The Economics of Ancient Greece – Slaves, Women, Democracy, and Economic Growth

When: Gustavsscenen in AF Borgen, Lund

Where: 31 July, at 11:00–13:00.

We are delighted to feature four distinguished international scholars presenting on various aspects of ancient Greek economic life:

• Lin Foxhall (University of Liverpool):
  Entrepreneurial women: Textile production, gender, and the character of ‘specialisation’ in ancient Greek economies
• Ben Akrigg (University of Toronto):
  Assessing and explaining the economic performance of ancient Greece
• Emmanouil Marios Economou (University of Thessaly):
  Auditing institutions to ensure efficiency in public administration. The case of ancient Athens – What can we learn from the past?
• George Tridimas (University of Ulster):
  A conflict explanation of the emergence of Athenian democracy

Anne McCants (Harvard University) will serve as discussant for the session.

We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Arne Ryde Foundation.

If you wish to attend, please RSVP by 20 July via email to therese [dot] nilsson [at] nek [dot] lu [dot] se (therese[dot]nilsson[at]nek[dot]lu[dot]se).

An informal get-together will follow the session in the afternoon at Kungshuset.