June 24, 2024
June 25, 2024
8:30 - 19:00
Louvain FRESH Workshop 2024
Institutions, human capital, and long-term development:
Lessons from pre-modern Europe.
Organizers
David de la Croix (UCLouvain), Sandra de Pleijt ( Wageningen University), Paula Gobbi (ULB).
Programme
June 23th
19:00-22:00 Informal dinner for early arrivers.
June 24th
| 8:30-9:00 | Welcome coffee |
| 9:00-10:00 | Plenary lecture: Joel Mokyr (Northwestern University) The Industrial Enlightenment: a Concept too Many? |
| 10:00-10:30 |
Coffee |
| 10:30-11:00 | Matthew Curtis, Paula E. Gobbi (ULB), Marc Goñi, Joanne Haddad Inheritance Customs, the European Marriage Pattern and Female Empowerment |
| 11:00-11:30 | Tommaso D’Amelio (ULB) Illegitimacy in France at the time of the revolution |
| 11:30-12:00 | Eva Davoine, Joseph Enguehard (ENS Lyon), Igor Kolesnikov The Political Costs of Taxation? |
| 12:00-12:30 | Tommaso Giommoni, Marko Koethenbuerger, Gabriel Loumeau (VU Amsterdam) Tax Technology and Long-Term Development |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-14:30 | Andreas Link ( University of Erlangen-Nuremberg) The Fall of Constantinople and the Rise of the West |
| 14:30-15:00 | E. Dewitte (University of Oxford), F. Drago, R. Galbiati, G. Zanella Science under Inquisition: The allocation of talent in early modern Europe |
| 15:00-15:30 | Matthew Curtis (University of Southern Denmark), David de la Croix Seeds of Knowledge: Premodern Scholarship, Academic Fields, and European Growth |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee |
| 16:00-16:30 | Sandra de Pleijt (Wageningen University), Julius Koschnick, Patrick Wallis Reading, Writing, and Wrenches. The Contribution of Human Capital to the First Industrial Revolution: A Reassessment |
| 16:30-17:00 | Sheilagh C. Ogilvie, Felix S.F. Schaff (European university Institute) Inheritance and Inequality in a Pre-Modern Economy |
| 17:00-19:00 |
Posters and beers Poster session
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| 19:30-22:00 | Conference dinner (tentative date) |
June 25th
| 8:30-9:00 | Welcome coffee |
| 9:00-9:30 | David de la Croix, Rossana Scebba (KU Leuven/UCLouvain), Chiara Zanardello How important were premodern universities and academies in the spread of new ideas? |
| 9:30-10:00 | Matteo Cervellati (Università di Bologna), Sara Lazzaroni, Gianni Marciante (Università di Bologna), Paolo Masella Republic of Letters And Postal Network In Early Modern England And Wales |
| 10:00-10:30 | Lukas Rosenberger (LMU Munich) Access to Useful Knowledge and Economic Growth: Evidence from Enlightenment Encyclopedias |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee |
| 11:00-11:30 | Michele Rosenberg (University of Essex), Federico Curci Factory Location: Resistance to Technology Adoption and Local Institutions |
| 11:30-12:00 | Chiara Zanardello (UCLouvain) Early Modern Academies, Universities and Growth |
| 12:00-12:30 | Sebastian Ottinger (CERGE-EI), Nico Voigtländer History’s Masters. The Effect of European Monarchs on State Performance |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-14:30 | Matias Cabello (University Halle-Wittenberg) Fragmentation, repression, and science in early modern Europe |
| 14:30-15:00 | Marcel Caesmann (University of Zurich) Shaping Religious Identity: Evidence from the Protestant Reformation, 1517-1806 |
| 15:00-15:30 | Pietro Buri (Princeton University) The Impact of Religious Persecution on Scientific Progress: The Case of the Spanish Inquisition |
| 15:30-16:00 | Raffaele Danna (European University Institute), Martina Iori and Andrea Mina A Numerical Revolution: Mathematical innovation and the growth of pre-modern European economies |
| 16:00-16:30 | Coffee |
| 16:30-17:30 | Plenary lecture: Nico Voigtländer (UCLA Anderson), Charles Angelucci, Simone Meraglia Organizing a Kingdom |
| 19:00-22:00 | Informal dinner |
Venue
The workshop will take place at the Espace du Lac of the Louvain House
The address of the Louvain House is :
Place Lemaire, 1B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
For those staying at the Martin's Hotel, the Louvain House is next to the hotel.
How to get to the Louvain House ?
By Plane
Brussels National Airport (Zaventem) is linked to Brussels by a train service: 4 trains/hour between 5.30 a.m. and 12 p.m. during weekdays and between 7 a.m. and 12 p.m. during week-ends (about 15'). Ask for a ticket to "Louvain-la-Neuve" (NOT Louvain or Leuven) and get off at the station BrusselsNord (a 12-15 min. ride). Take the Brussels-Namur-Luxemburg line (trains every half hour, week-end included), get off at Ottignies (about 35') and switch to a train to Louvain-la-Neuve (about 8'). Some trains go straight from Brussels to Louvain-la-Neuve but it takes more time. The Louvain House is located about 6 min. walk from the railway station (see map below).
Timetables are available on the SNCB website.
Brussels South Charleroi Airport: To reach Louvain-la-Neuve, take a bus from the airport (Bus A1) to reach the Charleroi Central station (about 20'). There are 2 buses/hour. You can purchase a combined ticket on the Belgian railway (SNCB) site. The bus rides to the Charleroi-Central railway station, from which you can catch a train for Louvain-la-Neuve (you will have to get off at Ottignies and switch to a train for Louvain-la-Neuve). You should aim between 1h and 1h30 to reach Louvain-la-Neuve. The Louvain House is a 6-minute-walk from the train station (see map above).
Timetables are available on the SNCB website.
By Train
You can plan your journey on the Belgian railway (SNCB) site.
Starting from any train station in Brussels, ask for a ticket to "Louvain-la-Neuve" (NOT Louvain or Leuven). Take the Brussels-Namur-Luxemburg line (trains every half hour, week-end included), get off at Ottignies (about 35 min.) and switch to a train to Louvain-la-Neuve (about 8 min.). Some trains go straight from Brussels to Louvain-la-Neuve, but it takes more time. Tha Louvain House is located about 6 min. walk from the railway station (more precisely, the station is half undergound):
- get out of the train, walk back on the platform (opposite to the direction where the train was heading to);
- Take the stairs at the end of the platform;
- At the top of the stairs turn right to reach Place de l'Université;
- Cross the Place de l'université to reach the opposite corner;
- Enter the "Rue Charlemagne";
- Follow this street until you come across an other place: Grand-Place;
- Cross the place to reach the opposite corner;
- You should then see the Louvain House;
- The entrance is at the back of the building.
By Bus
Buses from TEC serve Louvain-la-Neuve from Bruxelles, Ottignies, Wavre and some other surroundings.
Bus 20 carries out the connection from Ottignies and Wavre to Louvain-la-Neuve;
The E1 line carries out the connection from Jodoigne to Ottignies without stop between Thorembais-Saint-Trond and Louvain-la-Neuve;
The E3 line carries out the connection from Waterloo to Louvain-la-Neuve via Ohain, Céroux and Ottignies;
The E4 line carries out from Nivelles (station) to Louvain-la-Neuve via Nivelles (zoning);
The E11 line carries out from Ixelles (plaine des manoeuvres, gare d'Etterbeek) to Louvain-la-Neuve via Delta (subway station) and Wavre (station).
Timetables are available on the TEC website.
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