Birmingham Conference Accommodation and Transportation

Posted on: March 11th, 2025 by EBHS

Hilton Birmingham Downtown at UAB

HOTEL

A direct link to the hotel booking site through the Hilton at UAB is below:

Link to Hotel Registration

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.

TRANSPORTATION

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.

Link to Groome Transportation

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Call for Papers – EBHS 2025 Deadline Extended to February 17!

Posted on: February 3rd, 2025 by EBHS

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.

  • New submission deadline: February 17, 2025
  • Conference Dates: May 29-31, 2025
  • Location: Hilton at UAB, Birmingham, AL

For full details and submission guidelines, please visit our conference website.

Join us in Birmingham as we celebrate 50 years of EBHS!

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Dr. Robert Fleck to Deliver Keynote Address at the EBHS 2025 Conference

Posted on: January 7th, 2025 by EBHS

Rober K. Fleck, EBHS 2025 keynoteWe are pleased to announce that Dr. Robert Fleck, Professor of Economics at Clemson University, will be our keynote speaker at the upcoming EBHS conference (May 29-31, 2025). Dr. Fleck’s expertise spans several fields, including political economy, public finance, economic history, law and economics, and development economics. His current research delves into the causes and consequences of major political and economic transitions and explores why only some countries adopt successful political and economic reforms.

Dr. Fleck’s publications cover a wide range of topics, such as the New Deal, democracy and legal institutions in ancient Greece, changes in eminent domain policy, the judiciary’s role in democratic governments, and foreign aid. His work has been featured in prestigious journals like the Journal of Political Economy, Explorations in Economic History, and the Journal of Development Economics.

Dr. Fleck has received numerous awards for his teaching and research. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of California at San Diego and holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University. Before joining Clemson, he was a Professor of Economics at Montana State University. Additionally, he has been a Julian Simon Fellow and Lone Mountain Fellow at the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC), and a National Fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution.

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