A century after the signing of the Lausanne Treaty and the forced population exchanges it endorsed, the Lausanne moment continues to shape international politics and debates surrounding sovereignty, migration, security, and identity. While the Lausanne Treaty is one of the few treaties of the interwar period that have withstood the passage of time, perceptions of the Treaty have been less stable. The “unmixing” of communities, considered a valid peace-making tool in 1923 has come to be seen as mutual “ethnic cleansing.” Meanwhile in Turkey, fierce debate swirls around whether Lausanne should be considered a Turkish ‘victory’ or a ‘defeat’.

In Greece aspects of the treaty, such as the jurisdiction of the mufti to apply Sharia law in Western Thrace have faced solid legal criticism. Even as regional stability appears to be under threat, many insist that the treaty is a bastion of peace not to be touched. Discussion of the revisability (or not) of the treaty was enough to create a Greek-Turkish diplomatic incident. The conference aims to bridge the divide isolating the disciplines that have addressed the Lausanne treaty.

Το Τμήμα Ιστορίας και Αρχαιολογίας του Πανεπιστημίου Ιωαννίνων διοργανώνει επιστημονικό Συμπόσιο στη μνήμη του αγαπητού συναδέλφου μας, εκλιπόντος Καθηγητή Κώστα Κόμη (1953-2020), ο οποίος υπηρέτησε στο Πανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων για εικοσιπέντε χρόνια, από το 1995 έως τον θάνατο του το 2020. Το Συμπόσιο θα πραγματοποιηθεί την Παρασκευή 3 και το Σάββατο 4 Νοεμβρίου 2023 στο Πανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων, στο συνεδριακό κέντρο «Κάρολος Παπούλιας».

Utrecht University is searching for a full professor on the 'Social and Economic History of the Early Modern Period' as of May 2024. The chair will be embedded in the renowned Economic and Social History (ESH) section , at the Department of History and Art History  (GKG). The newly appointed professor is or aspires to be at the forefront of their field of study. The chair will play a prominent role within GKG and the university's strategic themes, most notably Institutions for Open Societies  and Pathways to Sustainability . In this capacity, the chair should have, or develop, a research agenda that is interdisciplinary and fits within and contributes to the research programme of the ESH section. This programme is transnational, long-term and comparative in nature. Teaching and supervision will involve the History Bachelor and (Research) Master programmes of GKG and possibly also the Philosophy, Politics and Economics Bachelor programme.

It has been published a public competition for a two-years research position in economic history at the Department of Economics, Management, and Statistics of the University of Milano-Bicocca. The researcher will be involved in a research project funded by the Italian Ministry of University on the topic "Management and Consumption of the Natural Resources in Early Modern Italy (1500-1800)", focusing on the case studies of Bologna and Milan. Both the quantitative (amounts consumed, prices) and qualitative (supply areas, products) aspects of the consumption of the natural resources will be included in the analysis. Besides the salary, the researcher will be provided of relevant research funds for archival missions, conferences and publications.

This University of Malta one-day international and interdisciplinary symposium on The History of Work is inspired by the work of E.P. Thompson, and organised to coincide with the 60th anniversary of his foundational book, The Making of the English Working Class (1963).
It will take place on the 13th October 2023 at the Valletta Campus of the University, with further details to follow.

Η Ελληνική Αρχειακή Εταιρεία και η Ελληνική Εταιρεία Οικονομικής Ιστορίας διοργανώνουν, με τη συνεργασία του Ινστιτούτου Ιστορικών Ερευνών - ΕΙΕ, ημερίδα με τίτλο "Αρχεία επιχειρήσεων στην Ελλάδα: διαθεσιμότητες και προοπτικές", την Παρασκευή 20 Οκτωβρίου (ώρες 9:00-19:00) στο Αμφιθέατρο «Λεωνίδας Ζέρβας» του Εθνικού Ιδρύματος Ερευνών (Βασ. Κωνσταντίνου 48, Αθήνα).

With generous support from the A. G. Leventis Foundation, the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh is pleased to invite applications for an open-ended Lectureship/Senior Lectureship in Modern Greek Studies. Applications are welcome from specialists in any area of Greek history, literature or culture from 1453 to the present. 

Precious objects, and jewelry in particular, have generated repeated and echoed reactions over the centuries and across the globe, despite variations in context and location. Indeed, while the disapproval of an often ostentatious dissipation has been recurrent since Antiquity (Pliny the Elder), the benefits of a precious object has been claimed for aesthetic, symbolic, religious and economic reasons alike, whether it may be an agalma worthy of devotion ; an offering to the gods or the dead ; a symbol of status, power, alliance; a social or family heirloom, both a vehicle and a pledge of transmission or tradition ; an inspiration for artistic creation and the development of techniques ; as majors elements of exchange in the gift economy, and even a driving force behind the capitalist economy as emphasized by Bernard de Mandeville, Jean-Baptiste Say, Werner Sombart, and many others.  

Thus, the precious object and jewelry especially, whether carried on oneself, socially exchanged or integrated into spaces, create distinction at all levels, material and symbolic: they “radiate”, according to the worlds of Georg Simmel, attracting attention, reconfiguring the space of appearances, and establishing cultural and social divides and a “partition of the sensible”. Because of their distinctive value, they influence social taste, originate fashion, encourage imitation and counterfeiting, and fake and kitsch reproductions.

The 20th World Economic History Congress will convene from 28 July to 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 endeavor, a range of perspectives will be necessary.

The Department of Economic History, Lund University, is advertising a fully funded four-year position as a PhD student, starting 15 January 2024. The project conserns sustainable rural communities with a specific focus on water resources in arid parts of Colombia.

The project aims to enhance the sustainable, resilient, and fair development of rural and dispersed communities living in dry areas of Colombia, where the climate-water-biodiversity interactions have become a challenge for human well-being and nature. Climate change threatens natural processes for water systems and accelerates biodiversity loss. Similarly, biodiversity loss and water scarcity has exacerbated the negative impacts of climate change on nature. Should future consequences of climate change mirror these effects, the negative impact on human and natural life may be irreversible (IPCC, 2023).

Fondazione Istituto Internazionale di Storia Economica “F. Datini” and the European School for Training in Economic and Social Historical Research (ESTER) will organise their seventh jointly-organized Datini-ESTER Advanced Seminar for economic and social historians on 12-18 May 2024, in Prato (Italy) on the theme of ‘Social and Geographical Mobility’.