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Economic and Social History Research Seminar
The Oxford Economic and Social History Seminar meets in person in the Lecture Theatre, Faculty of History, unless otherwise stated.
Please email mailto:ocesh@history.ox.ac.uk to be added to the mailing list.
For any questions, please email: mailto:rebecca.simson@history.ox.ac.uk or mailto:ying.dai@history.ox.ac.uk
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Type: Seminar Series
Series organisers:
Rebecca Simson,
Tehreem Husain,
Victoria Gierok
Timing: Tuesdays at 17:00-18:30 - in-person only
Organising department: Faculty of History
Talks:
Tuesday 21 October 2025
Speculation in the UK, 1785-2019
Date: 21 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
John Turner (Queens University Belfast)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Learning Centre, Room 00.015, Schwarzman Centre
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 28 October 2025
The Economy, the Ghost in your Gene and the Escape from Premature Mortality
Date: 28 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Dora Costa (UCLA)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Learning Centre, Room 00.018, Schwarzman Centre
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 4 November 2025
Using a New Legal Form: the GmbH, 1892- 1939
Date: 4 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Tim Guinnane (Yale)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Learning Centre, Room 00.018, Schwarzman Centre
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 11 November 2025
Flora, Cosmos, Salvatio: Pre-modern Academic Institutions and the Spread of Ideas
Date: 11 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
David de la Croix (UCLouvain)
Venue Details: TBC
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 18 November 2025
Title TBC
Date: 18 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Albrecht Ritschl (LSE)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Learning Centre, Room 00.018, Schwarzman Centre
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 25 November 2025
The success of the informal state in England
Date: 25 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Leander Heldring (Northwestern University)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Learning Centre, Room 00.018, Schwarzman Centre
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
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 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Andrea Papadia (York)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Learning Centre, Room 00.018, Schwarzman Centre
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Editors:
Laura Spence,
Belinda Clark
