Public & Keynote Lectures
Oct. 2026: Eli F. Heckscher Lecture, Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden
Jul. 2026: RUC International Summer Lecture, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
Oct. 2025: ASE Keynote Lecture, Italian Economic History Association Annual Conference, Venice, Italy
Aug. 2025: Keynote Lecture, Conference on “How Did We Lift the Burden? Infectious Disease Mortality in the Western and Non-Western World (1800-now)”, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Jun. 2025: Adam Smith Lecture, Panmure House, Heriott-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
Apr. 2025: Oxford Literary Festival Lecture, Oxford, UK
Jun. 2024: Max Weber Lecture, European University Institute, Florence, Italy
Sep. 2023: Keynote Lecture, Swedish Economic History Society Conference, Lund, Sweden
Jan. 2023: Keynote Lecture, Conference on Trust in the Pre-Modern World, Oxford, UK
May 2022: Keynote Lecture, International Conference of the Research Group on Late Medieval Economic History, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Jan. 2022: Keynote Lecture, Souq Economics Conference, Dubai, UAE
Nov. 2021: Prais Lecture, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, London
Nov. 2019: Public Lecture, ACUH Seminar, Amsterdam Centre for Urban History, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Oct. 2019: Thought Experiment Lecture, Cabinet Office and HM Treasury, London, UK
Sep. 2019: Keynote Lecture, WINIR Annual Conference, Lund, Sweden
May 2019: Keynote Lecture, Posthumus Institute Annual Conference, Ghent, Netherlands
May 2019: Public Lecture, Centre for the Study of Governance and Society, King’s College, London, UK
Apr. 2019: Keynote Lecture, CEPR Conference, “Accounting for the Wealth of Nations: History and Theory”, Odense, Denmark
Mar. 2019: Public Lecture, CAGE Research Centre, Department of Economics, University of Warwick, UK
Jan. 2019: Public Lecture, Max-Planck-Institute for Legal History, Frankfurt, Germany
Sep. 2017: Keynote Lecture, Conference on the Making of Commercial Law, Helsinki, Finland
Jul. 2017: Keynote Lecture, CAGE Summer School in Economic History Conference, Department of Economics, University of Warwick
May 2017: Keynote Lecture, Eastern European Economic History Conference, Bucharest, Romania
Dec. 2016: Sixteenth Figuerola Annual Lecture in Economic History, Madrid, Spain
Jan. 2013: “Un Livre, Un Lecteur” Lecture, University of Paris-1 Sorbonne, Paris, France
Sep. 2012: Public Keynote Lecture, Conference on “Revolution des Fleißes – Leben und Wirtschaften im ländlichen Württemberg (1650-1800)”, Stuttgart, Germany
Mar. 2009: Annual Lecture of the British, Czech, and Slovak Forum, Czech Embassy, London
Apr. 2006: Tawney Lecture, Economic History Society Annual Conference, UK
Videos, Podcasts, Interviews
Jun. 2025. Adam Smith Interview, Panmure House, Heriott-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK, 25 Jun. 2025.
Mar. 2025. Der Freiheitskampf der Bauern – Bauernkrieg 1525, Terra-X History podcast on ‘The Peasants’ Struggle for Freedom – The 1525 Peasants’ War’ (in German), 27 Mar. 2025.
Feb. 2025. Conversations with Tyler, podcast with Tyler Cowen on ‘Controlling Contagion: Epidemics and Institutions from the Black Death to Covid’, 27 Feb. 2025.
Dec. 2024. HistoryExtra Podcast, BBC History Magazine, podcast on ‘The Hanseatic League’, 12 Dec. 2024.
Jun. 2024. Max Weber Interview, with Deirdre Moore and Felix Schaff, European University Institute, Florence, 6 Jun. 2024.
Feb. 2024. In Our Time, The Hanseatic League, BBC Radio 4 episode, broadcast 1 Feb. 2024.
Mar. 2024. Le temps des paysans, 4-part documentary on the history of the peasantry, interviews contributed to Part 1 (Age d’or, âge de fer) and Part 2 (Désastres et révoltes), Arte TV, broadcast 29 Mar. 2024.
Mar. 2023. Sheilagh Ogilvie on 900 years of European Guilds, Econ Journal Watch Podcast, 31 Mar. 2023.
Sep. 2022. Economic Development in Europe since the Middle Ages, IHHSG Lecture, 8 Sep. 2022.
Nov. 2021. State Capacity: Cautionary Tales from History, Prais Lecture on Productivity, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, 25 Nov. 2021.
Jun. 2021. The Best Books on the Industrial Revolution, Five Books, with Ben King, 2 Jun. 2021.
Oct. 2019. Video Interview, Thought Experiment Lecture, HM Treasury, 18 Oct. 2019.
Aug. 2019. Tides of History Podcast with Patrick Wyman, 20 Aug. 2019.
May 2019. “The European Guilds: A Lecture”, Video, Centre for the Study of Governance and Society, King’s College London, 9 May 2019.
May 2019. The Governance Podcast, ‘The Dark Side of Human Institutions: A Conversation’, with Mark Penningon, 9 May 2019.
Mar. 2019. New Books Network Podcast, with Mark Klobas, 8 Mar. 2019.
Jan. 2018. BBC Radio 4 Episode 5 of Conflict and Co-operation, 5 Jan. 2018, ‘Consumer Protectors or Greedy Monopolists?”’, interview with Paul Seabright.
Dec. 2013. British Academy Wolfson Professorship Lecture, 13 Dec. 2013, “Human Capital and Economic Outcomes in a European Developing Economy”.
Mar. 2012. National Public Radio Episode, 27 Mar. 2012, “What a 16th Century Guild Teaches Us About Competition”, Planet Money interview with Adam Davidson.
Jan. 2012. BBC History Magazine Podcast, 12 Jan. 2012, Sheilagh Ogilvie discusses consumption regulations in early modern Germany.
Sep. 2011. “Was macht die Kunst, Sheilagh Ogilvie?” [“What Does Art Do, Sheilagh Ogilvie?”] Monopol: Magazin für Kunst und Leben – An Interview with Sheilagh Ogilvie – September 2011
Aug. 2011. “Auingen als Forschungsobjekt” [“Auingen Subjected to Academic Research”] “In a research project that has received a lot of attention, a team from the University of Cambridge is currently investigating the consumption history of this Alb community” Südwest Presse 27 August 2011.
Jun. 2011.“Woher kommt das Wirtschaftswachstum?” [“Where Does Economic Growth Come From?”] Handelsblatt Article, 30 June 2011.
Jun. 2011.The Evolution of Keeping Up With the Joneses, as Seen in 17th Century German Villages” Time Magazine Article, 8 June 2011
Jun. 2011. “Empty trash. Buy milk. Forge history.” Boston Globe Article 6th June 2011
May 2011. BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour Interview, 24 May 2011, Interview with Sheilagh Ogilvie on consumption and regulation of women’s activities in early modern Germany (starts at minute 33).
May 2011. “300 Years of List-Making”, A ‘University Research Feature’ article, 20 May 2011