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The Cambridge Centre is now inviting applications for a number of Prize Research Grants for the 2026-2027 academic year. Please click below for eligibility, further details and deadlines.
THE CENTRE FOR HISTORY AND ECONOMICS
2026-2027 Prize Research Grants
histecon.magd.cam.ac.uk
The Cambridge Centre is now inviting applications for a number of Prize Research Grants for the 2026-2027 academic year. Please click below for eligibility, further details and deadlines.
THE CENTRE FOR HISTORY AND ECONOMICS
2026-2027 Prize Research Grants
histecon.magd.cam.ac.uk
**Today!!**
Joint Center for History and Economics@historyecon.bsky.social · 3mo agoPlease join us on Thurs 4 June at 5pm when @mattinbiglari.bsky.social will be speaking at the History & Economics Seminar (jointly with the World History Seminar) on 'Nationalising Oil & Knowledge in Iran: Labour, Decolonisation & Colonial Modernity, 1933-51'. Click for abstract and further details.
Please join us on Thurs 4 June at 5pm when @mattinbiglari.bsky.social will be speaking at the History & Economics Seminar (jointly with the World History Seminar) on 'Nationalising Oil & Knowledge in Iran: Labour, Decolonisation & Colonial Modernity, 1933-51'. Click for abstract and further details.
Mattin Biglari
Nationalising Oil and Knowledge in Iran: Labour, Decolonisation and Colonial Modernity, 1933-1951
histecon.magd.cam.ac.uk
*Today*!!
Joint Center for History and Economics@historyecon.bsky.social · 3mo agoPlease join us on 26 May at 5pm when Charles Troup (@ihr.bsky.social) will be speaking at the History & Economics Seminar on 'The spread of environmental cost-benefit analysis in UK government, c.1966-1995: representing the public in the Anthropocene'. Click for further details.
Please join us on 26 May at 5pm when Charles Troup (@ihr.bsky.social) will be speaking at the History & Economics Seminar on 'The spread of environmental cost-benefit analysis in UK government, c.1966-1995: representing the public in the Anthropocene'. Click for further details.
Charles Troup
The spread of environmental cost-benefit analysis in UK government, c.1966-1995: representing the public in the Anthropocene
histecon.magd.cam.ac.uk
In celebration of the recent anniversary of the Portuguese Revolution (25th of April), Cambridge Centre member @pramospinto.bsky.social will be discussing 'Global Histories of the Portuguese Revolution'. Drinks will be provided after the talk. 11 May 2026, 5pm, Trinity Hall, Bridgetower Room.
Early Modern Economic and Social History Seminar: Illegal trade and colonial expansion in Greenland, 1780-1800 Anna Knutsson (Cambridge) 5 pm, Thursday 14 May; ERASMUS, Queen's College
Looking forward to this screening and panel discussion of our new film, OVERBURDEN, hosted by the Cambridge Conservation Initiative. Set in #Liberia, the film is emblematic of issues at the intersection of #mining and #conservation across West Africa. www.cambridgeconservation.org/events/film-...
Film Screening: OVERBURDEN - Cambridge Conservation Initiative
Babbage Lecture Theatre, Cambridge
cambridgeconservation.org
Please join us on 5 May at 5pm in @magdalenecollege.bsky.social when Sophie FitzMaurice (Cambridge) will be speaking at the History & Economics Seminar on 'Packing the Border: Quail Crates and the Regulation of Animal Movement on the US-Mexico Border, 1910s-1940s'. Click for abstract & details.
Sophie Fitzmaurice
Packing the Border: Quail Crates and the Regulation of Animal Movement on the US-Mexico Border, 1910s-1940s
histecon.magd.cam.ac.uk
In celebration of the recent anniversary of the Portuguese Revolution (25th of April), Cambridge Centre member @pramospinto.bsky.social will be discussing 'Global Histories of the Portuguese Revolution'. Drinks will be provided after the talk. 11 May 2026, 5pm, Trinity Hall, Bridgetower Room.
The Cambridge Centre's Paul Warde will be taking part in this memorial conference and will be speaking about 'Tamlaght 1840: women's work in an Irish community'.
British Agricultural History Society@braghs.bsky.social · 6mo agoThe programme has been announced for the Professor Nicola Verdon memorial conference, to be held at Sheffield Hallam University, Thursday 30 April and Friday 1 May 2026. Find full details here www.bahs.org.uk/professor-ni... You can book on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1982773776....
Please join us on Monday 27 April 2026 at the Harvard Center for the next Tea Talk! Rebecca Haw Allensworth (Harvard Law) will be discussing "Monopoly Prizes: The Sherman Act's Double Edge for Innovation." 4pm, Room CGIS K262. Light refreshments will be provided.
The Cambridge Centre is pleased to announce its Easter Term 2026 seminar schedule. Speakers include: Sophie FitzMaurice (Cambridge), Charles Troup (Yale) and @mattinbiglari.bsky.social (Bristol). Please join us! Click for dates, times and abstracts! www.histecon.magd.cam.ac.uk/seminar_hec....
