Seminar series at the Department of Economic History

For more up to date information about seminars, see the Department calendar. If you cannot find the relevant information, contact the seminar convenor.

• The department seminar
• Centre of Economic Demography seminar
• Development Research
• Lund University Seminar Series in African History (LUSAH)
• Makromackan
• Arbete och försörjning
• Teachable Third Thursdays

The department seminar (EKH Seminar) 

Time: Wednesdays, 13:15 to 14:30
Place: in the department’s major seminar room, Alfa1:1104 
Seminar convenors, spring 2026: Erik Bengtsson and Seán Kenny. Autumn semester 2026: Prince Young Aboagye and Erik Bengtsson.

Centre of Economic Demography seminar

Time: every other Tuesday, 13:15 to 14:30
Place: Alfa1:2003 
Seminar convenor: Martin Dribe

Development Research 

Time: at lunch, every other Thursday, 12:00-13:00
Place: Alfa1:2067 or online 
Seminar convenor: Emelie Rohne Till

Lund University Seminar Series in African History (LUSAH) 

This is a joint seminar, between the Department of Economic History and the Department of History. 
Time: Thursday afternoons
Place: online
Seminar convenor: Erik Green

Makromackan 

Time: Tuesdays, with irregular occurrence, 12:00
Place: Alfa1:2067 
Seminar convenors: Jonas Ljungberg and Kerstin Enflo.

Arbete och försörjning

This is a seminar for social history, co-convened between the Department of Economic History and the Department of History. Note that unlike the other seminars at EKH, this one is mainly in Swedish.
Time: Fridays, afternoon. The seminar meets about four times per semester
Place: The meeting place alternates between the History department and EKH 
Seminar convenors: Helene Castenbrandt (EKH) and Martin Dackling (History Department).

Teachable Third Thursdays

This is a seminar devoted to practical and more general issues around teaching.
Time: Thursdays, with irregular occurrence, lunch time. 
Place: The meeting room varies, see calendar.
Seminar convenor: Tobias Karlsson