The ELHN Labour and Family Economy Working Group invites papers for the session "Labour, gender and social mobility during the industrialization"

Organizers: Llorenç FERRER ALOS (Universitat de Barcelona), llferrer[at]ub.edu and Cinzia LORANDINI (Università di Trento), cinzia.lorandini[at]unitn.it

Discussant: Manuela MARTINI (Université de Lyon)

Deadline to receive proposals: 10 September 2023

The Programme Committee appointed by the International Maritime History Association (IMHA) invites proposals for panels, papers and roundtables to be presented at IMHA’s 9th International Congress of Maritime History in Busan, Korea. The congress will be hosted by the IMA (Institute of International Maritime Affairs), affiliated with the  Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and the Korea Maritime & Ocean University, on August 19 – 24, 2024, in cooperation with the Korean Association of Maritime History, KASPS (Korean Association of Shipping and Ports Studies) and WCMCI (World Committee of Maritime Culture Institutes).

The main theme is Oceans: Local Mobility, Global Connectivity, and the aim is to address multiple aspects of the relationship between humans and the oceans. Oceans were regarded by humans as barriers in ancient times, although, in modern times, they became routes for exploring, travelling and connecting peoples and worlds separated by spatial and cultural distance. 

Applications are invited for a 3-year Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in history, starting on 1 October 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter.  The post is in connection with the research programme on economic and environmental history. The programme is based at the Centre for History and Economics, Magdalene College, Cambridge University, and is coordinated by Professor Paul Warde. The Fellowships are not associated with a fellowship of a Cambridge college but can be combined with a non-stipendiary college fellowship.

The Journal of Government and Economics is pleased to announce a special issue on Government and Economic Development in History. This special issue aims to bring together cutting-edge research in economic history and political economy that explores the various ways in which government interventions and policies have shaped economic development throughout history. Professor Stephen Broadberry of Oxford University will be the editor of the special issue.

Tα πιο πρόσφατα πορίσματα της ελληνικής ιστοριογραφίας, προκάλεσαν τα τελευταία χρόνια έντονο ενδιαφέρον για την ύπαιθρο, καθώς εστιάζουν σε συγκεκριμένες περιοχές με επίκεντρο μια επαρχία ή ένα δήμο. Οι νεότερες αυτές μελέτες περίπτωσης επιχείρησαν να διεισδύσουν σε πολλαπλά θεματικά επίπεδα όπως, το καθεστώς γαιοκτησίας, η σχέση πόλης-υπαίθρου, η αγροτική εργασία, οι μετακινήσεις των χωρικών, η εισροή προσφύγων, η διανομή των γαιών, τα αγροληπτικά και ζωοληπτικά συστήματα, η φορολογία, οι αγροτικές κινητοποιήσεις, οι πολιτικές σχέσεις, ο τραπεζικός δανεισμός,  η εμπορευματοποίηση των αγροτικών προϊόντων, κ.ά. Ταυτόχρονα, οι αρχειακές πηγές που συνεχώς έρχονται στο προσκήνιο τις τελευταίες δεκαετίες, αποτελούν σύμμαχο σε αυτή την προσπάθεια κι ενισχύουν συστηματικά με τεκμηριωτικό υλικό τα νεότερα ιστοριογραφικά ερωτήματα.

Σε αυτή τη σύγχρονη ιστοριογραφική τάση που διεκδικεί την αποκρυπτογράφηση των διεργασιών σε επιμέρους παραδείγματα και στη συνέχεια τη σύνδεσή τους με ευρύτερες  συνθετικές και ερμηνευτικές προσπάθειες, εγγράφεται και η σχεδιαζόμενη ημερίδα.    

Μας ενδιαφέρει ειδικότερα να διερευνήσουμε πως προσδιορίστηκαν τα κοινωνικά, πολιτικά και οικονομικά χαρακτηριστικά των αγροτικών κοινοτήτων και, εν γένει, της ελληνικής υπαίθρου στο πλαίσιο των μεγάλων μετασχηματισμών με δυναμικά χρονολογικά ορόσημα, τις διαδικασίες κυριαρχίας και κατάρρευσης της σταφιδικής αγοράς στο 19ο αιώνα και την αστικοποίηση των αγροτικών πληθυσμών έπειτα από τη λήξη του Β΄ Παγκοσμίου Πολέμου.

