Current teaching
London School of Economics and Political Science
PhD Supervision
Jennifer Kohler, Culture and institutions in African economic history: a gender perspective (post-doctoral fellowship in Economic History, LSE)
Mattia Bertazzini, The impact of Italian colonial investments in Libya and the Horn of Africa (passed 2019; post-doctoral fellowship in Economics, Oxford University)
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