Master History & Economics

15/07/2024

SoSe2024: 🎉✨ Mission Accomplished! 🎓✨

Congratulations to all our amazing students for completing the 2024 Summer Semester at the Master Program in History and Economics! Your hard work, dedication, and passion have truly paid off, and we couldn't be more proud of your achievements.
As we close this chapter, let's reflect on the incredible knowledge we've gained, the friendships we've made, and the challenges we've overcome together.
📚 From insightful lectures and stimulating debates to groundbreaking research and unforgettable moments, this semester has been amazing.
Now, it's time to take a well-deserved break, recharge, and prepare for the exciting journey ahead.
🌟 Thank you to our brilliant faculty, supportive staff, and inspiring peers for making this semester one to remember.
Get ready for new adventures, more learning, and continued growth. The best is yet to come!
Hit that heart ❤️ if you're excited for what's next! Stay tuned for updates and prepare to make more memories in the coming semesters.

22/04/2023

Research & Debate Summer Term 2023 is here! :)

Mondays* at 6-8 pm in S 5 (GW II) for insightful talks by prominent scholars in the field of history and economics. Here's our exciting lineup for this semester:

*May 8: Markus Ludwig (TU Braunschweig) will discuss "The Dawn of Civilization: Metal Trade and the Urban Revolution."

May 17: Charlotte Bartels (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) will talk about "Born in the Land of Milk and Honey: The Impact of Hometown Growth on Individual Wealth." (Wednesday, May 17, from 4:15-5:45 pm, S 64 (RW I).

May 22: Max Schulze (London School of Economics) will present "A Century of Retardation? The Effects of the Thirty Years War on Market Integration in the Holy Roman Empire."

June 12: Werner Scheltjens (Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg) will discuss "Processing Tabular Historical Data with Automated Text Recognition Tools."

June 26: Anna Karla (Universität zu Köln) will talk about "Reparations Reconsidered. Material Reconstruction in Europe after the First World War."

July 10: Sabine Pitteloud (University of Geneva) will discuss "Swiss Multinationals and the Creation of International Corporate Guidelines in the 1970s-1980s."

Don't miss out on this opportunity to expand your knowledge and engage in stimulating discussions!

15/07/2021

After-class Biergarten socializing at Lamperie for some of the students participating in the Historical Methods in Economic History module.

12/07/2021

“An interesting thing about the program was Biergarten evenings after Research and Debate on Monday evenings...it was nice because it was a very informal environment to talk about different things such as career opportunities and very importantly an opportunity to network.” - Tiamiyu, M.A. History and Economics student from Nigeria. Application deadline for the Winter semester intake is 15 July - further application details can be found on the University Website! https://www.uni-bayreuth.de/de/studium/masterstudium/history_economics/

08/07/2021

"It’s really nice that we have such an interdisciplinary course... there’s a lot of aspects that touch on both historical and economic spaces, as well as the specialization courses. You have a unique opportunity to hone in on whatever your interests are.” - Cherise, Second semester M.A. History and Economics student from South Africa.

Application deadline for the Winter semester intake is 15 July - further application details can be found on the University Website! https://www.uni-bayreuth.de/de/studium/masterstudium/history_economics/

07/07/2021

„… being at a university where interdisciplinarity is at the core of so many programs, was an excellent context full of positive synergies for engaging in the study of economic history."

Emma is from Spain and has a background in economics. She has always taken an interest in the history of natural resources and its contribution to society’s development. Her interests inspired her to write her Master's Thesis on the history of the electricity sector. She is currently finishing her studies in Bayreuth and works in the electricity sector analyzing market integration processes and trends.

M.A. History and Economics student from Spain. Application deadline for the Winter semester intake is 15 July - further application details can be found on the University Website! https://www.uni-bayreuth.de/de/studium/masterstudium/history_economics/

22/02/2019

Summer School in Economic and Social History

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University of Évora, Portugal, 26-29 June 2019

This Summer School offers comprehensive courses on research methods and main themes in Economic and Social History, as well as a framework for paper presentations from PhD students who are starting their theses and already have a chapter or paper to discuss, and post-doctoral researchers with more advanced papers, possibly in the pipeline for publication. Our aim is to put together researchers with different levels of experience. We will have lectures by distinguished scholars in the morning sessions and in the afternoon we will have the paper presentations by researchers. All topics in Economic and Social History of any geographical and chronological coverage are welcome.

Submission - Please send your CV plus a paper or thesis chapter with c. 8,000 words. Submissions should be sent to [email protected] by 25 March 2019. Notices of acceptance will be sent by 15 April 2019.

Language - Courses and paper presentations will be held in English. Papers written in English, Portuguese, Spanish and French are accepted.

Accommodation and travel expenses - Accommodation and meal expenses for four working days and three nights will be fully covered. Travel expenses will not be covered.

Fee - 100 euros

Venue and social program - The School will be held at Vila Viçosa. We will have a guided tour to the royal palace and estate.

Convenors - Graça Almeida Borges (U Évora), Pedro Lains (U Lisboa), Fernanda Olival (U Évora) and Lisbeth Rodrigues (U Lisboa)

Sponsors - Associação Portuguesa de História Económica e Social and Universidade de Évora (CIDEHUS)
Program

Keynote conference - Filipa Ribeiro da Silva (International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam), The slave trade and the development of the Atlantic African port system, 1400s–1800s

Lectures - Rui Pedro Esteves (Graduate Institute, Geneva), Quantifying History: methods and questions; Jorge Pedreira (Universidade Nova de Lisboa), Big themes in Social History; Susana Miranda (Universidade de Lisboa), Big themes in Economic History; Jaime Reis (Universidade de Lisboa), How to publish

Discussants - TBA

13/11/2018

The flyer for our master programme has been updated! Go and have a look!

19/09/2018

The P&E page regularly posts profiles of the "Faces" known in their course of studies. Of course, this gentleman's face is also well-known to all the History & Economics students.

The Faces of P&E with Prof. Jan Otmar Hesse, Professor of Economic and Social History.

"Together with a strong team, I brought Economic History to Bayreuth, when I joined the university in 2015. I taught economic history in Frankfurt, Goettingen and Bielefeld before. In Bayreuth, I had the unique opportunity to set up a MA-programme that combines History&Economics and is modelled after the PE-success story. The subject uses historical data and sources to review economic models. We are interested in long-term transformation processes of modern capitalism. I am also interested in the history of economics as a discipline and regularly offer classes in that field, spanning from Adam Smith to John M. Keynes and beyond. Though being part of the History-group in our faculty, my classes are highly frequented by PE-students. I am looking forward to meeting you."

14/09/2018

Refresher Course Mathematics and Statistics

Starting on October 10th, Richard Franke will offer a "Refresher Course Mathematics and Statistics". The course targets H&E students without an undergraduate degree in economics but is open to everyone.
Please see the H&E homepage under NEWS to receive more information. Check regularly for important announcements like this!

Universität Bayreuth

06/07/2018

Week 9 of our testimonial series:
Sohee from the 2nd semester

29/06/2018

Week 8 of our testimonial series:
Yang from the 2nd semester