Due to the exceptional circumstances caused by the COVID-19 epidemic crisis, the Organising Committee of the 40th Conference of APHES has decided to postpone the conference. The chosen new dates are 9 and 10 July 2021, and the venue and theme remain the same. Paper and panel proposals already...

Fortune and failure are concepts with historical changeable meanings and cultural constructs that have been ever present in Western thought. These are old concepts whose usages change according to the different historical contexts. The actors involved in economic, social and political changes...

The study of the relations between the economy and the institutions has been gaining relevance in the social sciences. Adopting a perspective of the institutions which is not confined to the restricted field of economic organizations, but it includes a whole set of rules, beliefs and norms that...

Researchers in Economic and Social History are invited to send paper proposals. Submissions from young scholars are encouraged.