| Abbreviation | EHA |
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| Formation | 1940 (1940) |
| Headquarters | Department of Economics,University of Wisconsin-La Crosse[1] |
| Membership | 1,000[2] |
Executive Director | Michael Haupert |
President | Paul Rhode |
President-Elect | Jean-Laurent Rosenthal |
| Website | eh |
TheEconomic History Association (EHA) was founded in 1940 to "encourage and promote teaching, research, and publication on every phase ofeconomic history and to help preserve and administer materials for research in economic history". It publishesThe Journal of Economic History with theCambridge University Press, holds an annual meeting that usually takes place in September, and awards prizes and grants.[2] It is also the home to theEH.Net Encyclopedia of Economic and Business History.[3]
Prior to the creation of the EHA, many American economic historians were members of the Economic History Society, which was established in the UK in 1926.[4] In 1939, there was a push among some members of theAmerican Historical Association and theAmerican Economic Association to set up an American economic history association.[4] The meeting to found the Economic History Association, which was organized byEarl J. Hamilton, was held on December 29, 1939.[4]
There are more than 1,000 EHA members worldwide,[2] and composed of faculty and graduate students from universities around the world, as well as economists in the private sector and in government.
Michael Haupert of theUniversity of Wisconsin-La Crosse is the executive director, and Paul Rhode of theUniversity of Michigan is the President.[5] Previous EHA Presidents include Oxford'sRobert C. Allen, Vanderbilt'sJeremy Atack, UC Berkeley'sBarry Eichengreen, Yale'sNaomi Lamoreaux, as well asEconomics Nobel LaureatesRobert Fogel andDouglass North.
The Economic History Association supports research throughArthur H. Cole grants-in-aid and awards prizes for publications, dissertations, and teaching, as well as fellowships and grants for students of economic history.
It awards several prizes for publications:[6]
The society also provides grants to support the early stages of dissertation work in economic history and fellowships to support students finishing their dissertations on the topic. TwoKenneth Sokoloff fellowships are awarded by the EHA each year to students finishing their dissertations in economic history.
EHA's annual conference is held each September in North America. The 2025 meeting took place inPhiladelphia, with the theme "Information and Communications in Economic History".[9]
In partnership withAmerican Economic Association, EHA has designated sessions at the annualASSA conference each January.[10]
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