The Department of Economics and Statistics at the University of Siena is seeking to hire a postdoctoral researcher in Economic History.

The second globalisation has raised the issue of the cost of labour as a key variable in the competitiveness of economies. Confronted with the extension of value chains and the emergence of new global players in Asia, European governments have chosen to deregulate labour markets, contain wage growth, and lower the cost of labour. More recently, the resurgence of inflation has brought back to the fore the 1970s debates on the Phillips curve and the effects of the labour market on price increases. The emergence of the centrality of labour costs points to the need to examine them as a long-term historical object to understand economic and social policy choices throughout the twentieth century. Wages cannot be reduced to a variable for adjusting supply and demand on the labour market: They are also an instrument for selecting and training the workforce, and a subject of negotiation – and, possibly, contention – between employees and employers, often regulated and supervised by the State. Furthermore, during the twentieth century, wage setting became a matter of social policy. The development of social protection and the construction of social rights required the introduction of social contributions on both employers and employees, as well as steeply progressive taxes on earned income. The cost of labour, understood as both wages and indirect costs (taxes, social contributions, non-monetary benefits), is a fundamental element of public policy in the second half of the twentieth century. Not only does it affect the production process and the distribution of income but it also has an impact on export competitiveness, on the attraction of foreign investment, and on the creation and consolidation of domestic markets.

Associazione per la Storia Economica (ASE) is happy to announce the 2023 edition of the Francesca Carnevali Prize, awarded to the best Bachelor and Master of Science thesis in economic history, dedicated to the memory of Francesca Carnevali (1964-2013).

Σας ενημερώνουμε ότι καταχωρίστηκε στο πληροφοριακό σύστημα ΑΠΕΛΛΑ μία νέα θέση:
Τίτλος: Επίκουρος Καθηγητής επί θητεία.
Κωδικός θέσης: APP33613 
Φορέας: Πανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων.
Σχολή: Φιλοσοφική.
Τμήμα/Ινστιτούτο: Ιστορίας και Αρχαιολογίας.
Γνωστικό αντικείμενο:  «Νεότερη Ελληνική Ιστορία (μέσα 15ου - αρχές 19ου αιώνα)»
Ημερομηνία Έναρξης Υποβολών: 25/04/2023 
Ημερομηνία Λήξης Υποβολών: 10/07/2023

The Institute of Economics at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, and the Department of Economics and Statistics at the University of Siena are seeking to hire two postdoctoral researchers in economic history. The positions are expected to be for a duration of two years, starting around October/November 2023 with a gross yearly salary of approximately 27.000 €. These researchers will be involved in the project Industrialization in France and Britain: A New Comparative Economic History, 1700-1913 funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research. The project team comprises Prof. Alessandro Nuvolari (Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies), Prof. Michelangelo Vasta and Dr. Leonardo Ridolfi (University of Siena).

Founded in 1997, the review Balkanologie, revue des études pluridisciplinaires, is edited by the Association française d’études sur les Balkans. It publishes twice a year scholarly research on South-Eastern Europe (broadly defined as the area stretching from Hungary to Turkey) from the Ottoman period to the present in the fields of humanities and social sciences.

The latest issue includes a feature on the subject "Entrepreneurs et mutations économiques dans les Balkans, XIX^e-XXI^e siècle / Entrepreneurs and economic change in the Balkans, 19th-21st century", edited by Mehdi Belasri, Milana Čergić & Andrea Umberto Gritti.

This two day conference aims to bring together researchers working on various aspects of the economic history of East, Southeast and South Asia territories over the past 200 years. Special emphasis is given to papers dealing with the history of intra-Asian trade or its commercial integration with Europe, but any work studying specific elements of the long term economic performance of this region is welcome. The conference offers its participants the possibility to publish their works as part of an edited volume with an international publishing house.