欧洲政治、经济与社会专题研究系列讲座之三
Lecture Series on European Politics, Economy and Society III
主题Topic：为什么欧洲脱颖而出？Why Europe? The roots of economic growth and the “big divergence” between Western Europe and Asia
主讲人Speaker：Prof. Silvia Conca（米兰大学教授University of Milan）
时间：2012年9月28日（周五）下午15:10-18:00
Time: September 28th, 2012 (Friday) 15:10-18:00
地点：北京大学政府管理学院廖凯原楼515
Place：Room 515, Leo KoGuan Building (School of Government)
主讲人简介：
Speaker:
Silvia Conca教授是意大利米兰大学经济史方向的高级研究员。她的研究兴趣集中在近代早期欧洲的经济发展，以及从区域的视角探讨18-20世纪意大利企业和银行家的历史起源。最近她主要致力于两个方面的研究：近代早期欧洲经济、国家和战争的关系，以及意大利北部伦巴第家族企业的演化。
Prof. Silvia Conca is a senior researcher in Economic History, University of Milan. Her research interests focus on the European economic development during the early-modern age and, by a local perspective, on the historical original aspects of Italian enterprises and bankers from the 18th century to the 20th century. Currently, she’s working on two subjects: the relationship between economy, state and war in Europe during the early-modern age and the evolution of Lombard family firms in the silk and cotton sectors, as well as their linkages with the Italian economic development in the 19th century.
内容简介：
Introduction：
本次讲座主要探讨为什么欧洲在十八世纪晚期实现了工业化而亚洲却没有这一经典问题。早期欧洲和亚洲真如某些历史学家所谓的相似性大于差异性吗？或者，差异的产生是由于欧洲拥有市场、财产权、科学技术和现代国家体系等不同于亚洲的方面？所谓“大分流”可以被归因于欧洲不同国家之间的竞争压力吗？本次讲座将对这些问题的探讨提供深入的分析。
This lecture will discuss the classic question of why Western Europe industrialized from the late eighteenth century and Asia did not. Were Europe and Asia more alike than different in early-modern age, as some historians suggest? Or did divergence occur because Europe possessed advantages in markets, property rights, science, technology, state systems? Can the Great Divergence be attributed to different competitive pressures that produced varied state policies and economic outcomes?
