.harvard.edu
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Term: Spring 2024 |
Location: Littauer Third Floor Lounge (Hansen-Mason Room) & Zoom (link to be sent to mailing list) |
Meeting Time: Friday 1:15 PM - 2:45pm |
Description: For faculty and students with interests in economic history, broadly construed. Discusses research papers presented by scholars at Harvard and elsewhere.
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Jan. 26th (F)
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First Week of Classes
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No seminar this week. |
Feb. 2nd (F)
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David Yang (Harvard)
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Feb. 9th (F)
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José-Antonio Espín-Sánchez (Yale)
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Feb. 16th (F)
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Karen Clay (Carnegie Mellon University)
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Feb. 23rd (F)
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Charles Taylor (Harvard)
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March 1st (F)
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Alexandra Cirone (Cornell University; visiting Yale)
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March 8th (F)
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Sevket Pamuk (Bogaziçi University; visiting Havard)
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"Evolution of Regional Inequalities in a Developing Country: Turkey since the 19th Century" |
March 15th (F)
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Spring Break
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No seminar this week.
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March22nd(F)
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Gillian Brunet (Smith College)
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"Patriotism and Prudence: Assessing the Effects of the WWII Bond Drives on Household Savings" |
*March 29th(F)
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Ursina Schaede (Tufts)
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April 5th(F)
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No seminar this week.
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N/A |
April 12th (F)
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Wolfgang Keller(University of Colorado Boulder)
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TBD
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April 19th (F)
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John Wallis (University of Maryland) | Book-in-Progress: Leviathan Denied |
April 26th (F) | Marcella Alsan (Harvard) | "The Rise of Private Health Insurance in the US" |
* On March 29th, the Economic History Seminar will meet in Littauer M-16 from 1:30-3:00pm.