Ehs.org.uk - A nonprofit group that promotes the study of economic history
Title
Economic History Society Site
Description
The Economic History Society exists to support reseach and teaching in economic and social history, broadly defined. It does this through publications, including the Economic History Review and a range of textbooks and study packs, through conferences and workshops, through the finance of research fellowships and research grants, and through bursaries and prizes for younger scholars. For further details, see Advantages of Membership.
The Society also acts as a pressure group working to influence government policy in the interests of history, alongside other societies, such as the Social History Society, the Agricultural History Society, the Urban History Group and the Association of Business Historians, and in concert with professional bodies such as the Royal Historical Society, the Historical Association, the History in Universities Defence Group and the Academy of Learned Societies in Social Science. In addition, the Society regularly liases with funding bodies such as HEFCE, SHEFCE, the AHRB and the ESRC.
The Economic History Society is a registered charity which elects from amongst its members a Council of trustees that meets twice a year, in October and at the annual conference in March-April. Policy recommendations are brought to Council for approval by the Executive Committee which consists of the President, the Honorary Secretary, the Honorary Treasurer, the Managing Editor of the Economic History Review, two members elected from Council, and the Chairs of the various standing committees, including Conference, IT, Publications, Schools & Colleges and Women's. An Annual General Meeting (AGM 2005 Agenda; AGM 2004 Agenda; AGM 2003 Agenda) is held at the Society's annual conference where elections to Council take place and where Society policy and decisions, together with matters of wider concern to the membership, are discussed.
