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Welcome to the Economic History Society's Bluesky account. Stay tuned for updates from the Economic History Review and the society's Long Run blog, as well as for information about our annual conference, fellowships and grants!
Now on the Long Run: 'Exploring histories of human, animal, and environmental exploitation at Hull’s Wilberforce Institute, with HistoryLab+'.
A brief overview of the 2024 HistoryLab+ conference, which was held in Hull on 25-26 July 2024 and funded partly by the EHS Initiatives & Conference Fund.
November 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A Reminder that the Economic History Review now has its own Bluesky account!
Be sure to follow: @echistsocreview.bsky.social
For updates on the latest articles available on Early View, with research on all aspects of economic and social history from around the world and from all periods.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Deadline Monday!
24 November is the new deadline for New Researcher Poster proposals for the 2026 EHS Centenary Conference, which will be hosted at the LSE, 10–12 April 2026.
Posters are eligible to win a prize of £100.
More info and to apply:
ehs.org.uk/conference/n...
New Researcher Posters - Economic History Society
The 2026 Centenary Conference of the Economic History Society will be hosted by the London School of Economics from 10 – 12 April in the Cheng Kin Ku (CKK) building. The conference will be held in per...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Now on Early View: 'Competition and payments to African chiefs on the Gold Coast during the slave trade, 1679‒1704'.
By Jose Rowell Corpuz.
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The manuscript records of the Royal African Company show that the Company paid African chiefs for access to trade along the caravan routes on the Gold Coast in the seventeenth century. This paper doc...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Deadline Extended!
Monday 24 November is the new deadline for New Researcher Poster proposals for the 2026 EHS Centenary Conference, which will be hosted at the LSE, 10–12 April 2026.
Posters are eligible to win a prize of £100.
More info and to apply:
ehs.org.uk/conference/n...
New Researcher Posters - Economic History Society
The 2026 Centenary Conference of the Economic History Society will be hosted by the London School of Economics from 10 – 12 April in the Cheng Kin Ku (CKK) building. The conference will be held in per...
ehs.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Now on the Long Run: 'Did early modern Europeans fail to look after their poor? Poverty and poor relief in France and Spain, c. 1600-1800.'
Julie Marfany (Durham) presents their research which was supported by the EHS Carnevali Small Research Grants scheme.
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Did early modern Europeans fail to look after their poor? Poverty and poor relief in France and Spain, c. 1600-1800. - Economic History Society
This blog post is based on a grant awarded to Professor Julie Marfany of the University of Durham by the Economic History Society through the Carnevali Small Research Grants scheme. — In her now class...
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November 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Upcoming Deadline on Monday!
17 November is the deadline for New Researcher Poster proposals for the 2026 EHS Centenary Conference, which will be hosted at the LSE, 10–12 April 2026.
Posters are eligible to win a prize of £100.
More info and to apply:
ehs.org.uk/conference/n...
New Researcher Posters - Economic History Society
The 2026 Centenary Conference of the Economic History Society will be hosted by the London School of Economics from 10 – 12 April in the Cheng Kin Ku (CKK) building. The conference will be held in per...
ehs.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Now on the Long Run: 'The price of privilege: understanding absolutism and Atlantic commerce under the Sun King of France'
Lewis Wade (Leiden) presents their research which won the 2023 Association of Business Historians Coleman Prize & was based upon an EHS Research Fund for Graduate Students grant
November 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Now on the Long Run: 'Market Tolls and Toll Disputes in Early Modern England'.
Hillary Taylor (Padua) introduces their research project funded by an award from the Carnevali Small Research Grants Scheme.
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Market Tolls and Toll Disputes in Early Modern England - Economic History Society
In this blog post, Hillary Taylor of the University of Padua introduces their research project funded by an award from the Carnevali Small Research Grants Scheme. — Tolls were not only fundamental to ...
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November 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
New EHS Schools and Colleges Committee Initiative
‘The History Ledger’ provides videos and resources to those teaching and studying A-Level economic history courses. The material may also be of interest to Undergraduate students in economic and social history.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The EHS invites nominations for a prize for the outstanding teaching of economic history to secondary school students (Key stage 3/4). One £500 prize, will be awarded biennially.
Application Deadline: 15 Dec
Nominees must be current School Teachers.
More info & to apply:
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Teaching Prize - Economic History Society
The Economic History Society invites nominations for a prize for the outstanding teaching of economic history to secondary school students at Key stage 3 and 4. One prize, of £500, will be awarded bie...
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October 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Now on the Long Run: 'Fascist Policy and the Great Depression in Italy'.
Gino Magnini (Edinburgh) introduces their research, which was
supported by an EHS Research Fund for Graduate Students grant.

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Fascist Policy and the Great Depression in Italy - Economic History Society
This blog is based upon the research funded by a grant awarded by the Economic History Society through its Research Fund for Graduate Students to Gino Magnini of the University of Edinburgh.  In this ...
