Short Courses by Professors from Overseas 2024

Spring Semester, 2024

Why Did Industrial Revolution Not Happen in China First? （经济学讲座二，ECON830050）

Instructor: Debin Ma, Professor of Economic History, University of Oxford

Professor Debin Ma | Faculty of History (ox.ac.uk)

TA: Xiaomin Liu, 21110680010@m.fudan.edu.cn

Teaching Schedule:

April 1st, 5th, 8th and 12th 18:30 – 21:05;

April 4th and 11th 15:25 – 18:00. Spring term 2024.

Classroom: H5102, Handan Campus, Fudan University

Instructor’s Bio:

Debin Ma is Professor of Economic History at the University of Oxford. He is also Visiting Professor at the Department of Economic History at London School of Economics and research associate with CEPR. He obtained his PhD in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and had taught in the United States, UK, Japan and China. His research interest includes (1) long-term economic growth in East Asia; (2) international comparison of living standards, human capital and productivity; (3) institutions, legal traditions, long-run growth and global history; and (4) economics of the silk sector. With Loren Brandt and Thomas G. Rawski and published a journal paper ‘From Divergence to Convergence: Re-evaluating the History behind China’s Economic Boom’ on the Journal of Economic Literature. He is also the co-editor of the forthcoming two volume Cambridge Economic History of China.