Why does Economic History matter?

A conference to celebrate the contributions of Maxine Berg to (economic) history

sponsored by the Global History and Culture Centre, the Department of Economics and the Institute of Advanced Studies at Warwick.

Friday 21 February 2020

IAS Seminar Room

Zeeman Buidling

All welcome, but space is limited, so... please email Amy.Evans@warwick.ac.uk AND Anne.Gerritsen@warwick.ac.uk to register your attendance

9.00-9.45. Coffee and registration

9.45-10.30. Panel 1. Economics, Economic History. Chair: Pat Hudson (Cardiff)

Panellists: Bishnu Gupta (Economics, Warwick); Doug Hay (Law, York); Mark Harrison (Economics, Warwick)

10.30-11.00. Coffee break

11.00-11.45. Panel 2. Gender and Economic History. Chair: Jeanette Neeson (York)

Panellists: Ruth Pearson (Leeds); Jane Humphries (Oxford); Catherine Schenk (Oxford)

11.45-12.30. Panel 3. Technology, Manufacturing and Economic History. Chair: Tine Bruland (Oslo)

Panellists: Patrick O’Brien (LSE); Jan de Vries (Berkeley), Nuala Zahedieh (Edinburgh)

12.30-14.00. Lunch (for registered participants only)

14.00-14.45. Panel 4. Consumption, Material Culture and Economic History. Chair: Giorgio Riello (EUI)

Panellists: Helen Clifford; Kate Smith (Birmingham) ; Beverly Lemire (University of Alberta); Luca Molà (Warwick)

14.45-15.30. Panel 5. Global History and Economic History. Chair: Anne Gerritsen (Warwick)

Panellists: David Washbrook (Cambridge); Sarah Easterby-Smith (St Andrews); Jeremy Adelman (Princeton)

15.30-16.00. Coffee break

16.00-17.15. Keynote Lecture by IAS-Visiting Fellow Jan de Vries: ‘The Utility of Economic History’

17.15-18.30. Reception and celebration of Maxine Berg