London School of Economics, June, 3th-4th, 2024

Many scholars have begun the interrogation of long existing but recently digitized large-scale historical genealogies in frontier research across many fields. For example, Kaplanis et al. on the heritability of longevity (Science, 2018), Clark on the heritability of social class, (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2023), Shiue on human capital and fertility (Journal of Economic Growth, 2017), Cummins on Noble lifespan and violence (Journal of Economic History, 2017).

We think this is an excellent moment to invite interested scholars to come together to triangulate common methodological and data issues related to genealogies, across time and space.

A workshop on the “use of Genealogical Sources in Economic History” will be held on Monday 3rd and Tuesday 4th of June 2024 in London, at the London School of Economics. It will be hosted by the Historical Economic Demography Group, at the Economic History Dept.

We are here soliciting paper proposals for presentation at the workshop. Unfortunately we do not have funding to support travel or accommodation expenses so we are asking participants to self-fund their attendance. There is no registration fee.

Please submit an extended abstract of 500 words if you would like to be considered to present a paper. Email submissions to Neil Cummins (n.j.cummins@lse.ac.uk) by the 1st March 2024.

Neil Cummins, Professor of Economic History and Co-Director of the LSE Historical Economic Demography, (http://neilcummins.com/)

Eric Schneider Professor of Economic History and Co-Director of the LSE Historical Economic Demography, (https://www.ericbschneider.com/)