Welcome to the homepage of the International Economic History Association (IEHA). The IEHA is an organization composed of national, regional and international associations in the field of economic history, broadly defined, and other related disciplines. It currently has 45 member organizations from almost 40 countries around the world. Today the seat of the Association is in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The aims of the IEHA are to promote the development and diffusion of economic history worldwide, through the organization of a World Congress every three years, amongst other activities. Originally founded in 1960, the IEHA played a prominent role during the Cold War era in uniting scholars from across Europe, the Soviet Union, and North America, along with smaller numbers from Japan, Australia and New Zealand, and 'Third World' countries. In recent decades, the IEHA has evolved as the global forum for economic historians worldwide, with each Congress attracting around 1,000 participants, and with increasing participation from the developing world. The IEHA held a World Congress in Latin America for the first time in 2002 at Buenos Aires, Argentina, and in Africa for the first time in 2012 at Stellenbosch, South Africa. The most recent World Congress took place for the first time in Asia, at Kyoto, Japan, 3-7 August 2015. The next one will be held in Boston, Massachusetts (USA) in 2018.
The International Economic History Association is now finished considering bids for the 2021 World Congress of Economic History. The winner for the bidding process is Paris, where the 2021 meeting will take place. We are also starting to look at the location for the 2024 meeting, so interested parties should start the process soon. These bids are typically submitted by the national/regional academic organizations, and the bid should include a comprehensive booklet outlining the various aspects of the bid. The Secretary-General of the organization, Jari Eloranta (iehaofficial@gmail.com) can offer further details on this process as well as sample bids to the interested organizations. The deadline for the 2024 bid will be June 30, 2020.
See updated information pertaining to the IEHA, Boston conference in 2018, and other issues in the most recent newsletter below.
Click here for the 2017 newsletter of the International Economic History Association.
Click the logo below for the 2018 Boston WEHC website or join the 2018 WEHC Facebook group.
