D'Maris Coffman
Ph.D. Candidate (ABD)
farrago@history.upenn.edu
Education
BSc. Economics (Wharton), MA History (Penn)
Research Interests
Early Modern British History, Fiscal History, Political Economy
Exams Committee
- Early Modern Britain (Margo Todd)
- Early Modern Europe (Thomas Max Safley)
- Modern Europe (Jonathan Steinberg)
- European Critical Theories/Cultural Histories (Roger Chartier)
Dissertation
"The Fiscal Revolution of the Interregnum: Excise Taxation in the British Isles, 1643-1663"
Dissertation Committee
Personal Statement
I am in my sixth-year in the department. I specialize in early modern Britain, with an emphasis on late Stuart state formation, public finance and political culture. I have a secondary interest in the politics of cultural trauma in the early modern period. After two years of field research in the UK, I have returned to Philadelphia to finish my dissertation. This fall I am teaching HIST 002 and a seminar (HIST 201) called "Taxation and Revolution" which looks at the rise of the fiscal state in early modern Europe. Next term I will be teaching two seminars, one on "Economic Thought from Smith to Marx" and another called "Manias, Bubbles and Market Failures" which uses Tulip Mania, South Sea Bubble, and the Mississippi Scheme to reflect on the spread of financial capitalism.
In addition to internal support, I have been fortunate to hold dissertation fellowships from the Institute for Historical Research and the Social Sciences Research Council, both of which are funded by generosity of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and from the Doris Quinn Foundation. I have also received fellowship support from the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation and small bursaries from the Centre for History and Economics and the Folger Shakespeare Library. For additional information, see my webpage.
