Centre for Economic History

Celebrate 70 years of business history research at the ANU

On 20 October 2026, the ANU Noel Butlin Archives Centre and the ANU Centre for Economic History are organising an event to celebrate 70 years of business history research at the ANU and launch the book Global Enterprise in Australia: International Business Down Under since Federation. Further details about this event are here.  

Australasian Cliometrics Workshop 2026

The Centre for Economic History will host the 13^th AusClio Workshop on 13^th November 2026. The program of the workshop is here. If you would like to attend, please let us know by email to tim.hatton@anu.edu.au.

Call for papers: Asia-Pacific Economic and Business History conference 2027

The Centre for Economic History will host the APEBH conference on 10th-12th February 2017 (with reduced registration fees!). Further details are on the conference webpage here.

Newsletter

The Centre has an occasional newsletter that provides information about recent and upcoming events. 

The current issue is here and the previous issues can be found in the Newsletter archive.

The Centre for Economic History builds on the fine tradition at the ANU for leadership in the field of economic history research in Australia. It involves a network of the most innovative economic historians and promotes interchange and collaboration, drawing on a wide range of expertise in Australia and overseas. The Centre for Economic History fosters scholarship through a variety of linkages, projects and events. It takes a thematic approach and seeks to set the research agenda by pioneering new topics and by promoting historical understanding through the use of modern methods of analysis in economics and business studies. It will also provide a forum for disseminating research in economic history to an audience that includes academics in economics, business studies and other disciplines, policy practitioners and the public at large.