The British Commission for Maritime History (BCMH) invites contributions to its twenty-ninth conference for new researchers. This year it will be held at the University of Strathclyde in the heart of Glasgow, a city transformed through maritime trade and shipbuilding from the early modern period onwards. This is an ideal location to hold this annual conference and provides a unique opportunity for new scholars to present their work in a historic setting.

Oil was the most important commodity of the twentieth century. It fundamentally changed societies, markets, and the relationship between states and companies. Oil is a business with high fixed costs, encouraging companies to seek economies of scale and market domination. From the start of the modern industry in the 1860s, the international oil markets within a few decades came to be dominated by a few large vertically integrated global companies. The oil majors at times competed vigorously but mostly colluded in international cartels. This meant that a few large companies tightly controlled the market for the product that societies became increasingly dependent on. All over the world, states had to find a way to deal with the market power of the dominant oil companies. The question of whether and how the authorities should regulate the oil markets became a burning political issue that brought about a diverse array of national strategies.

Κυκλοφόρησε, από τον εκδοτικό οίκο Μέλισσα, σε συνεργασία με το Μουσείο Μπενάκη, το 77ο τεύχος του περιοδικού Τα Ιστορικά.

The Laboratory for the Economics of Africa's Past (LEAP) and the Department of Economics at Stellenbosch University in South Africa invite applications for a two-year postdoctoral position in economic history.

In celebration of Claudia Goldin's Nobel prize, the coeditors of the Journal of Economic History are delighted to announce that a virtual special issue of JEH featuring her work is now available on the JEH's website.  Claudia Goldin has made foundational contributions to the field of economic history, and has been an important contributor to JEH, both as author and as editor (1984-1988). The virtual special issue includes nine JEH papers authored or co-authored by Claudia Goldin, all of which will be freely available through the end of 2023.

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

Title: Αναπληρωτής καθηγητής
Code: APP36744
Organization: University of Patras
School: Economics and Business 
Department/Institute: Business Administration
Discipline: Ιστορία και Ποσοτικές Εφαρμογές της Οικονομικής Ανάλυσης

Submission Opening Date: 26/10/2023
Submission End Date: 26/12/2023

We invite scholars to contribute to the special issue that will examine changes in female entrepreneurship over the twentieth century and the factors explaining these shifts. In the special issue, we define entrepreneurship deliberately broadly to capture the different manifestations of female entrepreneurship in the past. We define female entrepreneurs as women who were taking the risk and making business decisions on their own account to create new goods, services and ideas in the market under uncertainty, either as co-workers in family businesses, solo self-employed, employers, or innovators (Aston and Bishop 2020).

Young Scholars Initiative and Figuerola Institute invite you to the Economic History Workshop of Developing Regions at Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M). There has been recent growth in the economic history literature on developing countries, backed by quantified evidence. However, this expansion lags significantly behind the well-established corpus of literature centered on the core European and North American contexts. Bridging this gap in the literature is crucial to comprehensively addressing the major questions in economic history. Indeed, we still lack comparable historical datasets of markets, land ownership, human capital, and tax records in developing regions due to limited access to primary sources and insufficient funding opportunities.

Το περιοδικό "Κρίση. Εξαμηνιαία Επιστημονική Επιθεώρηση" διοργανώνει κύκλο διαλέξεων με θέμα: "Τι Σημαίνει μια Μαρξιστική Σκοπιά στην Ιστορία;". Κάθε μήνα και μία διάλεξη, από Νοέμβριο έως και Απρίλιο, στην αίθουσα Κ. Θ. Δημαράς Ιστορικό Αρχείο Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών.

The Dondena Center at Bocconi University seeks to hire one postdoctoral researcher in Economic History working on projects funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research. The position will last 20 months, starting in January 2024.

Newcastle University (UK) invites applications for the Peter and Norah Lomas Scholarship in Economics, commencing in September 2024. The Scholarship covers full fees (at the domestic rate) and maintenance stipends for three years.