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: '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.
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. ehs.org.uk/event/womens...
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. ehs.org.uk/adapting-gla...
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.
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.
It uses lists of household goods & chattels forfeited to the crown to investigate changes in material living standards in the later 14th and 15th centuries, showing relatively little change in this period and placing the findings in context using equivalent evidence from the 16th century.
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. ehs.org.uk/women-money-...
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. ehs.org.uk/the-barbados...
This article analyses the determinants of wealth inequality at the local level in the Venetian Republic 1400–1800 and explores the distributional effects of the terrible 1629–30 plague. It finds that increasing regressive taxation was a major source of inequality growth.
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.
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...
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:
Now on the Long Run: 'The occupational structure of twentieth-century China: Evidence from lineage genealogies'. In this post Ying Dai (University of Oxford) discusses her ongoing research, supported by an EHS Carnevali Small Research Grant.
This paper examines the role of religion in Spain’s family allowances, showing how Catholic advocacy shaped policies but imposed structural limits due to their redistributive preferences. Expansion was further hindered by Falange competition and the dictatorship’s resistance to tax reform.
