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Seminar on European Development in a Historical Perspective

European Development in a Historical Perspective – A Ph.D. & Postdoctoral Conference

May 1, 2025
9:00am - 5:00pm
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall Directions
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Seminar on European Development in a Historical Perspective

European Development in a Historical Perspective – A Ph.D. & Postdoctoral Conference

May 1, 2025
9:00am - 5:00pm
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall Directions

Chairs

Caterina Chiopris
Caterina Chiopris
Academy Scholar, Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, Harvard University; Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Shao-Yu Jheng
Shao-Yu Jheng
Ph.D. Candidate in Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University; Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Daniel Lowery
Daniel Lowery
Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Matthias Weigand
Matthias Weigand
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Economics, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
 
May 1, 2025
9:00am - 5:00pm
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Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall Directions

Join us for the inaugural European Development in a Historical Perspective Conference, a one-day event bringing together Ph.D. candidates and postdoctoral researchers from the Boston area to discuss their work on the historical dimensions of European development.

This conference is hosted by the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University and organized by the Seminar on European Development in a Historical Perspective.

Photo Credit: William Miller, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

About

9:00 am – 9:15 am Coffee and Welcome Remarks

9:15 am – 10:15 am Panel 1 | Language and Nationalism

  • Alexandra Sandström – Economic and Cultural Effects of Education with Language Restriction: Evidence from Sweden's Tornedalingar
  • BreAnne Fleer – From Language Groups to Political Nations: A Study of the Historical Origins of European Nationalisms

10:15 am – 11:15 am Panel 2 | Right-Wing Politics and Popular Identity

  • Jasper Jansen – Economic Precarity, Savings, and the Radical Right: Lessons from 19th-Century Germany
  • Caterina Chiopris – Das Volk

11:15 am – 11:45 am Coffee Break

11:45 am – 12:45 pm Panel 3 | Geopolitics

  • Shao-Yu Jheng – European Powers’ Competition and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
  • Seokju Oh – Securing Wheat: British Operations in Argentina and the U.S., 1916-1918

12:45 pm – 1:45 pm Lunch Break

1:45 pm – 3:15 pm Panel 4 | Social Hierarchies

  • Marcin Wroński – Intergenerational Mobility over Nine Generations: Evidence from Poland, 1800-1984
  • Julio Solis Arce – From Consensus to Majority Rule in European Parliaments
  • Sima Biondi – A Monarch's MapQuest: How Ruler-Elite Relations Shape State Power

3:15 pm – 3:45 pm Coffee Break

3:45 pm – 4:45 pm Panel 5 | Banking and Industrial Organization

  • Matthias Weigand – Coordination and Collusion in Industrialization: Evidence from German Businesses, 1870–1945
  • Ayelet Carmeli – Financial Statebuilding and the Origins of Savings Regimes in France, the U.K., and the U.S.

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