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THE
SOCIETY • THE JOURNAL • CONFERENCES
AND EVENTS • PREVIOUS ISSUES |
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The Economic History Society of The
Economic History Society of Southern Africa was formed in July 1980 ‘to
promote the study of, and interest in economic and social history’. Economic
History of Developing Regions
(formerly the South African Journal of Economic History) is published by
Taylor & Francis on behalf of the Society. |
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World Economic History Congress
2012 The next
World Economic History Congress will be hosted by the Economic History Society
of Southern Africa and held in the picturesque town of Stellenbosch, South
Africa. Visit the official conference website here. |
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Why economic history? 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 labor 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. |
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Sponsorship The
Society acknowledges the important financial support of Economic Research
South Africa (www.econrsa.org). |
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Membership Membership
includes: ·
Delivery of Economic
History of Developing Regions, published twice annually by Taylor &
Francis ·
Special editions of Economic
History of Developing Regions ·
Information on the most important economic history conferences
and events in ·
Networks with other economic historians in Electronic application form available. Please
return the completed membership form, together with proof of payment, to johanf@sun.ac.za.
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Officers of the Economic History
Society of Southern Africa (2009/2011) President:
Grietjie
Verhoef (University of Johannesburg) Vice-president: Sophia du
Plessis (Stellenbosch University) Treasurer: Krige Siebrits (Stellenbosch
University) Secretary: Johan Fourie
(Stellenbosch University) Members of the Council Anton Ehlers (Stellenbosch University) John Luiz (Wits Business School) Julius Agbor (University of Cape Town) |
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