François Seyler
Welcome to my personal webpage! I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at Wesleyan University.
My main research interests are in Political Economy, Development Economics, Economic History, Labor Economics, and Applied Econometrics.
Here is my CV.
Contact details:
Public Affairs Center, Wesleyan University, 238 Church St, Middletown, CT 06459.
News
December 2023
I'll be attending the Rule and Resistance in Colonial Spanish America conference at Yale University on December 8 and 9, and presenting Arthur Silve and I's work on The end of slavery in Brazil.
April 2023
I'm thrilled to be joining Wesleyan University as an Assistant Professor of Economics in the Fall 2023!
October 2022
I'll be attending the 2023 ASSA meeting, and I'll be presenting our paper with Arthur Silve, The end of slavery in Brazil: Escape and resistance on the road to freedom at the Slavery and Beyond paper session on January 7.
March 2022
I'll soon be flying to Boston with Arthur Silve, who'll be presenting our paper on The end of slavery in Brazil: Escape and resistance on the road to freedom at the PIEP conference in Harvard on April 9.
January 2022
Our paper with Arthur Silve has a new working title! Frontier planters, immigrants and the abolition of slavery in Brazil is now The end of slavery in Brazil: Escape and resistance on the road to freedom. I'll be presenting it at the Rencontres de l'Economie at Université Laval on January 27.
December 2021
I'll be presenting our paper with Arthur Silve on Frontier planters, immigrants and the abolition of slavery in Brazil at the 2021 RIDGE Forum (Towards Sustainable Growth workshop) on December 10, 2021.
November 2021
I'll be presenting our paper with Arthur Silve on Frontier planters, immigrants and the abolition of slavery in Brazil at the NEUDC 2021 conference on November 5.
September 2021
I'll be presenting our paper with Arthur Silve on Frontier planters, immigrants and the abolition of slavery in Brazil at the Vancouver School of Economics Development/Political Economy brown bag seminar on September 21.
June 2021
I'll be presenting our paper with Arthur Silve on Frontier planters, immigrants and the abolition of slavery in Brazil at the 2021 conference of the SIOE on June 26 at 11:10 am ET, at the 2021 International Conference in Development Economics on July 2 at 9:30 am ET, and at the 2021 European Meeting of the Econometric Society in late August.
A new version of our working paper with Arthur Silve on Frontier planters, immigrants and the abolition of slavery in Brazil is now available!
May 2021
I'll be presenting our paper with Arthur Silve on Frontier planters, immigrants and the abolition of slavery in Brazil at the 2021 Canadian Economics Association Conference on June 4 at 11:00 am ET.
April 2021
I'll be presenting my paper on Slavery, political attitudes and social capital at the PIPE Symposium on Slavery and its Legacies (Bedrosian Center, USC) on April 6.
January 2021
Arthur Silve will be presenting our paper on Frontier planters, immigrants and the abolition of slavery in Brazil at the Paris Sorbonne Sustainable Development seminar on January 7.
December 2020
I'll be spending 2021 as an International Research Student at the Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia. Many thanks to Claudio Ferraz for hosting me!
November 2020
I'll be presenting our paper with Arthur Silve on Frontier planters, immigrants and the abolition of slavery in Brazil at the Canadian Public Economics Group (CPEG) 2020 on-line conference asynchronous sessions.
October 2020
I'll be presenting our paper with Arthur Silve on Frontier planters, immigrants and the abolition of slavery in Brazil at the seminar of the VSE Culture and Persistence Group on October 2.