THE CENTRE FOR HISTORY AND ECONOMICS
histecon.magd.cam.ac.uk
Please join us on 6 April 2026 at the Harvard Center for the next Tea Talk! @maidino.bsky.social (Harvard / History of Science) will be discussing "Welfare as Debt: On the Computerization of the US Welfare State." 4pm, Room CGIS K262. Light refreshments will be provided.
Please join us at the Harvard Center on Thursday, April 2, 2026 when Tyler Goodspeed (ExxonMobil) will be discussing his new book "Recession: The Real Reasons Economies Shrink and What to Do About It." 4:00pm, Tsai Auditorium, CGIS-S010, 1730 Cambridge Street. Reception to follow.
Please join us at the Harvard Center on Thursday, April 2, 2026 when Tyler Goodspeed (ExxonMobil) will be discussing his new book "Recession: The Real Reasons Economies Shrink and What to Do About It." 4:00pm, Tsai Auditorium, CGIS-S010, 1730 Cambridge Street. Reception to follow.
On Wednesday 1 April at 12pm EDT Arne Westad (Yale) will be speaking at the Harvard Center on "The Coming Storm: Power, Conflict and Warnings from History." Click for abstract, room details & Zoom link.
ARNE WESTAD
The Coming Storm: Power, Conflict and Warnings from History
histecon.fas.harvard.edu
We are delighted to share a new essay on the Visualizing Climate and Loss website by L. Mahadevan entitled “Turing’s Tyger.” What can a tiger’s stripes tell us about the origins of its genetic diversity?
Visualizing Climate and Loss
TURING'S TYGER by L. Mahadevan
histecon.fas.harvard.edu
On Wednesday 1 April at 12pm EDT Arne Westad (Yale) will be speaking at the Harvard Center on "The Coming Storm: Power, Conflict and Warnings from History." Click for abstract, room details & Zoom link.
ARNE WESTAD
The Coming Storm: Power, Conflict and Warnings from History
histecon.fas.harvard.edu
On Wednesday 11 March at 12pm EDT Mélanie Lamotte (Duke) will be speaking at the Harvard Center on "By Flesh & Toil: How Sex, Race, & Labor Shaped the Early French Empire." Click for abstract, room details & Zoom link.
MÉLANIE LAMOTTE
By Flesh and Toil: How Sex, Race, and Labor Shaped the Early French Empire
histecon.fas.harvard.edu
Please join us at the Harvard Center for the next Tea Talk! Anna Russo (Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows) will be discussing 'Waiting or Paying for Healthcare: Evidence from the Veterans Health Administration'. 4.30pm, 9 March 2026, CGIS S050. Light refreshments will be provided.
Centre member Melissa Lane (Princeton) will be discussing 'Moses & other Lawgivers in Philo & Josephus: on the Roles of Law & Writing in Ethical Education', followed by a comment from Benjamin Gray (Cambridge). Mon 9 March at 5pm, in the Bateman Auditorium, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
Please join us on Tues 10 March at 5pm at @magdalenecollege.bsky.social when Giacomo Bonan (Turin) will be speaking at the History & Economics Seminar on 'A Forest of Numbers: Comparing Statistics on Europe's Wood Economy (1860s–1910s)'. Click for abstract and further information.
Giacomo Bonan
A Forest of Numbers: Comparing Statistics on Europe's Wood Economy (1860s to 1910s)
histecon.magd.cam.ac.uk
On Wednesday 11 March at 12pm EDT Mélanie Lamotte (Duke) will be speaking at the Harvard Center on "By Flesh & Toil: How Sex, Race, & Labor Shaped the Early French Empire." Click for abstract, room details & Zoom link.
MÉLANIE LAMOTTE
By Flesh and Toil: How Sex, Race, and Labor Shaped the Early French Empire
histecon.fas.harvard.edu
Last chance to register: major conference celebrating 250 years of 'The Wealth of Nations': the most famous text in the history of political economy and economics. Leading historians and economists will assess its legacy & ask what it means for the next century. Free, open to public, link below ⬇️⬇️
*Conference announcement* Modern Enquiries into the Nature & Causes of the Wealth of Nations: International Prosperity and Development 250 Years After Adam Smith. King's College, Cambridge. 5-6 MARCH 2026. Further information & to register via Eventbrite: www.econsoc.hist.cam.ac.uk/docs/Kings_W...
**Rescheduled due to the storms!!** We will now meet on 2 March at 4.30pm in room CGIS S050! Light refreshments will be provided!
Joint Center for History and Economics@historyecon.bsky.social · 6mo agoPlease join us at the Harvard Center for the next Tea Talk with Idriss Fofana,who will be discussing 'Abolitionist Liberalism and its Others: Regulating Labor Migration on the South China Coast and in the Senegal River Valley in the Nineteenth Century'. 4.30pm, 23 Feb 2026, CGIS K262.
