Economic History at Yale
Yale’s economic history
program has a long and illustrious history. At this point we have two economic
historians in the economics department, two in the history department, and
several other faculty with strong interests in the law
school, SOM (Yale’s business school) and other departments.
Teaching: We teach economic history courses
at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. All Yale economics PhD students
are required to take at least one graduate course in economic history.
Seminar: Our seminar meets weekly during term time.
Speakers include both Yale faculty and students, and visitors from other
institutions. The current schedule can be found here.
Faculty: The faculty who are most actively involved in
the economic history program are (with general research interests):
Timothy Guinnane, Philip Golden Bartlett Professor of
Economics and History: Demographic and financial history of
Benjamin Polak, Professor of Economics and Management:
Economic theory and economic history
Francesca Trivellato, Professor of History: Merchant
networks and pre-industrial occupations in
Keith Wrightson, Randolph W. Townsend Jr. Professor of History: Early modern British
history
Undergraduate Program: We have a strong
undergraduate program in economic history. Students regularly win prizes for
senior essays on economic history topics. Recent prize winners include:
Eli
Schachar 2007
Arpit Garg 2007
Russell Cecil 2006
Andrè
Soldo, 1996
Current Visitors:
Alan Dye,
8/07-12/07
Home Institution:
Research Interests: Economic History of
Carol Heim,
1/08-4/08
Home Institution:
Research Interests:
Daniel Barbezat, 8/07-12/07
Home Institution:
Research Interests: European Integration, Steel Cartels
Current graduate students:
James Fenske (Department of
Economics): Land and Conflict in
Florian Ploeckl (Department of Economics): Trade and
Industrialization in
Recent past graduate students and
current affiliations in alphabetic order:
Steven Nafziger (Ph.D. Economics, 2006): Department of
Economics,
Winner of
the 2007 Alexander Gerschenkron Prize for Best
Dissertation in non-US or Canadian Economic History
Claire
Priest (J.D. Law, 2001; and Ph.D. History, 2003): Northwestern
Winner of the 2003 Allan Nevins
Prize for Best Dissertation in
Scott Redenius (Ph.D. Economics, 2002): Department of
Economics,
Carol Shiue
(Ph. D. Economics, 1999): Department of Economics,
Ranjit Dighe (Ph.D. Economics, 1997): Department of Economics,
State
Recent visitors (listed in reverse
chronological order, with links to websites)
Ian Keay, 8/06-4/07
Home Institution: Queen’s University
Research Interests: Growth and Productivity Measurement, Marine Resource
Depletion
Howard Bodenhorn, 8/06-4/07
Home Institution:
Research Interests: Banking in Early
Susana
Home Institution: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Research Interests: History of Economic Thought
Christoph Buchheim, 9/06-9/06
Home Institution:
Research Interests: Industrial Revolution and Development, Globalization,
Economic System Comparison
Jonas
Scherner, 8/05-4/06
Home Institution:
Research Interests: The political economy and economic history of Nazi Germany
Tirthankar
Roy, 9/04-6/05
Home Institution: London School of Economics
Research Interests: South Asian economic history
Jochen Streb,
Home Institution: University of Stuttgart-Hohenheim
Valery Lazarev, 9/03-5/04
Home Institution:
Research Interests: Russian and Soviet economic history
Noel
Maurer, 9/02-6/03
Home Institution: Harvard Business School
Research Interests: Political foundations of economic growth; effects of
political instability on economic growth in Mexico; crony capitalism and
credible commitments; the Puerto Rican economy in 1870-1930, before and after
the annexation by the United States in 1898.
Mary MacKinnon, 9/01-6/02
Home Institution: McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Research Interests: Immigration to, migration within, and emigration from
Canada, 1870-1940; education and schooling in Canada 1870-1970; employment and
labour relations at the Canadian Pacific Railroad 1900-1945.
Alan Dye,
1/01-5/01
Home Institution:
Research Interests: Cuban and Latin American economic history
Jochen Streb, 9/98-5/99
Home Institution: University of Stuttgart-Hohenheim
Joshua Rosenbloom,
9/96-5/97
Home Institution:
Research Interests: