New Data Prize! Application Deadline 1 December 2026.

The EHS is pleased to offer a new biennial prize for outstanding contributions to creating, compiling, and sharing data and information in economic history.
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Further info and to apply:
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Now on Early View: 'Blessing in disguise: The persistent economic legacy of the grain tax of British Ceylon'.
By Sudaraka Ariyaratne.
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Despite lessons from macroeconomics and economic history, recessions still strike with similar frequency and force to their predecessors.

This article is part of a series to mark the centenary of the Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social #EHS100

By Jason Lennard 👇

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NEW on the Economics Observatory – How have UK businesses changed over the past 100 years?

By Niall MacKenzie ✍️

This article is part of a series to mark the centenary of the Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social #EHS100
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NEW on the Economics Observatory – How have UK industrial relations changed over the past 100 years?

By Niall Cullinane ✍️

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Now on Early View: 'Banks and the economy: Evidence from the Irish bank strike of 1966'.
By Emma Horgan, Seán Kenny & Jason Lennard.
@ucc.ie @lund-university.bsky.social @quceh.bsky.social
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Now on Early View: 'Impacts of coal smoke on infant mortality: Evidence from industrializing Japan'.
By Tatsuki Inoue.
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Now on the Long Run: 'Political Connections and Israeli Firms in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, 1967-1993'.
In this blog post Eden Lumerman (London School of Economics) presents their research, which was supported by the EHS.
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Now on Early View: 'The first bear raid and squeeze: Isaac Le Maire and the Dutch East India Company'.
By Oscar Gelderblom, Abe de Jong & Joost Jonker.
@uantwerpen.be @rug.nl @monashuniversity.bsky.social @uva.nl
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Upcoming Deadline! Nomination Deadline 30 September 2026.
The EHS awards a prize of £1,000, on a biennial basis, for an outstanding book in Economic and/or Social History.
The winner of the Outstanding Book Prize will be announced at the annual conference.
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Now on Early View: 'Free to choose: Bank capital in Britain,1878–1939'.
By Gareth Campbell, Lyndon Moore & John D. Turner.
@profjohnturner.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @monashuniversity.bsky.social @cepr.org
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