Registration is now open for the Economic and Business History Society’s annual conference, this year in Birmingham, AL.
Fees are as follows.
Non-presenting conference attendees are welcome to register and attend.
Please register here.
A direct link to the hotel booking site through the Hilton at UAB is below:
Please note that when clicking “book a room” the site might automatically default your stay for May 28-June 1. If this occurs, simply click “edit stay” in the top right corner to modify that stay if necessary. Rooms in our block are limited, so please book at your earliest convenience.
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport offers daily non-stop flights to and from 21 destinations. Our hotel is 10 minutes from the airport. For anyone flying into Atlanta’s Hartsfield International Airport, there is also ground transportation available that runs directly between Hartsfield’s domestic terminal and our conference hotel through Groome Transportation for those interested. A one-way trip is roughly $50 and must be booked in advance. A booking link is provided below.
The 50th Annual Conference of the Economic and Business History Society (EBHS) will be held May 29-31, 2025, in Birmingham, Alabama. Celebrating half a century of promoting research, this year’s theme, “Forging New Frontiers,” invites scholars to explore how economies, firms, and industries have adapted to change across historical periods.
We are pleased to welcome Dr. Robert K. Fleck (Clemson University) as our keynote speaker. His research spans political economy, economic history, and development economics, focusing on the causes and consequences of major political and economic transitions.
Proposals for individual papers or panels on any aspect of economic and business history are welcome.
For full details and submission guidelines, please visit our conference website.
Join us in Birmingham as we celebrate 50 years of EBHS!