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LSE Department of Economic History

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LSE Department of Economic History

@LSEEcHist

Exploring the past to shape the future 🌍📜📈 Follow for research & talks by world-class scholars. Blog: blogs.lse.ac.uk/economichistor…

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LSE Department of Economic History
@LSEEcHist
May 19
Join us for this year's Epstein Lecture, where we host some of the most exciting economic history research! This year's edition features @gobbi_paula, who discusses how inheritance patterns change economies and societies 💰👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 #lseevents #echist
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Inheritance, demographics, and economic development | Paula Gobbi
6.30pm Thurs 21 May | Professor Paula Gobbi, Professor Sara Horrell | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE
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LSE Department of Economic History
@LSEEcHist
Feb 28, 2019
Replying to @LSEEcHist
Read the Working Paper here: 'Where is the Middle Class? Inequality, Gender and the Shape of the Upper Tail from 60 million English Death and Probate Records, 1892-2016' bit.ly/2T4OtUG
LSE Department of Economic History
@LSEEcHist
Sep 29, 2023
Join us for this round table discussion of the themes raised in Maxine Berg and Pat Hudson’s new book: Slavery, Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution Tuesday 10 October 2023 7.00pm to 8.30pm lse.ac.uk/Economic-Histo…
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LSE Department of Economic History
@LSEEcHist
Mar 9, 2023
We are delighted to announce that Dr Mara Pasquamaria Squicciarini (@mara_squi) will deliver the 2023 Epstein Lecture. Title: A Complex Relationship: religiosity and science in a historical perspective. lse.ac.uk/Events/2023/03…
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LSE Department of Economic History
@LSEEcHist
Apr 29, 2023
Were Victorian liberals right to extol nineteenth-century English society as one of openness and high mobility? Or were opportunities few and far between? PhD student Ziming Zhu’s research uses individual-level data spanning 60 years (1851 to 1911) to answer these questions.
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LSE Department of Economic History
@LSEEcHist
Oct 11, 2023
The department is deeply saddened by the death of Professor Nick Crafts, a former Convenor of the Department, and a great friend and colleague. He was generous with his time, supportive of students and young scholars and, above all, very funny.
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LSE Department of Economic History
@LSEEcHist
Feb 28, 2019
'Most of us die virtually penniless' Latest @LSEEcHist Working Paper from @NeilJCummins shows that since 1950 generational wealth was shuffled among top 20-30 per cent, middle and lower classes passing on little to nothing. Read @LSENews feature here: bit.ly/2GQ0pmq
LSE Department of Economic History
@LSEEcHist
Mar 5, 2024
Many congratulations to our colleague Professor @Chris__Minns (@LSEEcHist) who has been made a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences! Fellows of the Academy are elected for their substantial contributions to social sciences.
Academy of Social Sciences
@AcadSocSciences
Mar 4, 2024
We are delighted to welcome 41 leading social scientists, who highlight the importance of the #socialsciences in tackling society’s most pressing challenges, to our Fellowship. Look out for some of our new Fellows who will be introduced later today. ➡️acss.org.uk/news/the-acade…
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LSE Department of Economic History
@LSEEcHist
Oct 9, 2023
Congratulations to @PikaGoldin for being awarded the 2023 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences! Professor Goldin's rigorous work on the history of women's labour has shown how economic history can illuminate the past, inform the present, and guide the future.
The Nobel Prize
@NobelPrize
Oct 9, 2023
BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2023 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Claudia Goldin “for having advanced our understanding of women’s labour market outcomes.” #NobelPrize
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LSE Department of Economic History
@LSEEcHist
Sep 6, 2022
Apply to present at our Graduate Economic History Seminar this Michaelmas term🗣️📽️📊 Details below
LSE Department of Economic History
@LSEEcHist
Nov 11, 2022
In yesterday’s department economic history seminar 📽📊, Rinchan Ali MIrza discusses the relationship between institutions and conflicts, utilising a historical boundary in Pakistan’s north-west frontier. (🧵1/5)
LSE Department of Economic History
@LSEEcHist
Nov 30, 2022
Our newest department building 🎄🍪🏠
LSE Department of Economic History
@LSEEcHist
Apr 9, 2024
The (extended) @LSEEcHist family at this year's @EcHistSoc Annual Conference in Newcastle Many thanks to @EcHistSoc and @NorthumbriaUni for organising this superb conference!
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LSE Department of Economic History
@LSEEcHist
Apr 2, 2024
Our PhD students are ready for the @EcHistSoc poster session this week in Newcastle. Stay tuned!
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