Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Business History Conference

@businesshistoryc.bsky.social

2.2K followers 710 following 130 posts

The Business History Conference is a scholarly organization devoted to encouraging all aspects of research, writing, and teaching about business history and about the environment in which businesses operate. https://thebhc.org/

thebhc.org

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Business History Conference @businesshistoryc.bsky.social · Mar 24

𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑯𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆
📈💼🖊️

thebhc.org

#BHC2026 in London, with a focus on "Co-Creation" thebhc.org/bhc-2026-cal...

Journal 👉 @entandsoc.bsky.social lnkd.in/gMqsqYs5

#BizHis #BHC #Historians

3 8

Business History Conference @businesshistoryc.bsky.social · 3h

LIVE NOW!
With Al Churella, discussing the history of the Pennsylvania Railroad Corporation — once the largest in the world.
www.youtube.com/live/iigS9lK...

@simplyrailways.bsky.social @rwu-org.bsky.social @railmag.bsky.social @penncapital-star.com

AL CHURELLA BOOK SERIES TALK

YouTube video by Business History Conference

www.youtube.com

Business History Conference @businesshistoryc.bsky.social · 1d

TOMORROW – live on YouTube!

Join us for a conversation with Al Churella, author of The Pennsylvania Railroad, Volume 3: The Long Decline, 1933–1968. Hosted by Mark Rose and Marc Levinson.

🗓 October 10, 2025 – 9 a.m. ET
📍 On YouTube www.youtube.com/@businesshis...

#Bizhis #RailHistory

Business History Conference @businesshistoryc.bsky.social · 1d

📄 👉 doi.org/10.1017/eso....

In this 🆕 @entandsoc.bsky.social article, Ken Sakai, Yuki Tsuboyama, and Masatoshi Fujiwara explore how Japan transformed the U.S.-developed #AMHTS into an accessible model for middle-class preventive care.

#BusinessHistory #Bizhis #MedicalHistory

Reposted by Business History Conference

Hagley Center for the History of Business, Technology, & Society @hagleycenter.bsky.social · 4d

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
DEADLINE APPROACHING

The Henry Kaufman Financial History Fellowship Program from the @businesshistoryc.bsky.social

Research and Dissertation fellowships
application deadline NOVEMBER 1st

Endowed by renowned economist Henry "Dr. Doom" Kaufman

Info: thebhc.org/henry-kaufma...

elderly man in a dark suit before a blue background

4 6

Business History Conference @businesshistoryc.bsky.social · 8d

The October 2025 issue of The Exchange is now out!

#BHC #BHC2026 #bizhis
mailchi.mp/thebhc/the-e...

2 3

Business History Conference @businesshistoryc.bsky.social · 14d

Want to know how historians have studied big international companies and their role in the Global South?
doi.org/10.1017/eso....
By Kristoffer Edelgaard Christensen and Søren Ivarsson

#GlobalSouth #BizHis #BusinessHistory #MultinationalCorporations

@universitypress.cambridge.org

Business History Conference @businesshistoryc.bsky.social · 15d

🌍📜 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 - 𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐎 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 🏙️✨
Sponsored and hosted by the Business History Society of Japan, Canadian Business History Association, Business History Conference, and European Business History Association www.worldcbh.org/CfP2026

🗓️ July 27–31, 2026 🚨 CFP is NOW OPEN! ✈️

Call for Papers Toronto 2026

3rd World Congress of Business History, Toronto, Canada 29th Congress of the European Business History Association

www.worldcbh.org

1 3

Business History Conference @businesshistoryc.bsky.social · 17d

Call for Applications: 2026 BHC Doctoral Colloquium in Business History
📍 London, UK, on March 26, 2026
Application deadline ‼️ December 8, 2025 thebhc.org/doctoral-col...

#bizhis @businesshistory.bsky.social @hagleycenter.bsky.social @gnvbusinesshistory.bsky.social @repec-nep-his.bsky.social

𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗕𝗛𝗖 𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆

1 5

Reposted by Business History Conference

Business History, a Taylor & Francis Journal @businesshistory.bsky.social · 21d

𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅?

A century of evidence (96 🇳🇱 corporations that ceased to exist between 1903 and 1996) from the Netherlands gives us answers.

#bizhis #corporations #dutchcorporations #quantitativemethods

1 2 5

Business History Conference @businesshistoryc.bsky.social · 23d

Meet the 2026 BHC Program Committee
They’ll be shaping the Business History Conference program around the theme: “Co‑Creation”
#BHC2026 thebhc.org/2026-bhc-mee...
London, March 26–28, 2026 🇬🇧
October 17, 2025
@sslh.bsky.social @womenknowhistory.osky.social @historians.org @ihr.bsky.social

1 4

Business History Conference @businesshistoryc.bsky.social · 28d

🔗 Read here: doi.org/10.1017/eso....

#BizHis #Banking #Finance #History #Regulation #FinancialStability #Spain #EconomicHistory #Crisis

@the-independent.com @ccoobancosantander.bsky.social @elmundo.es.web.brid.gy @economist.com

Between State Control and Banking Power: Spanish Banking Supervision Under Franco (1940–1975) | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core

Between State Control and Banking Power: Spanish Banking Supervision Under Franco (1940–1975)

doi.org

1 1

Business History Conference @businesshistoryc.bsky.social · 28d

𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒂 𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑
Spain, 1939–1975

A new article by Joaquim Cuevas and Maria A. Pons shows how reforms strengthened oversight but failed to prevent systemic vulnerabilities, contributing to the 1977–1982 banking crisis.

