Economic History Association is an organization founded in 1940, dedicated to "encourage and promote teaching, research, and publication on every phase of economic history

Economic history

Economic history is the study of economies or economic phenomena in the past. Analysis in economic history is undertaken using a combination of historical methods, statistical methods and by applying economic theory to historical situations and institutions...

, broadly defined".

The association publishes The Journal of Economic History

The Journal of Economic History

The Journal of Economic History is an academic journal of economic history which has been published since 1941. Many of its articles are quantitative, often following the formal approaches that have been called cliometrics or the new economic history to make statistical estimates.The journal is...

 with Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII in 1534, it is the world's oldest publishing house, and the second largest university press in the world...

, and holds an annual meeting.

The association support research through Arthur H. Cole grants-in-aid.

It 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
• the Gyorgi Ranki prize for the best book published biennially in non-American economic history.
• the Alan Nevins prize for the best dissertation in American economic history
• the Alexander Gerschenkron prize for the best dissertation in non-American economic history.
• the Jonathan Hughes Prize for superior teaching.

The association is located in Santa Clara University

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara University is a private, not-for-profit, Jesuit-affiliated university located in Santa Clara, California, United States. Chartered by the state of California and accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, it operates in collaboration with the Society of Jesus , whose...

 in Santa Clara

Santa Clara, California

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, California

California

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. Its current president is Naomi Lamoreaux from the University of California, Los Angeles.