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CURRICULUM VITAE<br />
Karl Gunnar Persson<br />
Office<br />
UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN<br />
Department of Economics<br />
Phone +45 35 32 30 02<br />
Fax. +45 35 32 30 00<br />
e-mail karlgunnar.persson@econ.ku.dk<br />
Education<br />
BA, 1968 Political science, Economic history<br />
University of Lund<br />
Fil lic (Ph D) Economic history 1972, University of Lund<br />
Fil Doktor, Economic history 1978, University of Lund<br />
Academic job history<br />
Research Fellow in a Swedish National Bank Tricentennial Fund sponsored research project<br />
at the Institute of Economic History, University of Lund, 1969-73<br />
Lecturer in Social science and Economics at Roskilde University Centre, 1973-75<br />
Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Economics, University of Copenhagen, 1975-1991<br />
Reader at the Institute of Economics, University of Copenhagen, 1991-98<br />
Professor at the Institute of Economics, University of Copenhagen, 1999-
Present and past administrative functions<br />
Deputy Head of the Institute of Economics (1992-2006)<br />
Head of Department 2006/7<br />
Founding co-editor of European Review of Economic History (1996-2000)<br />
Editor of Zeuthen Lecture Books Series, MIT Press<br />
Co-ordinator of the Zeuthen Lectures<br />
Member of the board of the Institute<br />
Other jobs<br />
Free-lance writing for magazines, newspapers and the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation<br />
Visiting Positions<br />
Academic Visitor at London School of Economics,<br />
1985, 1987, 1990, 1993 and 2000 in periods of differing length<br />
Visiting Professor at the Department of Economic History University of Gothenburg<br />
April - May 1991<br />
Visiting Fellow at Centrum voor Economische Studiën, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven,<br />
March 1993<br />
Visiting Fellow at the European University Institute, Florence, April - May 1993<br />
Visiting Fellow at the Research School of Social Science, Australian National University<br />
April - May 1994<br />
Visiting Fellow at Faculty of Economics and Commerce, Melbourne University,<br />
October 2000<br />
Fernand Braudel Scholar, European University Institute, Florence Fall 2007.<br />
Teaching<br />
In the past: Various aspects of European economic history (600-2000) including labour<br />
market and welfare state institution. Undergraduate and graduate levels.<br />
Supervisor/external examiner at master and PhD-level.<br />
At present: The undergraduate half semester course European Economic History<br />
From Pre-industrial Times to the Present.<br />
The graduate full semester (3 hours a week) course The Economic History of Globalization.<br />
Both courses are taught in English.
Research interests<br />
Long term economic growth<br />
Market integration and market performance in history<br />
Modes of transmission of commercial intelligence<br />
Comparative European economic history<br />
Political economy of the Enlightenment<br />
Scientific societies and networks, honours<br />
Present<br />
Member of the Royal Danish Academy of Science<br />
The John Hicks Lecture, All Souls, Oxford, May 2002<br />
Past<br />
Trustee of the European Historical Economics Society<br />
Co-ordinator of the European Science Foundation network on Market integration in historical<br />
perspective<br />
Founding president of European Historical Economics Society (serving 1991-1995)<br />
Founding co-editor of European Economic History Review, 1996-2000<br />
Trustee, European Historical Economics Society 1995-2002<br />
Co-ordinator of the ESF network on Historical market integration research<br />
Organizer and/or programme committee member for<br />
European Historical Economics Society's (EHES) first congress in Copenhagen, June 1991<br />
EHES' workshop “Market Integration from the Renaissance to the Present”<br />
Lerici, Italy, April 1993<br />
European Commission/EHES' First Summer School, Florence, July 1994<br />
(with Cormac O'Grada)<br />
Session C:10 at the Eleventh International Economic History Congress, September 1994<br />
(with D. McCloskey)<br />
European Commission/EHES' Second Summer School, Groningen, June 1995<br />
(with Bart van Ark)<br />
University of Copenhagen workshop,<br />
Institutions and Economic Performance in the Past October 1995<br />
European Commission/EHES' Third Summer School, Pisa-Montecatini, June 1996<br />
(with Paolo Malanima och Giovanni Federico)<br />
The European Historical Economics Society, Second Congress, Venice, January 1996<br />
(Programme committee with Gianni Toniolo and James Foreman-Peck)<br />
EREH workshop “Controversies in European Economic History”, November 1996<br />
The European Historical Economics Society, Third Congress, Lisbon, October 1999<br />
(programme committee with Jaime Reis and Cormac Ó Gráda)<br />
European Science Foundation Workshop “Market Performance and Efficiency in the Past”,<br />
Venice, December 1999<br />
Sound Economic History Workshop “Long Term Trends in the World Economy”,<br />
Copenhagen, December 2000 (with Jeffrey G. Williamson)
Refereeing<br />
Economic Development and Cultural Change<br />
Economic History Review<br />
Explorations in Economic History<br />
Journal of Economic History<br />
Journal of Public Economics<br />
Scandinavian Economic History Review<br />
European Review of Economic History<br />
Social Science Foundations in various nations<br />
Short visits and guest lectures<br />
Alphabetic order<br />
Australian National University, Research School of Social Science<br />
OFCE-Delta, Paris<br />
European University Institute, Florence<br />
Harvard University<br />
Institut Nationale de la Recherche Agricole<br />
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven<br />
London School of Economics<br />
Melbourne University<br />
Northwestern University<br />
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid<br />
University of<br />
British Columbia<br />
California at Davis<br />
Gothenburg<br />
Jyväskylä<br />
Lund<br />
Manchester<br />
Stockholm<br />
Sydney<br />
Tampere<br />
Umeå<br />
Uppsala<br />
Utrecht<br />
Warwick<br />
Aarhus
Lectures/papers at international conferences<br />
(Selected)<br />
Colloque de Nice, Centre d'études médiévales, Nice, France 1982<br />
Economic and Social Research Council Quantitative Economic History Workshop, UK<br />
Newcastle 1987<br />
Brighton 1988<br />
Cliometric Society Second World Congress, Santander, Spain 1987<br />
The Bellagio Workshop on “Agrarian Development in the Past”, Bellagio, Italy, 1987<br />
Third Anglo-American Seminar on the Medieval Society and Economy, Chester, UK 1989<br />
European Economic Association:<br />
Second Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark1987<br />
Third Congress Bologna, Italy1988 Fifth Congress Lisbon, Portugal 1990<br />
Tenth International Economic History Congress, 1990, Leuven, Belgium<br />
Twenty-second IARIW General Conference, Flims, Switzerland 1992<br />
EHES' Workshop on “Market Integration from the Renaissance to the Present”,<br />
Lerici, Italy 1993<br />
International Colloquium on “Long Term Economic Growth”, Leuven, Belgium 1993<br />
Eleventh International Economic History Congress, Milano, Italy 1994<br />
“Institutions and Economic Performance in the Past”, Copenhagen, Denmark 1995<br />
EHES’ Third Summer School, Montecatini, Italy 1996<br />
Cliometric Society 38th Congress, St Louis, USA 1998<br />
European Science Foundation workshop “Historical Market Integration: Market Performance<br />
and Efficiency in the Past”, Venice, Italy 1999 and Florence 2002.<br />
New Comparative Economic History Conference in honour of Jeffrey G. Williamson,<br />
Cambridge, Harvard, October 2006.<br />
8 th European Historical Economics Conference, Geneva, September 2009.<br />
List of publications in separate document
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