5th Workshop of CASFI
The 5th CASFI workshop will take place in June 18-19, 2026. The workshop brings together researchers working on the historical dimensions of finance and inequality. We are particularly delighted that two CASFI Fellows who are currently in Bonn, Coşkun Tunçer (UCL) and Mark Hay (Erasmus University Rotterdam), will participate in the workshop.
Date
Thursday, June 18, 2026
1 pm - 5:30 pm
Friday, June 19, 2026
9 am - 3:15 pm
Location
Center for Advanced Studies Finance & Inequality (CASFI)
Kaiserplatz 7-9
53113 Bonn
Seminar room, 5th floor
Agenda
1:00 – 2:00 pm
Welcome: Coffee & Sandwiches
2:00 – 2:45 pm
Coskun Tuncer (University College London)
Housing wealth inequality in the Ottoman Empire 1620-1880
2:45 – 3:30 pm
Matthijs Korevaar (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
The Long-Term Wealth Effect of Property Taxation
3:30 – 4:00 pm
Coffee break
4:00 – 4.45 pm
Mark Hay (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Ledger Lines and Sea Lanes: Reopening the Baltic in the Age of Revolution
4:45 – 5:30 pm
Jamieson Myles (University of Geneva)
Internationalizing the French Franc: Trade Finance, Banking Networks,
and the Paris Acceptance Market, 1928-1933
5:30 – 7:00 pm
Check-in time Hotel
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Conference Dinner
9:00 – 9:45 am
Francisco Cebreiro Ares (Universidad Complutense Madrid)
Bagehot for Revolutionaries: Spain and the Exchange Crisis of 1793
9:45 – 10:30 am
Bram van der Graaf (University of Bonn)
Dynamics of Income Inequality in World War I Württemberg
10:30 – 11:00 am
Coffee break
11:00 – 11:45 am
Tilmann Spindeldreier (University of Cologne)
The Long Shadow of Savings Banks: Institutional Origins of Financial
Trust
11:45 – 12.30 pm
Sibylle Lehmann-Hasemeyer (University of Hohenheim)
Savings Decisions in Times of Economic and Political Crises: A
Microeconomic Analysis of German Savings Accounts 1929–1945
12:30 – 1:30 pm
Light lunch
1:30 – 2:15 pm
Mintra Dwarkasing (University of Bonn)
Minority depository institutions and entrepreneurship
2:15 – 3:00 pm
Carsten Burhop (University of Bonn)
Saving for Retirement in the Kingdom of Saxony: Private initiative vs. public insurance
3:00 – 3:15 pm
Farewell
