Spring 2009 | Center for Global Economic History

Title	Speaker	Date
The Institutional Dynamics of Early Modern Eurasian Trade: The Commenda and the Corporation	Ron Harris (Tel Aviv University)	05-02-09
Can the nature of pre-colonial institutions explain governance quality in Africa?	Jutta Bolt (University of Groningen)	12-02-09
Bevolkingsontwikkeling en stedelijke netwerken in Romeins Italië (late Republiek en vroege Keizertijd)	Luuk de Ligt (Universiteit Leiden)	19-02-09
Rules and reality: quantifying the practice of apprenticeship in early modern Europe	Patrick Wallis (London School of Economics)	26-02-09
Marxism and the ‘Dutch Miracle’	Pepijn Brandon (University of Amsterdam)	05-03-09
Irrigation and taxation in Iraq 6th to 10th Century	Michele Campopiano (UU)	19-03-09
Multinationals and national business systems in the 20th century	Keetie Sluyterman (UU)	26-03-09
The rise and decline of European parliaments, 1200-1800	Eltjo Buring, Maarten Bosker and Jan Luiten van Zanden (UU)	02-04-09
Reflections on the Demography of the Jewish Community in Ancient Rome	Leonard Rutgers (UU)	09-04-09
The Organization Of Markets As A Key Factor In The Rise Of Holland, Fourteenth-Seventeenth Centuries. A Test Case For An Institutional Approach	Bas van Bavel, Jessica Dijkman, Erika Kuijpers	02-07-09

Announcements

New Book: Agency, Gender and Economic Development in the World Economy 1850–2000

New Working Paper: Immovable capital goods in medieval Muslim lands: why water-mills andbuilding cranes went missing (data here)

The Long Road to the Industrial Revolution available as print on demand paper back

Film impressions, Tine De Moor and Bas van Bavel of the CGEH explain the societal relevance of their research in short films

Search this site