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Book now for the 2026 Aaron Graham Memorial Lecture at UCL, with guest speaker Professor Peter H. Wilson, presenting “Early Modern Europe’s Business of War.”
Tuesday 9 June 2026, 17:30 – 20:00.
The lecture is sponsored by the EHS, UCL History and public donations.
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The lecture was established in 2024 to honour the memory of Dr Aaron Graham (1984-2023) and celebrate his outstanding contributions to the field.
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The 2026 Conference celebrated the Society’s 100th anniversary. New Researchers presented 20 posters. Including: 'Altruism, Authority, and Allocation: Private Charity and Parish Relief in Early Modern England'.
By Jingwen Shi (London School of Economics).
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The 2026 Conference celebrated the EHS' 100th anniversary. New Researchers presented 20 posters Real Protection: Tariffs, Prices, and Policy Inertia in Peru, 1900–1940: Evidence on the Determinants of Trade Policy in a Price-Driven Tariff System
By Raisa M R Cordova (Gothenburg
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Now on the Long Run: 'Child labour in cotton factories during the Industrial Revolution'.
Xuesheng You (Cardiff University) and Alex Tertzakian (University of Glasgow) present their research, which was supported by the EHS.
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Bursary Scheme for PhD Students: 1-year bursaries of up to £5000 are available to assist PhD students in UK colleges/universities.
Application Deadline: 31 July 2026.
The Bursary is primarily aimed at supporting students without full external funding to continue their studies.
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The bursaries are open to students (full or part-time), at any stage of their PhD career in economic and/or social history, although priority may be given to students who are close to completion. Note that the PhD must be under way at the time of application.
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More info and to apply:
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Undergraduate Project Facility Grant: The EHS will consider applications for small grants for undergraduate projects in economic and social history. The projects must be for final degree examinations in UK colleges/universities. The amount awarded will not normally be over £250.
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The EHS offers 12 part-funded places on an intensive residential course designed to raise the quality and analytical rigour of doctoral dissertations.
To be held this year 2–5 December 2026, at the Uni. of Warwick.
Application Deadline: 16:00 (UK time) Friday, 11 September 2026.
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The course will also prepare postgraduates for the job market, improve their communication skills, widen their approach to their subjects and encourage them to form networks with established scholars and fellow students in their areas of expertise.
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Now on the Long Run: 'Governing the Global Economy in the Long Twentieth Century'.
Robert Yee (Yale University) presents a summary of the 2025 Governing the Global Economy in the Long Twentieth Century conference, which was partially supported by the EHS.
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This blog is replicated from a post of the Past & Present Society with their kind permission.
The original post can be found at:
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Now on the Long Run: 'Hikiagesha Repatriation'.
Kristian Honey (Oxford) explores the economic & social reintegration of Japan’s six million repatriates after 1945, revealing how their experiences shaped postwar recovery and policy reform. This research was supported by the EHS.
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Now on the Long Run: Economies of Military Welfare: Conversations between Past and Present.
Paul Huddie (University College Dublin) summarises the 2024 international conference of the Military Welfare History Network, which was supported by the EHS Initiatives and Conference Fund
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