Department of Economic History Uppsala University

We are opening a three-year Browaldh Post-doc fellowship (with the possibility of a three-year extension) in Financial History. Deadline 15 August. You find the call on our homepage under vacancies: uu.se/en/department/…

2 Intangible Assets and the Alchemy of Investment Law w PI Valbona Muzaka 3: The Impact of Spatial Childhood Conditions on Individuals’ Future Outcomes – Insights from Swedish Cities Over 140 Years w PI @Jakobmolinder

We are recruiting PhD students to three projects. Deadline 12 June. Full details on the call and application process: jobb.uu.se/details/?posit… Projects: 1 Banking crises and crises management in theory and practice w PI @OgrenAnders

2 Intangible Assets and the Alchemy of Investment Law w PI Valbona Muzaka 3: The Impact of Spatial Childhood Conditions on Individuals’ Future Outcomes – Insights from Swedish Cities Over 140 Years w PI @Jakobmolinder

We are recruiting PhD students to three projects. Deadline 12 June. Full details on the call and application process: jobb.uu.se/details/?posit… Projects: 1 Banking crises and crises management in theory and practice w PI @OgrenAnders

📈Delving into the impact of the 1883 Colonization Law on Yaqui and Mayo lands,my colleagues @skoglundw, Jonatan Andersson from @UUEconHist, and I were intrigued by the significant spike in inequality. Our findings are detailed in our paper here journals.uu.se/upeh/article/v…

Uppsala Papers in Economic History is now available on a new platform hosted by Uppsala University library: journals.uu.se/upeh Last years papers are available here: journals.uu.se/upeh/issue/vie…

Our Ann-Kristin Berquist will w Thomas David present their paper "Business In(Action): The International Chamber of Commerce and Responses to Climate Change from Stockholm to Rio (1972-1992)" at the Business History Seminar on Monday, October 23 at 3.30 pm EST (9.30 pm UU time)

@SeanEKH @OgrenAnders and Liang Zhao, @UCC @LuEconHist @UUEconHist with "The highs and the lows: bank failures in Sweden through inflation and deflation, 1914–1926" paper: academic.oup.com/ereh/article/2…

Did the austerity in the 1990s crisis save Sweden? And what is the legacy from this idea. Today an article in the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet by three researchers, one of them our PhD candidate @ElisabethLindbg aftonbladet.se/a/0QOmVB?utm_s…

We are thrilled to announce our upcoming @UppsalaCBH workshop on the theme 'Environmental Regulation and Sustainable Business' that takes place 9-10 June. Besides a full program we are honored to have prof Geoffrey G. Jones from @HarvardHBS as our opening speaker.

Today the Swedish currency, the Krona, celebrates 150 years. But it was not so Swedish, it came from the (failed) attempts to create a common currency for Europe and the US - and was part of the creation of the Scandinavian currency union. By @OgrenAnders svd.se/a/15wMBl/krona…

Fantastic news! Looking forward to meet the economic history world in Lund! Bravo @LuEconHist !

Ann-Kristin’s is one of the world’s leading business historians focusing on business sustainability and environmental governance. Her most recent publication is 'Beyond Planetary Limits!' in Business History Review (with Thomas David) doi.org/10.1017/S00076… Welcome Ann-Kristin!

We are extremely proud to announce that Ann-Kristin Bergquist has joined our department as one of two chaired professors in Economic History. Ann-Kristin was recruited from @umeauniversity and has been active at @HarvardHBS.

We are looking for new colleagues as we are hiring three or more PhD students. Application deadline 2 June. Do not miss this opportunity to become part of the economic history community att Uppsala University. Welcome! mp.uu.se/en/web/info/va…

We are very happy to welcome Seung Woo Kim to ⁦@uppsalauni⁩ and our department! Seung Woo holds a PhD from Cambridge and was a post doc at the Graduate Institute in Geneva and has already started to build new projects with us. Looking forward to continue working together!

The folk high school education became a product of collective efforts, which resulted in individual careers.' We wish Jonas the best of luck and look forward to a great event with opponent Peter Håkansson from Malmö University.

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Tomorrow Jonas Söderqvist defends his thesis 'Social rörlighet i en socialt rörig tid: Eleverna och deras utbildning vid Brunnsvik, Väddö och Hola folkhögskolor, 1906–1921' at Ekonomikum, hörsal 2, Kyrkogårdsgatan 10, Uppsala, 13:00 (in Swedish) uu.diva-portal.org/smash/record.j…