Final reminder of the call for papers for this workshop. We are also grateful to have received funding from the Economic History Society to cover accommodation costs for a couple of PhD students without other funding. Please send us your abstracts!

LSE Department of Economic History would be pleased to support suitable applications for the following postdoctoral fellowships beginning in 10/2025. Check the eligibility criteria for the schemes, and if eligible, contact Eric Schneider ([email protected]) to discuss your application 1/3

✍️ How accurate are the estimates of civilian deaths in the two world wars? In this LSE Department of Economic History event, Cormac O'Grada will show how the official estimates are very low and the reality is much starker. Eric Schneider will chair the event. See more 👇 lse.ac.uk/Events/2025/02…

Only 2 days left to submit your abstract for the ESHD conference! ⏳✨ Beyond an intellectually stimulating event, we promise delicious food, beautiful weather, and magnificent walks around the city. Don't miss out! 📜🍷🌿

If you love history, this one's for you. Join us for an informative online talk exploring health and medicine at the Foundling Hospital at the turn of the 20th century with LSE Department of Economic History's Eric Schneider. Pay what you can for tickets: bit.ly/4htkOeM

🎙️Eric Schneider is giving a talk at the Foundling Museum on Wednesday, exploring how the Foundling Hospital 🏥provided medical care to the children in its charge. More info here: foundlingmuseum.org.uk/event/healing-…

The EHS Initiatives & Conference Fund encourages otherwise unfunded workshops, special meetings and initiatives in economic and social history. Grants up to £5,000, or £1,000 for a one-day workshop, are available. The deadline for the current round of applications is 1 May 2025

Revealed today The London Book Fair, 11-13 March 2025: The UK cover of my forthcoming book #ECONOMICA: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power. Enormous thanks to Martin and Holly and the wider team Headline Press. It’s time to put women at the heart of global economic history 📚 #econhist #LBF25

Thrilled to co-organise the first ever LSE-PSE joint Economic History Workshop which will take place soon (29-30th of April) at PSE with an amazing lineup of LSE Department of Economic History and Paris School of Economics students and staff: #econhistory #econtwitter

Infant abandonment was a social problem in 19cEurope.What was the impact of policies concerning abandonment on children's survival&families' reproductive behaviors?📢Our new paper w/M.Molteni on Explorations in Economic History address these Qs. Link➡️shorturl.at/LWy9Y 🧵👇

Three centuries ago China tweaked a single rule in its imperial exams—and gave us a natural experiment on affirmative action that still echoes today. 🧵👇

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP20387 Born in Smog: The Short- and Long-Run Health Consequences of Acute Air Pollution Exposure in Historical London, 1892–1919 Eric Schneider LSE Department of Economic History ow.ly/ieVm50WicW9 #CEPR_EH #CEPR_CCE #EconTwitter

Our new WP with David and Patrick!

The call for papers, sessions and posters for the 2026 EHS Conference is now open! It will be held at the Cheng Kin Ku (CKK) building, LSE, 10 – 12 April. Paper proposals must be received by 15 September 2025, poster proposals by 17 November. ehs.org.uk/conference/