The Accounting History Review Annual Conference returns to Messina on 23–24 September 2027, hosted at the Polo Culturale UniMe, in the former Bank of Italy building. The theme is "The Architecture of Credit: Accounting, Trust and Institutions across History". The conference welcomes historical research on how accounting has interacted with credit, trust and institutions across different periods, geographical settings and organisational contexts. Papers on other areas of accounting history are also welcome.
- Suggested themes: accounting in banking, lending and financial intermediation; bookkeeping, records and the assessment of creditworthiness; trade credit and commercial networks; debt, insolvency and business failure; trust and creditor–debtor relationships; public credit, government debt and public finance; financial institutions and regulation; responses to financial crises; maritime credit, shipping finance and marine insurance; credit across legal, cultural and imperial contexts.
- Extended abstract: 700–1,000 words (excluding references), with author details, keywords, research purpose, methodological approach, preliminary findings or emerging arguments, and intended contributions. Deadline: 16 April 2027.
- Decision: 7 May 2027.
- Full or short paper: 16 July 2027. Short papers should be no less than 4,000 words, excluding references.
- Conference: 23–24 September 2027, Polo Culturale UniMe, Messina.
Abstracts and papers should be sent to ahr2027@unime.it. For enquiries, contact Cheryl S. McWatters, Editor of Accounting History Review (Cheryl.McWatters@uOttawa.ca), or Carmelo Marisca, Conference Convenor (Carmelo.Marisca@unime.it). Full conference and accommodation details will be available in due course.