Larry Epstein's sudden death at the age of 46 in early February 2007 was an enormous loss to his family and friends, to his department at LSE, and to the global community of economic historians. The extent of that loss was reflected not least in the number of members of the economic history community indicating a desire to support the setting up of some initiative that would act as a permanent reminder of Larry's major contributions to the discipline.
At the time of his death, Larry had in mind a number of projects, but one to which he was particularly committed was the establishment of a regular lecture series at LSE by outstanding early career researchers in economic history.
The Department of Economic History decided that one appropriate way of commemorating Larry's achievements would be to inaugurate a regular Epstein lecture along these lines and with the generous support of friends, colleagues and alumni we have achieved our aim.
Lectures will be given by an early career researcher regarded as a rising star in the profession. In line with Larry's broad intellectual interests, there will be no restriction on subject matter or geographical scope or time period providing that the topic came within the broad, interdisciplinary scope of economic history.
The Epstein Lecture 2012
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Speaker: Ran Abramitzky, Stanford University
Title: Kibbutz: the Economics of a Social Experiment
Date: 1st March, 2012
Time: 6pm
Room: Old Theatre
Previous Lectures
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British Aid and Decolonization: 1950s-1970s
Dr Ichiro Maekawa, Soka University, Tokyo on Tuesday 8 March 2011
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Should you wish to join us in sustaining Larry's memory and contribution to economic history in this way, you can make a donation|.
The Economic History Department at LSE would like to thank any donors for the consideration given to help us remember Larry in this way.