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).

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.

The "Precarious Labour" Working Group will participate in the Fifth ELHN Conference with thematic sessions. We invite members of the Working Group, and all other interested colleagues, to come up with paper and session proposals under the following open call:

Open Call for Proposals – Deadline: September 1, 2023

The Feminist Labour History Working Group (WG) participates in the Fifth ELHN
Conference (https://socialhistoryportal.org/elhn/conference-2024) with several events, including thematic sessions. For the latter, we invite members of the Working Group, and all other interested colleagues, to come up with paper and session proposals under the following open call:

Open Call for Proposals – Deadline: July 1, 2023.

The legacy4reuse workshop aims to gather existing expertise on legacy collections in social and economic history in order to find answers to four questions related to the sustainability requirement.

The University of Illinois Foundation announces the inaugural John Rovensky Fellowship in International Business or Economic History.  One $10,200 fellowship will be awarded for a doctoral student writing a doctoral dissertations in non-US business or economic history. The fellowships are available largely through the generosity of the late John E. Rovensky and are administered by the University of Illinois Foundation. Awardees may use the fellowship concurrently with other funding sources, including grants or teaching assignments.

The Institute of Economic History in the Department of Economics at the University of Hohenheim seeks to hire a Postdoctoral Researcher in Economic History beginning from October 1st, 2023.

Κυκλοφόρησε, από την Εταιρεία Μελέτης Νέου Ελληνισμού, ο 39ος τόμος του περιοδικού Μνήμων.