Alan Ereira, producer and director extraordinaire as well as professor of Practice at the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David, has published (and kindly sent me a copy) of his new book, pictured below. I have only had the time to read some parts so far, but it was enough to conclude that it is ..read more

Some photos have been posted here, and here. I also below the final program for this conference and associated workshop (previously announced here and here ..read more

Particularly happy for James A. Robinson, who is a member of the Scientific Council of the Lewis Lab, was a keynote speaker in our March 2023 conference, and is an on-going coauthor of Hélder Carvalhal, Soeren Henn, and me, working on the precolonial political and economic history of Angola ..read more

This week’s The Economist covered work by Adam Brzezinski, Yao Chen, François Velde, Felix Ward, & myself. The academic papers covered were this, this, and this ..read more

This will take place on November 13, 2024. Prior to the November 14-15, 2024 conference previously announced here. The link to apply is here. Deadline for submission: September 17, 2024, at 5pm GMT ..read more

2-year predoctoral position in Economic History at the Arthur Lewis Lab for Comparative Development  Salary: £30 to 35K per year. Work in a research project concerning African economic history & political economy, working with Hélder Carvalhal, Soeren Henn, Nuno Palma, and James A. Robinson. You will be responsible for data survey and collection in Portugal (Lisbon area) and, sporadically, in Angola (nearby Luanda). This position is ideal for candidates with plans to pursue future doctoral studies in economic history, historical political economy. Note that knowledge of writ ..read more

The first Hajnal lecture will be given by Noam Yuchman (Oxford) on May 9, 2024. Details below. To enroll, please use this link ..read more

Previously announced here ..read more

Following other industrial heritage trips, it was great to visit the Ellenroad Steam Museum. They announce the occurrence of steam days every first Sunday of the month. However, on two occasions when I visited on those days (the last of which today), it did not happen due to technical reasons. On the other hand, because of that, entry was free. Here are some pictures. Worth a visit ..read more

Here’s a new paper by Hélder Carvalhal and I, the first outcome of this project, which is funded by ESRC. (The project website is here.) The paper is also available as a CEPR discussion paper ..read more