Mobility is a key problem in Economic and Social History. Regardless of the period under analysis, people circulate, carrying with them commodities, capital, ideas, languages, traditions. They circulate to survive, to trade, to explore, to conquer, to migrate, and also for leisure. These...

Gender as an analytical tool has been increasingly used by historians in the last few decades in a wide range of domains. The aspects of social and economic history where the gender dimension is relevant are numerous: assessment of social functions, different patterns of insertion in the labour...

We call all historians to present their research for debate on the Atlantic, by submitting proposals of panels or individual communications. As usual, the APHES Conference is open to the submission of papers on any topic in economic and social history.

The main discussion topic of the Meeting will be Unequality(ies). The annual meeting of APHES 2015 encourages historians to take part on such debate, proposing for discussion the following topics, among others: - motives for unequality(ies) - models and mechanisms of wealth and social privileges...

Main theme: Consumption and Material Culture from the Middle Ages to the Present