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CfP: Cambridge Economic and Social History Workshop 2024/2025 (deadline 18 ottobre 2024)
The Cambridge Economic and Social History Workshop welcomes applications from graduate students to present papers in the academic year 2024-2025. We welcome works on any topic of social and economic history, from ancient times to the twentieth century. Contributions can focus on any geographic region. Methodologies can be both quantitative and qualitative, typical of the…
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CfP: WEHC 2025 Session: “Natural Disasters” (deadline 10 novembre 2024)
World Economic History Conference, 28 July – 1 August 2025, Lund, Sweden Concern about more frequent extreme environmental events with climate change have spurred a flurry of research on their impact in modern time, and their likely effect in the future. While environmental disasters (tropical storms, floods, droughts, wildfires, earthquakes, agricultural plagues, etc.) have been…
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CfP: WEHC 2025 Session: Profits, Dividends and Returns (deadline 31 ottobre 2024)
28 July – 1 August 2025, Lund, Sweden Inequality presents a formidable challenge to the sustainability of our societies. Currently, the top 10% globally commands 52% of total income. Notably, global wealth distribution appears even more imbalanced than income distribution. The top 10% holds a staggering 76% of total net wealth, inclusive of substantial financial…
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CfP: War and Conflict (deadline 15 novembre 2024)
18-20 March 2025, Humboldt University Berlin Organizers: Gesellschaft für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte (GSWG) and Wirtschaftshistorischer Ausschuss im Verein für Socialpolitik (VfS) Deadline: 15 November 2024 The Gesellschaft für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte (Society for Social and Economic History) and the Wirtschaftshistorischer Ausschuss as part of the Verein für Socialpolitik (Economic History Committee of the Verein für…
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CfP: WEHC 2025 Call for Posters (10 dicembre 2024)
Propose a Poster for the WEHC 2025 in Lund, Sweden The Poster Exhibition enables scholars in Economic history to present their latest research projects. We kindly invite you to exhibit your ongoing work through the submission of a Poster. The Poster Exhibition will be active Monday – Wednesday (28–30 July) 13.00–14:00 in connection with the…
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CfP: 2025 Datini-ESTER advanced seminar on “Finance in History” (deadline 15 ottobre 2024)
The Fondazione Istituto Internazionale di Storia Economica “F. Datini” and the European School for Training in Economic and Social Historical Research (ESTER) announce their tenth jointly organized Datini-ESTER Advanced Seminar for economic and social historians on 11-17 May 2025, in Prato (Italy). The topic of the 2025 seminar is ‘Finance in History’ and closely related…
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CfP: Cyborg Workers 2.0: The Past, Present and Future of Automated Labour – The Social and Environmental Costs of Big Tech (deadline 1 novembre 2024)
International Conference at the European Trade Union Institute Brussels, Belgium, February 13 and 14, 2025 With a keynote lecture by Ursula Huws (University of Hertfordshire) Contact Information Richard A. Bachmann (North America and Global South Contact): ribachm@umich.edMichele Santoro (Europe Contact): santoromichele7047@gmail.com In recent years, the Big Tech industry has garnered increasing attention as a panacea…
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CfP: Workshop Technology and Long-Term Development: Lessons from the Past (deadline 31 dicembre 2024)
Universitat de València (Spain), June 12-13, 2025 Conference organizers: Gregori Galofré Vilà and María Gómez León Scientific Committee: Concha Betrán Pérez, Alfonso Díez Minguela and Gregori Galforé Vilà Costs and funding: There is no workshop fee. The organization will provide accommodation and meals. Travel expenses may be covered upon request Conference organizers: Gregori Galofré Vilà…
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CfP: AALAC workshop “Using Digital Tools to Understand the Past: New Methods in Economic History” (deadline 22 novembre 2024)
Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, Friday March 7 – Sunday March 9, 2025 Recent work has shown how new datasets and digital tools can shape our understanding of the past. Some of these tools include machine learning, text-to-data methods, and geographic mapping. The workshop will bring together economic historians and scholars who are based at liberal…
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CfP: The Third Global Conference on the History of Risk and Insurance (deadline 16 dicembre 2024)
Warsaw, 3-4 of July 2025, SGH Warsaw School of Economics This international conference follows the history of the two predecessor conferences in Seville in 2019 and Basel in 2022. This third conference investigates insurance as a crucial element of social development, economic advances, globalization of financial services, and capitalism in general. It discusses risk and…
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