Nuno Palma
This is a blog about world economic and political history. There will be a special focus on Europe and the early modern period, but the analysis will be comparative, and I may at times refer to other world regions and time periods.
This blog's first name was "no future without a past" but shortly after its creation I decided to change it to a less poetic but more informative name.
My name is Nuno Palma. I am an assistant professor in the department of economics, econometrics, and finance of the University of Groningen.
Categories used most frequently by the blogger:
1500-1815 Growth Europe 1815-1870 Conferences and call for papers development 1870-1914 Miscellaneous 1914-1945 1945-present State capacity Asia Money Job openings America Middle Ages China Africa Education Personal and interviews
Call for papers, “Legal and institutional origins of economic development: lessons from the past”
21 November 2023
Conference to be held at the University of Manchester Part of the CEPR Economic History programme With generous support from the Hallsworth Conference Fund, University of Manchester....
Pictures & videos for the “Quantifying the Long Run History of Africa” conference
8 November 2023
This conference recently took place in Manchester. Interviews with the keynotes are available here. DAY 1 Leigh Gardner Hélder Carvalhal Soeren Henn ...
Visit to the Hat Works Museum in Stockport
4 November 2023
At its manufacturing peak, Stockport (near Manchester) had as many as 30 hat factories. Of course, the days when most men wore hats are gone, and the North has now de-industrialized,...
Program for the “Quantifying the Long Run History of Africa” conference
18 October 2023
Here’s the program for the Arthur Lewis Lab Conference #4, previously announced here. It will take place at the University of Manchester on October 27-28, 2023. The program...