Uppsala Centre for Business History (UCBH)

Our next UCBH @UppsalaCBH seminar takes place on Tuesday 26 April at 1.15 pm CET. Johan Ericsson @johangericsson & Jakob Molinder @Jakobmolinder presents "How Deep are the Roots of Swedish Egalitarianism?" You can follow it on zoom or in room K412 at Ekonomikum. Welcome!

The first bi-annual UCBH workshop has now ended. We want to extend our gratitude to all of you who presented great papers, and to commentators and the audience for creating constructive discussions. We will be back in 2023 with the theme of "sustainable business".

Tomorrow begins the first of what will be three UCBH workshops in financial and business history. See more on this years workshop here: ucbh.uu.se/events/event/?…

Tom Peterson's project "'Trust your fellow countryman only'. Ethnic entrepreneurship within the US migrant industry, c1860-1920", will be looking to engage a PhD-canditate (ad here: uu.se/en/about-uu/jo…)

Mats Larsson's project is "Depositors, lenders, and the life cycle in the Swedish 19th century economy."

Congratulations to UCBH members professor Mats Larsson and associate professor Tom Petersson who have been granted funds from Handelsbanken for research projects!

How did Swiss state and justice authorities react to growing white-collar crime in the 1970s and 1980s ? My latest article provides answers and examines links between offshore finance and judicial organization: #twitterstorians @UppsalaCBH @LettresUNIL tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

now on #earlyview: "War and trade in the peaceful century: the impact of interstate wars on bilateral trade flows during the first wave of globalization, 1830–1913" by Lars Karlsson and Peter Hedberg @UU_University @UppsalaCBH onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/eh…

A friendly reminder that this is the last week to submit your paper to the first Uppsala Workshop in Financial and Business History: ucbh.uu.se/ucbh-workshop/

We have decided to extend the deadline to November 30. So still possible to submit your paper for this workshop.

A friendly reminder that the 31st of October is the last day to submit your paper to the 1st Uppsala Workshop in Financial and Business History. More info and how to submit your paper here: ucbh.uu.se/ucbh-workshop/

UCBH is happy to announce a Call for Papers for the inaugural Uppsala Workshop in Financial and Business History. Information on the workshop and how to submit your paper is up on the website: ucbh.uu.se/ucbh-workshop/

UCBH is happy to announce that the updated Swedish Commercial Bank Database is now online and downloadable: ucbh.uu.se/research/datab…

The centre and its researchers are checking out for vacation shortly. Before that we announce that all (almost) entries in our working paper series are now available for download on the website. Enjoy some summer reading on financial and business history! ucbh.uu.se/publications/u…

UCBH presents the next entry in our working paper series, from Häggqvist, Hedberg, Karlsson, & Larsson. The paper presents the first version of the Swedish Commercial Bank Database, with data from 1866 to 1938. The paper and data can be downloaded here: ucbh.uu.se/publications/u…

Our new and improved website is now online! Do give it a visit, and give us any feedback on the look and usability. ucbh.uu.se/?languageId=1

UCBH is getting an updated website, to be launched in not too long. While waiting for that, go over to our mother-site and read about the symposium "National brands - international markets" which takes place in Uppsala later this week. ekhist.uu.se/news/?tarConte…

In Uppsala to give a talk on colonial America’s trans-imperial trade @UppsalaCBH. Thanks to @HencePence for the invite and hospitality! Check out the Centre’s website and faculty here: ucbh.uu.se

Our program for the spring seminars is quickly filling up and is looking great! Featuring presentations from @mskeynote, @jeremyland25, @cclkahn, @SeanEKH, and many more. Check out the program in English here: ucbh.uu.se/?languageId=1