Economic History Society of Southern Africa

Economic History Society of Southern Africa The Economic History Society of Southern Africa was formed in July 1980 ‘to promote the study of,

Economic history is the study of how economic phenomena evolved in the past. Analysis in economic history is undertaken using a combination of historical methods, statistical methods and by applying economic theory to historical situations. The topic includes business history and overlaps with areas of social history such as demographic history and labour history. Quantitative economic history is also referred to as Cliometrics. Studying the historical development of an economy provides a context for existing challenges and a source of hypotheses to explain the trajectory of its evolution. Economic history has become increasingly important as a framework for studying questions not just in economic history, but also in other fields of economics, particularly macroeconomics, microeconomics and development economics. The burgeoning body of empirical research with a historical character in these fields support this claim.

‘A tree without roots is just a piece of wood’ is an African proverb that sums up the importance of genealogy well. With...
15/04/2024

‘A tree without roots is just a piece of wood’ is an African proverb that sums up the importance of genealogy well. With the passing of Hans Heese, a great tree has fallen, one that was willing to challenge and redefine the myths of a nation’s history by searching for the truth.

On Hans Heese, genealogy and myth busting

EHSSA is proud to announce a new Virtual Economic History of Developing Regions Seminar Series! Please join us for a won...
25/04/2020

EHSSA is proud to announce a new Virtual Economic History of Developing Regions Seminar Series! Please join us for a wonderful series of online seminars:

Economic History of Developing Regions Virtual Seminar Nonso Obikili When Women March: The 1929 Aba Women’s Tax Revolt, and Gender Gaps in Political

08/02/2019

Annual Meeting of the AEHN is an annual gathering devoted to the discussion of work in progress in the economic history of (mostly Sub-Saharan) Africa.

24/01/2019

First call for Sessions (closes on June 30, 2019) The 19th gathering of the World Economic History Congress will convene July 25 – 30, 2021 in Paris, France. The Executive Committee of the IEHA welcomes proposals from all members of the international economic history community, whatever their inst...

15/01/2019

In which many of the world's leading economic historians answer one question: "What is the most pressing global issue that would benefit from the insights of...

Bursaries now available at Stellenbosch University.
22/08/2018

Bursaries now available at Stellenbosch University.

The next World Economic History Congress will be in... Paris!
03/08/2018

The next World Economic History Congress will be in... Paris!

03/07/2018

Public Lecture- Prof Johan Fourie from Stellenbosch University Lecture title: The Data Revolution in African Economic History On July 26th, Prof Johan Fourie will be presenting this guest lecture titled ‘The Data Revolution in African Economic History’ alongside his colleagues in New York City. ...

28/05/2018

1) Letter of motivation. Your letter should contain a brief synopsis of your education and research activities over the past three to five years.2) Your CV including a list of publications and courses taught. 3) One or two reference letters.4) A brief outline of your research agenda for the coming ...

19/02/2018

Annual Meeting of the AEHN is an annual gathering devoted to the discussion of work in progress in the economic history of (mostly Sub-Saharan) Africa.

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