This conference will gather scholars concerned with the successive backlashes on globalization the world economy has experienced over the last decade, from the rise of populism, to the COVID pandemic, and the war in Ukraine. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to: the geographic and...

The conference aims to bring together scholars who seek to explain historical phenomena using the methods of the social sciences. The emphasis will be on issues of interdisciplinary concern, including the causes and consequences of institutional development, technology and economic growth, trade...

Papers on all aspects of African economic history are welcome, but preference will be given to those that pertain to the conference theme.

The study of African economic history has reached a tipping point. With few exceptions, quantitative investigations into Africa’s economic past were limited to the study of aggregated macro-economic variables – production, taxation and exports – published in colonial reports and available...

The public finances of African governments in the colonial and post-independence periods have been the subject of substantial new research in recent years. Within the broader field of African economic history, the fiscal history of the continent has yielded insights into the capacity and aims of...

Theme - Challenges and Perspectives in this Era of Global and Financial Uncertainty TRACK AREAS Track 1: Business (Local and International Business) Track 2: Finance, Banking and Accounting Track 3: Social Sciences Track 4: Humanities Track 5: Education Track 6: Information Technology Track 7:...

Topics: - Financial policy and regulation - Macro-economic policies in the global economy - The role of finance in economic growth and development - International capital flows and foreign direct investment - The role of development finance institutions and instruments - The role of engagement -...

The IEHA welcomes sessions on all topics in economic history, history of economics, demographic history, social history, urban history, cultural history, gender studies, methodological aspects of historical research, and related fields, the WEHC 2012 theme is “Exploring the Roots of...

The workshop will review work in the areas of monetary economics, monetary policy, exchange rate determination and international economics, Real Business cycle and DSGE modelling, financial economics. Papers on any of these areas are invited

As the sixth ERSA Economic History event, the ERSA/FRESH Conference is part of a broader initiative to encourage new research on African topics, as well as other developing regions. In line with this, and in support of the Society’s journal, Economic History of Developing Regions, the topic...