Newsletter – July 2026 (Part 2)
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Job Posting – EHS Executive Assistant
The Society is looking to appoint an Executive Assistant for 11 hours per week, on a permanent basis. The role is primarily remote and requires flexibility to meet the needs of the Society.
More information and the full job description can be found on our website.
Deadline for applications – 5pm, 19 August
New – Outstanding Book Prize
The Society is pleased to offer a new biennial prize for an outstanding book in economic and/or social history. Nominations are restricted to books published by authors who are more than 10 years beyond the award of their PhD, or who have previously published a monograph.
Deadline – 30 September
Residential Training Course
The 2026 Residential Training Course will take place 2-5 December.
The course is open to 12 graduate students who are currently engaged in work on a doctoral thesis on any topic in social, economics, or business history, or economics in the medieval, early modern or modern periods. Preference will be given to students who will be in their 2nd or 3rd year of doctoral study or equivalent in November 2026 (FTE).
Deadline – 11 September
Annual Conference 2027 – Call for Papers
The 2027 Annual Conference will be held at the University of Liverpool, 2-4 April.
Call for papers, sessions and posters are now open. You can visit our website for more information and to submit your proposal.
The deadline for academic papers, sessions and new researcher papers is 14 September.
The deadline for new researcher posters is 16 November.
Upcoming Grant Deadlines
The next round of the following grants will close on 1 November.
- Carnevali Small Research Grants Scheme – For small-scale research initiatives or pilot studies in economic and social history.
- Initiatives & Conference Fund – For unfunded workshops, special meetings, and other interesting initiatives in economic and social history.
- Research Fund for Graduate Students – To assist postgraduate students (Master’s Degree and PhD) in UK colleges and universities.
Academy of Social Sciences
The Academy of Social Sciences is seeking nominations for members from its affiliated societies, including the EHS, which has made successful nominations in the past. If you wish to suggest possible nominees, please send us a ranked list (up to 10 names) by 12 September.
Nominees should be economic and/or social historians of standing or ‘practitioners’ in the social sciences (preferably with some connection to economic and/or social history). The guidance for nominators states: ‘The paramount requirement for successful nomination is evidence of eminence and impact of the nominee’s contribution to social science’.
The consent of nominees need not be obtained at this stage. Suggestions will be collated and the names which receive most support will be reviewed by a sub-committee convened by Council and forwarded, after obtaining the consent of those involved, to the Academy.
Economic History Review – Volume 79: Issue 3
The latest issue of the Economic History Review is now available online.
To purchase a print copy of the current Volume, please contact us.
