Financial History Workshop - 27 September 2019 At the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century, savings banks were created in many European countries : the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Austria. Now, 200 years later, savings banks still play an essential role in the provision of financial services and financial... Continue Reading →

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7 June 09:30 - 17:00 NIAS, Sint Jorishof AmsterdamConference roomBy invitation Aim of workshop In a century characterised to date by economic uncertainty, bubbles and crashes, the field of financial history has moved from being a purely academic pursuit, to one with significant societal relevance. Financial history is already interdisciplinary in that it brings together economists and... Continue Reading →

Workshop Utrecht University, March 2020 Why was it that, in developed Western economies, financial institutions like banks only began to reach deep into society during the 1960s and 1970s? The workshop “The Dynamics of Inclusive Finance” attempts to answer this question by focusing on what drove this expansion and why it did not come earlier,... Continue Reading →

FRESH-UPIER MEETING At The University of Oxford, St. Hilda`s College Topic: Finance and financial institutions in historical perspective Date: June 14, 2019 Hosting Institutions: University of Oxford, Faculty of History & St. Hilda’s College Organisers: Dr S. Alvarez, Dr W. Kisling, M. Molteni, Deadline for application: April 30th, 2019 Deadline for papers submission: May 31st,... Continue Reading →

Call for Papers Session: Financial resources and institutions: The long-run evolution of financial markets (XIX World Economic History Congress – Paris, July 25-30 2021) The XIXth World Economic History Congress will take place in Paris from July 25 to 30, 2021. The Organisers of the session “Financial resources and institutions: The long-run evolution of financial... Continue Reading →

Workshop Utrecht University, March 2020 Why was it that, in developed Western economies, financial institutions like banks only began to reach deep into society during the 1960s and 1970s? The workshop “The Dynamics of Inclusive Finance” attempts to answer this question by focusing on what drove this expansion and why it did not come earlier,... Continue Reading →

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Finance, Research-Focussed Location: Auckland, New Zealand- Utilise your PhD in Finance or Econometrics - Join AUT – one of the top 30 millennial universities in the world - Permanent full-time role based in the Auckland CBD Auckland University of Technology Business School has a reputation as a leading provider of innovative undergraduate... Continue Reading →

4-6 June 2020 This colloquium, the ninth in a biennial series and the first to be held in the Republic of Ireland, invites scholars from a variety of disciplines to enrich their mutual understanding of the intersections between public finance, politics, and print during a period some scholars call the ‘financial revolution’ from around 1688... Continue Reading →

CFP Feminist Studies Special Issue: Feminism and Capitalism This is a call for innovative theoretical, empirical, and creative submissions about feminism and twenty-first-century capitalism. Our call is spurred by phenomena such as the millions of people displaced and relegated to invisibility as “surplus populations,” increasing debt and income inequality, rising corporate profits, persistent agrarian crises, planetary urbanization,... Continue Reading →

Creditors, debtors, and early financial markets (c. 1300-1800): new approaches in social and economic history Call for papers13th European Social Science History Conference, Leiden, The Netherlands, 18 – 21 March, 2020 Organizers: Elise Dermineur (Umeå University) and Jaco Zuijderduijn (Lund University) Since the crisis of 2008, debt has increasingly become a major concern in our... Continue Reading →

The Irish Research Council is pleased to announce that a new Call for Proposals has launched for a Department of Finance History Fellowship. The History of the Department of Finance: 1922 – 1958 by the late Professor Ronan Fanning is regarded as the seminal history of an Irish Government Department and was published by the Institute of... Continue Reading →