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The Thunder of History:
Taxation in Comparative and Historical Perspective
May 4-5, 2007
Northwestern University
Harris Hall Rm. 108
1881 Sheridan Rd.
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Image: Wat Tyler killing the poll tax collector.
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Keynote Speaker: Charles Tilly
Fred Block
Elliot Brownlee
Andrea Campbell
Robin Einhorn
Chris Howard
Edgar Kiser
Evan Lieberman
Isaac Martin
Ajay Mehrotra
Beverly Moran
Monica Prasad
Joel Slemrod
Nancy Staudt
Joe Thorndike
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"The spirit of a people, its cultural level, its social structure, the deeds its policy may prepare -- all this and more is written in its fiscal history, stripped of all phrases. He who knows how to listen to its message here discerns the thunder of world history more clearly than anywhere else.” (Joseph Schumpeter, 1918)
FOR CONFERENCE PAPERS, CLICK HERE.
FOR CONFERENCE PROGRAM, CLICK HERE.
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GRADUATE STUDENT WORKSHOP ON COMPARATIVE & HISTORICAL APPROACHES TO TAXATION
May 3, 2007
With the support of the American Sociological Association, we will be holding a one-day graduate student workshop in conjunction with the conference. Attendees will read and discuss both classic and contemporary work in fiscal sociology, and will have a chance to present their own research in progress.
Graduate Student Participants: Anthony Alvarez (UCLA), Martha Crum (CUNY), Pablo Gonzalez (Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Anna Persson (Goeteborg University), Malik Martin (Yale), Lorna Mason (CUNY), Simone Pollilo (University of Pennsylvania), Audrey Sacks (University of Washington), John Calvin Scott (Cornell), Michael Thompson (Indiana University), and Nicholas H. Wilson (UC-Berkeley)
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Sponsored by: The Northwestern Graduate School, the Tax Program at Northwestern Law School, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern's Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern Sociology Department, and the American Sociological Association's Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline Award supported by the American Sociological Association and the National Science Foundation
The Thunder of History is being held in conjunction with Northwestern's Program in Comparative-Historical Social Science (CHSS).
Co-sponsored by the Departments of Political Science and Sociology, the Program in Comparative-Historical Social Science provides an institutional setting for faculty collaboration and graduate student training in comparative historical research. Students in the program complete their Ph.D. in either political science or sociology, but also receive a certificate from the University for expertise in the interdisciplinary area of CHSS. The program provides students with a common coursework structure integrated with their departmental curricula; resources for student research, including travel abroad; interdisciplinary venues at which to present work in progress and receive feedback; and opportunities for collaborative research. For additional information consult the program website at http://www.cics.northwestern.edu/CHSS_Home.html
Contact: Elisabeth Anderson, elisabeth@northwestern.edu
Last updated: Apr 29 2007 10:17PM
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