Joint Center for History and Economics

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.

Giacomo Bonan A Forest of Numbers: Comparing Statistics on Europe's Wood Economy (1860s to 1910s)

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.

MÉLANIE LAMOTTE By Flesh and Toil: How Sex, Race, and Labor Shaped the Early French Empire

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.

Last chance to register: landmark conference to mark 250 years since publication of The Wealth of Nations. ‘Modern Enquiries into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations’ 5-6 March 2026 Keynes Hall, King’s College, Cambridge: Thursday, 9.15am – 5pm, and Friday, 9.00 – 12.45. Free, registration required. Arthur Goodhart Lecture Theatre (LG19), Law Faculty, Sidgwick Site: concluding public forum, Friday, 2-4 pm. No booking required, arrive early to secure a seat. All free and open to the public, students especially welcome.

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 ⬇️⬇️

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*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!

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Marta Macedo Maroon ecologies and the São Tomé plantation world: histories of black insurgency

Please join us on Tues 24 Feb at 5pm at @magdalenecollege.bsky.social when Marta Macedo (NOVA Lisbon) will be speaking at the History & Economics Seminar on 'Maroon ecologies and the São Tomé plantation world: histories of black insurgency'. Click for abstract and further information.

Unfortunately, this is an in-person event only. But thank you for your interest, which has been fed back to the organisers.

“Ouvriers chinois à Kenge-Lemba,” reproduction of a photograph by Dr. Élie-Joseph Étienne, published in A.-J. Wauters, ed., Le Congo illustré, vol. 2 (1893).

Please 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.

1800 Histories TONOPAH by EMMA ROTHSCHILD

We are delighted to share a new essay on the 1800 Histories website by Emma Rothschild, a micro-history of Tonopah, Arizona, from a methane plume in the desert to solar power plants and data centers.

Please join us for a celebration of the publication of Keith Baker's new book Jean-Paul Marat: Prophet of Terror. Wed 11 Feb, 5pm, Harvard University, CGIS-S020, 1730 Cambridge St. Hosted by the Harvard Center & the MIT Global France Seminar. Reception to follow.
histecon.fas.harvard.edu/events.htm

Please join us for a celebration of the publication of Keith Baker's new book Jean-Paul Marat: Prophet of Terror. Wed 11 Feb, 5pm, Harvard University, CGIS-S020, 1730 Cambridge St. Hosted by the Harvard Center & the MIT Global France Seminar. Reception to follow.
histecon.fas.harvard.edu/events.htm

1800 Histories DEL RAY, CALIFORNIA by Melih Cevik

A new essay on our 1800 Histories site! Del Rey is a town often overlooked on the map, but one map will always have it marked, the 1800 Histories map. A super-emitter event reveals a story rooted in agriculture, industry, energy, & a community grounded in history as it continues to hope for growth.

Please join us on Tues 3 Feb 5pm @magdalenecollege.bsky.social when Mariia Koskina (Cambridge) will be speaking at the History & Economics Seminar on 'Little Corners of Freedom, Green Dictatorship, & the Sublime in the Late-Soviet Nature Reserve'. Click: 
www.histecon.magd.cam.ac.uk/seminar_kosk...

@gareth-austin.bsky.social
@cwpeconhist.bsky.social
@pramospinto.bsky.social
@kingscollege.bsky.social

*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/Camb_WO...

Not to this one, I am afraid. Our only hybrid seminars are posted here: histecon.fas.harvard.edu/seminars/ind.... However, it may be worth reaching out to Mariia Koskina (mk2303@cam.ac.uk). Thank you for your interest!

Please join us on Tues 3 Feb 5pm @magdalenecollege.bsky.social when Mariia Koskina (Cambridge) will be speaking at the History & Economics Seminar on 'Little Corners of Freedom, Green Dictatorship, & the Sublime in the Late-Soviet Nature Reserve'. Click: 
www.histecon.magd.cam.ac.uk/seminar_kosk...

We draw your attention to the Oceanic and Maritime History workshop co-convened by Aristide Chryssoulis and @joaomoreiradasilva.bsky.social (Centre Prize Student 2024-25 and Student Mentor 2025-26).

TEA TALKS Help Wanted: New Jobs in the U.S. since 1860

The Harvard Center is delighted to announce the Spring series of Tea Talks. Speakers include Idriss Fofana, Anna Russo, @maidino.bsky.social & Rebecca Haw Allensworth. Please join us for the first talk on 2 Feb when @jingyihuang.bsky.social will discuss 'Help Wanted: New Jobs in the U.S. since 1860'

COINS OF THE MONTH Progressives and Conservatives in Spanish coinage in the nineteenth century (Part II: 1814-1868)

The Centre is pleased to publish a new essay in our Coins of the Month feature. In the second of a three part series, Luca Einaudi discusses 'Progressives and Conservatives in Spanish coinage in the nineteenth century'. Part II (1814-1868).

Visualizing Climate and Loss VISUALIZING LANDSCAPES OF ENERGY by Julian Giordano

We are pleased to publish a new essay on our Visualizing Climate and Loss website by Julian Giordano exploring how satellite data and photography reveal the hidden geographies of methane emissions in coal and gas regions.

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THE CENTRE FOR HISTORY AND ECONOMICS

The Cambridge Centre is pleased to announce its Lent Term 2026 seminar schedule. Speakers include: Mariia Koskina (Cambridge), Marta Macedo (NOVA Lisbon) and Giacomo Bonan (Turin). Please join us!
Click for further details.

THE CENTRE FOR HISTORY AND ECONOMICS IN PARIS Fellowships

Applications are invited for a 3-year Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at our Centre in Paris, starting on 1 Sept 2026. The post is in connection with the research programme on economic & environmental history. Application deadline 19 Feb 2026. Click below for further particulars & how to apply.

Please join us Thurs 4 Dec for the next Core Seminar, 5:15pm in St John's Lightfoot Room when former Centre Prize Student @emilianotravieso.bsky.social (Madrid) will discuss 'Free souls, poor soils: the nature of slave emancipation in postcolonial Uruguay'. Abstract: talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/2...