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"Economic thinking proceeds both by accumulation and elimination. Elimination is not always for the best. The global financial crisis is a vivid example. Many discarded theories turned out to be relevant. More knowledge of history of thought would have prepared us better" (Olivier Blanchard).
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Elections 2025
In accordance with the ESHET Constitution, all members of ESHET are invited to participate in the election of the President and of five members of the Executive Committee of ESHET for the period 2026-2028.
The voting right is restricted to active members of ESHET.
You can vote by surfing to the voting page of the ESHET website. Voting is possible from Saturday 20 November 2025 until Friday 15 December 2025, 23:59 (CET).
Joint Conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought (ESHET) and the History of Economics Society (HES)
26-29 May 2026
For the first time, the European Society for the History of Economic Thought (ESHET) and the History of Economics Society (HES) are organizing a joint international conference. This historic event will take place at Université Côte d’Azur in Nice, hosted by GREDEG (Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Économie et Gestion).
Call for papers
Link to the Conference website
Nobel Prize 2025
ESHET extends its warmest congratulations to Joel Mokyr, winner of the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
Appointed an honorary member of ESHET in 2017, Joel Mokyr "studied how growth became sustained as a result of a set of key prerequisites that were not jointly present prior to the Industrial Revolution, but have been since then. Of central importance is how science interacts with technology, i.e., economic production in practice and that society welcomes technological change".
Congratulations, Joel!
Honorary Member: Tony Aspromourgos
The ESHET Council offers honorary membership to distinguished scholars in the field of the history of economic thought. The list of Honorary Members is at https://www.eshet.net/honorary-members/.
Tony Aspromourgos (University of Sydney, Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA)) has been nominated Honorary Member in 2024, and will give his lecture at the ESHET Annual Conference in Torino.
Mauro Boianovski
Mauro Boianovsky recently passed away.
Former ESHET President Hans-Michael Trautwein recalls Mauro's qualities and research achievements in a tribute.
President and Executive Committee: Election results
Members of the Executive Committee (2024-2026):
Newsletter: A year of activities
This Newsletter provides summary information on the activities undertaken by ESHET in 2023. It is an invitation to members of ESHET, and those currently not members, to become better acquainted with the major programs of this academic society – aimed at the development of the history of economic thought as an essential field of study and the strengthening of the community of history of economic thought scholars, committed to sharing the results of its research with a broader audience.
A joint X account for HES and ESHET
Did you know? HES and ESHET have a joint account on X. Contact Valentina Erasmo to share any event related to our community, like seminars, conferences, new issues, calls for papers, scholarships, etc.