2012-2013
All sessions of the Penn Economic History Forum, unless otherwise noted, will be held from 2-4PM in the College Hall 209.
Co-Conveners:
Walter Licht (Department of History, University of Pennsylvania)
Daniel Raff (Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania)
October 5, 2012
Jake Soll, University of Southern California
"A French Revolution in Accounting? Printed Balance Sheets and the Origins of the Language of Political Accountability"
November 2, 2012
Albrecht Ritschl, London School of Economics
“Transfers Small, Debt Relief Big: The Marshall Plan and Postwar Germany"
This event is co-sponsored by the Penn Social Science & Policy Forum.
January 11, 2013
Ronald Schatz, Wesleyan University
“The National War Labor Board of World War II: A Re-Interpretation”
February 1, 2013
Adam Tooze, Yale University
“The Global Deflation of 1920-1921 and Interwar Reconstruction”
If you would like a copy of the paper, please contact the series coordinator Dan Raff.
This event will be in 205 College Hall
February 22, 2013
Douglas Rogers, Yale University
“Oil Culture: Producing the New Russia”
This event is jointly sponsored with the Russian History & Culture Workshop.
February 26, 2013
Hilde Greefs, University of Antwerp and Centre for Urban History
"Reconnecting to the World: Maritime Trade in Antwerp After the Reopening of the River Scheldt in 1795"
This event will be from 12:00 to 1:15 PM in College Hall 209
March 15, 2013
Peter Coclanis, University of North Carolina
“White Rice: The Midwestern Origins of the Modern Rice Industry in the United States”
Download 'White Rice: The Midwestern Origins of the Modern Rice Industry in the United States' (PDF)
Note: This talk will be held in College Hall 219.
April 26, 2013
Philip Hoffman, California Institute of Technology
“Why Was It Europeans Who Conquered the World? Causes and Consequences”
April 29, 2013
Jeroen Puttevils, Centre for Urban History, University of Antwerp
Visiting FulBright Scholar, University of Pennsylvania, Department of History
“I'll have my bond; I will not hear thee speak” Debt finance through bills obligatory in sixteenth-century Antwerp.
This event will be from 12:00 to 1:30 PM in College Hall 209
- To Top of Page
Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a
Creative Commons License.University of Pennsylvania, 3451 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 | 215-898-5000
Contact Us | Accessibility Statement | Search provided by
