ACA 2023: Belonging - Considering archival bonds and disconnects A sense of belonging is a fundamental human need – as the story of Anne of Green Gables, PEI’s most famous (fictional) daughter, so vividly demonstrates. As peoples of many regions, ages, faiths, genders, abilities, sexualities, racialized

Pushing the Boundaries: Business History beyond the Discipline. In the 2020s, business history remains ‘in an inventive mood, bursting with multiple futures and paths forward’ (Kipping et al., 2016; 19). Having moved on from the 20th century preoccupation with large

Financing Reconstruction - Can Historical Insight Help? This meeting will look at historical precedents of financing reconstruction after war and catastrophe. Can historical insight help? The past offers many examples of cases: Europe after 1945, Afghanistan and Irak in the

The Centre for Economic Cultures at the University of Manchester invites proposals for contributions to an international conference on 6-7 July 2023 exploring the history of investment in controversial enterprises, particularly environmentally destructive ventures, unfree labour, and corruption. We approach

The 9th World Cliometric Conference will be held Thursday, July 20 to Sunday, July 23 in Dublin, Ireland. The conference is designed to provide extensive discussion of new economic history research about any geographic region and time period. Proposals to present