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Peter Coclanis

Peter Coclanis

Director

Global Research Institute

Peter A. Coclanis, Albert R. Newsome Distinguished Professor of History, is the founding director of the Global Research Institute. He works primarily in the fields of economic history, demographic history, and business history, and has published widely in these areas. A native of Chicago, he took his Ph.D. degree at Columbia University in 1984 and joined the faculty at UNC-Chapel Hill the same year.

coclanis@unc.edu
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