The European Historical Economics Society was founded in 1991 to promote European research and training in economic history. The Society is registered with the Charity Commissioners of England and Wales and its aims are stated as : “The advancement of education in European economic history through the study of European economics and economic history, particularly through the comparison and analysis of European economies”.

It brings together scholars from leading universities and research institutions in Europe and further afield, and publishes the European Review of Economic History three times a year.

The Society promotes pan-European research and cooperation in economic history by holding Congresses and summer schools. Since its creation, it has held Congresses in: Copenhagen (1991), Venice (1996), Lisbon (1999), Oxford (2001), Madrid (2003), Istanbul (2005), Lund (2007) and Geneva (2009). The next conference will be organized in Dublin in September 2011.

The Society actively collaborates with other scholarly organizations. Since 1992 it has operated a dual membership policy with the Cliometric Society, and has been a co-sponsor of several World Congresses of Cliometrics, the most recent of which was held in Dalkeith, Scotland in 2008. The next World Congress will be held in Hawaii in 2013. The Society is also a member of the International Economic History Association. It enjoys close links with the Economic History Initiative at the CEPR, with whom it has co-organised a number of summer schools, and has similarly benefitted from a close relationship with EUROGLOBALNET.

The past presidents of the Society are: Karl Gunnar Persson (1991-96), Gianni Toniolo (1996-7), Jaime Reis (1997-1999), James Foreman-Peck (1999-2001), Leandro Prados (2001-2003), Sevket Pamuk (2003-2005), Lennart Schon (2005-2007) and Marc Flandreau (2007-2009).

Officers and Trustees

President (2009-11): Kevin O’Rourke, Dublin
President-Elect (2011-2013): Steve Broadberry, Warwick
Editors of the European Review of Economic History: Cormac Ó Gráda, Jaime Reis and Joachim Voth.
Trustees of the society: Stefano Battilosi, Maristella Botticini, Steve Broadberry (President-Elect), Herman de Jong, Marc Flandreau, Ingrid Henriksen, Pedro Lains (Secretary-General), Cormac Ó Gráda, Kevin O’Rourke (President), Jaime Reis, Albrecht Ritschl, Blanca Sanchez-Alonso, Lennart Schön, Max-Stephan Schulze (Treasurer), Nathan Sussman, Joachim Voth, Niko Wolf.