The newly established Centre for Economic History at the University of Reading (no website yet available) will host a one-day conference on "Crisis and Change in Historical Perspective" on March 23, 2012, at the ICMA Centre. Herewith the program:
Hat tip to Andrew Smith at "The Past Speaks"
9:30 RegistrationFor further details about the day, please contact the Centre director, Margaret Yates: m.h.yates@reading.ac.uk. To register, contact Astrid House: a.house@reading.ac.uk.
9:45 Welcome
10:00 Prof. Harold James, Princeton University
"Making the European Monetary Union"
11:15 Coffee
11:45 Prof. Nick Mayhew, Winton Institute for Monetary History, Oxford
"Money and Prices in Medieval and Early Modern England"
1:00 Lunch
2:00 Dr. D'Maris Coffman, Centre for Financial History, Cambridge
"Re-Thinking the Origins of the British Public Debt, 1643-1742"
3:00 Prof. Philip Cottrell, University of Leicester
"Banking in Greece during the 1880s"
4:00 Tea
4:30 Prof. Brian Scott-Quinn
"What Financial Crises All Have in Common--Or Do They Not Have a Common Cause?"
6:00 Drinks reception and formal launch of the new Centre
Hat tip to Andrew Smith at "The Past Speaks"