Leading UK professional association dedicated to creating and disseminating knowledge about Business History
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Association of Business Historians

The UK’s leading association for business historians.


About the Association

2027 Conference

Business History


Latest News

We are delighted to announce the Association of Business Historians (ABH) Conference 2027, hosted by the University of Sussex Business School in Brighton, UK, from 16–18 June 2027. Please visit our 2027 Conference Page for more information.

Membership update

The annual ABH membership fee has increased to £40 to help us continue supporting early-career researchers and delivering member services. Membership includes the ABH Newsletter and discounted registration for the annual conference.

If you have received an email stating that the "Association of Business Historians cancelled your automatic payments", please be assured that this is a genuine message. The ABH's previous PayPal account has been closed as part of an update to our administrative systems. We will contact members with information about future renewal arrangements in due course.

For membership enquiries, please contact the ABH Administrator at administrator@theabh.org.

NB: Our administrator works part-time, and the email address above is for membership queries. For circulation of material, please contact the Communications Officer, Dr Meng Wu (m.wu@mmu.ac.uk). For specific queries, please contact the relevant council member directly.