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A Thousand-Year Inquiry into Monetary Decentralization in Pre-Modern China
24 Feb, 2026
In this blog post Zoey Shen (London School of Economics) presents their research, which was supported by the EHS...
The historical and multilateral origins of the Paris Club: The South American chapter (1956-1965)
17 Feb, 2026
In this blog post Uziel González-Aliaga (University College London and Institute of Historical Research) presents their research, which was...
The Consumer Revolution Measured: What A New Price Index Reveals About Early Modern Industrialization And Industriousness
16 Feb, 2026
In this blog post Bas Spliet (University of Utrecht) and Anne E.C. McCants (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) introduce their...
The Business of Piety: Private Banking Activities of Female Religious Organisations in the Later Middle Ages
10 Feb, 2026
In this post, Anna Molnar introduces their research, undertaken while an Economic History Society Power Fellow at King’s College...
Reconsidering women’s role in enclosure protest
9 Feb, 2026
This blog is based upon research funded by a grant awarded by the Economic History Society through its Research...
The therapeutic uses of economic history: opium and 20th century China
5 Feb, 2026
In this blog post, Lucas Tse of the University of Oxford introduces his research on the international regulation of...
Funding the UK Criminal Justice System: Towards an Historical Perspective
4 Feb, 2026
This blog is based upon research by David Churchill of the University of Leeds, Thomas Guiney of the University...
Economic Nationalism and the Scramble for Critical Minerals
30 Jan, 2026
In this blog post Andrew Perchard (Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka/University of Otago), Roy M. MacLeod (University of Sydney) and Jeremy...
