Esther Sahle - Economic History of Early Modern Europe and the British Atlantic

CV

Dr Esther Sahle

January 2021

Education
2011-2016 PhD, Economic History, London School of Economics (LSE)
‘A Faith of Merchants: Quakers and Institutional Change in the Early Modern Atlantic’
2008-2009 MSc, Global History (Highest dissertation grade of the year, 81%), LSE
2004-2007 BA, World History and Religion, University of Erfurt, Germany

Academic Employment

Oct. 2021 — present: Research Associate, Global History, Freie Universität Berlin
Apr. 2021 – Sep. 2021: Acting Chair of Economic History, University of Münster (Covering for Ulrich Pfister)
Apr. 2019 – Oct. 2020: Postdoctoral Researcher, History Department, University of Oldenburg, Germany
Nov. 2015 – Mar. 2019: Teaching fellow, History Department, University of Bremen, Germany
Jan. 2015 – Apr. 2015: Visiting Lecturer, History, University of Hertfordshire, UK
Oct. 2012 – Apr. 2013: Graduate Teaching Assistant, London School of Economics, UK

Teaching

MA Courses (selection)

  • Primary Sources of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
  • The Great Divergence: Economic Development in East and West, 1400-1800
  • East Asia and the European Consumer Revolution
  • The European Marriage Pattern in Global Perspective
  • Early Modern History Research Seminar
  • MA/BA Thesis Colloquium

BA Courses (selection)

  • ‘Capitalism & Slavery’: An Economic History of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
  • Early Modern Globalisation
  • Towns, Economy & Society in Early Modern Europe
  • Capitalism & Women: A Global Economic History of Marriage and the Family
  • Trade and Consumerism in the Early Modern World Environment & Imperialism

Departmental Services

2020  ‘Mittelbausprecherin’, History Department, University of Oldenburg
2019  Chair, junior faculty working group, History Department, University of Oldenburg
2016-2018  Chair, junior faculty working group, History Department, University of Bremen
2016-2017  Co-Organiser, Research Seminar Early Modern History, History Department, University of Bremen

Grants & Fellowships

  • Fritz Thyssen Foundation, Conference Grant, 2020, €11,000
  • Library Company of Philadelphia and Historical Society of Pennsylvania, ‘Barra International Fellowship’, September 2016, $2,000
  • Economic History Association, ‘Exploratory Travel and Data Grant’, 2013, $2,000
  • LSE Economic History Department ‘Radwan Travel Fund’, 2013, £800
  • LSE ‘Postgraduate Travel Grant’, 2013, 2015, £800
  • Research Fellowship, German Historical Institute, Washington, DC, in cooperation with Horner Memorial Library, Philadelphia, PA, 2013, $2,000
  • LSE studentship, 2012-15, £3,600 annually

Conference Organisation

The Institutional Foundations of pre-modern long-distance Trade

  • Conference, organiser, University of Oldenburg, 24-26 July 2020 (postponed to July 2021).
  • Panel, co-organiser with Yadira Gonzalez de Lara, University of Valencia, and Daniel Strum, University of Sao Paolo, World Economic History Congress, MIT, Boston, 2018
  • Panel, co-organiser with Yadira Gonzalez de Lara, University of Valencia, and Daniel Strum, University of Sao Paolo, World Economic History Congress, Paris 2021 (postponed to August 2022)

Religious Freedom, Legal Pluralism and Long-Distance Trade

  • Panel, co-organiser with Germano Maifreda, University of Milan, World Economic History Congress, Paris 2021 (postponed to August 2022).

Commercial Dispute Resolution in the Early Modern Atlantic World

  • Panel organiser and chair, American Legal History Society Annual Conference, Boston 2019

Further Relevant Work Experience

Urban Archive and Historical Documentation Centre for Aleppo, Syria Jun. 2010- Nov. 2010 Advisor

Conference and Seminar Presentations

‘Maritime Labour Migration and Human Capital Formation in Early Modern Germany’

  • History Seminar, Viadrina University, Frankfurt/Oder, November 2020
  • Early Modern History Seminar, University of Hamburg, December 2020

‘Commercial Dispute Mediation by Pennsylvania Quaker Meetings, 1682-1720’

  • Economic History Seminar, University of Regensburg, February 2021
  • World Economic History Congress, MIT, August 2018
  • Economic History Society Conference, Royal Holloway, University of London, March 2017
  • The Institutional Foundations of Long-distance Trade, Workshop, Economics Department, University of Valencia, Spain, June 2016
  • Early Modern History Seminar, Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Munich, December 2017
  • Early Modern History Seminar, University of Bremen, October 2017

‘Faith and Coverture – Explaining the Marriage Patterns of an Economic Elite’

  • History Department, Utrecht University, October 2017

‘The competitive edge of the reliable Friends? Quaker contract enforcement, c.1660-1800’

  • World Economic History Congress, Kyoto, Japan, August 2015
  • Economic & Social History Seminar, Department of History, Utrecht University, December 2014
  • European Business History Association Conference, Utrecht University, August 2014
  • Economic History Society Conference, University of Warwick, March 2014
  • Economic & Social History of the Pre-modern World Seminar, Institute of Historical Research, University of London, January 2014
  • Economic History Seminar, European University Institute, Florence, November 2013
  • Economic History Forum, Department of History, University of Pennsylvania, September 2013
  • Social History Society Conference, University of Leeds, March 2013
  • Economic History Society Women’s Committee Workshop, Institute for Historical Research, University of London, November 2012

‘“For the Love of Money is the Root of all Evil” – Quaker Business Ethics c.1650-1800’

  • Affaires de Foi – The Business of Faith, Workshop, History Department, University of NeuChatel, Switzerland, June 2018
  • Historical and Philosophical Perspectives on Economics Seminar, LSE, February 2014

Refereeing

  • The William & Mary Quarterly
  • The National Research Council of Canada
  • The Journal of Legal History
  • The Economic History Review
  • Quaker Studies
  • Accounting History
  • Organizational Studies

Esther Sahle