A Brief History
Founded in the mid-1970’s by Cynthia Taft Morris, the Washington Area Economic History Seminar (WAEHS) holds monthly meetings throughout the academic year. The seminar traditionally meets on the first Friday of the month and invites prominent economic historians to present their current work. Past speakers include Nobel laureates Douglass North and Robert Fogel.
Cynthia Taft Morris, a retired Distinguished Economist in Residence at American University and a past president of the Economic History Association, hosted the seminars at AU for many years before it expanded to include other sites such as the University of Maryland, College Park, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Johns Hopkins University, and George Mason University.
The current organizers of the WAEHS are John Wallis, University of Maryland, College Park, and David Mitch, University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Spring 2010 Speakers
John Wallis, University of Maryland College Park
Charles Calomiris, Columbia University
Robert Margo, Boston University
Fall 2009 Speakers
Martha Bailey, University of Michigan
Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, California Institute of Technology
Alexander Engel, University of Gottingen, Germany
Visit the archive to view past speakers and presentation topics.
