4TH ROMAN ECONOMIC HISTORY WORKSHOP
9 October 2026
Aula Fanfani (5th floor) - Faculty of Economics - Sapienza University of Rome
Via del Castro Laurenziano 9 - 00161 Rome
9:30-9:45 Doors open
9:45-9:55 Welcome address: Donatella Strangio (Sapienza)
9:55-10:05 Welcome address: Jacob Weisdorf (Sapienza)
Chair: Michele Postigliola (Sapienza)
10:05-10:35 Carlo Ciccarelli (Tor Vergata) with K. Enflo and P. Groote Licentia populandi: The political economy of town foundation in Spanish Sicily, 1500–1700
10:35-11:05 Mauro Rota (Sapienza) with M. Postigliola and J. Weisdorf Electricity and regional development in Italy
11:05 – 11:30 Coffee break
Chair: Mauro Rota (Sapienza)
11:30-12:00 Giovanni Vecchi (Tor Vergata) with B. A’Hearn and G. Mancini Rethinking Italy’s Distributional History, 1861–2022
12:00-12:30 Jacob Weisdorf (Sapienza) with C. Salvo Holy Growth: Two Millennia of Regional Inequality in Italy Inferred from Church Construction
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break
Chair: Jacob Weisdorf (Sapienza)
13:30-14:00 Gianni Marciante (Università di Bologna) with C. Ciccarelli Women's Education and Fertility in Italy at the Onset of the Demographic Transition
14:00-14:30 Giuliana Freschi (Sant’Anna di Pisa) with C. Ciccarelli Demography at work. Youth share and productivity in Liberal Italy
14:35 – 14:50 Coffee break
Chair: Carlo Ciccarelli (Tor Vergata)
14:50-15:20 Francesca Asja Trento (Tor Vergata) with A. Melillo, L. Pascali and M. Prem The Republic of Letters and the Rise of the West
15:20-15:50 Claudio Petrillo (Sapienza) with M. Postigliola Forging the State: Reforms, Governance and Elites in Pre-Unification Italy, 1770-1861
15:50-16:00 Closing remarks by Carlo Ciccarelli (Tor Vergata)
20.00 - Dinner at the Gran Sasso, Via Como 10 (at participants’ own expense)
Each paper: please allow 20 min for the presentation and 10 min for discussion