Economics | Washington Area Economic History Seminar

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.

 

Fall 2009 Speakers

(tentative schedule)

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.

UPCOMING SEMINARS

The Birth of the Risk Economy.  A Cultural and Institutional History of Futures Trading, 1880s-1990s

Dec. 4 at the German Historical Institute

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