Economic historian @UniofOxford. Senior Tutor & Tutorial Fellow @RegentsOx. Bye-Fellow at @Peterhouse_Cam. Two books on financial crises out; third on the way!
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5 Feb 2023
For anyone reading Liz Truss's mea culpa in The Sunday @Telegraph today, the idea Truss states that Kwarteng and the Treasury had not been warned of the budget's risks to financial stability was NOT TRUE. /1
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More than twenty interviews with some of the leading figures in economic history in the last century are now available to watch on our website & YouTube channel.
Interview with Professor Eric Hobsbawm:
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Apr 11
Patrick Wallis, President of @EcHistSoc, gives the speech at the dinner of the 100th anniversary conference of the Economic History Society #EHS100
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As part of the @EcHistSoc centenary, the Women’s Committee will screen a retrospective, featuring women economic historians, in their own words, on the past, present and future of women in EH. Screening Friday, 10 April, 18:25, Sheikh Zayed Theatre, LSE. Short clip 👇
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The Economic History Society celebrates its centenary with a major international conference, unveiling new research that reshapes our understanding of the economic past
We highlight some new papers by Assaf Abraham, Daniel Sanchez, Marco Cokić, Cyril Thomson and Sara Benetti
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Apr 10
Celebrating 100 years of the Economic History Society! 🎉 @EcHistSoc As the centenary conference gets underway this weekend @LSEEcHist we mark a century of outstanding work by economic and social historians.
Happy 100th anniversary! #EHS100
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Apr 10
Good luck to all our New Researchers ! #EHS100
Apr 10
This weekend the @EcHistSoc Economic History Society begins its centenary celebrations. Founded in 1926 at the @LSEEcHist the Society has spent 100 years supporting and disseminating research in economic and social history.
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Apr 10
And thank you to all the fabulous economic and social historians, who love their work and continue to make the society one of the most active; most innovative; and most reliable of learned societies, Happy 100th Birthday! #EHS100
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Apr 10
This weekend the @EcHistSoc Economic History Society begins its centenary celebrations. Founded in 1926 at the @LSEEcHist the Society has spent 100 years supporting and disseminating research in economic and social history.
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13 Apr 2025
The 170th Boat Race goes to the @Cambridge_Uni Men's Crew! 🏆
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4 Apr 2025
Greetings from (sunny!) Glasgow where we are gathered for the EHS Annual Conference 2025 #EHS2025 The Women’s Committee @WComEHS will be holding its open meeting today at 1730 in room 4/5. Do join us to discuss our plans for the future and to share your ideas!
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5 Apr 2025
Looking forward to tonight's conference reception and book launch for Aidan Collins' "Financial Failure in Early Modern England" at #EHS2025 boydellandbrewer.com/blog/po…
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3 Dec 2024
Excited and proud to have been elected as the next president of the economic history society. It’s a wonderful community to be part of. #econhist @EcHistSoc
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9 Aug 2024
read my last piece for @ConversationUK @ConversationUS about the carry trade and rollercoaster markets over the past week theconversation.com/a-carry-… based on the research for my recent book about financial crises link.springer.com/book/10.10…
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30 Jul 2024
‘I was made by the people who taught me history here.’
In a farewell interview the Chancellor, Chris Patten, Lord Patten of Barnes (Balliol, 1962), shares some memories and extols Oxford as a force for good in the world ⬇️
alumni.web.ox.ac.uk/article/…
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5 Aug 2024
Get 50% off @boydellbrewer ebooks including my first book "The Great Famine in Ireland and Britain's Financial Crisis" boydellandbrewer.com/9781783…
5 Aug 2024
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5 Aug 2024
📢 50% off ebooks now on!
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22 Jul 2024
What a great photo too!
21 Jul 2024
This week we finished the last graduations of my year in office as Junior Proctor @Cambridge_Uni. Thanks to all the other proctors, constables and the rest of the ceremonial team for all your work: we must have conferred over 10,000 degrees this academic year.
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21 Jul 2024
Warmest congratulations @EconCharlesRead on such a successful year.
21 Jul 2024
This week we finished the last graduations of my year in office as Junior Proctor @Cambridge_Uni. Thanks to all the other proctors, constables and the rest of the ceremonial team for all your work: we must have conferred over 10,000 degrees this academic year.
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