Nick Fitzhenry
@NickArtFitz
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PhD student in Economic History, @LSEEcHist | Formerly University of Cape Town/ @SALDRU1 | 🇿🇦 🇬🇧 | Applied Micro, Development & African Economic History
London
Joined October 2012
Congratulations to @NickArtFitz and Mina Ishizu for receiving the 2025 #LSE Class #Teaching Awards 🧑🏫🥳 https://t.co/SV9LcBoqWE
#econhist #education
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🌸 Our Spring 2025 #econhist webinar series continues! 📚 Great papers, sharp comments & lively discussions 🗓️ Every Thursday at 5PM CET Don’t miss it ! 🚀
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🚨 LEAP Seminar alert! @NickArtFitz (London School of Economics) presents his research, "Mortality in the Century of Apartheid, 1940-1970: Spatial and racial health inequalities during the antibiotic transition." 16 April 2025 at 15:00 (SAST) RSVP at leap@sun.ac.za
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🚨We are recruiting! If you consider a PhD in Economic/Business History this is for you! 🎯 Fully funded incl. social security 🎯 2 position in Economic History, 1 in Business History 🎯 Friendly and supportive environment https://t.co/cutzhQbklS
web103.reachmee.com
2-3 PhD students in Economic History The Department of Economy and Society at the School of
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I’m happy to announce that my JMP🚨🚨Teacher-directed change: The case of the English Scientific Revolution” is now out as a working paper. Finalising the draft has been a lot of work. So, very happy to share this! For lots of history, new micro-data&natural experiments, read on
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We covered the core arguments of Eric Williams Capitalism and Slavery, expanded on in Berg and Hudson's (2023) book. Along with an example of applied work with @StephanHeblich , Redding & @joachim_voth: https://t.co/rONJe1wl66 As a counter, we reviewed Eltis & Engerman (2000)
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Had the opportunity to lecture with @flo_jfriedrich yesterday on the role of slavery in the British Industrial Revolution to 2nd years. A challenging task to give time to the historical gravity, relation to contemporary popular debates, and economic analysis—all within an hour.
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I wrote a guide to a selection of masterpieces in the collection, linking each piece to the literature we covered this year in EH238: The Origins of Growth. Pages below
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Last week, we took our students on a tour of the National Gallery, teaching the history of economic and demographic change through art. 🖼️🎨🧵
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🚨 PhD Opportunities at HEDG! 🚨 We’re excited to announce two fully funded PhD positions in Economics at the University of Southern Denmark! If you’re interested in cutting-edge research in applied economics, don’t miss these opportunities:
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Today LSE's own Noah Sutter (@NoahWSutter) presented his paper "A Testament to Revolution - New Data on Wealth at Death and Wealth Elasticity Estimates for France, 1791-1870" in our graduate seminar.
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LEAP's Karen Jennings is longlisted for the 30th Women’s Prize for Fiction! 🎉 https://t.co/qYuiXj0Enf
#WomensPrizeForFiction #LEAP #HistoricalFiction #SALiterature
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Just a reminder about the call for papers for this workshop!
CFP: Workshop on Health Transitions in the Global South CFP Deadline 3 February 2025 Workshop 9-10 June 2025 at LSE Organised by myself and @NJCummins Sponsored by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group @LSEEcHist
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How did London’s economy rebound after the Great Fire of 1666? Philipp Ager @EconUniMannheim & @PaulSharpEcHist @SDUeconhist explore this with @timsvengali 🎧 https://t.co/qMen2ByL6G
#Podcast #EconHistory
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