Oxford Economic and Social History Podcast

Dr Mary Elisabeth Cox is the William Golding Junior Research Fellow in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at Brasenose College, Oxford, and a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow. In this interview she speaks about her recent book, Hunger in War & Peace, which explores the impact of the Allied blockade of Germany during the First World War on German civilians and the food aid program that followed the conflict. 

Hunger in War & Peace is available now from Oxford University Press.

An earlier article on this topic by Dr Cox in the Economic History Review is available here.

Dora Costa is Professor of Economics at UCLA and this episode is a recording of her 2019 Hicks Lecture in Economic History. Professor Costa discussed her research on how the experience of Union Army prisoners of war during the American Civil War affected the health outcomes of their children. 

Part of this research has now been published in the Journal of Health Economics (link)

Kevin O'Rourke is Professor of Economics at NYU-Abu Dhabi and was previously Chichele Professor of Economic History at Oxford. In this interview, conducted in May 2019, he discusses his recent book, A Short History of Brexit, which is available now from Pelican. He also talks about his recent research into trade collapses and protectionism. The papers discussed are:

Two Great Trade Collapses: The Interwar Period and Great Recession Compared, IMF Economic Review (link)

When Britain Turned Inward: The Impact of Interwar British Protection, American Economic Review (link)

The Anatomy of a Trade Collapse: The UK, 1929–33, NBER Working Papers (link)

You can find Professor O'Rourke here:
twitter.com/kevinhorourke

You can find the interviewer, Ben Schneider, here:
twitter.com/benmschneider

Ryah's dissertation is available on the Oxford Research Archive

You can find Ryah here: twitter.com/HastyWeeTweet 

You can find the interviewer, Ben Schneider, here: twitter.com/benmschneider