🚨 LEAP Seminar alert! Malik Altaf Hussain (George Mason Univerisity) will present his research, "Pox, Piety and Paradox: The Economics of Vaccination in British India." 5 March at 15:00 (SAST) Please make sure to RSVP at [email protected] #LEAPSeminarSeries #EconomicHistory

LEAP's Karen Jennings is longlisted for the 30th Women’s Prize for Fiction! 🎉 theguardian.com/books/2025/mar… #WomensPrizeForFiction #LEAP #HistoricalFiction #SALiterature

🚨 LEAP Seminar alert! Nicholas Gachet (The University of Manchester) will present his research, "Property with different rights: The long-run effects of Ecuador's agrarian reform." 12 March at 15:00 (SAST) Please make sure to RSVP at [email protected] #LEAPSeminarSeries

🚨 LEAP Seminar alert! Allison Green (Princeton University) presents her research titled “Networks and Geographic Mobility: Evidence from World War II Navy Ships.” 19 March at 15:00 (SAST) Please make sure to RSVP at [email protected] #LEAPSeminarSeries #EconomicHistory

Finally, the red gown!! The last degree, but the work is far from over. A huge thank you to my supervisors Johan Fourie and Edward Kerby for their support, mentorship and belief in my work. Not forgetting my Laboratory for the Economics of Africa's Past community. Now let’s turn knowledge into impact!

📢 LEAPers Amy Rommelspacher and Johan Fourie publish in New Contree! Rommelspacher, A.F. and Fourie, J. (2025) ‘Marriage and immigrants in Cape Town: 1930–1970’, New Contree, Vol 92. lnkd.in/dn_abY-v. lnkd.in/dX2_CywJ

🚨 LEAP Seminar alert! Zhen Gu (University of Arizona) presents her research, "Immigrant Entrepreneurship in the US 1910-1940." 9 April 2025 at 15:00 (SAST) Please make sure to RSVP at [email protected] #LEAPSeminarSeries #EconomicHistory

🚨 LEAP Seminar alert! Nick Fitzhenry (London School of Economics) presents his research, "Mortality in the Century of Apartheid, 1940-1970: Spatial and racial health inequalities during the antibiotic transition." 16 April 2025 at 15:00 (SAST) RSVP at [email protected]

🚨 LEAP Seminar alert! Youn Baek (NYU Stern) presents his research, "Missionaries and the Birth of International Development." 23 April 2025 at 15:00 (SAST) Please make sure to RSVP at [email protected] #LEAPSeminarSeries #EconomicHistory

🚨 LEAP Seminar alert! Sarah Ferber (University of Tübingen) presents her research, "The legacy of the Cape Colony's education system." 7 May 2025 at 15:00 (SAST) Please make sure to RSVP at [email protected] hashtag#LEAPSeminarSeries hashtag#EconomicHistory

🚨 LEAP Seminar alert! Join us for our final LEAP seminar of 2025! Chun Chee Kok (Monash University) presents his research, "Interethnic Proximity and Political Development." 14 May 2025 at 13:00 (SAST) Please make sure to RSVP at [email protected] #LEAPSeminarSeries

LEAP's Karen Jennings publishes a new short story: "Practical Medical Advice for Female Subjects of the Cape Colony." lazuliliterarygroup.com/practical-medi…

Our Workshop on Disseminating Economic History at STIAS was a great success! Thanks to all the presenters, panellists & participants for making it such an inspiring two days of ideas, tools & storytelling. #EconHistory #LEAPStellenbosch

Thank you for the opportunity to participate! The discussions had an immense impact on me and I enjoyed interacting with everyone there.

🔔This Thursday at 5pm CET, don’t miss our next #econhist session led by @gjmbrown (Laboratory for the Economics of Africa's Past): The Persistent Effects of Bible Translations in Africa 📝With Felix Meier zu Selhausen (Utrecht University) as chair — great to have him join us! 🚀See you online!

📢 A new publication from LEAP's Karl Bergemann! This publication signifies a notable scholarly contribution, indicating that the newly constructed datasets are now accessible to the public on the Harvard Dataverse and Enslaved.org.

🚨 Call for Papers: Economic History in the Age of AI How is AI reshaping the study of the past? This workshop examines how digital tools and machine learning are opening new frontiers in economic history. Submit papers/abstracts by 31 Aug 2025 to [email protected] #LEAP #BigData

📢 LEAPer Kate Ekama publishes in Enterprise & Society! Ekama, K. (2025) ‘Emancipation and the Business of Compensation in the Cape Colony’, Enterprise & Society, pp. 1–24. doi:10.1017/eso.2025.10077.

LEAP turns 10! 🎉 From a tiny research group in Stellenbosch to a global hub for African economic history, it's been a decade of growth, grit & generosity. Read more: ourlongwalk.com/p/happy-tenth-… #LEAPturns10 #EconHistory #AEHN

Today, I presented at the World Economic History Congress (WEHC) in Lund 🇸🇪 on government officials and private enterprise in the Cape Colony — using archival material to trace power and profit in the 19th century. It’s more than history. #EconomicHistory #ImpactThroughResearch