# History and Economics at Harvard ![ink-lg.png](/sites/g/files/omnuum4421/files/history/files/ink-lg.png) **Center for History and Economics** Faculty of Arts and Sciences Harvard University Introduction Courses People Links Thematic Clusters: ## Introduction ## Introduction The Joint Center for History and Economics has compiled information for Harvard undergraduates interested in pursuing studies in history and economics, economic history, the history of economic thought, the history of capitalism, financial history, labor history, business history, or related subjects. We invite you to explore resources for students interested in pursuing a course of study in history and economics. Take a look at our list of course offerings across Harvard schools, information about the history concentration and secondary requirements, and information about undergraduate research grants. Those interested in pursuing a combined interest in History and Law, please get in touch with the [Assistant DUS.](/people-categories/assistant-director-undergraduate-studies) ## Courses ## Courses Please be sure to check the [Courses section of the History Website](/courses-0) for more information on which of these courses count towards the History concentration and secondary field. ***Full Year*** [ ****Legal History: Workshop on the Political Economy of Modern Capitalism****](https://coursecatalog.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=CourseCatalog&panel=icb.pagecontent695860:rsearch?context=%244&coreToolId=14346&fq_coordinated_semester_yr=&fq_school_nm=&keyword=CourseCatalog&pageContentId=icb.pagecontent695#a_icb_pagecontent695860) **(2168)** Harvard Law School Full Year 2013-2014 Sven Beckert and Christine Desan ***Fall*** Gen Ed Gateway Course:[ **Societies of the World 19 - Western Ascendancy: The Mainsprings of Global Power from 1400 to the Present**](https://coursecatalog.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=CourseCatalog&panel=icb.pagecontent695860:rsearch?context=%244&coreToolId=14346&fq_coordinated_semester_yr=&fq_school_nm=&keyword=CourseCatalog&pageContentId=icb.pagecontent695#a_icb_pagecontent695860) **(77527)** Faculty of Arts and Sciences Fall 2013-2014 Niall Ferguson (History) [ ****History 74l - The New Deal and American Liberalism****](https://coursecatalog.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=CourseCatalog&panel=icb.pagecontent695860:rsearch?context=%244&coreToolId=14346&fq_coordinated_semester_yr=&fq_school_nm=&keyword=CourseCatalog&pageContentId=icb.pagecontent695#a_icb_pagecontent695860) **(86716)** Faculty of Arts and Sciences Fall 2013-2014 Brett Flehinger [ ****History 1067 - An Introduction to the History of Economic Thought****](https://coursecatalog.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=CourseCatalog&panel=icb.pagecontent695860:rsearch?context=%244&coreToolId=14346&fq_coordinated_semester_yr=&fq_school_nm=&keyword=CourseCatalog&pageContentId=icb.pagecontent695#a_icb_pagecontent695860) **(64646)** Faculty of Arts and Sciences Fall 2013-2014 Emma Rothschild [ ****History 1602 - China's Long 20th Century****](https://coursecatalog.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=CourseCatalog&panel=icb.pagecontent695860:rsearch?context=%244&coreToolId=14346&fq_coordinated_semester_yr=&fq_school_nm=&keyword=CourseCatalog&pageContentId=icb.pagecontent695#a_icb_pagecontent695860) **(95731)** Faculty of Arts and Sciences Fall 2013-2014 Elisabeth Koll (Business School) [ ****History 1860 - Understanding the Middle East: 1800s to the Present****](https://coursecatalog.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=CourseCatalog&panel=icb.pagecontent695860:rsearch?context=%244&coreToolId=14346&fq_coordinated_semester_yr=&fq_school_nm=&keyword=CourseCatalog&pageContentId=icb.pagecontent695#a_icb_pagecontent695860) **(96997)** Faculty of Arts and Sciences Fall 2013-2014 Sreemati Mitter Graduate Seminar: [**History 2968 - History and Economics: Proseminar**](https://coursecatalog.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=CourseCatalog&panel=icb.pagecontent695860:rsearch?context=%244&coreToolId=14346&fq_coordinated_semester_yr=&fq_school_nm=&keyword=CourseCatalog&pageContentId=icb.pagecontent695#a_icb_pagecontent695860) **(1557)** Faculty of Arts and Sciences Fall 2013-2014 Emma Rothschild [ ****Economics 1357 - Historical Perspectives on Economic Ascendancy****](https://coursecatalog.