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Call for papers: “Frontiers of Comparative Development in Historical Perspective”

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Call for papers: “Frontiers of Comparative Development in Historical Perspective”

Conference to be held at the University of Manchester

Part of the CEPR Economic History programme.

With generous support from the Hallsworth Fund and the Arthur Lewis Lab for Comparative Development, University of Manchester.

Dates:

November 14, 2025

There will also be a graduate workshop for PhD students and postdocs on the previous day, Nov. 13.

Conference title:

Frontiers of Comparative Development in Historical Perspective

Location:

University of Manchester

Note: This conference is expected to take place offline only.

Keynote speaker:

Barry Eichengreen (UC-Berkeley)

Conference organizers:

Yuzuru Kumon (University of Manchester)

Nuno Palma (U. Manchester, ICS-UL, and CEPR)

Conference theme:

This interdisciplinary conference will explore frontier research that can explain why the world has diverged in economic development over the past few centuries.

Costs and funding:

There will be no conference fee. The organizers will provide meals and funding for travel and accommodation for all participants.

Deadlines:

September 22, 2025 – deadline to send us a proposal.

September 26, 2025 – we will communicate the accepted proposals (and possibly a waiting list).

October 6, 2025 – the program will be posted.

To apply, please submit a full paper using this link, before the deadline.

The University of Manchester

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