New Directions in Economic History
Friday, March 3, 2023 – Institute for Advanced Study Campus
1:30 p.m. Welcome
1:40 p.m. Session 1: U.S. Capitalism
Chair: David A. Bell (Princeton University)
Claire Priest (Yale University), Reflections on Scholarly Work on Slavery and Capitalism
Trevon Logan (Ohio State University), "All We Have Is The Truth”: Burdened Individuality, Abstract Equality, and Anti-Blackness in Economic History
Jonathon Levy (University of Chicago), The Real Economy
Discussant: Leah Platt Boustan (Princeton University)
3:40 p.m. Coffee Break
4:00 p.m. Session 2: African Economic History
Chair: Francesca Trivellato (IAS)
Mariana Candido (Emory University), Centering Africans and Africa in Economic Histories
Stelios Michalopous (Brown University), The Atlas of Colonial Capitalism in Africa
Discussant: Bruce S. Hall (UC-Berkeley/IAS)
5:30 p.m. Event Concludes