Third Online PhD Thesis Workshop
Date / time
19/09/2024 - 20/09/2024, 12:30 pm - 5:15 pm
19/09/2024 - 20/09/2024, 12:30 pm - 5:15 pm
The EHS Student Workshop will take place online 19-20 September. This event aims to provide PhD students with a platform to present their research and engage in meaningful feedback in a supportive and informal setting.
This year, 10 students will be presenting, each bringing a unique perspective on a wide array of topics in economic history (see the provisional programme below for more details).
Don’t miss this chance to exchange ideas, explore diverse research avenues, and build new collaborations within the economic history community.
We look forward to welcoming you to what promises to be a stimulating and productive workshop!
Online registration:
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Day 1: Thursday 19 September
Session 1: 12:30 PM – 1:15 PM
- Presentation: The Recipe to Sweet Success: Competitive Advantages for a Spanish Chocolatier, 1874-1910
- Presenter: Xavier Jou-Badal
- Discussant: Ángel Muñiz-Mejuto
5-minute break
Session 2: 1:20 PM – 2:05 PM
- Presentation: Voting Along the Canal: Party Realignment in Nineteenth-Century New York State
- Presenter: Youwei Xing
- Discussant: Paul Lowood
10-minute break
Session 3: 2:15 PM – 3:00 PM
- Presentation: Economic Hard Times and Superstitious Behavior in Ancient China
- Presenter: Yuelin Li
- Discussant: Anders Bright
30-minute break
Session 4: 3:30 PM – 4:15 PM
- Presentation: Coeducation, Female Human Capital, and the Evolution of Gender Norms
- Presenter: Yuchen Lin
- Discussant: Vitaliia Eliseeva
5-minute break
Session 5: 4:20 PM – 5:05 PM
- Presentation: Trade, Industrialization, and Regional Disparities during China’s Warlord Era
- Presenter: Kexin Feng
- Discussant: Songlin Wang
5-minute break
Session 2: 5:10 PM – 5:55 PM
- Presentation: Failing to Forge the New Soviet Woman: Long-term Effect of WW2-Induced Sex Ratios on Family Formation
- Presenter: Vitaliia Eliseeva
- Discussant: Yuchen Lin
Day 2: Friday, September 20
Session 1: 12:30 PM – 1:15 PM
- Presentation: Luck’s Republic: Lotteries, Class, and Finance in Early America
- Presenter: Anders Bright
- Discussant: Yuelin Li
5-minute break
Session 2: 1:20 PM – 2:05 PM
- Presentation: Trade at the Margins: Hidden Commercial Patterns between China and Latin America, 1980-2019
- Presenter: Songlin Wang
- Discussant: Kexin Feng
30-minute break
Session 3: 2:25 PM – 3:10 PM
- Presentation: The Economic Lifeline: Spanish Emigrant Remittances and their Impact on Public Finances, 1870-1936
- Presenter: Ángel Muñiz-Mejuto
- Discussant: Xavier Jou-Badal
5-minute break
Session 4: 3:15 PM – 4:00 PM
- Presentation: Fiscal Capacity, Railway Federalism, and German Railway Development 1835-1885
- Presenter: Paul Lowood
- Discussant: Youwei Xing
NB:
- Presentations are expected to last 20-25 minutes.
- Discussants are expected to provide 10-minute detailed feedback.
- Each presentation will be followed by a 10–15-minute Q&A session.
- All times are based on British Summer Time.
