Events
UPCOMING EVENTS
PAST EVENTS
A half-day workshop, "Financial Crises and Regulation: Lessons from the Past?" was held on Friday 24th October 2008 in the Sir Charles Wilson Building. The workshop was hosted by the Centre for Business History at the University of Glasgow and explored the past experience of banking and financial crisis to determine what lessons these episodes offer for current difficulties. Speakers and participants included,
Forrest Capie,
Charles Munn, Former Chief Executive, Chartered
Richard Saville, Historian of the Bank of
Duncan Ross,
Catherine Schenk,
John Turner,
The Centre for Business History in Scotland organised a workshop on Wednesday, 2nd July 2008 - "A Brief Introduction to Business History for the Non-Historian" Further details below.
The Centre for Business History in Scotland hosted a workshop-symposium of a book manuscript on "The Decline of Sterling, 1945-1992", on 25 June 2008. The manuscript was prepared by Catherine Schenk. In the afternoon, a symposium was held, which was open to the public. The speakers were: Professor Jerry Cohen, University of California, Professor Jim Tomlinson, University of Dundee and Professor Catherine Schenk, University of Glasgow. Further details below.
The Decline of Sterling: 1945-1992
A Memorial Symposium in Celebration of Dr William Lind was held at 2.00 p.m. on 11 June 2008, seminar room 3, ground floor, Wolfson Medical Building (facing Botany gate), Glasgow. The Aggregate Foundation, the Ballast Trust, the National Archives of Scotland and the University of Glasgow all attended - click below for further details.
The Centre for Business History in Scotland hosted a seminar - "Oil and the Marshall Plan", Professor David S Painter, Georgetown University, USA at 2.00 p.m. on 21 May 2008, Seminar room 201, Lilybank House, Glasgow.
The Centre invited a group of internationally renowned experts to take part in an intensive workshop-discussion of a book manuscript on "Shareholder Democracies? Corporate Governance in Britain before 1850" on 17 March 2008. The manuscript was prepared by Mark Freeman, University of Glasgow, Robin Pearson, University of Hull and James Taylor, University of Lancaster. In the afternoon, they took part in a symposium which was open to the public on "Corporate Governance - Historical Perspectives" . The speakers were: Naomi Lamoreaux, University of California; John Turner, Queen's University Belfast; and Bob Morris, University of Edinburgh. Following short presentations there was a lively discussion between the speakers and the audience chaired by Ray Stokes.
A Seminar on "American Business Perceptions of the British and German Industrial Systems, 1900-1914", Professor Volker Berghahn, Columbia University, was held on Thursday, 25 October 2007 in room 915 (T315), Adam Smith Building. The seminar was hosted by the Centre for Business History in Scotland.
A Joint Seminar on "Imperfection communications: the problem of managing a multi-national business in Malaya, 1850-1920", Professor Lynn Hollen Lees, University of Pennsylvania was held on 12 April 2007 in the Seminar room, Lilybank House. The lecture was co-hosted and co-sponsored by the Centre for Business History in Scotland and the Department of Economic & Social History.
A Lecture on "Austro-German Imperialism 1938-1945: The Ambitions of the Austrian Banks", Professor Gerald Feldman, University of California, Berkeley, was held on Wednesday, 24 January 2007, 17.00 in Seminar room 201 at Lilybank House. The lecture was co-hosted and co-sponsored by the Centre for Business History in Scotland and the Department of Economic and Social History.
The 7th Annual Holocaust Memorial Lecture: "How Complicit were German and Austrian Banks in the Holocaust?" was held on Tuesday, 23 January 2007, 18.15 in the Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre. The speaker at this event is Professor Gerald Feldman, University of California, Berkeley.
A Symposium on "Marketing and History: The Value of the Past" was held on Friday, 19 January 2007, 12.00-16.00 in the seminar room at Lilybank House. The symposium was sponsored jointly by the Centre for Business History in Scotland and Seed Money, a research project supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Economic and Social Research Council through the programme on Cultures of Consumption.
A PhD Workshop was hosted by the Centre for Business History in Scotland on Friday, 8 December 2006, in room 201, Lilybank House, University of Glasgow. The theme was "Business in Context", and was attended by both staff and students.
A Joint Seminar was hosted by the Department of Economic and Social History and the Centre for Business History in Scotland on Thursday, 23 November 2006, in room 201, Lilybank House, University of Glasgow. The theme was "Bleeding Obvious? Or, How to Avoid Danger in the Workplace, c. 1913-39", by Mike Esbester, University of Reading.
Symposium
The Centre invited a group of internationally renowned experts on business in the European Union to take part in an intensive workshop-discussion of a book manuscript on British business and Europe on 31 May 2006. On 1 June, they took part in a symposium open to the public on "Business in Europe: Historical perspectives". The speakers were Matthias Kipping, University of York, Canada; Harm Schröter, University of Bergen, Martin Chick, University of Edinburgh, and Neil Rollings, University of Glasgow. Following short presentations, there was a lively discussion between the speakers and the audience chaired by Ray Stokes. The discussion continued more informally during lunch, to which all attendees were invited as guests of the Centre.
A Joint Seminar between the Department of Economic & Social History and the Centre for Business History in Scotland was held on Thursday, 23 February 2006 in room 201, Lilybank House, University of Glasgow. The theme was "Reporting fraud: financial scandal in the Victorian press" by Dr James Taylor, University of Central Lancashire.
Association of Business Historians Annual Conference, May 2005: The Centre for Business History hosted the Annual Conference of the Association for Business Historians (ABH) at the Glasgow Marriott Hotel. The theme of the conference was 'Business History: Celebrating the Past; and the Future of the Past', which was explored in a series of parallel sessions. Well over 100 scholars from several countries participated in the event.