Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Social and Economic History

Research Colloquium

The Berliner Forschungskolloquium Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte is organised by the Institut für Wirtschaftsgeschichte (Nikolaus Wolf) and the Lehrstuhl für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte (Alexander Nützenadel).


The colloquium takes place on Wednesday (17-18:15h) in Unter den Linden 6 (main building), room 2095A

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25.10.23 FELIX RÖSEL (BRAUNSCHWEIG)

The Persistence of Socialist Capital Cities: Evidence from East Germany

 

01.11.23 HAROLD JAMES (PRINCETON)

Turning Points in the History of Globalization

 

08.11.23 FELIX KERSTING (HU BERLIN)

Industrialization, Returns, Inequality

 

15.11.23 ALEXANDER NÜTZENADEL AND TOBIAS SCHEIB (HU BERLIN)

Banking Regulation in the 20th Century. A Historical Index

 

22.11.23 CHI HYUN KIM (BONN)

Unemployment Risk, Portfolio Choice, and the Racial Wealth Gap

 

29.11.23 MAX-STEPHAN SCHULZE (LSE)

A Century of Retardation? The Impact of the Thirty Years War on Market Integration in the Holy Roman Empire

 

06.12.23 MONIQUE REISKE (HU BERLIN)

Agricultural Crises and the Demise of Weimar's Democracy

 

13.12.23 MARVIN SÜSSE (TRINITY DUBLIN)

The Nationalist Dilemma

 

20.12.23 KEIN KOLLOQUIUM!

 

10.01.24 DEREK HATTEMER (BASEL)

Desocialising Weimar’s Safety net? Commercial Life Insurance for the Masses in German Business and Politics, 1924-1939.

 

17.01.24 FALK FLADE (VIADRINA)

The Semiconductor Plant in Frankfurt (Oder) in the Sectoral Innovation System of GDR´s Semiconductor Industry

 

24.01.24 SANDRA DE PLEIJT (WAGENINGEN/OXFORD) -postponed to the next summer term

The Deep Roots of Human Capital Formation and Economic Development in Southeast Asia

 

31.01.24 ERIC MONNET (PSE)

How Central Banks have Shaped Financial Systems. A Long-Term Perspective

 

07.02.24 CHRISTINE BINZEL (FAU)

Historical Roots of Vaccine Hesitancy: The Persistent Effect of the Naturopathic Movement in Germany

 

14.02.24 MAARTJE VAN GELDER (AMSTERDAM)

Blind Spots, Gaps, and Archival Silences: Tracing Contestation in the Venetian State Archive