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Recent years have seen the proliferation of projects dealing with topics that broadly fit the category of business history of slavery and colonialism. Not only well-established scholars, but many young researchers are picking up projects in this field. Yet because of the broad demarcations of, and interest in, the topic remains divided along disciplinary and…

The Association of Business Historians conference 2025 will be held in Belfast, UK, from 19 to 21 June 2025 and invites submissions to the conference committee on the theme of ‘Business History Applied’. Applied history, the use of the past to inform understanding of current challenges and support decision making, is a growing field. It…

Historians have widely documented how businesses, industries and trades working on large and small scales have influenced human and planetary health and the environment. These impacts, both positively and negatively, were often mediated through the flows of water. On the one hand, businesses and trades played a key role in providing clean drinking water, thereby…

Businesses today face unprecedented pressure to transform their operations in response to environmental crises, particularly climate change, and government policy. With the transformation of old and rise of new “green” industries, we are potentially witnessing what may be the most significant industrial transformation since World War II. While business history research exploring the role of…

May 29-31, 2025. Birmingham, Alabama The Economic and Business History Society (EBHS) is proud to announce its 50th annual conference, to be held in Birmingham, Alabama, on May 29-31, 2025. As we mark half a century of pioneering interdisciplinary research, we invite scholars to explore the theme of “Forging New Frontiers” in economic and business…

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…

March 13-15, 2025 at the Crowne Plaza Midtown in Atlanta, Georgia In recent years, the role of labor in modern business has become increasingly difficult to ignore.  The past year alone has witnessed the resurgence of unions in some countries and the rise of so-called “digital sweatshops” in others.  Other developments – the disruption of global supply…

On behalf of the Scandinavian Society for Economic and Social History and the Norwegian Economic and Business History Association, the Centre for Business History at BI Norwegian Business School welcomes to the fifth Annual Meeting of the Scandinavian Society for Economic and Social History. The meeting specifically invites papers, sessions and tracks on economic, business,…

The proposed special issue invites both empirical research and reflections that draw on and develop the rich legacy of Chandler’s work to help further innovative and impactful scholarship in business history. It aims to encourage researchers to (a) draw on the historical and comparative investigation of firms and industries to answer big questions about epochal…