First Annual LSE Historical Political Economy Conference
Charles Booth poverty map of London, Kingsway and surrounding areas, 1886-1903. For more information on LSE Charles Booth online Archive click here.
Our goal is to create a new London-based venue where cutting edge and innovative research on historical political economy can be presented and discussed. In particular, we aim to bring together emerging and leading scholars from both UK and the US who work on various aspects of empirical political economy using historical data. The smaller format of the conference allows a thorough discussion of all papers, with at least one hour devoted to each paper.
The First Annual Historical Political Economy Conference, was held at the LSE on January 25th, 2016. This conference was by invitation only. Please feel free to contact us for more information.
You can find information about our first conference below.
Conference organizers:
HPE CONFERENCE 2016 INVITED SPEAKERS:
(Full schedule available here.)
The Political Legacy of American Slavery
Avi Acharya, Stanford University
Matthew Blackwell, Harvard University
Maya Sen, Harvard University
The Consequences of Dynastic Representation: Evidence from India
Carlos Velasco Rivera, Princeton University
Mid-Victorian Voting
Torun Dewan, LSE
Jaakko Meriläinen, Stockholm University
Janne Tukiainen, Government Institute for Economic Research VATT, Helsinki
From Political Mobilization to Electoral Participation: Turnout in Barcelona in the 1930s
Francesc Amat, Institute for Political Economy and Governance, IPEG Barcelona
Jordi Muñoz, Universitat de Barcelona
Carles Boix, Princeton University
Toni Rodon, Stanford University
Social Origins of Dictatorships: Elite Networks and Political Transitions in Haiti
Suresh Naidu, Columbia University
James A. Robinson, University of Chicago
Lauren E. Young, Columbia University
The Confessional, the International, or Loyalty? An Examination of Partisan Performance after Women's Enfranchisement
Mona Morgan-Collins, LSE
Dawn Teele, University of Pennsylvania
Cabinets, Committees and Careers in 19th century France
Ali Cirone, Columbia University and LSE
Brenda Van Coppenolle, University of Leiden