Faculty Coordinators: Hoyt Bleakley, Edgar Franco-Vivanco, Mark Dincecco, Iain Osgood

Fall 2022

9/8: Alexandre Debs, Yale University, "How Could States Use Nuclear Weapons? Four Models After the Bomb"

9/27: Htet Thiha Zaw, "The Societal Origins of State Education: Evidence from British Burma" 

(9/27 BONUS: Yasar Ersan, "Once Upon a Time in Anatolia: The Long Run Development Effects of American Missions in Anatolia”; joint with Economic History Seminar) 

10/4: Luigi Pascali, Pompeu Fabra University and Princeton University (Visiting), "The Dawn of Civilization: Metal Trade and the Urban Revolution" (joint with Economic History Seminar) 

10/25: Adriane Fresh, Duke University, "The Modern Origins of Political Contestation"

11/1: Leander Heldring, Northwestern University, "The Economic Origins of Government" (joint with Economic History Seminar) 

11/15: Edgar Franco-Vivanco, "Fiestas and the Dynamics of Violent Collective Action: Evidence from Mexico"

Winter 2023

2/7: Jun Fang, "The Origins of Direct Rule: Evidence from the Qing Empire"

2/21: Horacio Larreguy, ITAM, "Accountability Under Polarization"

3/9: Emmanuelle Auriol, Toulouse School of Economics, "The Quran and the Sword" (joint with Economic Development Seminar) 

3/14: Jenny Guardado, Georgetown University, "Historical Identity Taxation and Living Standard Disparities Within Minorities"

3/21: Hoyt Bleakley and Paul Rhode, "Voting with their Feet: Differential Migration of the Free in the Antebellum United States"

4/4: Agustina Paglayan, UCSD, "Countering Disobedience: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education" (joint with Economic History Seminar) 

4/18: Amanda Friedenberg, "Incumbency and Information"