Image Source: Brian T., September 2022.
Schedule
Thursday, May 22
7pm:
Welcome Reception – The Heldrich Hotel, New Brunswick, NJ
Friday, May 23
8am – 9am:
Breakfast
9am – 9:30am:
Welcome
9:30am – 11:30am:
Panel Session in honor of Michael Bordo
Marc Flandreau (U. of Pennsylvania) – Importance of the Rutgers School,
Owen Humpage (FRB – Cleveland) – What We Learned about FX Intervention,
Chris Meissner (U.C. -Davis) – The Great Depression as a Global Trade War,
Pierre Siklos (Wilfred Laurier University) – The Financial Instability - Monetary Policy Nexus: Evidence from the FOMC Minutes
11:30am – 1pm:
Lunch
1pm – 3pm:
Panel Session in honor of Hugh Rockoff
Angela Redish (Univ. of British Columbia) – Canadian Banks in 1907 – Evidence from Bank Level Data,
Mary Tone Rodgers (SUNY – Oswego) – Before the Fed: J. P. Morgan, America's Lender of Last Resort. (joint with Jon Moen),
Richard Sylla (NYU) – Charles Beard got it wrong: A revised economic interpretation of the Constitution,
Marc Weidenmeir (Chapman University) – Stock Volatility and the War Puzzle
3pm – 3:45pm:
Break – coffee, afternoon tea
3:45pm – 4:45pm:
Sidney Simon Keynote Lecture:
Harold James, Princeton University
Golden Weapons and Golden Fetters: From the Gold Standard to the New Geopolitics
4:45pm – 6:30pm:
Return to Heldrich Hotel, free time
6:30pm – 7:30pm:
Cocktail Hour - Heldrich Hotel
7:30pm – 9:30pm:
Dinner - Heldrich Hotel
Saturday, May 24
8am – 9am:
Breakfast
9am – 11am:
Panel Session in honor of Eugene White
Howard Bodenhorn (Univ. of Clemson) – Short Term Loans and Long-term Relationships Revisited,
Sumner LaCroix (Univ. of Hawaii) – From Utopia to Democracy: A New Colonial History of South Australia, 1929-1857,
Kim Oosterlinck (Universite Libre de Bruxelles) – The Political Economy of Sovereign Debts: Converting Bonds in 19th Century France (joint with L. Ureche-Rangau and JM Vaslin),
Gail Triner (Rutgers University) – Rutgers Financial History goes to Brazil
11am – 11:45am:
Break – coffee, morning tea
11:45am – 12:45pm:
Shanti Tangri Keynote:
Barry Eichengreen, U.C. - Berkeley
Gold and the Dollar Crisis
12:45pm – 2pm:
Final remarks and Lunch
Viewing the Conference Online
For those unable to join us for the event, the conference will be live streamed via a ZOOM webinar. *A recording of the webinar will be uploaded at a later date.
If you would like to view the conference online, please click on the following links to register. A Zoom link will then be sent to you closer to the time of the conference.
Day 1 - https://rutgers.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UKJ1RF6hSVegOVCv0ckpAw
Day 2 - https://rutgers.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PT_qh_i9RAmuvlB_Ud-ddQ
Conference Venue
The conference will take place in Room 2225 of the Rutgers Academic Building on the College Avenue Campus of Rutgers University.
The address is: 15 Seminary Place, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
This building is a short walk from downtown New Brunswick and an even shorter walk from the New Brunswick train station.
Accommodation Information
Downtown New Brunswick offers two hotels a short walk from Rutgers University. They are:
The Heldrich Hotel – https://www.theheldrich.com (To get a discounted rate use the code RUTGERS when booking – this will get you a discount on the available rate. The earlier you book the cheaper the room) (This is the main conference hotel. The conference dinner will be held here)
The Hyatt Regency, New Brunswick – https://www.hyatt.com/hyatt-regency/en-US/ewrrn-hyatt-regency-new-brunswick (to get a discounted rate you need to call the hotel and ask for the Rutgers rate)
Note: These hotels can fill up quite quickly, so we recommend making a reservation as soon as possible.
Transfers from Airport
The closest and most convenient airport to Rutgers is Newark Liberty International Airport. You can take a NJ Transit train from the airport to New Brunswick, or you can take an Uber. Uber rides typically cost $60-$70. The train costs around $14.
