PEPES Seminar *via Zoom* - Apr 7th
PEPES Seminar *via Zoom* - Apr 7th
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Jared RUBIN is Professor at Chapman University. He is an economic historian interested in the political and religious economies of the Middle East and Western Europe. He is the Co-Director of Chapman University’s Institute for the Study of Religion, Economics and Society (IRES) and the President of the Association for the Study of Religion, Economics, and Culture (ASREC). He serves on the editorial boards of Journal of Economic History, Journal of Comparative Economics, Explorations in Economic History and Essays in Economic and Business History.
His research focuses on historical relationships between political and religious institutions and their role in economic development. His book, Rulers, Religion, and Riches: Why the West Got Rich and the Middle East Did Not (Cambridge University Press, 2017) explores the role that Islam and Christianity played in the long-run “reversal of fortunes” between the economies of the Middle East and Western Europe. It was awarded the Douglass North Best Book Award for the best research in institutional and organisational economics awarded by the Society of Institutional and Organizational Economics (SIOE). He has been awarded over $1 million in grants from the John Templeton Foundation for his work in the economics of religion.
Jared RUBIN will present a paper, joint with Debin MA, at the next PEPES Seminar on the theme:
More about Jared RUBIN and his research
Date: THURSDAY, April 7th - *5 PM*
Location: Via Zoom
The next PEPES Seminar will host Luiz MARTINEZ (University of Chicago) on May 5th.
