International Economic History Association
Abbreviation | IEHA |
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Formation | 1960 |
Legal status | Active |
Location |
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Fields | Economic history |
President | Anne McCants (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) |
Key people | Fernand Braudel |
Subsidiaries | Business History Conference, European Business History Association, European Historical Economics Society, International Social History Association |
Website | www |
The International Economic History Association (IEHA) is an association of national, regional, and international organizations dedicated to the field of
The IEHA is most well known for its triannual congress, the World Economic History Congress, an international and interdisciplinary event where over 1,000 economic historians convene each meeting to discuss trends in the field.
History
Founding
At the height of the
In 1968, the member organizations of the IEHA convened for the first meeting outside of Europe. The fourth meeting met in Bloomington, Indiana, United States.[10]
By 2012, the organization expanded its global approach to the discipline by hosting its first conference outside of Europe. Around 750 attendees from 55 countries attended the World Economic History Congress in
The first Congress to convene in Asia took place in
In recent years, the organization has returned its focus to present-day questions. In 2018, President Anne McCants spoke of the importance of understanding globalization: its origins, its effects on inequality, and the importance of big data.
Leadership
Former Presidents of the IEHA include:
- 1965–1968: Frederic Chapin Lane
- 1968–1974: Kristof Glamann
- 1974–1978: Peter Mathias
- 1978–1982: Zsigmond Pál Pach
- 1982–1986: Jean-François Bergier
- 1986–1990: Herman Van der Wee
- 1994–1998: Gabriel Tortella
- 1998–2002: Roberto Cortés Conde
- 2002–2006: Richard Sutch
- 2006–2009: Riitta Hjerppe
- 2012–2015: Grietjie Verhoef
- 2015–2018: Tetsuji Okazaki
- 2018–2021: Anne McCants
Former Secretary Generals of the IEHA include:
- 1998–2006: Jan Luiten van Zanden
- 2006–2012: Jörg Baten
- 2012–2015: Debin Ma
- 2018–2021: Jari Eloranta
Organization
The IEHA comprises three bodies. The General Assembly includes one representative from each member organization.[24] The executive committee oversees the execution of decisions made by the General Assembly, and the Local Organizing Committees are responsible for running the World Economic History Congress.[citation needed]
Membership
The IEHA comprises 45 member organizations, including the following.
Organization | Location | Year founded | Website |
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Business History Conference | International | 1954 | [1] |
Cliometric Society
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International | 1960 | [2] |
European Business History Association | International | 1993 | [3] |
European Historical Economics Society | International | 1991 | [4] |
International Maritime Economic History Association | International | 1986 | [5] |
International Social History Association | International | 2005 | [6] |
Asociacion Argentina de Historia Economica | Americas | [7] | |
Associação Brasileira de Pesquisadores em História Econômica | Americas | [8] | |
Canadian Network for Economic History/ Réseau canadien d'histoire économique | Americas | [9] | |
Economic History Association | Americas | 1940 | [10] |
Asociación Uruguaya de Historia Económica | Americas | [11] | |
Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand | Asia Pacific | [12] | |
Chinese Association for Economic History Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences | Asia Pacific | ||
University of Delhi
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Asia Pacific | 1963 | [13] |
Economic and Social History Association of Israel (ESHAI) | Asia Pacific | [14] | |
Korean Economic History Society, Chung-Ang University | Asia Pacific | ||
Economic History Society of Southern Africa | Africa | [15] | |
Austrian Economic and Social Historians | Europe | ||
Belgische Vereniging voor sociale en economische geschiedenis, Ghent University | Europe | ||
Czech Economic History Society | Europe | ||
Danish Society for Economic and Social History | Europe | [16] | |
Finnish Economic History Association | Europe | [17] | |
Association Française d'Histoire Économique (AFHE) | Europe | [18] | |
Gesellschaft für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte | Europe | 1961 | [19] |
Gesellschaft für Unternehmensgeschichte e.V. | Europe | 1976 | [20] |
Greek Economic History Society | Europe | [21] | |
Hungarian Economic History Association, Eötvös Loránd University | Europe | ||
Economic and Social History Society of Ireland | Europe | 1970 | [22] |
Società italiana degli storici dell'economia (SISE) | Europe | [23] | |
