CAGE hosts Frontiers in Economic History conference at Warwick-in-Venice

CAGE returned to Warwick-in-Venice on 22nd and 23rd March to host the Frontiers in Economic History conference – a two-day event bringing together economic historians from around the world to present new research papers.

The conference was convened by Bishnupriya Gupta (University of Warwick), James Fenske (University of Warwick), Noam Yuchtman (University of Oxford) and saw presentations from:-
Belinda Archibong (Barnard College, Columbia University)
Christine Binzel (FAU)
Davide Cantoni (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
Jeremiah Dittmar (LSE)
Paola Giuliano (UCLA Anderson School of Management)
Bishnupriya Gupta (University of Warwick)
Walker Hanlon (Northwestern University)
Erik Hornung (University of Cologne)
Vasily Korovkin (Pompeu Fabra University)
Chicheng Ma (HKU Business School of the University of Hong Kong)
Devesh Rustagi (University of Warwick)
Claudia Steinwender (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
John Tang (Utrecht University)
Joachim Voth (University of Zurich)
Melanie Xue (LSE)
and David Yang (Harvard University).

Topics under discussion ranged from the historical roots of vaccine hesitancy in Germany to the effects of women-led protests on political participation in Nigeria to effects of regulating the sex trade in 19^th century Britain among many others.

Bishnupriya Gupta said:

“This was one of the most exciting conferences in economy history. Participants came from different parts of the world and presented their research on Britain, Germany, United States, China, India, Ethiopia and Nigeria as well as cross country comparisons. Their shared interest in the role of culture and institutions, in understanding economic development and the use of new types of data, led to a fruitful exchange of ideas and the venue provided a perfect setting.”