FISCAL REGIMES AND THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF EARLY STATES

 

An international conference sponsored by

the Department of Classics, Stanford University,

and the Alexander Hamilton Center, New York University

Organized by Andrew Monson and Walter Scheidel

Stanford University, May 27-29, 2010

Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research

 

 

Mission statement

 

 

Schedule

 

Thursday May 27

 

9.15-10.15       Michael Jursa (University of Vienna): Ancient Near East

10.30-11.30     Emily Mackil (UC Berkeley): Ancient Greek polis and koinon

11.30-12.30     Josiah Ober (Stanford University): Classical Athens

1.45-2.45         Andrew Monson (New York University): Hellenistic states

2.45-3.45         Elio Lo Cascio (Università di Roma “La Sapienza,” Rome): Ancient Rome

4.00-5.00         Peter Bang (University of Copenhagen): Comparative perspectives

 

Friday May 28

 

9.15-10.15       Hugh Kennedy (School of Oriental and African Studies, London): Early Islamic states

10.30-11.30     Metin Cosgel (University of Connecticut): Ottomans

11.30-12.30     David Stasavage (New York University): Medieval and early modern Europe

1.45-2.45         Dingxin Zhao (University of Chicago): Early China

2.45-3.45         Kent Gang Deng (London School of Economics): Song-Qing China

4.00-5.00         Philip Brown (Ohio State University): Tokugawa Japan

 

Saturday May 29

 

9.15-10.15       Michael Smith (Arizona State University): Aztecs

10.30-11.30     Terence D’Altroy (Columbia University): Inka

11.30-12.30     Margaret Levi (University of Washington & University of Sydney) and John A. Hall (McGill University): Responses

1.45-2.45         Edgar Kiser (University of Washington) and Steve Haber (Stanford University): Responses