Speaker：GeorgesDepeyrot（Professor,École normalesupérieure）
Description：The lecture present the evolution and revolution of the monetarysystem during the 19th century. This period was dominated by theimportance of the new mines of gold in the mid-19th c. (the GoldRush) and by the new mines of silver during the second part of the 19thc. The lecture is organised in 4 points：1. The new mines：Presentation of the gold and silver mines. 2. Consequences of the mines：The consequence was the development of new export of metal aroundthe world.3. The DAMINprogram：The DAMIN program Silver monetary depreciationand international relations was a program of studying the consequences of thearrival of silver on the market.Presentationof the analyses and the results of the studies.4. Shanghai maritime trade：Analysis of the registers of the harbor of Shanghai and of thetrade in China during the 19th c.
Time: April 3, 2019（Wednesday）, 9：30-11：00
Venue: Shahe Main Teaching Building, room 303
