How to join Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand? A subscription to the Asia-Pacific Economic History Review (AEHR) includes EHS membership, discounts on registration fees for the APEBH Conference, an annual email newslettter from EHS, and email and facebook alerts regarding important activitie To subscribe, go to the AEHR subscription link.

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The Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand is the professional society for economic and business historians working in Australia and New Zealand as well as all economic and business  historians conducting reasearch on the Asia-Pacific region, Australia, and New Zealand. The Society provides editorial and business management of the Asia-Pacific Economic History Review, published by Wiley. The Review is published 3 times a year in March, July and November. The Society also organizes the annual Asia-Pacific Economic and Business History Conference.

The aims of the EHS of Australia and New Zealand are:

• To promote the teaching, study and understanding of economic history, with particular emphasis on the economic history of Australia, New Zealand, and the Asia-Pacific region;

• To disseminate knowledge in the field of economic history;

• To encourage the conservation of historical materials and artefacts.

Main activities of EHS of Australia and New Zealand include:

• Editorial management of the Asia-Pacific Economic History Review;

• Organization of the annual Asia-Pacific Economic History Conference and sponsorship of  sessions at other business history, social history, and economic history conferences;

• Prizes for research done by undergraduate students, graduate students and faculty; the Shann Award for overall achievement in the field of economic history;

• Communication of news and activities in economic history and related fields with EHS members and other stakeholders.

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NEWS AND ACTIVITIES

• Registration is still open for the 2025 Asia-Pacific Economic and Business History Conference at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia on 6-7 February 2025. Paper presenters are asked to upload their paper abstracts (required) and powerpoint slides (optional) before the start of the conference on February 6.

• The 11th Australasian Cliometrics Workshop was held  on  19 September 2024 at the University of New South Wales.  

• The 2024 E. O. G. Shann Prize for distinguished service to the field of economic history in Australia and New Zealand was awarded to Professor Simon Ville. Congratulations!

• XX World Economic History Congress in Lund, Sweden, 28 July - 1 August 2025. For information.

• Obituary for Professor Gus Sinclair (1930-2023).

• Obituary for Professor Boris Schedvin (1936-2024)