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The multidisciplinary field of economic history combines theories and methods from economics to answer historical questions about the long-run development of society. 

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Jane Humphries awarded Alice Murray Distinguished Scholar Award
On February 27th 2025, CEPH presented the Alice Murrary Distinguished Scholar Award to Professor Jane Humphries (University of Oxford), who delivered a lecture titled “Caring About Care, the Economic History of Caring Labour” in the Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin. Professor Humphries...
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Call for Papers (Online): CEPH Irish Research Initiative (CIRI) workshop
CEPH is delighted to announce its final call for papers as part of the CEPH Irish Research Initiative. The online workshop, which focuses on the theme of Irish Migration and Demography, will be held on 23 May 2025. This is an opportunity for researchers of Irish economic history and policy to present...
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Call for Papers: PhD Workshop in Quantitative Economic History​
Date: Thursday, 19 June 2025 Venue: Queen’s Business School Student Hub, Riddel Hall Campus, Belfast, Northern Ireland Host: Queen’s University Centre for Economic History   Queen’s University Centre for Economic History and CEPH are delighted to invite submissions from doctoral researchers...
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CEPH staff receive Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland Research Ally 2024 awards
  Congratulations to our Associate Director for Data and Archives, Prof. Ronan Lyons and our Administrative Officer, Sarah Cunningham on their Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland Research Ally awards. Postgraduate students, postdoctoral fellows, academic and research active staff were invited to...
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CEPH hosts workshop for the Northern Ireland Civil Service Economist Profession
On November 19th, CEPH hosted a workshop in Queen’s University Belfast for a group of economists currently working in the Northern Irish Civil Service. The workshop, titled ‘CEPH Economic History and Policymaking Workshop’, demonstrates the value of the long-run perspective in a policymaking...
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25/03/2025

25/03/2025 Jutta Bolt – TCD Department of Economics Seminar Series

Jutta Bolt
University of Groningen
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28/03/2025

28/03/2025 Melanie Xu – QUCEH Seminar Series

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London School of Economics and Political Science
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29/04/2025 Alexander Willén – TCD Department of Economics Seminar Series

Alexander Willén
Norwegian School of Economics
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06/05/2025

06/05/2025 Allison Shertzer – TCD Department of Economics Seminar Series

Allison Shertzer
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
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23/05/2025

‘Migration and Demography’ CIRI Online Workshop – 23/05/2025

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Decoding Trump’s trade strategy: The historical pattern beneath the headlines
U.S. President Donald Trump loves throwing opponents off balance. This unpredictability makes foretelling his administration’s policy priorities all the harder. Nowhere is this more evident than in trade policy. Three distinct interpretations have emerged: the Bluff Thesis, the Reckless Driver Theory...
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Religion and Economic Development: Past, Present, and Future
Abstract: This chapter examines the role of religion in economic development, both historically and today. Religion’s influence varies globally, with high religiosity in countries like Pakistan and low rates in China. Despite declines in some Western countries, religion remains influential worldwide,...
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Age structure and age heaping: solving Ireland’s post-famine digit preference puzzle
Abstract: The quality of age reporting in Ireland worsened in the years after the 1845–1852 Great Irish Famine, even as measures of educational attainment improved. We show how Ireland’s age structure partly accounts for this seemingly conflicting pattern. Specifically, we argue that a greater propensity...
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Taking a Punt: Monetary Experimentation and the Irish Macroeconomic Crisis of 1955-56
Abstract: The 1955-56 macroeconomic crisis is a central event in modern Irish history. Yet, despite this centrality, its causes are not clearly understood. In 1955-6, Ireland, which had previously followed British interest rates in lockstep as part of its fixed exchange with the latter, briefly experimented...
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Financing Innovation: The Role of Patent Examination
Abstract: How does patent examination influence access to finance for innovative firms? We exploit a reform to the UK’s patent system that introduced substantive examination to the patent application process, improving the information available to potential investors on the value of firms’ patents. Using...
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