Online Seminars on Business History

Evonik Industries AG
Since summer 2020, the Business History Collective offers an online seminar series for Business History. Meanwhile, a new website was established. Please find information on current webinars here
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June 19, 2020

Ian Jones, Northumbria University
Authenticity, reliability, and the role of archives in Barclays plc’s use of the past strategies.
Host: Nicholas Wong, Northumbria University

Start: 5:00 pm (German Summer Time)
Further information can be found
here
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July 6, 2020

Zoi Pittaki, Brunel University
Negotiating for a ransom from the taxpayers’: Exploring the roots of systematic tax evasion and avoidance in Greece from an Institutional Perspective
Host: Niall McKenzie, Glasgow University

Start: 5:00 pm (German Summer Time)
Further information can be found
here
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July 17, 2020

Round table: How to navigate the process of writing your first post-Ph.D. publication
Stephen Chambers (Winthrop Group and author), Gabriela Recio (Business History Group and author), Emily Buchnea (Northumbria University), TBC
Host: TBC

Start: 5:00 pm (German Summer Time)

Further information can be found here
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July 31, 2020

Panel: Politics of Air Travel (two papers)
Host/Discussant : Javier Vidal (Alicante)

Papers:
Selling ‘The World's Favourite Airline’: British Airways’ privatisation and the motives behind it
Adrian Cozmuta (Glasgow and Kyoto)

How Political Were Airbus and Boeing Sales in the 1970s and 1980s?
Tobias A. Jopp / Mark Spoerer (both at Regensburg)

Start: 5:00 pm (German Summer Time)

Further information can be found here
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August 21, 2020

Leon C. Prieto (Clayton State) and Simone Phipps (Middle Georgia State)
Insights from African American Management History
Host/discussant: Stephanie Decker (Bristol) (TBC)

Start: 5:00 pm (German Summer Time)

Further information can be found here
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August 26, 2020

Madihah Alfadhli and Bernardo Bátiz-Lazo (Northumbria)
Elites, Oil, and Economic Nationalism: The Darwish Al-Fakhro Family case in Qatar, 1935 to 1971
Host/discussant: Daniel Castillo (Las Palmas) (TBC)

Start: 10:00 am (German Summer Time)

Further information can be found here
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Registration and general Information

If you have not registered before please fill the form here
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Subscribe to the calendar of Business History Online Events here
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All seminars will last 60 min (including a Q&A session at the end).
Start at:
5:00 pm Paris
4:00 pm London
11:00 am New York
10:00 am Mexico City
8:00 am Los Angeles

Please consider that information on current workshops will be published here
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