Recent research not only argues that female infanticide and the mortal neglect of female infants was more common in Modern Greece than previously acknowledged, but also that Greek parents continued to treat boys and girls differently throughout childhood (in terms of food and care). These discriminatory practices, arising from a strong son preference and girls’ inferior status, therefore unduly increased female mortality rates early in life and resulted in a significant number of “missing girls” during the 19th century and the fist decades of the 20th century.

The novelty of this argument, together with the problems that Greek historical sources pose, requires further research on these issues, so this conference invites proposals studying discriminatory practices against girls and women in general in Modern Greece. We encourage interdisciplinary discussion, so contributions from a wide range of disciplines (historians, ethnographers, demographers, economists, sociologists, etc.) using both qualitative and quantitative materials are welcome. Given the importance of child abandonment in the past, studies exploring whether sex was an important dimension in the decision to get rid of unwanted babies are also especially valuable.

The Department of Economics at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense, Denmark, invites applications for a three-year position as assistant professor. The starting date is flexible, but we hope to welcome our new colleague on 1 August 2023.

Deadline: 31 March 2023

The Department of Economics at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense, Denmark, invites applications for one or more vacant tenure-track positions as assistant professor. The starting date is flexible, but we hope to welcome our new colleague on 1 August 2023.

Deadline: 15 March 2023

Applications are invited for a PhD scholarship at the Department of Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense. The starting date is flexible, but we hope to welcome our new colleague on 1 August 2023.

The PhD position is funded by the Danish National Research Foundation. The duration of the PhD position is three years, including a research stay abroad (the typical duration of the research stay abroad is 6 months).

The Department of Economics at the University of Southern Denmark is looking for excellent and highly motivated researchers to submit joint projects under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships action. If successful, the project will lead to a position at our university for two years as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow. The MSCA PF supports projects that convincingly describe how the applicant’s career will develop by moving to another research group, and where the host environment likewise benefits equally from your knowledge/skills. We have been very successful in obtaining these grants in recent years.

The latest issue of "Il Datini" (the newsletter of the International Institute of Economic History "F. Datini") has been published.

The Rivista di Storia Economica / Italian Review of Economic History (RSE/IREH) has embarked on a new course with the first issue of 2022. The Editorial Board aims to promote fresh research on economic history covering a wide range of countries, periods, and methods. To this aim, the RSE/IREH invites submissions for a fast-track workshop and review process.

The diffusion of education has been unevenly distributed in space and time, across as well as within countries. Economic historians have increasingly taken advantage of such variation across places to examine (i) the relationship between education and economic development and (ii) the determinants of schooling and human capital. Similar issues have been investigated by historians and historians of education, who have explored regional variations in schooling through analyses of national politics bringing about standardization and homogenization, and in studies of the local and regional contexts of education, shedding further lights on the complex settings that enabled the rise of mass schooling.

This workshop aims at promoting interdisciplinary perspectives on the individual, regional and cross-country differences in schooling and their change in the past and in the long run. This workshop will provide a platform where quantitative and qualitative contributions inform each other.

The Simon and Hallsworth fellowships are now open for application:

·       Hallsworth Research Fellowship

·       Hallsworth Research Fellowship in Chinese Political Economy

·       Hallsworth Research Fellowship with focus on External Engagement and Impact

·       Simon Research Fellowship

All of these are suitable for economic historians. Join our growing group at the Arthur Lewis Lab for Comparative Development!

Είναι με ιδιαίτερη οδύνη που τα μέλη της Ελληνικής Εταιρείας Οικονομικής Ιστορίας πληροφορηθήκαμε την απώλεια του Γιώργου Δερτιλή, Ακαδημαϊκού, ομότιμου Διευθυντή Σπουδών στην École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, ιδρυτικού μέλους και πρώτου Προέδρου του Διοικητικού Συμβουλίου της Εταιρείας μας.

Ο Γιώργος Δερτιλής με το ευρύ και σημαντικό έργο του και τη δράση του έπαιξε αποφασιστικό ρόλο στην ανανέωση της Ελληνικής ιστοριογραφίας μετά τη Μεταπολίτευση, τη θεσμική συγκρότηση, τον συγχρονισμό και την εξωστρέφεια της Οικονομικής και Κοινωνικής Ιστορίας στο Πανεπιστήμιο και τα Ερευνητικά ιδρύματα. Έχει δίκαια αναδειχτεί σε έναν από τους μείζονες ιστορικούς της γενιάς του και, πέρα από την ακαδημαϊκή κοινότητα, το έργο του έχει επιδραστικά επηρεάσει την πρόσληψη της σύγχρονης ιστορίας στον δημόσιο χώρο.

Ο Δερτιλής στάθηκε ένα υποδειγματικός δάσκαλος για τους φοιτητές του στο Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών και την École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, όπου υπηρέτησε, και ένας γενναιόδωρος μέντορας για τους νεαρούς συναδέλφους του από όλες τις θέσεις ευθύνης από τις οποίες κλήθηκε να συνεισφέρει στην επιστημονική έρευνα και ανάπτυξη. Στάθηκε μακρυά από θορυβώδεις δηλώσεις και μεγαλόστομες διακηρύξεις, αλλά ήταν πάντοτε παρών σε κάθε κομβική στιγμή της ακαδημαϊκής μας ιστορίας. Ο ρεαλισμός του δεν τον εμπόδισε να αναπτύξει και να υποστηρίξει ένα συλλογικό επιστημονικό όραμα, να θέσει και να επιδιώξει μακροπρόθεσμους στόχους που χάρη στην επίμονη δράση του έδωσαν συχνότατα ώριμα αποτελέσματα. Οι μαθητές, οι συνάδελφοι και οι ομότεχνοί του θα θυμόμαστε πάντοτε την ανιδιοτελή του προσφορά.

Η Ελληνική Εταιρεία Οικονομικής Ιστορίας εκφράζει τα βαθύτατα συλλυπητήριά της στους αγαπημένους του ανθρώπους.

Αθήνα 22 Φεβρουαρίου 2023

Το Δ.Σ. της Ελληνικής Εταιρείας Οικονομικής Ιστορίας

The scope of the topics we are interested in discussing at the conference is deliberately broad and seeks to address all aspects of interest to our institutions: the development and conservation of archives and collections, library management, initiatives in the digital humanities, issues related to research and links with researchers, projects related to the publication of books and journals. In addition to convening institutions (affiliated to IALHI or not) and specialists from the Global South, we also invite European and North American members of IALHI to contribute their reflections on these issues, based on their own experiences working with archival materials and colleagues from other regions.

The Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG) awards 8–10 fellowships for doctoral students in European history, the history of religion and other historical disciplines.

The IEG funds PhD projects on European history from the early modern period to contemporary history. We are particularly interested in projects with a comparative or cross-border approach, on European history in its relation to the wider world, or on topics of intellectual and religious history.