eabh (The European Association for Banking and Financial History e.V.)

ISSUE 04

January 2021

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Bulletin Happy Birthday! Opportunity for PhD students or Early-Career researchers Is your institution celebrating a milestone Finance & Photography Visit the Historical Archives of the anniversary this or next year? eabh bulletin Issue Nr. 2 European Union (HAEU) in Flor- Share it with the eabh international network! ence for 5-10 working days and Unlock the potential of your pho- CONTACT conduct your archival research! tographic collections and publish Coping with Disasters Deadline: 7 February 2021 your stories with us. th 200 years of international Crédit Agricole celebrates its 150 anniversary in READ MORE official lending Deadline for submissions: 2021. It was launched in response to the pressing 30 March 2021 need of the owners of small, family-run farms to The online exhibition Europe and 4 February 2021 secure short-term loans in order to develop their Europeans 1950 – 2020 70th anni- eabh CONTACT in conversation (on zoom) yield. Today, the bank has become one of the versary of the Schuman Decla- with Christoph Trebesch (Kiel world’s leading players in co-operative banking ration, curated by the Historical Institute for the World Economy) and and has subsidiaries all over the Archives of the European Union based on a joint paper by Sebas- world. The history of the Crédit Agricole, which (HAEU), raises awareness of the tian Horn, Carmen M. Reinhart was initiated by the works of André Gueslin, has importance of the Schuman Dec- and Christoph Trebesch been completed by Hubert Bonin in 2020. laration within the history of MORE INFO REGISTER European integration. READ MORE VIDEO VISIT EXHIBIT eabh papers The Croatian National Bank celebrated the 30th Regional Development Banks Discover the latest anniversary of its establishment in 2020. The Con- stitution of Croatia, adopted in December 1990, in the World Economy eabh papers! designated the CNB as the of the Judith Clifton (Cantabria), Daniel Reinventing institutions. Trust Republic of Croatia and defined its responsibil- Díaz (Cantabria) and David How- Offices and the Dutch Financial ities, while the Regulation on the National Bank Development Banks arth (Luxembourg) System, 1690s-2000s of Croatia on 8 October 1991 and the decision to History, Role, Impact READ MORE replace the Yugoslav dinar by the Croatian dinar Abe de Jong (Melbourne), Joost 23 February 2021 later on defined and specified the responsibili- Jonker (Amsterdam), Ailsa Röell European Investment in Greece eabh in conversation (on zoom) ties and functions of the central bank. (New York), & Gerarda Westerhuis in the Nineteenth Century with Aldo Musacchio (Brandeis READ MORE International Business School) (Utrecht) Korinna Schönhärl () and Daniel Díaz (Universidad de READ PAPER The National Bank of Moldova is turning 30 READ MORE Cantabria) in 2021. The fundamental objective of the MORE INFO REGISTER Regional market integration National Bank is to ensure and maintain price and the emergence of a Scottish stability. Without prejudice to its fundamen- eabh Members’ Corner national grain market tal objective, the National Bank promotes and maintains a financial system based on market Activate your digital access to Daniel Cassidy (Galway), & Nick principles and supports the economic devel- the ! Hanley (Glasgow) opment of the country. eabh members should have received READ PAPER READ MORE instructions about how to activate their online account of the Financial Your Archive is an Asset! Not an ordinary bank but a great The World Bank began operations in June 1946. History Review last December. Using your heritage as a engine of state: The Bank of Eng- Formally, the organization came into existence corporate strategic asset If you did not receive the email please land and the British economy, when its Articles of Agreement were ratified CONTACT US 24 March 2021 1694–1844 and became effective on December 27, 1945. eabh in conversation (on zoom) To mark the 75th anniversary of the Articles of with Anders Sjöman (Centre for Patrick K. O’Brien (London), & Agreement, the WBG Archives has launched sev- Business History in Stockholm) Nuno Palma (Manchester) eral new products as part of its on-line exhibit. MORE INFO REGISTER READ PAPER VISIT EXHIBIT VIDEO

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