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

ISSUE 03

November 2020

ANNOUNCEMENTS PUBLICATIONS BIRTHDAYS SPEAKERS’ CORNER

Lunch hour Bulletin Happy Birthday! Making a Modern Central The next eabh lunch hour in Bank. The Bank of England ‘Finance & Photography’, eabh bulletin, will be Established in 1930, the Bank for cooperation with Allianz GI: 1979–2003 published in December 2020. International Settlements (BIS) (Princeton) ‘Ultra Easy Monetary Policy. is the oldest international finan- will take place Submit your article for the next volume, the Cure or Curse?’ cial institution. Over the past 90 Read more in spring 2021. spring 2021 edition now! years, the BIS has played a number An additional ‘mixed’ bulletin edition will be of key roles in the global economy, . Workshop published in 2021. This particular publication from settling reparation payments The Global Hausbank gives eabh members the opportunity to share The workshop ‘GDPR & Historical imposed on Germany following the their best practice and ideas. Send us your Alexander Nützenadel (Berlin) Archives’ in cooperation with the First World War, to serving central newest research, current projects, collection Werner Plumpe () European will take banks in their pursuit of monetary descriptions and alike! place in Frankfurt in 2021. and financial stability. Read more Catherine Schenk (Oxford) Read more CONTACT GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSIONS Conferences & workshop The history of Banque de Luxem- bourg, which in 2020 celebrates 100 Central Bank Independence The project ‘Banking & the State’ years in the Grand Duchy, is closely and the Legacy of the will take place in 2021. linked to that of the country’s finan- German Past cial centre, whose development the The conference ‘Finance & eabh papers Simon Mee (Oxford) Migration’ in cooperation with the Bank has always actively supported. Read more National Bank of Greece will take Discover the 2020 eabh papers! Read more place on 10 June 2021 in Athens, Gold rush. The political economy of gold stan- Greece. Deutsche Bank was set up in 1870 The Andean Development dard adoption in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia Corporation: a gentle giant The workshop ‘Photography and has grown to be one of the lead- Aleksandar R. Jevtic (Oxford) Collections of Financial ing global investment banks, head- Carlos Andrés Brando (Bogotá) Companies’ will take place Read paper quartered in Frankfurt am Main. For Read more at the same location on 150 years, Deutsche Bank has been Tying peasants to their land: The rise and fall 11 June 2021. connecting worlds to help people of private property rights in historical Vietnam and businesses get to where they Workshop 2022 Hoang-Anh Ho (Ho Chi Minh City) want to be. Read more Read paper The workshop ‘Access, recovery Nationale-Nederlanden has a & historical archives: Practical Not an ordinary bank but a great engine of strong history that stretches back cases and new findings’ in state: The Bank of England and the British 175 years. Over the years, the insur- cooperation with Banco de economy, 1694–1844 er has built leading positions in its España will take place in 2022. eabh Patrick K. O’Brien (London) & Nuno Palma chosen, predominantly European (Manchester) markets. Its roots lie in the Neth- Members’ Corner th Read paper erlands of the 18 century, when The 2020 eabh General Members’ Archives connect regional funds were founded. Meeting (GMM) will take place as Read more Check out ABN AMRO’s new Art …in the pipeline! a virtual zoom meeting on Wed, & Heritage website 2 Dec 2020 at 14.00–15.00 CET. Shadow credit, the Fed and the Crash of 1929 In 2020, UniCredit celebrates its Website The Academic Council of eabh Rasheed Saleuddin (Cambridge) 150th anniversary. This important will also meet virtually on Wed, Intesa Sanpaolo Historical milestone in the bank’s long history 2 Dec 2020 at 12.00–13.30 CET. Archives is looking for other Reinventing institutions. Trust Offices and the highlights how the Group has been historical archives preserving Dutch Financial System, 1690s-2000s a key player since the beginning of records of the Institut Interna- Abe de Jong (Melbourne) Joost Jonker the evolution of the modern global tional d’Études Bancaires (IIEB). (Amsterdam) Ailsa Röell (New York) Gerarda banking sector in Italy and beyond. Email Westerhuis (Utrecht) Read more

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