The proposed workshop will target the period of repeated fuel shortages in Europe from roughly 1860 to 1960 – the century during which coal supplied more than 50 % of all energy in Europe. Coal consumption and prices show big fluctuations in European coal markets during this period, creating a classical “shortage” situation. Yet researchers have so far not addressed the nature of European coal shortages sufficiently. In both scholarly and recent public debates coal shortages remain largely overshadowed by the oil shocks of the 1970s. This gap calls for interdisciplinary cooperation in order to assess the story of repeated energy crises in Europe. The announced workshop is planned for 1 February 2023 and it is going to be held online. We invite scholars to reflect together upon coal shortages, their manifold faces and outcomes, during the centenarian apogee of King Coal’s rule in Europe. The event aims to bring together researchers with different disciplinary backgrounds, such as history, energy studies, international relations, the technological and environmental humanities, geography, economics, media studies and anthropology. After the workshop, we plan to turn its papers into a special issue for a major peer-reviewed academic journal, or, alternatively, into an edited volume.

Μεταξύ Πέμπτης 29ης Σεπτεμβρίου και Σαββάτου 1ης Οκτωβρίου 2022, διεξήχθη με επιτυχία στην Αθήνα το 4ο Διεθνές Συνέδριο Οικονομικής και Κοινωνικής Ιστορίας της Ελληνικής Εταιρείας Οικονομικής Ιστορίας, με θέμα “Μορφές του Καπιταλισμού στη Μεσόγειο (18ος-20ός αιώνας)” (Varieties of Capitalism in the Mediterranean, 18^th-20^th century). Το συνέδριο οργανώθηκε σε συνεργασία με το Τμήμα Πολιτικής Επιστήμης και Ιστορίας του Παντείου Πανεπιστημίου και το Ινστιτούτο Ιστορικών  Ερευνών του Εθνικού Ιδρύματος Ερευνών.

Global history is emerging as a significant perspective in contemporary history writing. This approach examines the transnational networks through which human societies emerge as interactive global communities. Its increasing relevance can be attributed to its explicit focus on transnational relations; transcending euro-centric dominance; and exploring interconnections between and among (but not limited to) regions, communities, and commodities across historical periods. In the process global history seeks to question binaries like the north-south, micro-macro, local-global, empire-colony, and other asymmetric dependencies. However, in practice, it often reproduces them. At present, the acute economic, political, and rapidly accelerating climate crisis has further accentuated global asymmetries and exacerbated fault lines in the practices of global history. Perspectives from Global South provides a crucial vantage point to map and respond to this widening gap. This workshop, by focusing on perspectives from Global South, attempts to initiate discussions on these concerns.

Το Πολιτιστικό Ίδρυμα Ομίλου Πειραιώς (ΠΙΟΠ), στο πλαίσιο του εκδοτικού του έργου, προκηρύσσει το Πρόγραμμα «Νέοι Ερευνητές-Νέες Εκδόσεις». Στόχος του είναι να συμβάλει στη δημιουργία ευκαιριών για νέους ερευνητές για την παραγωγή συγγραφικού έργου σε επιστημονικά θέματα αιχμής.

Παράταση υποβολής προτάσεων για είκοσι (20) επιπλέον μέρες έως τις 12/12/2022.

Κυκλοφόρησε ο 14ος τόμος του περιοδικού Μεσαιωνικά και Νέα Ελληνικά από το Κέντρον Ερεύνης του Μεσαιωνικού και Νέου Ελληνισμού της Ακαδημίας Αθηνών με αφιέρωμα στη 200ή επέτειο της Ελληνικής Επανάστασης του 1821. 

We inform you that a new position has been entered in the Apella information system:

Title: Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής
Code: APP29455
Organization: University of Ioannina
School: Philosophy
Department/Institute: History and Archaeology
Discipline: Ευρωπαϊκή Ιστορία, 18ος-20ός αιώνας

Submission Opening Date: 10/09/2022
Submission End Date: 11/11/2022

The Rural History 2023 conference continues the tradition of the previous Rural History conferences held in Bern, Girona, Leuven, Paris, Uppsala aiming to promote a scientific discussion on new research on rural history in a broad sense by bringing together researchers dealing with different regions, different periods and from different theoretical and methodological traditions.

