Research Interest

Economic and Banking History, International Trade, Germany, Latin America, Russia, Financial Crisis, Sovereign Debt Crisis, First Globalization

Appointments

2020 - 2017 Assistant Professor, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Department of Socioeconomics

2020 - 2017 Associate Researcher, University of Oxford, Faculty of History

2019 - 2020 Departmental Lecturer (Assistant Professor), University of Oxford, Faculty of History

2017 - 2019 Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Oxford, Faculty of History

2016 - 2017 Research Assistant, University Carlos III, Department of Social Sciences

2016         Research Visit, University of California, Davis, Department of Economics

2014 - 2017 Teaching Assistant, University Carlos III, Department of Social Sciences

2013 - 2013 Research Assistant, University of Barcelona, Department of Economic History, Prof. C, Sudrià Triay

2012 - 2019 Research Assistant, University of Barcelona, Centre d’Estudis Antoni Capmany

Education

2013 - 2017 PhD Economic History (Summa Cum Laude), University Carlos III, Madrid & University of Barcelona

2011 - 2012 MA Economic History, University of Barcelona & Autonomous University of Barcelona

2006 - 2011 BA International Business Administration, Wiesbaden Business School & University of Sevilla

Publications

2024 - 2017 Kisling, W. 2024 “German merchants, banks, and coffee in Belle Époque Brazil”, 

2022 - 2017 História Econômica & História de Empresas, forthcoming 

2024 - 2017 Kisling, W. , and M. Molteni “The London Money Market and non-British bank lending during the first globalization: evidence from Brazil”, 

2022 - 2017 Cliometrica., http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11698-024-00284-5 

2024 - 2017 Kisling, W. “Alain Naef:  Exchange Rate History of the United Kingdom 1945-1992" 

2022 - 2017 Cambridge University Press, Book review in Economic History Review, https://doi.org/10.1111/ehr.13337 

2022 - 2017 Kisling, W. ““Los von London” – A comparative, empirical analysis of German and British global foreign 

2022 - 2017 banking and trade development, 1881 - 1913" Economic History Review, https://doi.org/10.1111/ehr.13200 

2021 - 2017 Kisling, W. Carles Sudrià and Yolanda Blasco Martel (eds.) "The Origins of Modern Banking in Spain: The Role

2022 - 2017 of Monetary Plurality". Abingdon, NY, Routledge, 2019, Book review in Investigaciones de Historia Económica, 17, pp. 69-75

2020 - 2017 Kisling, W. “A microanalysis of trade finance: German bank entry and coffee exports in Brazil, 

2022 - 2017 1880 - 1913" European Review of Economic History, Vol.24(2), pp. 356-389

2017 - 2017 Kisling, W. “La financiación del comercio: bancos alemanes y británicos en el Brasil del siglo XIX” in 

2022 - 2017 Daniel Diaz Fuentes, Andrés Hoyo Aparicio, and Carlos Marichal (eds.) “Orígenes de la Globalización 

2022 - 2017 Bancaria Experiencias de España y América Latina”, pp. 179-204,  El Colegio de México, Genueve

2022 - 2017 Ediciones

2017 - 2017 Kisling, W. “Trade finance in historical perspective: The role of German Banks in the rise of Germany

2022 - 2017 as international trade power, 1875 - 1913”, Tesis Doctoral, Madrid: University Carlos III

Work in Progress

Kisling, W. “Favouring the Powerful: The heterogenous effect of the Gold Standard on Argentina`s International Trade, 1875-1913” 

Alvarez, S., Wilfried Kisling, and Marco Molteni "Blessing or curse? Correspondent banking relations and financial contagion in the 1907 panic"

Kisling, W., and C. Schenk. “The Package Makes the Deal: Sovereign debt crisis and lending strategies of Lloyds Bank International in Latin America, 1975 - 1983”

Kisling, W., Christopher M. Meissner, and Chenzi Xu “International Banks: Re-Agents of Globalization?”

Kisling, W. and Antonio Tena Junguito. 2019. “German Trade Finance During the Second Industrial Revolution. La Batalla de Buenos Aires, 1875-1913”, Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, Number 171, July 2019

Grants, Fellowships & Awards

2022 - 2017 University of Oxford John Fell OUP Research Grant - The development of global inter-banking 

2022 - 2017 connections and financial stability at the height of the first globalisation (1901-1913) - with Sebastian

2022 - 2017 Alvarez and Marco Molteni (£9458)

2020 - 2021 University of Oxford John Fell OUP Research Grant - Between foreign and domestic: capital, banks, and

2022 - 2017 the coming of industry in the Russian Empire (£3806) 

2018 - 2019 British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant - Economic Growth, International Trade and Finance:

2022 - 2017 Evidence from the First Multinational Banks - with Christopher Meissner and Chenzi Xu (£6900)

