The Economic History Society
Supporting research and teaching in economic and social history
Become a Member of the EHS
Fill in the online application form to become a member of the Economic History Society
Bursary Scheme
The EHS invites applications for one-year bursaries of up to £5,000 to assist doctoral students (PhD) in United Kingdom colleges and universities.
Residential Training Course
The course is open to 12 graduate students who are currently engaged in work on a doctoral thesis on any topic in social, economic, or business history.Latest news
Honorary Secretary – Nominations
2 Jul, 2026
The term of the current Honorary Secretary will end at the next AGM (Spring 2027) when Professor Judy Stephenson...
More Than Extraction: How the Colonial State Designed Institutions in the Belgian Congo
1 Jul, 2026
In this blog post Jean-Paul K. Tsasa (Universite Protestante au Congo) presents their research. — When people think about...
Newsletter – June 2026
29 Jun, 2026
Residential Training Course The 2026 Residential Training Course will take place 2-5 December. The course is open to 12...
Zambia, CIPEC, and the Global South visions for development in the long 1960s.
19 Jun, 2026
In this post, Santiago Garcia-Pardo (London School of Economics) presents their research, which was supported by the Economic History...
Numeracy in everyday life: evidence from eighteenth-century Scotland
16 Jun, 2026
In this post, James Fox (University of Glasgow) presents research on everyday numeracy in eighteenth-century Scotland, supported by a...
Child labour in cotton factories during the Industrial Revolution
3 Jun, 2026
In this post Xuesheng You (Cardiff University) and Alex Tertzakian (University of Glasgow) present their research, which was supported...
Governing the Global Economy in the Long Twentieth Century
1 Jun, 2026
In this post Robert Yee (Yale University) presents a summary of the 2025 Governing the Global Economy in the...
Hikiagesha Repatriation
29 May, 2026
In this post Kristian Honey (MPhil candidate in Economic and Social History at the University of Oxford) explores the...
