We are a specialized observatory in long-term economic development
On May 1On 12 May 2022, the Governing Council of the University of Barcelona agreed to change the name of the Antoni de Capmany Centre for Economic and Economic History Studies to the Jordi Nadal Centre for Economic History Studies. The Centre is a University observatory whose objective is to promote, project and disseminate research and knowledge transfer in its specialised field, which is the long-term economic development of our societies. The Jordi Nadal Centre for Economic History promotes collaboration with public and private entities, provides scientific advice in its field of expertise, publishes scientific journals and promotes communication and dissemination of its activities. The Centre is made up of members of research groups that originated in the former Department of History and Economic Institutions.
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Activitats
24-03-2026
José Péres-Cajías a la Universitat Adolfo Ibáñez (Xile)
José Peres-Cajías investigates how armed conflicts reconfigured spending on education and territorial gaps in Chile during the 19th century
News
25-02-2026
Inauguració de l'Arxiu Municipal Francesc Valls-Junyent dels Hostalets de Pierola
El nou equipament municipal, que s'inaugura el proper diumenge 1 de març, durà el nom del nostre company Francesc Valls Junyent que ens va deixar el 2017
News
21-01-2026
Un article recull el treball de Miquel Gutiérrez sobre les Spanische Weinhalle
L'article ha estat publicat per Martí Crespo a Vilaweb
News
21-01-2026
"Els Girona" a RTVE Catalunya
Lluïsa Pla al programa DOCU2: històries que necessiten ser explicades. Documental històric que reconstrueix la influència de la família Girona en la transformació econòmica, social i cultural de Catalunya al segle XIX.
Premsa
14-01-2026
Gillermo Antuña interviwed in La Nueva España
“El gran ecosistema industrial que el franquismo no vio venir: el estudio pionero de un investigador asturiano” (“The great industrial ecosystem that Francoism did not see coming: a pioneering study by an Asturian researcher”)
Divulgation
14-01-2026
Guillermo Antuña on the podcast Todo comenzó ayer by AEHE
Interviewed in episode 88 on the occasion of his doctoral thesis
Publication
08-01-2026
Nova publicació de Gaspar Feliu
Banca pública i banca privada, de la creació de la Taula de Canvi (1401) a la Guerra Civil (1462-1472)
Publication
04-12-2025
New Issue of Revista de la Historia Industrial-Industrial History Review
Revista de Historia Industrial-Industrial History Review vol. 34 No. 95 (November 2025) Special Issue: New Perspectives in Global Economic History (I)
Publication
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
Publication
07-03-2025
New book by Sergio Espuelas
Thesis
26-02-2025
Doctoral thesis defense: Songlin Wang
March 20, 2025 | Hour: 12:30 hores | Sala de Graus Ernest Lluch and on line | Facultat d´Economia y Empresa
News
18-02-2025
New edition of the book Cacics i rabassaires. Dinàmica associativa i conflictivitat social. Els Hostalets de Pierola (1890-1939)
The authors are Jordi Planas and the unfortunate Francesc Valls-Junyent.