The European Historical Economics Society (EHES) is Europe's leading research organization and

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dedicated to the study of

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. Founded in 1991, the EHES supports academic research within the discipline of economic history; organizes an annual conference; publishes regular working papers; and provides resources for early- and mid-career scholars. The EHES promotes "the advancement of education in European economic history through the study of European economies and economic history." The current president of the EHES is Pierre-Cyrille Hautcœur, a French

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and professor of economics at the

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. The EHES also oversees the ''

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'', a peer-reviewed academic journal published by

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on a triannual basis.

History

Founding

Economic history as a discipline had declined in popularity throughout the 1980s. In 1989, Leandro Prados, then at the University of Santander, organized a World Congress of the

Cliometric Society Cliometrics (, also ), sometimes called new economic history or econometric history, is the systematic application of economic theory, econometric techniques, and other formal or mathematical methods to the study of history (especially social and e ...

. Subsequent discussions among leading economic historians, especially after the

Economic History Association The Economic History Association (EHA) was founded in 1940 to "encourage and promote teaching, research, and publication on every phase of economic history and to help preserve and administer materials for research in economic history". It publi ...

in Leuven in 1990, led to the idea that there was a desire for more research in quantitative economic history. European economists noted the lack of a society dedicated to this new economic history, and so founded the EHES in 1991. Its first president was Karl Gunnar Persson, a

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at the

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. The first conference in

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in 1991 included research by

Angus Maddison Angus Maddison (6 December 1926 – 24 April 2010) was a distinguished British economist specialising in quantitative macro economic history, including the measurement and analysis of economic growth and development. Maddison lectured at sev ...

(

University of Groningen The University of Groningen (abbreviated as UG; nl, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, abbreviated as RUG) is a public research university of more than 30,000 students in the city of Groningen in the Netherlands. Founded in 1614, the university is th ...

), Patrick O'Brien (

University of Durham Durham University (legally the University of Durham) is a collegiate university, collegiate public university, public research university in Durham, England, Durham, England, founded by an Act of Parliament in 1832 and incorporated by royal charte ...

), Steve Broadberry ( Nuffield College,

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), Rainer Fremdling (

), Bart van Ark (

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), Jaime Reis (

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), Ingrid Henriksen (

), Vera Zamagni (

University of Bologna The University of Bologna ( it, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, UNIBO) is a public research university in Bologna, Italy. Founded in 1088 by an organised guild of students (''studiorum''), it is the oldest university in continu ...

), Jean-Pierre Dormois (

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), Francesco Galassi (

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) and

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(

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). In 1995, the EHES was registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Present day

The EHES has been recognized as one of the leaders in the study of pan-European scholarly research. They sponsor interdisciplinary research and cooperation on programs with the

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, the

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, the

, the History of Economics Society, and the Cliometric Society. Members of the EHES also have dual membership with the Cliometric Society and receive copies of the EHES's publication, the ''

''. The society partners with other scholarly organizations including the

International Economic History Association The International Economic History Association (IEHA) is an association of national, regional, and international organizations dedicated to the field of economic history, broadly defined. The IEHA includes 45 member organizations in 40 countries a ...

, the

Centre for Economic Policy Research The Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) is an independent, non‐partisan, pan‐European non‐profit organisation. Its mission is to enhance the quality of policy decisions through providing policy‐relevant research, based soundly in e ...

, and EuroGlobalNet.

Leadership

Former presidents of the EHES include: * Karl Gunnar Persson (

), 1991–96 * Gianni Toniolo ( University of Rome, Duke University), 1996–97 * Jaime Reis (

), 1997–99 * James Foreman-Peck ( Cardiff University), 1999-2001 * Leandro Prados (

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), 2001-2003 * Sevket Pamuk (

London School of Economics and Political Science The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is a public university, public research university located in London, England and a constituent college of the federal University of London. Founded in 1895 by Fabian Society members Sidn ...

), 2003–05 * Lennart Schon, (

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, Graduate Institute of International Studies and Development), 2007–09 *

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), 2009–11 * Steve Broadberry ( Nuffield College,

), 2011–13 *

(

), 2013–15 * Jörg Baten (

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), 2015–17 * Pierre-Cyrille Hautcœur (

), 2017-2019 * Herman de Jong (

), 2019-

Events

Annual conference

Since 1991, the EHES has hosted an annual conference every three years. In 1999, it was decided that the conference would be every 2 years. * 1991 -

* 1996 -

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* 1999 - Lisbon * 2001 -

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* 2003 -

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* 2005 -

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* 2007 - Lund * 2009 -

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* 2011 -

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* 2013 -

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

* 2015 - Pisa * 2017 -

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* 2019 -

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Education

The EHES hosts an annual summer school based on a new theme each year. The week-long initiative is intended mainly for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers in economic history. The summer school is hosted every three years, and recent topics include: * 1994 - Productivity and Growth Convergence in Europe * 1996 - Technology and Long-run Growth in Europe, 1500-1990 * 1998 - Structural Change in Historical Perspective * 2014 - Institutions, Geography and Economic Development of Eastern Europe in the Long-Run * 2015 - Beyond GDP: A Long-Term View on Human Wellbeing and Inequality * 2017 - Geography, Institutions and Economic Growth in History

Journal

Following the establishment of the regular conferences, workshops, and summer schools, the EHES decided to begin publishing an academic, peer-reviewed journal. Founded in 1997, the ''

'' (EREH), printed by

, aims to encourage the study of modern economic history. It is recognized as one of the leading publications in the field. The journal is an outlet for research into European, comparative and global economic history. As of 2019, the current editors of the journal are Jaime Reis, Hans-Joachim Voth and

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. The five-year impact factor of the journal is 1.205 (as of 2017). Research from the EHES has been published in the ''

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History

Founding

Present day

Leadership

Events

Annual conference

Education

Journal

References