Peter H. Bent

COMING SOON with @CambridgeUP !!!! #historyofeconomics @Societies_HET @diversityhet @DivDecEcon #historyofindianeconomics #economichistory @kings_eis

Endnotes 1-5 (pdfs) Endnotes 1 (2008): files.libcom.org/files/Endnotes… Endnotes 2 (2010): files.libcom.org/files/Endnotes… Endnotes 3 (2013): files.libcom.org/files/Endnotes… Endnotes 4 (2015): files.libcom.org/files/Endnotes… Endnotes 5 (2019): files.libcom.org/files/2022-08/…

Call for Papers! Is economic history research aware of its potential policy impacts? As part of the World Economic History Congress that will be held in Lund on the 28 July – 1 August 2025, @ClioChris and @JohanFourieZA invite scholars to submit papers that explore the multifaceted relationship between economic history and its influence on contemporary public policy. Further details can be found here: ceph.ie/cfp-wehc2025-c… #Economics #EconomicHistory #EconTwitter #NSRPproject

The fantastic economics department at Trinity College (Hartford, CT) is looking to hire a macroeconomist specializing in international finance. The application is here: trincoll.peopleadmin.com

Syllabus for "Empires of Debt," an undergraduate course I taught at Princeton last spring. Feel free to use if helpful. academia.edu/107115989/Empi…

A few years ago, we started organising regular workshops on different methods in the history of economics at the Walras Pareto Centre to better understand what tools we can use and how. This is the first in a series of blog posts that aim to share what we learn!

This @QJEHarvard paper is fantastic. The type of big economic history work I wish there was more of. I'm teaching it tomorrow, which will be fun. I think it shows the fundamental power of careful, long-run historical data work. With the power to inform current policy debates.

New Request for Proposals: for a conference and special issue of @JHPE_journal on The Political Economy of the Gilded Age & Progressive Era. Details below. Proposals due on March 6. Message me with any questions.

We are organizing a workshop in economic history in beautiful Uppsala on May 25-26, 2023, with @joachim_voth as keynote speaker! Submit your paper here! forms.gle/7cc9RVCzr7GVPb… Link to call for papers: lucarepetto.com/Docs/Call_for_…

If you are at #WEHC2022, consider attending the session on 'Frictions of Trade Policy: Tariffs for Protection or for Revenue' on 26 July, organised by @phbent and @HencePence. Markus Lampe and I will be discussants. More details here: wehc2022.org/program-detail…

I am very happy to announce the public release of Egypt’s 1848 and 1868 individual-level population census samples. The digitization of these samples is a project that I’ve worked on since my PhD in 2009-2012 (1/n)

ICYM this fantastic discussion: Prof David Ruccio (@Dfruccio) shares his process of curating courses on political economy and Prof Jayati Ghosh (@Jayati1609) on international economics. youtu.be/pBFfHTvlW7o

If you are an underrepresented student considering a Ph.D. in economics but you might need a bit more preparation, please consider the Columbia Bridge to the Ph.D. program! It is a great opportunity to take classes and work on research with great faculty (like me!)

Day 2 of the Early Career Days is all about TEACHING. We're currently live with Goncalo Fonseca, @SurbhiKesar, @phbent, Kurt Semm and @pockez, showcasing INET ED, a new resource to help you bring alternative approaches to the classroom. Join us via ysiproject.org/career

Teaching challenges are different depending on the context. Come discuss! @jcaacostamacia (Universidad del Valle) @JeanLacroixEcon (Université Paris-Saclay) @mmmgroenewald (The North-West University) moderation: @phbent 👉Nov 19, 2pm ET 👉Register at ysiproject.org/career

😱 publishing 😱 the job market 😱 writing 😱 teaching 😱 mental health 😱 work-life balance You don't need to do it all alone. Join us to share experiences, build resources, & be supported by mentors and peers: 🙌 Early Career Days 🙌 18-20 November 🙌 ysiproject.org/program

Virtual conference on crises 2021, organized by the Crises Redefined profiling area at the University of Jyväskylä on 26–27 October 2021, with keynotes by Nick Vaughan-Williams (@PAISWarwick) and @epalonen. Programme and registration now online here: jyu.fi/hytk/en/resear…

🚨🚨🚨PLEASE RETWEET! Explorations in Economic History conference on Methodological Advances (OCR, AI, machine learning, computer vision, and text analysis) is now open for registration. 12/3, on Zoom. @MelissaLDell w/ the keynote. Register by 11/28 @ tinyurl.com/EEHConf