2026 Asia-Pacific Economic and Business History Conference

The 2026 Asia-Pacific Economic and Business History Conference will be held 4-6 February 2026 at the NEW Adelaide University.

Fifty economic historians and business historians from the world’s leading universities will be presenting their research at the conference. 

A tentative schedule of events follows.

Wednesday, Feb. 4

18:00  -  Plenary Lecture: Professor Emeritus Bruce Chapman on The 

 History of Higher Education Financing in Australia. Reception follows.

Thursday, Feb. 5

 9:00 – 10:30 Parallel academic sessions  

                10:45 – 12:15 Parallel academic sessions 

                12:15 – 13:15 Lunch at Adelaide University

                13:15 - 14:15 Butlin Prize:  Dissertation session with award finalists

                14:30 – 16:00 Parallel academic sessions 

                16:30 – 18:00 Noel Butlin Lecture: Professor Pauline Grosjean on Patriarcapitalism: Institutions, Culture, and the Roots of Gender Inequality

                18:30 -  21:00 Conference dinner

 Friday, February 6

            9:00 – 10:30 Parallel academic sessions 

                  10:45 – 12:15 Parallel academic sessions

                  12:15 – 13:00 Lunch at Adelaide University

                  13:00- 14:00  Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand:

Annual General Meeting

                  14:00 – 15:00 Parallel academic sessions 

                  15:15 – 16:15 Parallel academic sessions