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=CourseCatalog&panel=icb.pagecontent695860:rsearch?fq_coordinated_semester_yr=&fq_school_nm=&q=history+economics&sort=course_title+asc&start=0&submit=Search&pageid=icb.page3#a_icb_pagecontent695860) **(7554)** Faculty of Arts and Sciences Fall 2013-2014 Richard A. Hornbeck [ ****History of Financial Crises 1637-2013****](https://coursecatalog.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=CourseCatalog&panel=icb.pagecontent695860:rsearch?context=%244&coreToolId=14346&fq_coordinated_semester_yr=&fq_school_nm=&keyword=CourseCatalog&pageContentId=icb.pagecontent695#a_icb_pagecontent695860) **(ECON E-1944 Section 1 (14336))** Harvard Extension School Fall 2013 John Komlos PhD, Visiting Professor of Economics, Duke University and Professor of Economics, Emeritus, University of Munich [**The Economic Impact of Immigration**](https://coursecatalog.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=CourseCatalog&panel=icb.pagecontent695860:rsearch?context=%244&coreToolId=14346&fq_coordinated_semester_yr=&fq_school_nm=&keyword=CourseCatalog&pageContentId=icb.pagecontent695#a_icb_pagecontent695860) **(SUP-311)** Harvard Kennedy School Fall 2013 George Borjas ***Spring*** [**History 79e - Commodities in International History**](https://coursecatalog.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=CourseCatalog&panel=icb.pagecontent695860:rsearch?context=%244&coreToolId=14346&fq_coordinated_semester_yr=&fq_school_nm=&keyword=CourseCatalog&pageContentId=icb.pagecontent695#a_icb_pagecontent695860) **(17812)** Faculty of Arts and Sciences Spring 2013-2014 Alison Frank Johnson [**History 1457 - History of American Capitalism**](https://coursecatalog.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=CourseCatalog&panel=icb.pagecontent695860:rsearch?context=%244&coreToolId=14346&fq_coordinated_semester_yr=&fq_school_nm=&keyword=CourseCatalog&pageContentId=icb.pagecontent695#a_icb_pagecontent695860) **(75535)** Faculty of Arts and Sciences Spring 2013-2014 Sven Beckert [ ****History 1511 - Latin America and the United States****](https://coursecatalog.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=CourseCatalog&panel=icb.pagecontent695860:rsearch?context=%244&coreToolId=14346&fq_coordinated_semester_yr=&fq_school_nm=&keyword=CourseCatalog&pageContentId=icb.pagecontent695#a_icb_pagecontent695860) **(22264)** Faculty of Arts and Sciences Spring 2013-2014 Kirsten Weld [**History 1704 - Slavery and Slave Trade in Africa and the Americas**](https://coursecatalog.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=CourseCatalog&panel=icb.pagecontent695860:rsearch?context=%244&coreToolId=14346&fq_coordinated_semester_yr=&fq_school_nm=&keyword=CourseCatalog&pageContentId=icb.pagecontent695#a_icb_pagecontent695860) **(3834)** Faculty of Arts and Sciences Spring 2013-2014 Emmanuel K. Akyeampong [ ****History 1965 - International History: States, Markets, and the Global Economy: Conference Course****](https://coursecatalog.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=CourseCatalog&panel=icb.pagecontent695860:rsearch?context=%244&coreToolId=14346&fq_coordinated_semester_yr=&fq_school_nm=&keyword=CourseCatalog&pageContentId=icb.pagecontent695#a_icb_pagecontent695860) **(7148)** Faculty of Arts and Sciences Spring 2013-2014 Niall Ferguson and Charles S. Maier [ ****History 1976 - Visible and Invisible Hands in China: State and Economy since 1800: Conference Course****](https://coursecatalog.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=CourseCatalog&panel=icb.pagecontent695860:rsearch?context=%244&coreToolId=14346&fq_coordinated_semester_yr=&fq_school_nm=&keyword=CourseCatalog&pageContentId=icb.pagecontent695#a_icb_pagecontent695860) **(84147)** Faculty of Arts and Sciences Spring 2013-2014 Elisabeth Koll (Business School) [**Economics 1340 - World Economic History**](https://coursecatalog.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=CourseCatalog&panel=icb.pagecontent695860:rsearch?fq_coordinated_semester_yr=&fq_school_nm=&q=history+economics&sort=course_title+asc&start=0&submit=Search&pageid=icb.page3#a_icb_pagecontent695860) **(4025)** Faculty of Arts and Sciences Spring 2013-2014 James Robinson [ ****Economics 2333 - Historical Perspectives on Current Economic Issues****](https://coursecatalog.