Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca in Storia Economica

Workshop in Stellenbosch, South Africa (3-4 November 2025). Recent advances in artificial intelligence and the increasing use of digital and ‘big’ data sources have dramatically expanded the empirical toolbox of economic historians. These techniques enable scholars to rigorously analyse vast textual archives, systematically quantify previously intangible historical concepts and robustly test hypotheses. Such methods are…