Current teaching
London School of Economics and Political Science
PhD Supervision
Nicholas Fitzhenry, economic crises and spatial inequalities in African economic history (in progress)
Jennifer Kohler, Culture and institutions in African economic history: a gender perspective (passed away November 2022; posthumous degree awarded July 2023)
Mattia Bertazzini, The impact of Italian colonial investments in Libya and the Horn of Africa (passed 2019; post-doctoral fellowship in Economics, Oxford University, permanent position at Nottingham University from 2023)
Rebecca Simson, East Africa civil service in the post-war period (passed 2017; Wadham College JRF in Economic History)
Edward Kerby, ‘Chinese and Taiwanese foreign direct investment in South Africa and Zambia, 1965-1990’ (passed 2016, NRF post-doc)
Kazuo Kobayashi, ‘Indian Cotton Textiles in West Africa, 1700-1850’(passed 2016, Lecturer in Economic History, Osaka Sangyo University)
Gerardo Serra, ‘Economics and statistics as tools for state building in colonial and post-colonial Africa’ (passed 2015, University of Manchester)
Undergraduate
EH211 – Africa and the World Economy, 1500-2000 (Course convener; introductory course in African economic history for undergraduates)
EH237 – Methods and Themes in Economic History (Co-taught; core course)
Graduate
EH401 - Historical Analysis of Economic Change (Co-taught; MSc core course)
EH413 – African Economic Development in Historical Perspective (Course convener; introductory course on historical origins of African development outcomes for MSc students in Economic History, Political Economy of Late Development and Global History)
EH421 - Economic History of Colonialism (co-taught; optional course)
EH482 - Pre-modern Paths of gRowth: East and West Compared (Co-taught; optional course on comparative pre-industrial economic history)
University of Stellenbosch
PhD supervision
Abel Gwaindepi, Public revenue and spending patterns of the Cape Colony, 1820-1910 (passed 2017, Lund University post-doc)
LSE/UCT July School
LCS-EH201 Africa and the World Economy, 1500-2000 (Course convener)
University of Cape Town
Undergraduate: Making of the Modern World Economy; Colonial and Post-Colonial Encounters; Economies of Feasts and Famines; Final Year Economic History Research Projects
Graduate: Modern African History and Politics
University of Oxford
Undergraduate: Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa; Approaches to History: Economics