Leigh A Gardner
London School of Economics and Political Science
Associate Professor of Economic History
E-mail
l.a.gardner@lse.ac.uk
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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                     
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