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October 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Now on the Long Run: The Impact of Interest Rates in Eighteenth Century Ireland
Paul Kelly introduces his research, which utilises material from the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, access to which
has been supported by the EHS Research Fund for Graduate Students
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The Impact of Interest Rates in Eighteenth Century Ireland - Economic History Society
Paul Kelly, the author of this blog, would like to thank the Economic History Society for the receipt of a grant from the Research Fund for Graduate Students to allow the author to access the Public R...
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October 14, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Now on the Long Run: 'From British Rule to Boardrooms: Community in India’s Corporate Economy, 1920s-1970s'.
Pallavi Padma-Uday (QUB) discusses the key themes in her doctoral thesis in Indian economic history, which has has been supported by the EHS’ Bursary Scheme for PhD students.
October 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Registration remains open for the EHS Women’s Committee, Publishing & Grants Made Simple online training event to be held 10/10/2025, 11:00am-1:00pm.
It will cover strategies for publication in journals and books and how to secure funding for future research projects.
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Women's Committee - Publishing & Grants Made Simple - Economic History Society
10/10/2025 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm - The Women’s Committee of the Economic History Society invites you to join our online training event to learn strategies for getting published in top academic journals...
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October 1, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Now on the Long Run: 'Adapting Glassmaking Knowledge and Labour Structures in Early Modern Britain'.
Oliver Gunning (Northumbria) introduces their research, which was assisted by the EHS Research Fund for Graduate Students.
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Adapting Glassmaking Knowledge and Labour Structures in Early Modern Britain - Economic History Society
This blog is based upon the research funded by a grant awarded by the Economic History Society through its Research Fund for Graduate Students to Oliver Gunning of Northumbria University. The research...
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September 30, 2025 at 10:06 AM
The Economic History Review now has its own Bluesky account!
Be sure to follow @echistsocreview.bsky.social for updates on the latest available articles.
The Review publishes peer-reviewed advanced research on all aspects of economic and social history from around the world and from all periods.
September 30, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Now on the Long Run: 'Community, Educational Reform and Migration in Late Imperial China'.
Christoph Hess, who studied for his PhD at the University of Cambridge, introduces his research, which was assisted by the Research Fund for Graduate Students of the Economic History Society.
September 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Now on Early View: 'Felons’ chattels and English living standards in the later fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.'
By Chris Briggs, Ben Jervis, Alice Forward, Tomasz Gromelski & Matthew Tompkins.
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September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Now on the Long Run: 'Women, Money and Markets (1600-1950), 2023 Conference'.
Sarah Dredge (Sheffield Hallam) introduces the Women, Money and Markets (1600-1950) 2023 Conference, 12-14 June 2023, which received financial support from the Economic History Society.
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Women, Money and Markets (1600-1950), 2023 Conference - Economic History Society
In this blog post Dr Sarah Dredge, Senior Lecturer in Nineteenth-Century Literature at Sheffield Hallam University introduces the Women, Money and Markets (1600-1950) conference, 12-14 June 2023, whic...
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September 23, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Now on the Long Run: 'The Barbados Census of 1679 and the Legacies of Slavery in Early Modern England'.
In this post Michael Bennett (Sheffield) & Misha Ewen (Sussex) introduce their research, which was financially supported by a Carnevali Small Research Grant.
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The Barbados Census of 1679 and the Legacies of Slavery in Early Modern England - Economic History Society
This blog post is based on a grant awarded to Dr Michael Bennett of the University of Sheffield and Dr Misha Ewen, now of the University of Sussex, by the Economic History Society through the Carneval...
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September 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Now on Early View: 'Wealth inequality and epidemics in the Republic of Venice (1400–1800)'.
By Guido Alfani, Matteo Di Tullio & Mattia Fochesato.
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This article analyses wealth inequality in the Republic of Venice during 1400–1800. The availability of a large database of homogeneous inequality measurements allows us to produce the most in-depth ...
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September 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Now on the Long Run: 'From Records to Riches - An Automated Pipeline for Transcribing the Tables des Successions et Absences, 1790-1870'.
In this post, Aurelius Noble and Noah Sutter (LSE) introduce their research, which was financially supported by a Carnevali Small Research Grant.
September 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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The @echistsoc.bsky.social Women’s Committee is organising an online training event on academic publication and grants applications process on 10th Oct 2025. More details and how to register👇
ehs.org.uk/event/womens...
Women's Committee - Publishing & Grants Made Simple - Economic History Society
10/10/2025 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm - The Women’s Committee of the Economic History Society invites you to join our online training event to learn strategies for getting published in top academic journals...
ehs.org.uk
September 11, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Reminder: Deadline Friday!
Applications for the EHS Residential Training Course for Postgraduate Students close at 16:00 (UK time) Friday 12 September.
12 part-funded places are available on this course which will be held at the University of Warwick, 3–6 December 2025.
For more info and to apply:
September 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM