Welcome to the Historical Social Science Workshop at Stanford!
We invite papers from across the social sciences that engage with historical subjects or rely on historical data, broadly defined. To foster a thriving intellectual environment, we offer two presentation formats tailored to different goals. Participants may either present a full paper for the entire hour or use half the workshop time to brainstorm an idea, dataset, or challenge in an ongoing project.
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Fall Quarter
November 3:Â
Natalia Vasilenok, PhD Candidate in Political Science at Stanford, "Was Weber Right?" (co-authored with Nikita Savin)
Javier Mejia, Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Stanford, "Classical Greek Decline"
November 17: Mateo Uribe-Castro, Assistant Professor of Economics at Universidad de los Andes, "Smithian State Formation: Taxation and Inequality"
December 1: Juan David Torres, PhD Candidate in Economics at Stanford, "Social Learning and Technological Change: American Agricultural Fairs"
Past Meetings
October 27: Andrea Matranga, University of Torino, "What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us? Water infrastructure and Cultural Diffusion"
October 20: Dominic Cruz Bustillos, PhD Candidate in Political Science at Stanford, "State Security Services and Information"
October 6: Alvaro Calderon, PhD Candidate in Economics at Stanford, "Political Effects of Infrastructure"