Åsa Malmström Rognes PDRA talks to PI Mats Larsson about his experience of exploring the theme "Uses of the Past in International Economic Relations".

Financial Crises - International Dissemination and its Consequences in Historical Perspective, the transcript of papers presented at a symposium by Catherine Schenk, Youssef Cassis and Richard Roberts edited by Mats Larsson Jan Ottosson

Åsa Malmström Rognes PDRA from WP4 talks to Stefano Battilossi PI of WP3 about the new avenues of research that have been opened up by the UPIER project. He discusses the use of text mining methods to study the roots of cultural stereotyping in the mass media. Interview with Stefano Battilossi

At the Oxford UPIER conference in May, Sebastian Alvarez interviewed Per H. Hansen, Professor at Copenhagen Business School. In a fascinating discussion he outlined the role of historical narratives in decision-making.

Making Money Flow: Latin American Banks at the Onset of the Great Depression by Adriana Calcagno and Juan Flores Zendejas

During the UPIER Conference at Oxford, 9 - 10th of May, we had the pleasure to interview Mary O'Sullivan on how uses of the past influence her research.

Catherine Schenk was invited to submit an article on the findings of the UPIER project for the Börsen-Zeitung, Germany's leading financial broadsheet on Sunday 17th November 2018

UPIER is holding an international conference at St Hilda's College Oxford on 9 -10 May 2019. More details here.

On the 6th November Mary O'Sullivan delivered a paper at the Economic and Social History Seminar at All Souls' College Oxford where she argued for a refocusing of the concept of capital in history.

On the 14th November Catherine Schenk delivered the Max Weber lecture at the European University Institute.

Anders Houltz, Head of Research at UPIER project partner, the Swedish Centre for Business History, interviews Catherine Schenk about what prompted her to embark on the project and its key findings.

The recent State of the Union speech by Jean-Claude Juncker sparked a discussion about the potential wider use of the euro on the international stage. Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol analyses four previous cases of debates on international currencies.

The grant was awarded for his project on international banking and economic development in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

A workshop for young scholars on "Financial History - reflections on the past to tackle today's key finance questions", which will be held in Frankfurt am Main on 16th May 2019.

Sebastian Alvarez (2018). A Fatal Flaw: Domestic Banks and Mexico's International Negotiating Position in the 1982 Debt Crisis.

A US president taking a unilateral decision that affects European interests; European policymakers outraged at US interference in their affairs; European businesses fearing losing access to some international markets - sound familiar?

A few weeks ago I attended the second UPIER workshop in Geneva, hosted by our team from the University of Geneva. The workshop began on the 3rd of October...

Schenk, C. (2017). NEGOTIATING POSITIVE NON-INTERVENTIONISM: REGULATING HONG KONG'S FINANCE COMPANIES, 1976-1986.

Thursday 27th - Friday 28th April 2017 Last week I had the privilege to attend the first UPIER workshop in Madrid, hosted by Stefano Battilossi at Universidad Carlos III...

On 21 April 2017 Catherine Schenk, Project Leader for UPIER, took part in an open meeting on '50 Years After: The SDR's Role in the International Monetary System' at the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund...

It is usually assumed that financial markets have a short memory: crises are quickly forgotten and excessive risk-taking replaces caution as new business and profit opportunities arise, with the conviction that 'this time is different'...

Alvarez, S. (2017). Venturing Abroad: The Internationalisation of Mexican Banks Prior to the 1982 Crisis. Journal of Latin American Studies, 1-32. doi:10.1017/S0022216X17000050

The UPIER Working Papers series reflects the work in progress of the researchers associated with the HERA-funded project Uses of the Past in International Economic Relations and of others whose papers directly address UPIER research themes.

Monday 6th - Friday 10th March 2017 Last month I spent a week visiting the University of Glasgow within the framework of the UPIER-HERA project. The purpose of my trip was three-fold. First, it was the occasion for me to meet with the members of the res

An update of recent and upcoming publications by UPIER team members.

Conference Report By Katie Wright The HERA Cultural Encounters & Uses of the Past conference was held on 15th and 16th September 2016 at the beautiful Břevnov Monastery in Prague. The UPIER project was represented by Catherine Schenk (Project Leader)