LEAP members attend World Economic History Congress in Kyoto
Several staff, students and research associates from the Department's Laboratory for the Economics of Africa's Past (LEAP) attended the trienniel World Economic History Congress in Kyoto, Japan from 3 to 7 August. Three Stellenbosch students, Jeanne Cilliers, Christie Swanepoel and Bokang Mpeta, presented their research. Johan Fourie, who completed his PhD at Utrecht University in 2012, was a finalist in the dissertation session on early-modern history. He was announced the winner of this category on Friday night at the closing ceremony.
At the conference venue in Kyoto: Martine Mariotti (research associate), Dieter von Fintel, Bokang Mpeta, Sophia du Plessis, Christie Swanepoel, Jeanne Cilliers, Abel Gwaindepi and Johan Fourie
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