Call for sessions for the World Economic History Congress, to be held in Lund, Sweden, from 28 July to 1 August 2025. The text of the call and theme appears below, along with instructions for submission. Please note that:

1. The deadline for submitting sessions has been extended to March 15th, 2024. Make sure have submitted your proposals by that date. Sessions should be submitted via the Congress website at https://wehc2025.com/

 2. Sessions proposals do not need to include complete lists of speakers at the time of submission. Proposals need to include a clear theme and and and indicative list of participants, but as in previous years the list of speakers can be finalised closer to the Congress.

 3. While there will only be ONE main call for sessions during this Congress owing to impact of the pandemic on planning, the Executive Committee may leave room on the schedule for late breaking sessions on topics of current relevance. This will be assessed by the EC in the 6-9 months leading up to the Congress.

The 20th World Economic History Congress will convene from 28 July – 1 August 2025 in Lund, Sweden. The theme for the Congress is "Equality and Sustainability Challenges", which highlights some of the central issues facing humanity today and also connects to a broad and diverse range of historical problems. To address both the challenges and to find insights from the historical record for that endeavour, a range of perspectives will be necessary.

The IEHA has a particularly strong desire to attract sessions related to this theme. However, submissions are welcome on the economic and social histories of all places and periods, and on the exploration of varied sources and methods, and on the theory and uses of economic history itself. We also invite members to employ and analyse diverse strategies for representing the past.

Sessions may be proposed by any member of the international economic history community, whatever their institutional affiliation or status, as well as by scholars in related disciplines. Given the diversity of our membership, we will consider any submission that advances the study, teaching and public presentation of economic history. We welcome panel proposals that highlight scholarship emerging from economic history, business history, financial history, demographic history, environmental history, global and world history, social history, urban and agrarian history, gender studies, material culture, methodological approaches to historical research, history of economics and economic thought, science and technology studies, and other related fields.

The programme of the Lund Congress will be organised on the same principles as previous Congresses. The 5-day Congress will have approximately 180 sessions, with each day divided into time blocks of 90 minutes each (two before lunch and two after lunch). As in the past, it will be possible to combine two sessions into larger coherent units.

The session proposals should contain:• Name, title, affiliation, and contact information of the session organiser• Possible co-organisers (optional)• Title of the session• Description of the session’s aim, contribution, and relevance (max 5,000 characters with blanks)• Potential researchers (and their affiliations) to invite to the session or those already secured

The call for sessions will close on March 15, 2024. Sessions should be submitted via the Congress website at https://wehc2025.com/. Please note that unlike in past years, there will be ONLY ONE call for sessions. Decisions will be finalised in June 2024.

Τα σεμινάρια πραγματοποιούνται στην αίθουσα Σεμιναρίων του Εθνικού Ιδρύματος Ερευνών (Βασ. Κωνσταντίνου 48, Αθήνα, ισόγειο, μετρό «Ευαγγελισμός») και υβριδικά.

Το 1ο Συνέδριο Αγροτικής Ιστορίας "Αγροτικές κοινωνίες στην Ελλάδα (19ος - 20ός αιώνας):  Κρίσεις, μεταβάσεις, προσαρμογές και κρατική παρέμβαση"  θα πραγματοποιηθεί από 29 Φεβρουαρίου έως 2 Μαρτίου 2024 στο Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ερευνών (Αμφιθέατρο Λεωνίδας Ζέρβας, Λεωφ. Βασιλέως Κωνσταντίνου 48, Αθήνα).

Διοργάνωση: Ομάδα Αγροτικής Ιστορίας Ελληνικής Εταιρείας Οικονομικής Ιστορίας

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

Title: Επίκουρος Καθηγητής
Code: APP37208
Organization: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
School: Economics & Political Sciences 
Department/Institute: Economics
Discipline: Διεθνής Πολιτική Οικονομία

Submission Opening Date: 21/11/2023
Submission End Date: 21/01/2024

While inequality has played a pivotal role in shaping societies and economies worldwide, many authors have argued the importance of studying its historical evolution in order to have a deeper comprehension of its dynamics and determinants (Milanovic et al. 2011; Piketty 2013). Until recently in industrialized regions, and still today in many countries in the Global South, agriculture, and therefore land, was the main source of rents, income and wealth. This session seeks to delve into the intricate web of historical dynamics that influenced land property arrangements from Early Modern times and onwards. Our objective is to foster a comprehensive understanding of the manifold factors that contributed to the often-glaring disparities in land ownership during this transformative period. The proposed session aims to provide a nuanced exploration of the theme by employing a variety of methodologies and case studies, each offering unique insights into the complexities of land property inequality. We contend that the roots of modern land property arrangements can be traced back to this era, and understanding this historical context is essential for comprehending contemporary disparities.

The conference we are organizing in Rio de Janeiro urges scholars to rethink capitalism’s history from the vantage point of this new historical moment and to consider what are the most promising theoretical formulations, methodological approaches, and historical framings to define capitalism, identify its drivers, shed light on its mechanisms, periodize its cycles, incorporate previously neglected spaces or processes, and offer a prognosis of its current reconfiguring. While traditional analyses of capitalism’s history were centered on Europe, the United States, or the North Atlantic, new strands of scholarship recognize that such a narrow lens fails to capture the complexity of the global economy and its history.

Το «Κέντρο Έρευνας για τις Ανθρωπιστικές Επιστήμες» (ΚΕΑΕ) (www.rchumanities.gr), εκπληρώνοντας τον βασικό καταστατικό σκοπό του που είναι η ενίσχυση της έρευνας στις ανθρωπιστικές επιστήμες, αναγγέλλει τη 2^η Δημόσια Πρόσκληση για Ακαδημαϊκούς Συνεργάτες (Fellows).

The History of Capitalism Project at Harvard Business School and Harvard University identifies and supports outstanding scholars whose work responds to the growing interest in the study of global capitalism from a historical perspective. We seek to organize a community of scholars who study aspects of the history of capitalism in all regions of the world and in all chronological periods. Global perspectives are strongly desired, as are contributions from a wide range of variety of disciplines. Hoping to create a global conversation on the history of capitalism, we encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds across the globe, especially from outside Europe and North America.

The Business History Initiative at Harvard Business School seeks a Postdoctoral Fellow for twelve months study and research at Harvard Business School. The fellow will work closely with Professor Geoffrey Jones, Isidor Straus Professor of Business History at Harvard Business School.

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.