About the Economic History Association
The Economic History Association was founded in 1940. Its purpose is to encourage and promote teaching, research, and publication on every phase of economic history, broadly defined, and to encourage and assist in the preservation and administration of the materials for research in economic history. The Association publishes The Journal of Economic History and a Newsletter, and holds an annual meeting (usually in September). Research is supported through Arthur H. Cole grants-in-aid. In addition, the Association awards several prizes for publications: the Arthur Cole Prize for the best article published in the Journal each year; the Alice Hanson Jones prize for the best book published biennially in American economic history; and the Gyorgi Ranki prize for the best book published biennially in non-American economic history. The Association awards annually the Alan Nevins prize for the best dissertation in American economic history, and the Alexander Gerschenkron prize for the best dissertation in non-American economic history. The EHA encourages superior teaching by awarding the Jonathan Hughes Prize.
The Journal of Economic History, which is published by Cambridge University Press in March, June, September, and December, is provided to each member. More information about the Journal, including a listing of the co-editors, and the Board of Editors, as well as information about submitting articles, can be found in EHA Publications.
The Association is managed by an Executive Director, Alex Field. His office address is:
| Economic History Association |
| Department of Economics |
| 500 El Camino Real |
| Santa Clara University |
| Santa Clara, CA 95053-0385 |
| Phone: (408) 554-4348 |
| Fax: (408) 554-2331 |
| E-mail: afield@scu.edu |
The Association's annual meeting is organized by Jari Eloranta, the Meetings Coordinator, and a Program Committee appointed each year by the President. Information about upcoming meetings can be found in EHA Announcements.
The Officers and Trustees who oversee the Association are the following:
| President | Naomi Lamoreaux, University of California, Los Angeles |
| President-Elect | Barry Eichengreen, University of California at Berkeley |
| Executive Director | Alexander J. Field, Santa Clara University |
| Immediate Past Presidents | Richard Steckel, Ohio State University Alan Olmstead, University of California, Davis Paul Hohenberg, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| Vice President | John Wallis, University of Maryland |
| Trustees | Anne McCants, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, California Institute of Technology Angela Redish, University of British Columbia Paul Rhode, University of Michigan |
| Editors | Price Fishback, University of Arizona Philip Hoffman, California Institute of Technology |
| Chair, Budget Committee | Charles Calomiris, Columbia University |
| IEHA Representative | Elyce Rotella, Indiana University |
| Meetings Coordinator | Jari Eloranta, Appalachian State University |