1 1 1

Business History Conference @businesshistoryc.bsky.social · 28d

New #awarded #research in #bizhis

Take a look at 🧵

@hagleycenter.bsky.social @gnvbusinesshistory.bsky.social @repec-nep-his.bsky.social @businesshistory.bsky.social @womenknowhistory.bsky.social @historians.org @financialtimes.com @financewatch.bsky.social

Aaron Freedman @freedaaron.bsky.social · 29d

My dissertation project, “The Securities State: Washington, Wall Street and the Financialization of America, 1979-1992” asks how and why Wall Street become the central force in intermediating credit, savings, investment, and liquidity throughout the entire US economy

1 3

Business History Conference @businesshistoryc.bsky.social · 29d

Congratulations @freedaaron.bsky.social !!

Please 🙌 tell us and the world more about your research #bizhis #econhis #ushistory 🧵👇

Aaron Freedman @freedaaron.bsky.social · Sep 10

Thrilled to announce that I've been awarded the 2025 John E. Rovensky Fellowship in US Business and Economic History from the University of Illinois Foundation and @businesshistoryc.bsky.social!

1 4

Business History Conference @businesshistoryc.bsky.social · Sep 9

Need expert insight on business, labor, finance, or technology history?
The #bhc Expertise Database can connect you with #bizhis #econhis #economy researchers 👇 📶

#BusinessHistory #Expertise @slate.com @us.theconversation.com @financewatch.bsky.social

1 1 4

Business History Conference @businesshistoryc.bsky.social · Sep 4

Congratulations 💯 🎉 Sarah Elvins and Katherine Barkin, winners of the CBHA 2025 article prize networks.h-net.org/group/discus...

The Business of Abortion ... @entandsoc.bsky.social (2024) doi.org/10.1017/eso.... #bizhis #abortion

2 2

Business History Conference @businesshistoryc.bsky.social · Sep 3

📢 New Issue Alert – Enterprise & Society
Explore the full set of articles 👉 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#bizhis #journalcontent #econhis #AviationHistory #GenderHistory #EnvironmentalHistory #EnergyHistory #FinancialHistory #GlobalHistory

Business History Conference @businesshistoryc.bsky.social · Sep 2

The September 2025 issue of The Exchange is now out! #BHC #BHC2026 #bizhis

🔗 Read here: mailchi.mp/thebhc/the-e...

2 2

Reposted by Business History Conference

Andrew Popp @andrewpopp.bsky.social · Aug 26

The call for next year's @businesshistoryc.bsky.social annual meeting is up (the deadline is Oct 17th). The theme is Co-creation. Is there anyone who might be interesting in developing a panel on the Co-creation of business histories with collaborators from outside both academia & the corporation.

5 4

Business History Conference @businesshistoryc.bsky.social · Aug 26

The BHC is coming to London!!
Upcoming deadline -> Submit proposals by October 17th 2025
thebhc.org/2026-bhc-mee...
March 26th - 28th, 2026 "Co-Creation"

@entandsoc.bsky.social @hagleycenter.bsky.social @gnvbusinesshistory.bsky.social @businesshistory.bsky.social

4 7

Business History Conference @businesshistoryc.bsky.social · Aug 21

Here is a clip of the author explaining his research youtube.com/clip/UgkxKIF...

@flindersuniversity.bsky.social
@us.theconversation.com
@ash.org
@cyprus-mail.com

#TobaccoIndustry #CigaretteManufacturing #BritishEmpire #Cyprus #ColonialHistory #BizHis #SmokingHistory #BigTobacco #LungCancer

Business History Conference @businesshistoryc.bsky.social · Aug 21

A new article by Andrekos Varnava examines the rise of “big tobacco” in colonial Cyprus (1920–1960) — from the dominance of foreign-made cigarettes in the 1920s to the first multinational manufacturing on the island in 1951.

doi.org/10.1017/eso....

1 2

Business History Conference @businesshistoryc.bsky.social · Aug 14

📅 Save the Date
Albert J. Churella, The Pennsylvania Railroad: The Long Decline, 1933–1968
Indiana University Press
Join us for a book interview hosted by Marc Levinson and Mark Rose, on YouTube, October 10 9 am ET www.youtube.com/@businesshis...
thebhc.org/book-series-...
#bizhis

Business History Conference @businesshistoryc.bsky.social · Aug 12

Thanks for sharing this! Reposting here for those in the #bizhis #appliedhistory community who may be interested.

auburn.instructure.com/courses/1654…#BusinessHistoryr#DigitalHumanitiese#AILiteracyc#HigherEdE#HistoryTeachingng

1 1 4

Business History Conference @businesshistoryc.bsky.social · Aug 5

🚨 New Prize Announcement from the Business History Conference 🚨

We’re proud to launch the Pat Denault Prize, a biennial award recognizing outstanding contributions to the growth and vitality of the BHC community.

thebhc.org/pat-denault-...

#bizhis #awards #BHC