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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...
Wages of English, Scottish and Irish Sailors in Spain during the Second Half of the Sixteenth Century: A Comparative Analysis
28 Jan, 2026
This blog showcases the research of Andrii Pastushenko of the Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics, which was...
A Millennium of (Un)Change: Lending Interest Rates and Money Supply in China, 618 – 1911
26 Jan, 2026
In this blog post, Yangyang Liu of the London School of Economics introduces their research which was supported by...
Legacies and Lessons from the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Work-In of 1971/72
22 Jan, 2026
This blog post by Mike Power (Oxford Brookes University) reflects research supported by the Economic History Society’s Research Fund...
Threads of Empire: Modes, Materials, and the Making of Textiles
21 Jan, 2026
This blog discusses a workshop on global textile history held at the University of Glasgow on 8-9 September 2025...
Who Cares? Pay and Working Conditions in Social Care in the 1980s and 1990s
14 Jan, 2026
This blog is based upon the research funded by a grant awarded by the Economic History Society through its...
