CEPH Annual Workshop 2026 programme announced
CEPH is delighted to announce the full programme for our upcoming annual workshop. It will be held in Trinity College Dublin on 11-12 June, 2026. Building on several years of successful workshops, the programme includes speakers from across the globe, presenting cutting-edge economic history research. You can download the programme here, or view it below.
CEPH Success at Economic History Society Annual Conference
Two CEPH PhD students have been awarded the prestigious New Researcher Paper prize at the Economic History Society’s annual conference. Malte Hinrichs and Alessandro Brioschi were both awarded prizes for their cutting-edge historical research. Malte’s paper, titled “Leapfrogging or Path Dependence? Water Mills and Long-Run Growth in the Scottish Industrial Revolution“, offers a fascinating study […]
Kevin O’Rourke awarded Alice Murray Distinguished Scholar Award
On February 19th 2026, CEPH presented the Alice Murrary Distinguished Scholar Award to Professor Kevin Hjortshøj O’Rourke (CNRS, Science Po), who delivered a lecture titled “From most-favoured-nation to reciprocal tariffs: what is unsurprising about Trump’s tariffs, what is surprising, and why it matters” in the Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin. Professor O’Rourke is a […]
CEPH Job Market Candidates
CEPH is excited to bring you our new database of Postdoctoral Research Fellows and PhD Candidates who are entering the job market. Capacity building and fostering a pipeline of new economic historians is one of the central objectives of the Centre, and these new researchers represent the cutting edge of economic history research both in […]
New teaching resource uses economic history to provide critical thinking skills to students
Political conflict is high on the world news agenda with rising participation in protests against government policy and unethical practices. A new series of video resources for schools produced by Discover Economics, the Centre for Economics, Policy and History (CEPH), and the CAGE Research Centre, show how data can help us understand the way significant […]