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Current and Upcoming Events for 2008: History

Fall 2007    Winter 2008    

Andrew W. Marcus Seminar in Applied Microeconomics
Tuesday, 9/18/2007; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Jean-Laurent Rosenthal - Cal Tech
"Business organization in the long run -- Private Ltd. companies rule!"

*joint with Public Finance

History Seminar
Tuesday, 9/25/2007; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Caroline Fohlin - Johns Hopkins
"The emergence and development of venture capital organizations following World War II"

History Seminar
Tuesday, 10/2/2007; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Melinda Miller - UM
"The righteous and reasonable ambition for 40 acres and a mule"

History Seminar
Tuesday, 10/9/2007; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Patrick Van Horn - UM
"Excess reserves during the great contraction: evidence from the central money market of New York City, 1929-1932"

History Seminar
Tuesday, 10/16/2007; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Michael Haines - Colgate
"American Indian mortality in the late 19th century"

History Seminar
Tuesday, 10/23/2007; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Richard Steckel - Ohio State
"Ecological conditions and nutritional success: equestrian nomads of the great plains"

History Seminar
Tuesday, 10/30/2007; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Nick Crafts - Warwick
"European economic growth, 1950-2005: a review of the evidence"

History Seminar
Tuesday, 11/6/2007; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Andrew Noymer - UC-Irvine
"The evolution of 20th century American mortality"

History Seminar
Tuesday, 11/13/2007; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Raven Saks - Federal Reserve Board of Governors
"Executive compensation: a new view from a long-term perspective, 1936-2005"

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History Seminar
Tuesday, 11/20/2007; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Dario Gaggio and Frederick Wherry - UM
"Embeddedness and globalization: evidence from two disciplines and three continents"

History Seminar
Tuesday, 11/27/2007; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Warren Whatley - UM
"Guns, gold and sugar: the 18th century British slave trade in Africa"

History Seminar
Tuesday, 12/4/2007; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

George Alter - UM
"Demography and human capital in Europe from 1750- 1850"

History Seminar
Tuesday, 12/11/2007; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Greg Clark - UC-Davis
"Genetically capitalist? The pre-industrial world and the development of modern economic orientation"

History Seminar
Tuesday, 3/4/2008; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Ben Chabot - U of M
TBA

History Seminar
Tuesday, 3/11/2008; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

John Murray - University of Toledo
“Identifying, Separating, and Managing Asymmetric Information in Early 20th Century Insurance.”

History Seminar
Tuesday, 3/18/2008; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Lisa Cooke - MSU
"Private Property and the Anomaly of Soviet Patents."

History Seminar
Tuesday, 3/25/2008; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Jeff Biddle - MSU
"Did Air Conditioning Make the South a More Pleasant Place to Live?"

History Seminar
Tuesday, 4/1/2008; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Antonio Camara - Centre d'Estudis Demografics, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
“Longterm Trends in Height in Spain: Recent Findings and Implications for Economic History.”

History Seminar
Tuesday, 4/8/2008; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

TBA

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History Seminar
Tuesday, 4/15/2008; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Mindy Miller - U of M



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