In accordance with this, the conference is open for research on all aspects on the history of the countryside in Europe and its interaction with other parts of the world throughout time. We welcome participation from different academic subjects dealing with history, archaeology, geography, economic history, economics, sociology, ethnology, anthropology, development studies, gender studies, environmental history, historical demography, science and technology history, colonial history, global history, etc.) presenting and discussing new research and thereby contributing to expanding our knowledge on the rural history of Europe and beyond. Our conference is also a great opportunity to bring into discussion contemporary concerns regarding rurality, and to highlight ways we could contribute to the safeguarding of living heritage

Lecture by Fernando Guirao (Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona) with the topic of "The European Rescue of the Franco Regime, 1950-1975". Discussant Morten Heiberg (University of Copenhagen).

The Danish Institute at Athens, 19.9.2022, 19:00

The Economic History Society offers 12 part-funded places on an intensive residential course designed to raise the quality and analytical rigour of doctoral dissertations in economic and social history; to improve the communication skills of postgraduates; to widen their approach to their subjects; and to encourage them to form networks with established scholars and fellow students in their areas of expertise.

This international conference seeks to discuss possible paths for the future of global history. How can the field live up to its emancipatory potential, how can its approaches and methods be pluralized, how do we address the more pressing topics of global inequality and poverty, how do we strive for a consequent decolonization, and how can a decentralized and entangled practice of global history be achieved (Mignolo, 2007; Bhambra, 2014; Grosfoguel, 2007; Epple, 2018; Adichie, 2019)? With these questions at hand, we would like to center stage the perspectives and experiences of scholars from societies that are still at the margins of global history. We therefore invite scholars, artists, and writers whose histories and epistemologies have been sidelined or excluded from debates about our global past to chart the pivots of a new global history in the plural. The aim of this conference is to discuss and promote ways toward a more open and multicentered study of global history. However, the conference is not limited to the field’s research and writing practices, but also problematizes who its (current and future) practitioners and audiences are, addressing the stark imbalance of gender, race, and class within the discipline. While the workshop does not attempt to provide final answers for a remake of the field, it offers the opportunity to suggest, reflect, and sketch new avenues for a fairer global history that includes a broader and more diverse authorship and an expansion of its methodological, narrative, and conceptual repertoire.

The Department of Economics at the University of Bern seeks to fill the position of a PhD Student in Environmental Economic History.

The focus of the position is research in environmental economic history, broadly defined as the quantitative treatment of the intersection between the environment and economic history. The position requires a master's degree in economics, history, or climate science. Some training in economics and strong quantitative skills would strengthen your application, while proficiency in written and spoken English is a prerequisite. The successful applicant may register either for a PhD in Economics, a PhD in Economics with a Minor in Climate Science, or a PhD in Climate Science.

We are looking for an Assistant Professor (tenure track) Global Economic and Social History of the period 1800-present, with a focus on environmental history. We are especially interested in candidates whose geographic area of expertise lies in Africa or Asia. The prospective candidate has a proven academic record as apparent from academic publications and contributions to public debate. When hired, you will play a central role in teaching the courses offered in the programs Global Economic and Social History (GESH) and Environmental and Water History. You can also be asked to teach general History and History and International Studies courses. You will have the freedom to redesign elements of the courses, according to your interests and qualities, and in close consultation with the director of studies. 30% of your time is available for research, for presenting at conferences and publishing, as well as for writing grant proposals. You will become a member of the history staff within the department of Art & Culture, History, and Antiquity (AHA), Faculty of Humanities. You are expected to work closely with other colleagues in your teaching and research, and to participate fully in the daily affairs of the department. Research of most of the VU historians is embedded within the CLUE+ Research Institute for Culture, History and Heritage and within national and international research networks and schools.