GEHN Programme

Sunday, September 11

09.30: 		Welcome

09.45-10.45: 	Debin Ma, “Treaty Ports and Industrialization in early 20th Century China: the case of Shanghai.” Download paper here

10.45-11.45: 	Harriett Zurndorfer, “Imperialism, Globalization, and the Soap and Suds Industry in Republican China: The Case of Dutch Unilever and the Chinese Consumer.” Download paper Here

11.45-12.00: 	Coffee

12.00-13.00: 	Shigeru Akita, “The British Empire as the 'Imperial Structural Power' and the Asian International Order.” Download paper here 

13.00-14.30 	Lunch

14.30-15.30: 	Om Prakash: “The Great Divergence: Evidence From Eighteenth Century India.” Download paper here

15.30-16.30: 	Stephen Broadberry and Bishnu Gupta (Warwick): “Monetary and Real Aspects of the Great Divergence Between Europe and Asia, 1500-1800.” Download paper here

16.30-16.45: 	Coffee

16.45-17.45: 	Jeffrey G. Williamson (Harvard): “India's De-industrialization under British Rule: Globalization, Foreign Success or Local Failure?” Download paper here

17.45-18.45: 	Sevket Pamuk, “Evolution of Monetary and Fiscal Institutions across the Ottoman Empire, 1500-1800.” Download paper here

GEHN Programme

Monday September 12

09.15-10.15: 	Patrick Manning (Northeastern), “Imperial Balance Sheets Revisited: African Empires of France and Britain, 1900-1960.” Download paper Here

10.15-11.15: 	Gareth Austin, “Imperialism, Globalization and Economic Development: The Experience of British West Africa, 1807-1960.” Download paper here

11.15-11.30: 	Coffee

11.30-12.30: 	William Clarence-Smith, “The imperialism of jackals; economic dynamics driving less developed powers.” Download paper here

12.30-14.00: 	Lunch

14.00-15.00: 	M.A. Irigoin and Regina Grafe, “The Spanish Empire and its Legacy: Fiscal Redistribution and Political Conflict in Colonial and Post-Colonial Spanish America.” Download paper here

15.00-16.00: 	Rafael Dobado and Gustavo A. Marrero, “Mining-led Growth in Bourbon Mexico, the Role of the State and the Economic Cost of Independence.” Download paper here

16.00-16.30: 	Coffee

16.30-17.30: 	Steven Topik, “When the 'Periphery' Became More Central.” Download paper Here

17.30-18.30: 	Colin Lewis, “Is Imperialism Good for Growth? Informal Empire and Latin America: Re-thinking the Debate.” Download paper here