2025 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the National Bank of Albania. To commemorate this milestone, the Bank of Albania Museum is organizing a conference on “Central Banking and Economic History: Reflections and Prospects”. The conference will be held in person at Bank of Albania’s premises in Tirana, Albania, on 11 June 2025.
The organizers invite theoretical and empirical papers that use historical data to enhance our understanding of the past and the present monetary, financial and economic developments. We welcome submission of economic, monetary, financial, and banking history research, as well as studies on the history of economic thought. The papers can adopt either a cliometric or a narrative approach; contributions based on archival documents are also welcome. We will consider both completed papers and preliminary drafts.
Professor Kevin Hoover, Professor of Economics and Philosophy, Duke University, will deliver the keynote speech.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Circulation of ideas and practices, key figures, money doctors, and international technical missions in shaping banking and central banking in Albania, the Balkans, and the socialist bloc in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Important Dates
Abstract Submission Deadline: 15 December 2024
Notification of Acceptance: 16 January 2025
Full Paper Submission Deadline: 30 April 2025
Conference Date: 11 June 2025
Submission Guidelines
Authors are encouraged to submit abstracts no more than 300 words and a short bio to muzeu@bankofalbania.org.
The program and other information about the conference will be posted on the Bank of Albania website (www.bankofalbania.org).