UPEL Workshop
The UPEL workshop aims to give scholars of nineteenth-century US political economy a broad interdisciplinary and comparative perspective. We cover periods and places that extend well beyond but nevertheless cast light on nineteenth-century America. Papers are generally works-in-progress but we sometimes meet with authors to discuss recent publications, especially if they are outside of the typical US history literature.
Maya Adereth / LSE & Phenomenal World / Worlds of Mutualism: Law and Comparative Politics of Trade Unions
For Workshop participants, access the paper here. Please email Noam Maggor or Ariel Ron for the password.
Teddy Paikin / history @ McGill / Capitalism in America: Michel Chevalier and the Transatlantic Constitution of Bonapartist Political Economy (1833-1835) ( ⏰ CET time-zone adjustment for this event)
⏰ Due to the temporary shift in the U.S.–Europe time difference before Europe’s clock change, the 18 March 2026 session will start one hour earlier than normal for European attendees.
For Workshop participants, access the paper here. Please email Noam Maggor or Ariel Ron for the password.
Ibanca Anand / history @ Johns Hopkins / Disciplining the American Countryside: Progressive Economists and the Origins of Agricultural Economics
For Workshop participants, access the paper here. Please email Noam Maggor or Ariel Ron for the password.
Nicholas Mulder / history @ Cornell / The Age of Confiscation: Making and Taking Property in the Creation of the Modern World
For Workshop participants, access the paper here. Please email Noam Maggor or Ariel Ron for the password.
Richard R. John / journalism @ Columbia / Town-Born and City-Bred: Anti-Monopoly and the Populist Vision
For Workshop participants, access the paper here and the images here. Please email Noam Maggor or Ariel Ron for the password.
Jessica Lepler / history @ University of New Hampshire / Canal Dreamers: The Epic Quest to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific in the Age of Revolutions
For Workshop participants, access the paper here. Please email Noam Maggor or Ariel Ron for the password.
Seokju Oh / history @Columbia / “'Almost an International Organization': The US Food Administration and the Internationalism of Wartime Price Control"
For Workshop participants, access the paper here. Please email Noam Maggor or Ariel Ron for the password.
Walter Friedman / Business History Initiative & Business History Review @Harvard Business School / "Freeman Hunt and Commercial Civilization in Antebellum America"
For Workshop participants, access the paper here. Please email Noam Maggor or Ariel Ron for the password.