Call for Papers: 50th Annual Economic and Business History Society Conference, May 29-31, 2025, Birmingham, Alabama

Posted on: August 22nd, 2024 by EBHS No Comments

Call for Papers
50th Annual Economic and Business History Society Conference
“Forging New Frontiers”
May 29-31, 2025
Birmingham, Alabama

The Economic and Business History Society (EBHS) is proud to announce its 50th annual conference, to be held in Birmingham, Alabama, on May 29-31, 2025. As we mark half a century of pioneering interdisciplinary research, we invite scholars to explore the theme of “Forging New Frontiers” in economic and business history.

We welcome papers and panels examining how economies, businesses, industries, and markets have demonstrated resilience by adapting their strategies, structures, and practices in response to catalysts for change across all historical eras. The conference committee will consider proposals on any aspect of economic and business history, broadly construed.

Birmingham, known as “The Pittsburgh of the South,” provides a unique backdrop for our theme. From its 1871 founding as a planned industrial center, the city rapidly grew into a world-leading producer of pig iron, steel, and coal, driving the New South’s post-Reconstruction manufacturing boom. Yet Birmingham also holds an indelible place in the civil rights movement, whose campaigns challenged racial injustices constraining economic opportunities.  Thus, we also encourage proposals analyzing how the interlinked social, political, and economic spheres reshaped the frontier of civil rights and its societal and economic impacts.

In recent years, Birmingham has undergone a remarkable renaissance, emerging as one of the New South’s most vibrant cultural and culinary hubs. With seven James Beard Award-winning restaurants and a thriving arts scene, the city offers a perfect blend of historical significance and modern dynamism.

The conference will be based at the Hilton at UAB hotel, ideally situated in the heart of downtown Birmingham. This location puts attendees just steps away from the city’s award-winning culinary scene and minutes from major attractions. The hotel is offering a special conference rate of $159 per night.

Please submit your paper or panel proposal by January 31st, 2025. Submissions should include:

  • The title of the presentation
  • An abstract of no more than 500 words
  • 3-5 Keywords
  • Contact details for each presenter

Proposals should be submitted through our website.

We look forward to welcoming you to Birmingham in 2025 for this milestone event, where we’ll not only explore new frontiers in our disciplines but also celebrate half a century of EBHS contributions to economic and business history.


Photo credit: Ron Cogswell: Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark — Birmingham (AL), February 2019 (cropped and modified). CC BY 2.0.

EBHS-ABH York 2024 Program

Posted on: May 28th, 2024 by EBHS No Comments

EBHS 2024 Conference Promo

York, UK. Dmitrij M, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and edited.

Below you will find the current draft of the EBHS-ABH York 2024 conference program (as of May 28th). The final program will be posted on this page prior to the event.

Updated: May 28, 2024 17:52 BST

EBHS-ABH_Conference_2024_Programme Draft

Joint 49th EBHS Annual Conference and ABH Conference 2024: Conference Registration Now Open

Posted on: April 19th, 2024 by EBHS No Comments

EBHS 2024 Conference Promo

York, UK. Dmitrij M, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and edited.

Joint 49th Economic and Business History Society Annual Conference and Association of Business Historians Conference 2024

York, UK

27 to 29 June 2024

Connections’

Conference Registration Now Open

We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the Joint EBHS-ABH Conference in York from 27 to 29 June 2024. Included in the registration fee is our conference dinner on the evening of Saturday, 29 June, and membership of the Economic and Business History Society and the Association of Business Historians for the 12 months following the conference. Our conference fees are as follows:

  • Early Bird Rate – £250 (Available until 7 June 2024)
  • Full Rate – £300 (From 8 June 2024 to the conference)
  • Doctoral Students and Retired Colleagues – £150
  • Additional Guests for the Conference Dinner – £59

Please note that we require at least one presenter of each paper to have registered by 7 June 2024. Any papers without presenters registered by this date will be removed from the programme for the conference.

If you are planning on attending the conference dinner at the Principal Hotel in York (Adjacent to the railway station), you will need to register your menu choices as part of registration. Details are available here.

Outline Programme

In addition to the opening of registration we are pleased to announce a new panel for the conference, the Journal Editors Panel on ‘Connections in publishing Economic and Business History’, featuring editors and associate editors from Business History, Essays in Economic and Business History, Enterprise and Society and the Journal of Management History.

We are also pleased to announce the title of Dr Susie Pak’s keynote speech set to close the conference on Saturday afternoon, ‘How to Be a Success in Business: Storytelling & Belonging from the World of Finance’.

The outline programme is now available here (subject to change and additions).

Conference Venues and Hotels

Our main conference venue is the De Grey Court building at York St John University, less than a 15-minute walk from the railway station in York and in walking distance of most hotels in York.

If you are looking for a hotel for the conference, we have prepared this list of suggestions which might help you.