EH.N: ANN: The Great Divergence in Economic History: Gender, Knowledge and Urbanisation

[Svante Larsson]

The Great Divergence in Economic History: Gender, Knowledge and 
Urbanisation Jan Luiten van Zanden

PhD course in Economic History (3 ECTS) June 2-4, 2008

The Department of Economic History, University of Gothenburg, is 
pleased to invite PhD students from the Nordic countries to a course 
in Economic History given by Professor Jan Luiten van Zanden and Tine 
de Moor. Professor van Zanden is a leading economic historian who has 
published a number of influential articles on subjects like progress 
and stagnation in pre-modern Europe, comparative living standards in 
Europe and Asia, and the economic history of the Netherlands. 
Currently he is writing a book with Tine de Moore which takes its 
starting point in new growth theory (including unified growth 
theory), dealing with the emergence of an industrial society in 
Western Europe between 1000 and 1800. This PhD course is based on 
this research and consists of three lectures:

Lecture 1. The accumulation of knowledge and human capital formation

Lecture 2. The demographic changes, such as the emergence of the 
European Marriage Pattern, and their causes (changes in the position 
of women on the labour market)

Lecture 3. Patterns of Urbanisation and their explanation (economic 
and/of political institutions)

Course participants are expected to do preparatory reading and take 
active part in the lectures. There is however no formal examination. 
More detail information on schedule and required reading will be send 
to participants.


Course organizers: Klas Ronnback (Klas.Ronnback at econhist.gu.se), 
Joacim Waara (Joacim.Waara at econhist.gu.se) and Svante Larsson 
(svante.larsson at econhist.gu.se)

Senior Supervisor: Christer Lundh (Christer.Lundh at econhist.gu.se)

Please register with Svante Larsson by May 15 at the latest.

Programme:

Monday, June 2
Afternoon: Jan Luiten van Zanden's public lecture Evening: Social activity

Tuesday, June 3
Before noon: Lecture 1
Lunch
Afternoon: Lecture 2
Evening: Social activity

Wednesday, June 4
Before noon: Lecture 3
Lunch
Afternoon: Seminar in which Jan Luiten van Zanden and Tine de Moore 
present their conjectures on human capital formation/literacy and 
demographic changes in Scandinavia/Sweden in the early modern period.
Evening: Course dinner