CONFERENCE: World Economic History Congress (WEHC) 2025
The GloCoBank project is looking forward to the WEHC in Lund on 28 July-1 August 2025 where GloCoBank research team members and associates will be participating in several panels:
66211 – Financial Crises: Analyses, Perceptions, Memories in a Long-run Historical Perspective (Part 2/2)
Location: AF-Borgen, Tegelbaren
Organizers: Youssef Cassis (European University Institute) Telesca Giuseppe (European University Institute) Niccolò Valmori (European University Institute)
Session participants, affiliations and paper titles:
Italian Financial Crises: Memories, Myths and Realities Paolo Di Martino, Marco Molteni (University of Turin)
"Tequila Crisis" Like an Opportunity: Perspectives and Policies Adopted by the World Bank in the Privatization of Argentine Provincial State Banks in the 1994/1995 Financial Crisis Enzo Martinez (CONICET)
Crises and Executives: A Transnational Prosopography of Banking Elites from the 1980s to the Global Financial Crisis Niccolò Valmori (European University Institute)
Financial Actors and Financial Crises, 1980s–2020s Youssef Cassis, Bruno Pacchiotti (European University Institute)
Discussant: Catherine Schenk (University of Oxford)
65908 – Money in Motion: the Evolution of National and International Payment Systems (Part 1/2)
Location: Palaestra, Kapellet
Organizers: Catherine Schenk (University of Oxford) Marianna Astore (University of Insubria; University of Oxford)
Session participants, affiliations and paper titles:
Banking Correspondents and the Commercial Activities of Early “Central Banks”: The Business Model of the Banca d’Italia (1894–1936) Marianna Astore (University of Insubria and University of Oxford) & Paolo Di Martino (University of Turin)
Italian Banks of Issue and the Development of a National Payment System, 1861–1913 Marianna Astore (University of Insubria and University of Oxford), Federico Barbiellini Amidei (Bank of Italy), Maria Stella Chiaruttini (University of Vienna), Paolo Croce (Bank of Italy) & Paolo Piselli (Bank of Italy)
Mapping the Financial Tapestry: A Historical Snapshot of African Banking Networks Rodrigue Dossou-Cadja (CNRS & Université de Montpellier)
Commercial Network and Capital Allocation: A Case Study of Daehan Cheonil Bank in Korea (1899–1911) Wen Zhang (Shandong University)
65908 – Money in Motion: the Evolution of National and International Payment Systems (Part 2/2)
Location: Palaestra, Kapellet
Organizers: Catherine Schenk (University of Oxford) Marianna Astore (University of Insubria; University of Oxford)
Session participants, affiliations and paper titles:
Bonds or Credits? The Inequality of Risk and Sovereign Lending in the Euromarkets: Evidence from Mexico, 1973–82 Sebastian Alvarez (Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile) & Marco Molteni (University of Turin)
Blessing or Curse? International Banks and London Connections During the 1907 Crisis: An Empirical Investigation Sebastian Alvarez (Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile), Marco Molteni (University of Turin) & Wilfried A. Kisling (Vienna University of Economics and Business)
Japanese Correspondent Banking in the 20th Century: Strategy and Structure Mariko Hatase (Hitotsubashi University), Nora Yitong Qiu (University College London) & Catherine Schenk (University of Oxford)
European Banks and European Payment Systems, 1978–1992 Alexis Drach (Université Paris 8)
66351 – A History of the Accesses to the International Financial Markets for Emerging Economies: Lessons from Japan and Latin American Countries
Location: Universitetshuset, Room 125
Organizers: Mariko Hatase (Hitotsubashi University) Catherine Schenk (University of Oxford) Kazuhiko Yago (Waseda University)
Session participants, affiliations and paper titles:
Crash and Burn: Latin America and International Finance from the Oil Crisis to Structural Adjustment Programmes Carlo Edoardo Altamura (University of Manchester & University of Lausanne)
The Japanese Yen as an Invoicing Currency: Evidence from the 1980s Barry Eichengreen (University of California, Berkeley) & Mariko Hatase (Hitotsubashi University)
The Bretton Woods System Outside the G10: Multilateralisation of Trade and Payments in Latin America’s Southern Cone (1947–1962) Uziel González-Aliaga (University of Oxford)
The Breakdown of the International Monetary System in the Interwar Period: The Analysis of Ragnar Nurkse Ivo Maes (University of Louvain & Bruegel) & Ilaria Pasotti (University of Turin)
The Persistence of Barriers to Accessing International Financial Markets for Emerging Economies: Reflections on the Lessons of Historical Research Catherine R. Schenk (University of Oxford)
BOLSA, the Eurocurrency Markets, and the Financing of Japanese Industry in the 1960s Ayumu Sugawara (Tohoku University)
French Colonial Bank in Japan: Banque de l'Indochine in Asian International Financial Market Kazuhiko Yago (Waseda University)
67794 – Banks and Tanks: Central Banking Evolution During World Wars (Part 2/2)
Location: AF-Borgen, Tegelbaren
Organizers: Valerio Torreggiani (Institute of Social Sciences - University of Lisbon) Marianna Astore (University of Insubria; University of Oxford)
Session participants, affiliations and paper titles:
The Bank of Japan through World Wars Masato Shizume (Waseda University), Ryoji Koike (Bank of Japan)
The Bank of Canada during World War II. A Young Central Bank Burdened with Responsibilities Beyond its Mandate Pierre Siklos (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Wartime Currency Intervention. The Sovereign Market in Athens during the Nazi Occupation Olga Christodoulaki (Independent Researcher)
The Reichsbank's Impact in France during World War II Marcel Boldorf (University of Lyon)
Discussant: Catherine Schenk (University of Oxford)
