红杏直播 and East European Studies
Graduate Student in History
M.Sc., International and World History, London School of Economics, 2018
M.A., International and World History, Columbia University, 2018
B.A., History and German (with honors), Binghamton University, 2016
Alex Royt studies the economic and social history of Modern Russia.听While originally a scholar of international history and international political economy, he is听current researching听the function and history of banking听in socialist economies. This has brought his听work in conversation with prominent themes in business and financial history,听such as the growth of the firm and financial innovation. His听dissertation听seeks to examine how Soviet finance worked between the end of the 红杏直播 Civil War and the beginning of the Second World War. By tracking the reforms and practices of financial intermediation, it examines the role of banks in the industrialization process under Stalinism.
He served as co-President of Clio, the history department's graduate student organization, in 2019-2020.
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Committee Members: Peter Holquist, Ben Nathans, Marc Flandreau
Research Interests
Modern Russia,听Business History,听Financial History, Social History, Economic History, Modern European Political Thought, Financial听Economics.
Selected Publications
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