Second City History and Economics Meeting (SCHEMe)
12 June at Birmingham Business School
Dear colleagues,
It is a great pleasure to announce Volume 2 of our Second City History and Economics Meeting (SCHEMe). This is a workshop on economic history, broadly defined, and will be held on 12-13 June in University House.
It promises to be a great event, with scholars based at Birmingham and elsewhere joining us to present their work on a wide range of themes. As you can see from the attached programme, the topics are eclectic and include gender norms, civic capital, the mafia, technology, and much more. A keynote will be given by Bishnupriya Gupta (University of Warwick) on her recent book on the economic history of India.
You are cordially invited to attend the workshop (the full thing if you are keen, or individual sessions if there are points of particular interest). Please also feel free to extend this invitation to any PhD students who may be interested.
Further details and updates will be circulated in due course.
Hoping to see many of you at the workshop!
Best wishes,
Eric
Second City History and Economics Meeting (SCHEMe)
Volume 2, MMXXV
Venue: Birmingham Business School, University House – Workshop Room: UH108
Thursday 12 June 11:00-11:30: Coffee and Welcome
11:30-12:30: Session One: Networks and Peers
Tom Raster LSE
The Dynamics of Elite Wealth: Accumulation, Shocks, and Family Networks in the Baltics over 700 years
Yuchen Lin Warwick
Coeducation, Female Human Capital, and the Evolution of Gender Norms
12:30-14:00: Lunch
14:00-15:30: Session Two: Births and Deaths
Ted Pinchbeck Birmingham
Lost Generation: World War I Deaths and Innovation in Britain
Guillaume Blanc Manchester
Malthusian Migrations
Rob Elliott Birmingham
Weather Events and Spatial Diffusion of Conflict in the Ming and Qing Era (1368-1911)
15:30-16:00: Coffee
16:00-17:00: Session Three: Power
Eric Strobl Bern
Shifting Powers and Resource Allocation in the British West Indies (1838–1938)
Victoria Biagi Liverpool
Mafia and Social Order
19:00: Dinner (by invitation)
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