#  Ellen M. Nye 

Academy Scholar, The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies.

Assistant Professor, Department of History, Purdue University.

 

 

 



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 location\_on 1727 Cambridge Street, Room E105, Cambridge, MA 02138 

 email <ellennye@fas.harvard.edu> 

 laptop\_windows [Purdue University Profile](https://cla.purdue.edu/directory/profiles/ellen-nye.html) 

 

 



 

**Research interests:** Global economic history; early modern Eurasia; transimperial history of debt, money, and capitalism; cross-cultural trade; comparative political economy; and empire formation.



 

 

 





 

 

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