2016 - 2019 University Carlos III, Research Travel Grant (€3000)

2013 - 2017 University Carlos III, PhD Scholarship PIF (Personal Investigador en Formación)

2016 - 2019 Centre d’Estudis Antoni Capmany, Research Scholarship (€4500)

Professional Activities

2019 - 2017 Supervision

2019 - 2017 MSc Economic and Social History, University of Oxford

2019 - 2017 BA Economics, Vienna University of Economics and Business

2018 - 2017 Peer Reviwing

2019 - 2017 Economic History Review, European Review of Economic History, Financial History Review, Economic History of Developing Regions

2017 - 2017 Member of Oxford Centre for Economic and Social History

2017 - 2017 Member of Figuerola Institute of History and Social Sciences

2018 - 2020 ECR Representative at Joint Consultative Committe, University of Oxford, Faculty of Economics &

2018 - 2020 Faculty  of History

2018 - 2020 Organizer FRESH – UPIER Conference on Financial History, University of Oxford, St. Hilda’s College

2016 - 2020 Organizer PhD Workshop IMPRESS, University Carlos III, Madrid

2015 - 2017 Representative PhD Students, University Carlos III, Social Science Department

Conferences, Congresses and Seminars

(* coauthor presentation)

2024 - 2017 15th Pierre du Bois / 5th Macrohist Annual Conference, Geneva Graduate Institute – Geneva

2023 - 2017 Seminar in Economic History, University of Hohenheim – Hohenheim

2023 - 2017 EHES 15th Conference – Vienna

2022 - 2017 World Economic History Conference - Paris, Presenter, 25-29 June

2022 - 2017 ASSA Virtual Annual Meeting, 07-09 Jan.*

2021 - 2017 3rd European Macrohistory Workshop  – LSE, UCL, University of Bonn, 11-12 Nov.

2019 - 2017 CEPR Economic History Symposium – CEPR, virtual, 04 June

2019 - 2017 International Banking Networks – Goethe University, SAFE, IBF, virtual, 22 April

2019 - 2017 NBER DAE – NBER, virtual, 20 March*

2016 - 2017 Permanent Seminar in Economic History – UC Davis, virtual, Feb*

2020 - 2017 VI Banco de Espana Seminar in Economic History, virtual, 08 Oct.

2019 - 2017 Eighth CEPR Economic History Symposium – CEPR, virtual, 12-13 June*

2019 - 2017 European Macro History Online Seminar – IHEID, virtual, 09 June*

2019 - 2017 British Academy International Forum – British Academy, London, Invited Discussant, 26 November

2019 - 2017 Economic History Seminar – University of Barcelona, Barcelona, 02 October

2019 - 2017 EHS Annual Conference – Queen’s University, Belfast, Presenter, 05 - 07 April

2018 - 2017 Oxford, Warwick, LSE (OWL) workshop – University of Warwick, Coventry, Presenter, 04 Oct

2019 - 2017 HERA Early Career Researcher Conference - Smolenice Castle, Smolenice, Presenter, 23 – 26 Sept

2017 - 2017 Euopean Historical Economics Society Conference – Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Presenter, 1-2 Sep

2016 - 2017 Permanent Seminar in Economic History – UC Davis, Davis, 11th November

2016 - 2017 1st Congress “World Business History” – eabh, Bergen, Invited Discussant, 24-27 August

2016 - 2017 IMPRESS International Meeting of PhD Students and Researchers in Economic History and related 

2016 - 2017 Social Sciences” – UC3M Madrid, 12-13 May

2016 - 2017 Congress "Orígenes de la Globalización Bancaria: La Experiencia de España y Latinoamérica”, UCEIF

2016 - 2017 SANIF, eabh, Santander, Invited Discussant,17-19 Feb.

2015 - 2017 3rd Workshop "New Economic Historians of Latin America", Centre d´Estudis ‘Antoni de Capmany’, 

2015 - 2017 University of Barcelona and LSE, 28 Aug. 

2014 - 2017 ESTER International Programme in Frankfurt (European Graduate School for Training in Economic and

2015 - 2017 Social Historical Research), 14-17 Oct. 

2015 - 2017 XI Congreso Internacional de la AEHE, Colegio Universitario de Estudios Financieros (CUNEF) Madrid 

2015 - 2017 4-5 Sept.

2013 - 2017 Permanent seminar of Economic History, Prof. Carlos Marichal Salinas, El Colegio de México Centro de

2015 - 2017 Estudios Históricos, México, 1 Oct. 

2015 - 2017 Workshop Economic History Department, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, 23 Aug. 

Languages & IT Skills

IT

Microsoft Office, SAP (Basics), STATA

Languages

German: Native

English: Fluent 

Spanish: Fluent 

French: Basic Knowledge