The Economics Department has a wide variety of workshops offered throughout the Spring and Fall semesters that are open to the public. The workshop schedules are posted each semester. Announcements are made on the home page during the week the presentation will be held.
In addition to these workshops, there are a number of working groups in the department. The seminars for these groups can be found in the Graduate Academics section.
- Political Economy Workshops
- Economic History and Development Workshops
- Applied Microeconomics Workshops
- Economic Theory Workshops
Spring 2021 Workshop Schedule
All times are Eastern Time
Political Economy Workshops
| Date | Speaker(s) | Title |
| Friday, February 12, 10:00-11:30am |
Tiago Mata University College London |
Topic: Academic freedom and radical economics in the Vietnam Era |
| Tuesday, February 16, 4:00-5:30pm |
Nancy Folbre UMass Amherst |
Topic: BOOK LAUNCH: The Rise and Decline of Patriarchal Systems: An Intersectional Political Economy |
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Tuesday, March 16, 4:00-5:30pm Zoom Link |
Barry Naughton University of California, San Diego |
Topic: Is China today creating a new type of economic system? |
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Tuesday, April 6, 4:00-5:30pm Zoom Link |
David Kotz UMass Amherst Li Zhongjin University of Missouri Kansas City |
Topic: Is China Imperialist? Economy, State, and Insertion in the Global System |
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Tuesday, April 13, 4:00-5:30pm Zoom Link |
Andrew Liu Villanova University |
Topic: Tea War: A History of Capitalism in China and India Joint with the History and Development Workshop and the Department of History Register for the event |
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Friday, April 23, 10:00-11:30am Zoom Link |
Fiona Tregenna University of Johannesburg |
Topic: TBA |
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Tuesday, April 27, 4:00-5:30pm Zoom Link |
Robert Brenner University of California, Los Angeles |
Topic: Predation Meets Decline: The Transition from Capitalism to Feudalism? |
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Economic History and Development Workshops
| Date | Speaker(s) | Title |
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Wednesday, February 3, 4:00-6:00pm * Joint with Applied Microeconmics Workshop. |
Francesco Bogliacino | Topic: The Promised Land: The effects of the Land Restitution Program in Colombia. |
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Wednesday, March 17, 4:00-6:00pm Zoom Link |
Isabella Weber | Topic: What You Exported Matters: Path-Dependence in Export Diversification and Economic Complexity Across Two Eras of Globalization. |
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Wednesday, March 24, 4:00-6:00pm Zoom Link |
Gregg Mitman | Topic: Sitting on Old Mats to Plait New”: Struggles over Land and Livelihoods in the Development of Liberia’s Concession Economy |
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Wednesday, March 31, 4:00-6:00pm Zoom Link |
Katharina Pistor | Topic: On the Properties of Data and the Future of Data Governance. |
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Friday, April 16, 10:00am-12:00pm Zoom Link |
Barbara Harriss-White | Topic: Capitalist Transformation of the North East Himalayan Region. |
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Wednesday, April 28, 4:00-6:00pm Zoom Link |
Sven Beckert and Mark Stelzner |
Topic: Slaves’ Contribution to Output and Growth in Antebellum America. |
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Applied Microeconomics Workshops
To receive the password for the Applied Microeconomics Zoom sessions, please contact the organizers,
Arin Dube (adube@umass.edu) or Ina Ganguli (iganguli@umass.edu)
| Date | Speaker(s) | Title |
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Wednesday, February 3, 4:00-6:00pm * Joint with Applied Microeconmics Workshop. |
Francesco Bogliacino | Topic: The Promised Land: The effects of the Land Restitution Program in Colombia. |
| March 3, 4:00-5:15pm |
Brigham Frandsen Brigham Young University |
Topic: "Judging Judge Fixed Effects" |
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Wednesday, March 10, 4:00-5:15pm |
Jamein Cunningham University of Memphis |
Topic: “Collective Bargaining Rights, Policing, and Civilian Deaths” |
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Wednesday, April 7, 4:00-5:15pm Zoom Link Meeting ID: 929 9306 6696 Passcode: umassam |
Ilyana Kuziemko Princeton University |
Topic: TBA |
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Economic Theory Workshops
| Date | Speaker(s) | Title |
| TBA | ||
| TBA | ||
