The capitalist nature of the international Greek diaspora has been fully recognized in Greek historiography. What is still missing is detailed research on the specific linkages of this capitalist class to the one active in the Greek state. This conference wants to take a step forward by examining closely the linkages and entanglements of the trans-imperial diasporic capitalist class with that of the small Greek state during the long 19^th century, which ultimately led to the connection of the latter to  global capitalism; investigating to what extent these connections pre-existed, since at least the 18^th century, and continued to flourish during the 19^th and the formation and expansion of the Greek state; questioning how was ‘Greek’ defined and redefined or challenged, in this era of Nationalism, Imperial Modernization and Colonialism. We particularly invite a comparative approach with other old or new diasporic merchant communities in Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea  (Armenian, Jewish, Levantine, Bulgarian etc.), and probing whether a “unified” Greek capitalist class, active both inside and outside the Greek kingdom, was formed and which role it came to play in the state-building, industrialization and urbanization of the independent Greek state.

We are writing to inform you that on Monday, November 2, the General Assembly of the Greek Economic History Association will be held to review the report of the Board of Directors and hold elections, as the term of the current Board is coming to an end.  During the General Assembly, an Electoral Committee will be appointed and the process for submitting nominations by members, who are up to date with their membership fees, will begin. Nominations may be submitted until midnight on November 3.

Our events will take place, as always, on Mondays at 16:00. They will be hosted by the ΚΕΝΙ (Center for Modern History Research of the Department of Political Science and History), room ΣΤ-1 on the 6th floor of the New Building of Panteion University (136, Syggrou Avenue). It will also be possible to attend via the following Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84098118415?pwd=3Fi4PY3q7BTdvOsTDTaexPDSVGVIaW.1

The Journal of European Economic History (JEEH) has recently published Issue 2 (2026). All articles and book reviews are available in open access.

We are happy to announce that the application for the PhD in Economics at the Tuscan Universities (Siena in partnership with the Universities of Florence and Pisa) is now open!

This special issue is an outcome of the activities of the Feminist Labour History Working Group of the European Labour History Network (ELHN).

Κυκλοφόρησε, από τον εκδοτικό οίκο Μέλισσα, σε συνεργασία με το Μουσείο Μπενάκη, το 82ο τεύχος του περιοδικού Τα Ιστορικά.

The research project “Biographing the State: Digital Prosopography of the Modern Greek Public Administration (19th c.)” (BioState) investigates and documents the cohort of state officials who served under the Provisional Government of Greece (1822–1827) and traces their life trajectories. Drawing on the identification, processing, and cross-linking of archival sources that attest to their administrative careers, the project has developed an application for the study of their collective biography by employing the tools of digital prosopography. BioState addresses one of the principal challenges in the historical study of state institutions: the absence of a centralized register of public officials and the dispersion of relevant records across multiple archives. It examines how the institutions of the Greek state were first established and explores the role played by these early public officials, shifting the focus from institutional formation to the interplay and interdependence between institutions and individuals.

“Entreprises et entrepreneurs entre la France, la Grèce et l’Empire ottoman (XIXe-XXIe siècle)”, dossier spécial, eds. Christina Agriantoni & Olivier Raveux, Bulletin de correspondance hellénique moderne et contemporain, 8/1 (2023).

Open access https://journals.openedition.org/bchmc/1157

The Turriano ICOHTEC Prize is an Early Career Prize for Books on the history of technology, sponsored by the Juanelo Turriano Foundation and consists of 2,500 Euro. The prize-winning book will be presented and discussed at a special session of the next ICOHTEC symposium in Alexandroupolis, Greece.

The International Committee for the History of Technology, ICOHTEC, welcomes submissions for the Maurice Daumas Prize, which aims to encourage innovative scholarship in the history of technology. ICOHTEC is interested in the history of technological development as well as its relationship to science, society, economy, culture, and the environment. There is no limitation as to theoretical or methodological approaches.

Oikonomos: A Journal of Student Research in the History of Economic Thought is accepting submissions of papers for a special issue on Adam Smith and the Wealth of Nations to be published in Fall 2026.  Undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged to submit their papers on any aspect of Smith's life and work and/or any aspect of the Wealth of Nations and its context that they choose to address.  In addition to research papers, shorter essays and book reviews on Smith and the Wealth of Nations and related subjects are also welcome.