The European Association for Banking History (EABH) e.V. was founded in 1990 in Frankfurt, Germany by Professor Manfred Pohl, as a forum for research into the history of banking

History of banking

The first banks were the merchants of the ancient world that made loans to farmers and traders that carried goods between cities. The first records of such activity dates back to around 2000 BC in Assyria and Babylonia...

, insurance

Insurance

In law and economics, insurance is a form of risk management primarily used to hedge against the risk of a contingent, uncertain loss. Insurance is defined as the equitable transfer of the risk of a loss, from one entity to another, in exchange for payment. An insurer is a company selling the...

 and finance

Finance

"Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...

. Members http://members.eabh.info/129.0.html consist of close to 100 European and international banking, insurance and financial institutions, amongst them most of the European Central Bank

Central bank

A central bank, reserve bank, or monetary authority is a public institution that usually issues the currency, regulates the money supply, and controls the interest rates in a country. Central banks often also oversee the commercial banking system of their respective countries...

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Objectives

The EABH is a European network that acts as a bridge between bankers, financiers, academics and archivists. EABH supports research into all aspects of banking, insurance and financial history, from the earliest innovations in the middle-ages, to developments since the industrial revolution and in the present. What drives the Association is the concept that the better our knowledge and understanding of past precedents in the field of banking and finance, the better equipped we are to make sound decisions today. For this reason the EABH encourages a genuine broadening of public understanding about how and why banks and financial institutions support and shape our economy and society.

Activities

The Association supports the preservation of historical documents relating to banking and finance, promotes banking and financial archives, and supports the exchange of experience on best practices relating to banking and financial archives management, inter alia through the organisation of seminars and collaboration with scientific institutions. The EABH maintains a European network of professionals and academics, with the aim of strengthening the understanding of banking and finance in Europe. EABH members profit from trainings, conferences and proceeding publications which offer an opportunity to learn from the past in order to deal successfully with the challenges of the present. EABH promotes the art of the archivist and in so doing supports the circulation of sound information and new research findings in the field.

The EABH offers assistance to its corporate members, advising on their archives´ organisation and development plans as well as on staff training.

Forthcoming Events

• Public Policies & the Direction of Financial Flows

The European Association for Banking and Financial History

in cooperation with the National Bank of Romania.

Bucharest, 7–9 June 2012

Call for Papers http://www.eabh.info/pdf/Flyer_Email.pdf

For Young Scholars http://www.eabh.info/pdf/CFP_Young_Scholars_2012.pdf

Academic Committee:Prof. Hubert Bonin http://boninhub.free.fr/content/public/index.php, Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux

Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux

Sciences Po Bordeaux, or Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux, is a French political science grande école situated on the university campus of Pessac, 8 km from the centre of Bordeaux and is attached to the Montesquieu University - Bordeaux IV. It was established in 1948...

; Dr. Alfredo Gigliobianco, Banca d'Italia

Banca d'Italia

Banca d'Italia is the central bank of Italy and part of the European System of Central Banks. It is located in Palazzo Koch, Roma, via Nazionale...

; Niels Viggo Haueter, Swiss Re

Swiss Re

Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd , generally known as Swiss Re, is a Swiss reinsurance company. It is the world’s second-largest reinsurer, after having acquired GE Insurance Solutions. The company has its headquarters in Zurich...

 & Prof. Harold James (historian)

Harold James (historian)

Harold James is a renowned historian, specializing in the history of Germany and European economic history. James is a prolific author, having published dozens of books and articles in his field...

, Princeton University

Princeton University

Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....

; as well as Prof.Bogdan Murgescu, University of Bucharest

University of Bucharest

The University of Bucharest , in Romania, is a university founded in 1864 by decree of Prince Alexander John Cuza to convert the former Saint Sava Academy into the current University of Bucharest.-Presentation:...

 & Prof.Emilian M. Dobrescu, Academia Romana

Academia Romana

Academia Romana may mean:* Academia Romana , an Italian academy established in the 15th Century by Julius Pomponius Laetus* Romanian Academy, also known as "Academia Română", a cultural forum founded in 1866, covering the scientific, artistic and literary domains...

Publications

Financial History Review

Financial History Review

Financial History Review is a peer-reviewed academic journal published three times a year by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The European Association for Banking and Financial History. The journal covers the development of banking, finance, and monetary matters...

• Editorial Advisory Board: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayMoreInfo?jid=FHR&type=eb

• Contents of the Current Issue: http://www.eabh.info/FHR%20content.html

• Cambridge Journals Online: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=FHR

Studies in Banking and Financial History http://www.eabh.info/bas.html

Bank and Financial Archives Series http://www.eabh.info/start4.html

EABH Bulletin http://www.eabh.info/bulletin.html

EABH Circular http://www.eabh.info/circular.html

External links

• EABH Home
• Cambridge Journals Online
• Ashgate Publishing