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Seminar | Alden Gordon on The French Financial Crisis in the late Reign of Louis XV and its impact on Royal Manufactures and Royal Patronage, The Wallace Collection, London, 26 February 2018
Seminars in the History of Collecting "Heureux ceux qui ont un coeur de bronze..." The French Financial Crisis in the late Reign of Louis XV and its impact on Royal Manufactures and Royal Patronage Professor Alden Gordon Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of Fine Art, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Monday, 26 February 2018,... Continue Reading →
Article: Alexander Opitz,:”‘Comrades, Let’s March!’. The Revolution of 1905 and its impact on financial markets” European Review of Economic History, Volume 22, Issue 1, 1 February 2018,
European Review of Economic History, Volume 22, Issue 1, 1 February 2018, Pages 28–52, https://doi.org/10.1093/ereh/hex015 Abstract This paper examines the impact of the Revolution of 1905 on contemporary capital markets by applying an event study on Russian sovereign bonds. The landmark in Russian history comprised violent protests, resulting in the introduction of a parliament and... Continue Reading →
Chancellor’s Fellowships in Data-Driven Innovation (Financial Services and Fintech) The University of Edinburgh
SALARY SCALE £39,992- £47,722 (for Grade 8 appointments). Exceptionally, an appointment at Grade 9 (£50,618- £56,950) or even Grade 10 (starting from £58,655) Challenges to old certainties in societies, democracies and the economy are coming from patterns of inequality, climate change, the mass displacement of people, and the rise of the use of artificial intelligence,... Continue Reading →
Vacancy for Postdoctoral Researcher in Financial History at the University of Antwerp
For its participation to the Horizon 2020 EURHISFIRM project the Department of Accountancy and Finance of the University of Antwerp is seeking a full-time postdoctoral researcher in the area of Economic History – Financial Economics. EURHISFIRM is a consortium of eleven research institutions from seven European countries and is financed by the European Commission’s Infrastructure Development Program of... Continue Reading →
New Book: David Kynaston, Till Time’s Last Sand: a history of the Bank of England
'Not an ordinary bank, but a great engine of state,' Adam Smith declared of the Bank of England as long ago as 1776. The Bank is now over 320 years old, and throughout almost all that time it has been central to British history. Yet to most people, despite its increasingly high profile, its history... Continue Reading →
CFP: Social aims of finance
eabh is calling for submissions for its annual conference Social aims of finance: exploring alternative business forms for durable and financial services 15 June 2018, Torino, Italy in cooperation with Fondazione 1563 per l’Arte e la Cultura della Compagnia di San Paolo and Compagnia di San Paolo This conference will explore how financial institutions have tackled it... Continue Reading →
CFP: EABH Archival Workshop
eabh is calling for submissions for its archival workshop 'Good' archives 14 June 2018, Torino, Italy in cooperation with Fondazione 1563 per l’Arte e la Cultura della Compagnia di San Paolo, Compagnia di San Paolo and UPIER This workshop is designed for financial institutions' archivists, researchers and potential users and will reflect on the legacy of the social purposes that... Continue Reading →
New Scholars Fast-Track Workshop
Financial History Review invites submissions of research papers from advanced PhD students and recent postdoctoral researchers (with less than five years from completing their PhD) in banking, financial and monetary history for a New Scholars Fast-Track Workshop 13 June 2018 Torino, Italy eabh in cooperation with Fondazione 1563 per l’Arte e la Cultura della Compagnia di San Paolo and Compagnia... Continue Reading →
CFP: Politics and state finance in the peripheries of the global economy in historical perspective; deadline: 15 December 2017
Politics and state finance in the peripheries of the global economy in historical perspective University College London London, 6-7 June 2018 Keynote speakers Prof Tim Besley (London School of Economics) Prof Larry Neal (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) CALL FOR PAPERS Deadline: 15 December 2017 Politics shapes the way governments tax, spend, borrow and repay.... Continue Reading →
CFP: Boom, Bust, and Beyond: New Perspectives on the 1719-20 Stock Euphoria – Deadline: 7 January 2018
We are inviting papers for the conference Boom, Bust, and Beyond: New Perspectives on the 1719-20 Stock Euphoria that will take place at the University of Tübingen on 11-13 April 2018, as part of the program of the Collaborative Research Center (923) “Threatened Order - Societies under Stress”. The conference aims to bring together scholars... Continue Reading →
New Book: Le Carnaval, la Fortune et la Folie. La rencontre de Paris et Venise à l’aube des Lumières
Valentine Toutain-Quittelier, Le Carnaval, la Fortune et la Folie: La rencontre de Paris et Venise à l’aube des Lumières, Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2017, ISBN : 978-2-7535-5886-1 "Au début du XVIIIe siècle, Paris et Venise tissent des liens artistiques et intellectuels féconds, marqués par des échanges intenses. Qu’ils soient Français à Venise ou Vénitiens à... Continue Reading →
