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Research Seminar Series

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The Institute for Economic and Social History holds a regular research seminar with 4-5 speakers per term. The research seminar is coordinated with the ‘Wiso Abendkolloquium’ and further research seminars at the Institute for Economic and Social History of the University of Vienna and normally held on Tuesdays from 17:00 to 18:30. Attendance is open to everyone interested in the topics. For inquiries please contact geschichte@wu.ac.at

In past semesters, speakers and papers were:

Summer Term 2026

Juan Pablo JULIÁ (University of Gothenburg)
The Political Consequences of Trade Shocks and Tariffs: Evidence from Argentina, 1912-1938
24th March 2026

Richard BLUHM (University of Stuttgart)
Political violence and radicalization: Evidence from the French Revolution (with Gerda Asmus-Bluhm, Raphaël Franck, & Raphael H. Heiberger)
26th May 2026

Esther SAHLE (University of Copenhagen)
Why you should stop using Protestantism as a predictor for human capital formation
16th June 2026

Winter Term 2025

Felix SCHAFF (Utrecht University - SCOOP Center)
Before the U-Curve: Intra-Family  Roots of Preindustrial Gender Inequality (with Sheilagh Ogilvie)
18th November 2025

Jane HUMPHRIES (Oxford University)
Towards an economic history of caring labour
9th December 2025

Summer Term 2025

Andreas LINK (Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)
will present his joint research with Christine Binzel (Erlangen-Nürnberg) on
Historical Roots of Vaccine Hesitancy: The Persistent Effect of the Naturopathic Movement in Germany
11th March 2025

Gaia DOSSI (University College London),
Race and Science.
8th April 2025

Johannes BOEHM (Geneva Graduate Institute)
Trade and the End of Antiquity (with Thomas Chaney)
24th June 2025

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