Invited Talks & Conference Presentations

These talks are organised by the academic projects to which they connect. The titles of the specific talks given at the time may vary, as the projects continued to evolve.

This approaches a comprehensive list. As such, it reflects my tendency to focus on just one project at a time and to develop it steadily until it reaches fruition. There are some talks here that were developed to meet the requests of specific invitations. And, of course, there are several topics that may have some potential but have been shifted to the backburner–for now–to allow me to maintain my focus on other projects.

England’s Cross of Gold: Keynes, Churchill, and the Governance of Economic Beliefs

  • Rutgers University (November 2020)
  • George Washington University (April 2019)
  • Tocqueville Forum, Georgetown University (April 2019)

Demanding Deflation: Exchange Rate Politics in the Interwar Labour Movement

  • American Political Science Association (September 2019)

The Speculative Consequences of the Peace

  • Cambridge University (September 2019)

A Return to Mercantilism: The Economic Rationales for Nationalist Economic Policy

  • University of Birmingham (June 2017)
  • University of Chicago (April 2017)

Bound to Not Lead: 2016 as Unexceptional Americanism

  • The Future of Global-Order, co-sponsored by Cornell University & ETH-Zurich (Filzbach: October 2017)

Together at the Coalface: When, Why, and How Theorists Influence Policymakers

  • University of Wisconsin (Madison: May 2016)

The 2016 U.S. Election: Implications For Europe (Roundtable)

  • Dahrendorf Symposium (Berlin: May 2016)

Must this Brexit Break Britain?

  • Northwestern University (Evanston: April 2017)

Using Historical Methods to Trace the Influence of Ideas in Politics

  • Princeton University (Zoom: Mar 2021)
  • University of Chicago (Chicago: Oct 2018)
  • Northwestern University (Evanston: Apr 2017)
  • Sciences Po (Paris: Nov 2016)
  • Cambridge University (Cambridge: Dec 2015)
  • Oxford University (Oxford: Oct 2015)
  • See here for details

A Great Transformation: The Decline and Fall of the Gold Standard in Britain

  • University of Warwick (May 2016)
  • Cambridge University (April 2016)

The Cunliffe Conundrum: Britain’s Interwar Return to Gold

  • European Society for the History of Economic Thought (Complutense University of Madrid: June 2018)

The Austerity of 1925: Why the Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat?

  • European Society for the History of Economic Thought (University of Lille: June 2019)
  • Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (Washington: Nov 2016)
  • Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Belo Horizonte, Brazil: Sept 2016)
  • British International Studies Association (Edinburgh: June 2016)
  • Texas A&M (May 2016)
  • International Political Economy Society (Stanford: Nov 2015)
  • American Political Science Association (Toronto: Sept 2009)

Shocking Intellectual Austerity: The Role of Ideas in the Demise of the Gold Standard in Britain

  • The University of Pennsylvania (Feb 2013; Feb 2015; Nov 2016)
  • Princeton University (Feb 2013)
  • Duke University (Nov 2012)
  • European Political Science Association (Edinburgh: June 2014)

Keynessandra No Longer: JM Keynes, the 1931 Financial Crisis, and the Death of the Gold Standard in Britain

  • American Political Science Association (Washington, DC: Sept 2010)
  • Cornell University (March 2015)

Keynes, The Globalist

  • King’s College London (Nov 2016)

This Means (Bank) War! Corruption and Credible Commitments in the Collapse of the Second Bank of the United States

  • Princeton University (Feb 2015)
  • American Political Science Association (Washington, DC: Aug 2014)
  • International Studies Association (Toronto: March 2014)
  • Bowdoin College (Oct 2013)
  • International Political Economy Society (Claremont Graduate School: Oct 2013)

Before Hegemony: Adam Smith, American Independence, and the Origins of the First Era of Globalization

  • King’s College London (Jun 2015)
  • Trinity College, Dublin (Feb 2015)
  • Queen’s University, Belfast (Feb 2015)
  • Harvard University (March 2012)
  • History of Economics Society (St. Catharines: June 2012)
  • International Studies Association (Montreal: March 2011)
  • International Political Economy Society (Harvard: Nov 2010)
  • New England Political Science Association (Newport: April 2010)

Credit Where It’s Due: How Locke Looms Large

  • Georgetown University (Washington: Nov 2016)

The Creation of Britain’s Fixed Exchange Rate Regime

  • International Political Economy Society (University of Pennsylvania: Nov 2008)

Consultancy & Other Talks

“International Political Economy in the 21st Century.” Training policy officials in the European External Actions Service via the European Institute of Public Administration (December 2020)

“A Return to Mercantilism?” International Strategy and Diplomacy. Executive Education, LSE. (November 2020)

Commencement Address. Korea University, International Summer Campus. (2016; 2017)

Media appearances

Interviews on the (potential) Trump State Visit Invitation to the UK. BBC General News Service. 31 January 2017.

Roundtable discussion on US-UK “Special Relationship” in the Era of Trump & May. “5 Live Breakfast.” BBC. 27 January 2017.

Interviews on US-UK “Special Relationship” in the Era of Trump & May. 26 January 2017.

  • “5 Live Breakfast.” BBC Radio 5.
  • “World Update.” BBC World Service.
  • Television News. BBC Television.
  • “Newsdrive.” BBC Scotland.
  • “The World Tonight.” BBC Radio 4.

Interview on Brexit and its Implications for East Asia. MK Economy. 6 July 2016.