Henning Hillmann
Assistant Professor of Sociology | Stanford UniversityMy main research interests are in economic sociology, social network analysis, and comparative-historical sociology. Within these areas, I am particularly interested in the political consequences of economic action in historical settings. I have explored this link in two recent articles on elite mobilization through network brokerage in Revolutionary America and Civil War England.
I am currently working on a book-length comparative study of the economics and politics of privateering in Britain and France during the long eighteenth century (1688-1815). In a second project, I examine how entrepreneurship is possible in fragmented economic networks, using historical data from late imperial Russsia.
Recent Work
"Mediation in Multiple Networks: Elite Mobilization
before the
English Civil War." American Sociological Review 2008, vol. 73(June): pp. 426-454.
"Localism and the Limits of Political Brokerage: Evidence from Revolutionary Vermont." American Journal of Sociology 2008, vol. 114(September): pp. xxx-xxx.
"From Privateers to Navy: How Seapower Became a Public Good." With Christina Gathmann. Under review (05/2008).
"Fragmented Networks and Entrepreneurship in Late Imperial Russia." With Brandy Aven. Conference on the Emergence of Social Organization, University of Chicago 2007. (Update coming soon)
Contact
Henning Hillmann (on leave 2008-09)
Sociology Department
450 Serra Mall, Building 120
Stanford, CA 94305-2047
Phone 650.736.7391
Fax 650.725.6471
E-mail: hhillman
at stanford dot edu