CEPH is delighted to host a workshop for PhD Students whose work focuses on quantitative economic history. This will be held on Thursday 19 June 2025, in Queen’s University Belfast. It represents a fantastic opportunity for PhD students to network and to build connections that will last long into their academic careers. The programme for the day can be found below, and features a diverse array of research spanning several centuries and themes.
The workshop is sponsored by the European Historical Economics Society, and the Centre for Economics, Policy and History.
Provisional Programme
09:00–09:30 Alessandro Brioschi (QUB), “Asymmetric shocks and labour market adjustment: Evidence from the 1630 plague in Venice”
09:30–10:00 Assaf Abraham (Mannheim), “One hundred years of manufacturing: Long-term consequences of the Indiana gas boom”
10:00–10:30 Capucine Ferre (Paris Dauphine), “Social capital and violence during the French Revolution”
09:30–10:00 Assaf Abraham (Mannheim), “One hundred years of manufacturing: Long-term consequences of the Indiana gas boom”
10:00–10:30 Capucine Ferre (Paris Dauphine), “Social capital and violence during the French Revolution”
10:30–11:00 Morning Break
11:00–11:30 Eoin Dignam (LSE), “Fertility and climate conditions in the long-run: Evidence from nineteenth-century France”
11:30–12:00 Fabio Gatti (Bern), “Local elites vs central powers: Government resource allocation in the British West Indies (1838–1938)”
12:00–12:30 George Marten (Heriot-Watt), “Friendly societies and development: Evidence from the Lancashire cotton famine 1861-65”
11:30–12:00 Fabio Gatti (Bern), “Local elites vs central powers: Government resource allocation in the British West Indies (1838–1938)”
12:00–12:30 George Marten (Heriot-Watt), “Friendly societies and development: Evidence from the Lancashire cotton famine 1861-65”
12:30–13:30 Lunch Break
13:30–14:00 Leo Dolan (UC3M), “Unearthing profit: Coercive labour and firm performance in 20th century African diamond mines”
14:00–14:30 Malte Hinrichs (QUB), “Water mills and growth in the Scottish Industrial Revolution”
14:00–14:30 Malte Hinrichs (QUB), “Water mills and growth in the Scottish Industrial Revolution”
14:30–15:00 Afternoon Break
15:00–15:30 Alejandra Rodriguez (Luzern), “From boom to bust: The structural transformation of Chile’s industrial sector after the saltpetre collapse”
15:30–16:00 Míde Griffin (TCD), “‘United Irishwomen’: Women’s community organisation and rural development in 20th Century Ireland”
15:30–16:00 Míde Griffin (TCD), “‘United Irishwomen’: Women’s community organisation and rural development in 20th Century Ireland”
16:00–17:00 Plenary session on engaged research (joint with ABH Slaven Workshop), led by Michael Aldous (QUB) and Andrew Dorman (TCD)
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