Dr Mary Elisabeth Cox is the William Golding Junior Research Fellow in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at Brasenose College, Oxford, and a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow. In this interview she speaks about her recent book, Hunger in War & Peace, which explores the impact of the Allied blockade of Germany during the First World War on…

Dora Costa is Professor of Economics at UCLA and this episode is a recording of her 2019 Hicks Lecture in Economic History. Professor Costa discussed her research on how the experience of Union Army prisoners of war during the American Civil War affected the health outcomes of their children. Part of this research has now been published in the Jour…

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Kevin O'Rourke is Professor of Economics at NYU-Abu Dhabi and was previously Chichele Professor of Economic History at Oxford. In this interview, conducted in May 2019, he discusses his recent book, A Short History of Brexit, which is available now from Pelican. He also talks about his recent research into trade collapses and protectionism. The pap…

Ryah Thomas is a PhD student at Somerville College at the University of Oxford. In this interview, she discusses her Master of Philosophy dissertation, which won the 2018 Charles Feinstein Prize for the best Oxford MPhil dissertation in Economic and Social History. Her research focuses on intergenerational mobility of migrants, and how to link wome…

Ryah Thomas is a PhD student at Somerville College at the University of Oxford. In this interview, she discusses her Master of Philosophy dissertation, which won the Feinstein Prize for the best dissertation. Her research focuses on intergenerational mobility of migrants, and how to link women between censuses.You can find Ryah here:twitter.com/Has…

Ryah Thomas is a PhD student at Somerville College at the University of Oxford. In this interview, she discusses her Master of Philosophy dissertation, which won the Feinstein Prize for the best dissertation. Her research focuses on intergenerational mobility of migrants, and how to link women between censuses.You can find Ryah here:https://twitter…

Ryah Thomas is a PhD student at Somerville College at the University of Oxford. In this interview, she discusses her Master of Philosophy dissertation, which won the Feinstein Prize for the best dissertation. Her research focuses on intergenerational mobility of migrants, and how to link women between censuses.You can find Ryah here:https://twitter…

Dr Judy Stephenson (David Richards Junior Research Fellow in Economic History, Wadham College, University of Oxford) talks about the importance and difficulties of studying wages, the Oxford wage debate, and her upcoming books: ‘Contracts and Pay – Work in London Construction 1660-1785’ and '‘Seven Centuries’ of Unreal Wages.’This podcast is now av…

Dr Judy Stephenson (David Richards Junior Research Fellow in Economic History, Wadham College, University of Oxford) talks about the importance and difficulties of studying wages, the Oxford wage debate, and her upcoming books: ‘Contracts and Pay – Work in London Construction 1660-1785’ and '‘Seven Centuries’ of Unreal Wages.’This podcast is now av…