Welcome to the department's website
Economic History began to be taught at the University of Barcelona during the course of 1954-55, precisely at the time when the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration was created. The responsibility of getting this new subject under way fell into the hands of Professor Jaume Vicens Vives. This Professor was considered to be one of the most important innovators in the field of Spanish History after the Civil War, and a pioneer in the introduction of research and teaching of Economic History in Spain. When he died in 1960 his disciples continued the task he had begun in Catalonia, with the help and influence of the great French historian Pierre Vilar.
News All news
Grants and Financial Aid
14-11-2025
Caixa d’Enginyers Research Prize in Economic History
Called by the Economic History PhD Programme at the University of Barcelona and the Fundació Caixa d’Enginyers
Research
05-11-2025
José Peres a l'episodi 84 del podcast "Todo comenzó ayer"
Institutional
05-11-2025
Three members of the Department receive the Faculty's Teaching Distinction
Anna Carreras Marín, José A. Peres Cajías i Federico Tadei són els guardonats
Institutional
17-10-2025
The Research Centre on Institutions, Politics and Economics (IPERC) has been inaugurated
Stokes, Morelli and Boix discuss the current state of democracies and propose future paths at the opening of the new Research Centre on Institutions, Politics and Economics.
Rankings
13-10-2025
Three members of the Department among the 2% of the most influential scientists in the world
Federico Demaria, Daniel W. O'Neil and Ana Moragues in the Stanford ranking
Research
13-10-2025
New book by Federico Demaria, Daniele Vico and Lucía Fernández Gabard
Contested Waste. Environmental conflicts and waste picker resistance in the Global South
Research
13-10-2025
New book by José Alejandro Peres Cajías and Nigel Caspa
Capital y trabajo. Una historia económica de la minería boliviana, 1900-2025
Institucional
15-09-2025
Appointment of Paloma Fernández Pérez
Research
12-09-2025
New articles by members of the Department
Four articles published with the participation of members of the Department:
Institutional
12-09-2025
New additions to the Department
Have joined the Department: Jordi Caum Julio, Alessandra Manganelli, Cedric Pierre Sylvain Crosfils, Srishti Goyal and Alex Urrego Mesa
Institutional
18-07-2025
New Issue of Revista de la Historia industial- Industrial histoy review 94
Revista de Historia Industrial-Industrial History Review Vol. 34 No. 94 (July 2025)
Institutional
04-07-2025
La petjada alimentària de Barcelona Xarxes de proveïment i transformacions agràries (segles XI-XXI)
Jordi Planas and Enric Tello edit the book La petjada alimentària de Barcelona. Xarxes de proveïment i transformacions agràries (segles XI-XXI) (Lleida: Pagès Editors)
Institutional
03-07-2025
The Formation of Agricultural Governance
Jordi Planas edits the book The Formation of Agricultural Governance. The interplay between State and Civil Society in European Agriculture, 1870-1940 (Turnhout, Brepols)
Institutional
01-07-2025
Immigration and the Welfare State in Europe
Francesc Amat publishes the book Immigration and the Welfare State in Europe (Fundació Catalunya Europa)
Institutional
24-03-2025
The Department opens its new website, together with the Faculty
New website
Institucional
07-03-2025
An Economic History of the Spanish Welfare State The Political Economy of Social Policy from the Mid-19th Century to the Present
Sergio Espuelas publishes the book An Economic History of the Spanish Welfare State. The Political Economy of Social Policy from the Mid-19th Century to the Present (London: Routledge).
