The European Association for Banking and Financial History (eabh) e.V.
Your history matters!
Banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions are members of eabh
Our members recognise their responsibility towards society. A well functioning financial sector helps to increase the welfare of all.
Our historians work on long-term topics that matter to the management of financial institutions and policy makers.
Since its foundation, eabh has provided historical analysis and preservation consulting to bankers, supervisors and policy makers.
In this episode of the eabh podcast we talk about the Great Fire of London, the rebuilding of the City afterwards, the role of the Corporation of London and in more general terms financial innovations, revolutions and development.
200 years of international official lending: characteristics, occurrence and determinants.
In episode 3 of Finance & History the eabh podcast we talk about the slave business, its connection with the financial industry and the case of Brazil.
eabh circulates sound research and information upon which today’s decision makers can rely.
The legacy of the past continually resurfaces to determine actions in the present and the future. Through eabh membership institutions gain access to a global network of financial history experts who can provide competent advice.
Benefits of membership
eabh encourages open debate about banking and financial history and the archives.
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Cure or Curse?
22 Jun 2021
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Harold James (Princeton University) and Eric Barthalon (Head of Research Allianz SE) will take a long term perspective on easy monetary policies and their implications.
eabh Annual Meeting
conference
11 Jun 2021
Athens, Greece
This conference will look at the relationship between the financial sector and migration – taking a comparative historical view.
Archival Workshop
30 Jun 2022
Sofia, Bulgaria
eabh in cooperation with the Bulgarian National Bank.
Conference
1 Jul 2022
Sofia, Bulgaria
eabh in cooperation with the Bulgarian National Bank.
Conference
in Global Perspective
20 Jul 2022
Basel, Switzerland
This international conference investigates insurance as a crucial element of the globalization of finance and of capitalism in general.