The Centre for Economic History at Queen’s Management School and a consortium of sixteen other institutions is launching a Europe-wide virtual seminar in Macroeconomic History. At a time when general confinement has led to university closures and widespread cancellations of seminar series, workshops and conferences, this initiative aims to keep the flow of intellectual debate active.

A virtual format has important advantages, namely, by abolishing physical constraints, so we can have more participants joining in from compatible time zones than the conventional seminars. This is good for the presenters, who are exposed to a broader audience and also for the audience, who can choose to attend seminar series closer to their own research interests. This advantage is greater for specialized sub-disciplines. This is the reason why we launched a seminar in macro history. Finally, co-ordinating a joint seminar series provides economies of scale in time use.

More information about the seminar series, including the full programme and participant registration information, is available on the website of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva: https://graduateinstitute.ch/communications/events/european-macro-history-online-seminar