Slavery, Freedom, and Development: How Africa Became the Mirror Image of Europe

In this session of the International Macro History Online Seminar, join us for a presentation on "Slavery, Freedom, and Development: How Africa Became the Mirror Image of Europe" by Warren C. Whatley, Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of Michigan

Warren C. Whatley is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Michigan and an expert on the economic history of Africa and African Americans in the United States. Articles have appeared in the American Economic Review, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Journal of Economic History, Exploration in Economic History, and the Journal of Labor Economics, among others. He has published two books and numerous book chapters. He served as associate dean of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Study at the University of Michigan, on the editorial boards of the Journal of Economic History and Explorations in Economic History, and as President of the National Economic Association.

Chair: Rui Esteves is Professor of International Economics and International History at the Graduate Institute, Geneva. He previously held academic positions at the University of Oxford and Simon Fraser University. He specializes in monetary and financial history, straddling the fields of international finance, institutional economics and public finance. His research provides perspective on the globalization of finance, financial crises, sovereign debt, financial market architecture, the choice of exchange rate regimes and emigrant remittances, as well as rent-seeking and corruption in public office. 

IMHOS seminars

The spring 2025 sessions of the International Macro History Online Seminar will run from February, 12th to May, 28th 2025 and will take place virtually bi-weekly on Wednesdays at 5:00pm (Geneva time). The seminars will run for 60 minutes with an extra optional 15 minutes for further discussion.

The detailed programme and more info is available under "Spring 2025 Programme" here : https://cepr.org/imhos

Spring 2025 sessions:

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Only one registration for the whole IMHOS Series is required

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Please contact imhos@cepr.org or  Jemila Benchikh  jbenchikh@cepr.org if you have any difficulties registering for this seminar series.

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The International Macro History Online Seminar (IMHOS) is a joint initiative of the Graduate Institute's Centre for Finance and Development, the Centre for Economic Policy Research and a consortium of universities and institutions: Banque de France, Centre for Economic Policy Research, European Association of Banking History, European Historical Economics Society, The Graduate Institute Geneva, Joint Center for History and Economics, Harvard University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Judge Business School Cambridge, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, King’s College London, London School of Economics, NYU-Abu Dhabi, Paris School of Economics, Princeton University, Queen’s University Belfast, Rutgers University, Sciences Po, Santa Clara University, Solvay Business School, Universitat de Barcelona, University Carlos III Madrid, University College London, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Davis, University of Geneva, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, University of Vienna, Vienna University of Economics and Business and Yale University.