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Economic and Social History Seminar
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Type: Seminar Series
Timing: Tuesdays 5:00pm - 6:45pm; Michaelmas Term, Weeks 1-8
Organising department: Department of Economics
Talks:
Tuesday 14 October 2025
Branching Out: Capital Mobility and Long-Run Growth
Date: 14 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker
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Chenzi Xu (UC Berkely)
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Tuesday 21 October 2025
Speculation in the UK, 1785-2019
Date: 21 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
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John Turner (Queens University Belfast)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Butler Room
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Tuesday 28 October 2025
The Economy, the Ghost in your Gene and the Escape from Premature Mortality
Date: 28 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker
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Dora Costa (University of California, Berkeley)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Butler Room
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Tuesday 4 November 2025
Using a New Legal Form: the GmbH, 1892- 1939
Date: 4 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker
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Tim Guinnane (Yale University)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Butler Room
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Tuesday 11 November 2025
Flora, Cosmos, Salvatio: Pre-modern Academic Institutions and the Spread of Ideas
Date: 11 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
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David de la Croix (UCLouvain)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Butler Room
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Tuesday 18 November 2025
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Date: 18 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
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Albrecht Ritschl (London School of Economics)
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Tuesday 25 November 2025
The success of the informal state in England
Date: 25 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
Speaker
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Leander Heldring (Northwestern University)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Schwartzman Centre, Room 00.018(50), Learning Centre
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Tuesday 2 December 2025
What Did the Romans Ever do for Them? Aqueducts and the Administration of the Empire
Date: 2 December 2025, 17:00 - 18:45
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Andrea Papadia (University of York)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Butler Room
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Tuesday 20 January 2025
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Date: 20 January 2026, 17:00 - 18:45
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Tuesday 27 January 2025
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Date: 27 January 2026, 17:00 - 18:45
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Tuesday 3 February 2025
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Tuesday 10 February 2025
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Tuesday 17 February 2025
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Tuesday 24 February 2025
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Date: 24 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:45
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Tuesday 3 March 2025
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Date: 3 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:45
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Tuesday 10 March 2025
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Date: 10 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:45
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Tuesday 28 April 2025
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Date: 28 April 2026, 17:00 - 18:45
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Tuesday 5 May 2025
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Date: 5 May 2026, 17:00 - 18:45
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Tuesday 12 May 2025
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Tuesday 19 May 2025
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Tuesday 26 May 2025
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Date: 26 May 2026, 17:00 - 18:45
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Tuesday 2 June 2025
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Tuesday 9 June 2025
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Tuesday 16 June 2025
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Date: 16 June 2026, 17:00 - 18:45
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Editor:
Edward Valenzano
