Welcome to the History of Economics Society (HES)
Since its formal establishment in 1974, the History of Economics Society has committed itself to encouraging interest, fostering scholarship, and promoting discussion among scholars and professionals in the field of the history of economics and related disciplines. The Society is an international organization hosting its annual meeting in the Summer and also sponsoring sessions at the Allied Social Sciences Association meetings, the largest gathering of economists in the world, in the Winter. HES publishes the Journal of the History of Economic Thought in conjunction with Cambridge University Press, sponsors an online collection of working papers under the name of the SSRN History of Economics eJournal, supports with other societies the SHOE email list hosted by York University, and offers grant opportunities such as the Samuels Young Scholars Program, Early Career Scholars Research Fund and the Growth and Outreach Fund.
Latest News
4th JHET Online Writing Workshop: Session 6
Session 6: Writing for a general audience After very successful rounds of a series of workshops in the last three years, we are now running its fourth edition and we are here to invite you all to participate of its sixth session. The JHET Online Writing Workshops are conducted by Paul Dudenhefer, who has…
HES 2023: Awards and Honors News
At the 2023 Annual Meeting the Society was proud to announce the following prize winners: Distinguished Fellow of the History of Economics Society: Robert B. Ekelund, Jr. Joseph J. Spengler Best Book Prize: Bruce Caldwell and Hansjörg Klausinger, Hayek: A Life, 1899-1950, University of Chicago Press, 2022 Joseph Dorfman Best Dissertation Prize: Matheus Assaf, “Tracing…
4th JHET Online Writing Workshop: Session 5
After very successful rounds of a series of workshops in the last three years, we are now running its fourth edition and we are here to invite you all to participate of its fifth session. The JHET Online Writing Workshops are conducted by Paul Dudenhefer, who has been for many years the managing editor of…
4th JHET Online Writing Workshop: Session 1
The JHET Online Writing Workshops are conducted by Paul Dudenhefer, who has been for many years the managing editor of History of Political Economy (HOPE) and has a vast experience with helping economics students improve their academic writing. Although difficulties with writing is not exclusive to non-native English speakers, the fact that the history of economics is a very international community…
Call for Session Proposals: ASSA 2024
The History of Economics Society (HES) will sponsor four sessions at the Allied Social Science Associations (ASSA) meetings, January 5-7, 2024, in San Antonio, TX.The ASSA offers historians of economic thought an opportunity to present high-quality historical research to a wider audience of professional economists. Given this, preference will be given to proposals that are most…