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=CourseCatalog&panel=icb.pagecontent695860:rsearch?fq_coordinated_semester_yr=&fq_school_nm=&q=history+economics&sort=course_title+asc&start=0&submit=Search&pageid=icb.page3#a_icb_pagecontent695860) **(6800)** Faculty of Arts and Sciences Spring 2013-2014 Robert Margo [ ****Government 1209 - Post-Communist Central Asia and the Caucasus: History, Political Economy, Religion****](https://coursecatalog.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=CourseCatalog&panel=icb.pagecontent695860:rsearch?context=%244&coreToolId=14346&fq_coordinated_semester_yr=&fq_school_nm=&keyword=CourseCatalog&pageContentId=icb.pagecontent695#a_icb_pagecontent695860) **(5816)** Faculty of Arts and Sciences Spring 2013-2014 Thomas Simons [ ****Legal History: History of American Economic Regulation****](https://coursecatalog.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=CourseCatalog&panel=icb.pagecontent695860:rsearch?context=%244&coreToolId=14346&fq_coordinated_semester_yr=&fq_school_nm=&keyword=CourseCatalog&pageContentId=icb.pagecontent695#a_icb_pagecontent695860) **(2167)** Harvard Law School Spring 2014 Kenneth W. Mack [ ****Presidents, Politics, and Economic Growth: From World War II to Obama****](https://coursecatalog.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=CourseCatalog&panel=icb.pagecontent695860:rsearch?context=%244&coreToolId=14346&fq_coordinated_semester_yr=&fq_school_nm=&keyword=CourseCatalog&pageContentId=icb.pagecontent695#a_icb_pagecontent695860) **(DPI-132)** Harvard Kennedy School Spring 2014 Richard Parker ***Summer*** [ ****Economic History of Financial Crises 1637-2013****](https://coursecatalog.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=CourseCatalog&panel=icb.pagecontent695860:rsearch?fq_coordinated_semester_yr=&fq_school_nm=&q=history+economics&sort=course_title+asc&start=0&submit=Search&pageid=icb.page3#a_icb_pagecontent695860) **(ECON S-1944 Section 1 (32984))** Harvard Summer School Summer 2013 John Komlos PhD, Visiting Professor in Economics, Duke University ## People ## People ***Faculty*** [Sven Beckert](/people/faculty/beckert.php) [Niall Ferguson](http://www.niallferguson.com/) [Alison Frank Johnson](/people/faculty/frank.php) [Walter Johnson](/people/faculty/johnson.php) [Charles Maier](/people/faculty/maier.php) [Emma Rothschild](/people/faculty/rothschild.php) ***Post-Doctoral Fellows*** [Fahad Bishara](http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~histecon/ehppf/bishara.html) [Anne O'Donnell ](http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~histecon/ehppf/ODonnell.html) [Padraic Scanlan ](http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~histecon/ehppf/scanlan.html) [Alexia Yates ](http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~histecon/ehppf/yates.html) ***Graduate Students*** [Niko Bowie](http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~histecon/nikolas_bowie.htm) [Elizabeth Cross](http://scholar.harvard.edu/elizabethcross/) [Rowan Dorin](http://scholar.harvard.edu/rdorin) [Tyler Goodspeed](http://scholar.harvard.edu/goodspeed) [James Martin](http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~histecon/James_Martin.htm) [Josh Specht](http://joshuaspecht.com/) [Chenzi Xu](http://www.histecon.magd.cam.ac.uk/Chenzi_Xu.htm) [Jeremy Zallen](http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~histecon/jeremy_zallen.htm) ## Links ## Links [History Concentration Requirements](/programs/undergraduate/concentration-requirements/coursework.php) [Secondary Field](http://www.history.fas.harvard.edu/programs/undergraduate/secondary-field/index.php) [Joint Centre for History and Economics](http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~histecon/) [Business History Group](http://www.hbs.edu/businesshistory/Pages/default.aspx) [Program on the Study of Capiltalism](http://history-of-capitalism.org/) [The History Project](http://histproj.org/) [History Project Grants](http://www.histproj.org/grants.html) [Center for History and Economics Undergraduate Research Grants](http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~histecon/opportunities.htm) [Harvard Alumni Voices](http://www.history.fas.harvard.edu/people/alumni/alumnivoices.php) ## Thematic Clusters: ## Thematic Clusters: **[Book History](http://bookhistory.harvard.edu/)** **[Economic History at Harvard](/economic-history-advising-program) | [Economic History Course Listings](/economic-history-advising-program#widget-1)** **[Imperial History at Harvard](/imperial-history) | [Imperial History Course Listings](/imperial-history#widget-1)**