N.W. Posthumus Instituut, Radboud Universiteit | Europe | 2016 | [24] |
Norwegian Member Organization | Europe | ||
Committee on Economic History, Polish Academy of Science
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Europe | ||
Portuguese Association of Economic and Social History | Europe | [25] | |
Commission on the History of the Economy and the History of Economic Thinking / Commission sur l'Histoire de l'Economie et l'Histoire de la Pensée Economique de l'Académie Roumaine | Europe | ||
National Committee of Historians, Russian Academy of Science
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Europe | ||
Asociación Española de Historia Económica | Europe | 1972 | [26] |
Swedish Economic History Association, Göteborg University
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Europe | [27] | |
Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte | Europe | 1974 | [28] |
Economic and Social History Foundation of Turkey | Europe | ||
Economic History Society (UK) | Europe | 1926 | [29] |
World Economic History Congress
Every four years (and every three years since 2006), the IEHA hosts a World Economic History Congress (WEHC) on a particular topic in economic history. The meetings aim to bring together scholars who focus on to discuss present-day debates in the discipline.
Meeting | Theme | Location | Date | Website |
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First International Conference of Economic History | Stockholm, Sweden
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1960 | ||
Second International Conference of Economic History | Provence, France
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1962 | ||
Third International Conference of Economic History | Munich, Germany
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1965 | ||
Fourth International Conference of Economic History | Bloomington, Indiana, USA | 1968 | ||
Fifth International Conference of Economic History | Leningrad, Russia
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1970 | ||
Sixth International Congress of Economic History | Copenhagen, Denmark
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1974 | ||
Seventh International Congress of Economic History | Edinburgh, Scotland
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1978 | ||
Eighth International Economic History Congress | Budapest, Hungary
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16–20 August 1982 | ||
Ninth International Economic History Congress | Bern, Switzerland
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1986 | ||
Tenth International Economic History Congress | Leuven, Belgium
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August 1990 | ||
Eleventh International Economic History Congress | Milan, Italy
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September 1994 | ||
Twelfth International Economic History Congress | Madrid, Spain
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August 1998 | ||
XIII Congress of the International Economic History Association | Buenos Aires, Argentina
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22–26 July 2002 | ||
XIV International Economic History Congress | Helsinki, Finland
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21–25 August 2006 | [30] | |
XV World Economic History Congress | Utrecht, Netherlands
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3–7 August 2009 | [31] | |
XVI World Economic History Congress | "The Roots of Development" | Stellenbosch, South Africa
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9–13 July 2012 | [32] |
XVII World Economic History Congress | "Diversity in Development" | Kyoto, Japan
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3–7 August 2015 | [33] |
XVIII World Economic History Congress | "Waves of Globalization" | Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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29 July – 3 August 2018 | [34] |
XIX World Economic History Congress | "Resources" | Paris, France
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25–30 July 2021 | [35] |
See also
Further reading
- Paul Bairoch, Economics and World History: Myths and Paradoxes (Chicago, USA: University of Chicago Press, 1995)
- Maxine Berg, "East-West Dialogues: Economic Historians, the Cold War, and Détente." The Journal of Modern History 87, no. 1 (2015): 36–71. doi:10.1086/680261.
- Rondo E. Cameron, A Concise Economic History of the World" From Paleolithic Times to the Present (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1997)
- Donald N. McCloskey, If You're So Smart: The Narrative of Economic Expertise (Chicago, USA: University of Chicago Press, 1992)
- S.A.J. Parsons and G. Chandler, How to Find Out About Economics: The Commonwealth and International Library: Libraries and Technical Information Division (Elsevier Science, 2014)
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