Annual congress of the EBHA
3rd World Congress of Business History
Toronto, Canada, 27-31 July 2026
The Business History Society of Japan, the Canadian Business History Association, the Business History Conference, and the European Business History Association are pleased to invite you to the Third World Congress on Business History in Toronto.
The circulation of the Call for Papers started now. The local hosts found a fantastic venue and are working on a side program as well. Planned Additional Conference Programming will include:
• Guides for museums, shopping, and art galleries, including the Royal Ontario Museum, Bata Shoe Museum, Textile Museum, Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Art Gallery of Ontario, Aga Khan Museum.
• Toronto Business History Walking Tours, downloadable audio/video created by Rotman MBA students of themes, firms, geographies of Canadian/global business history: Distillery District, Financial District, Fashion District, retailing (Eaton’s), manufacturing (Massey), or food services (St. Lawrence Market).
• Plant Tour of automotive manufacturing facility (firm TBD).
• Archival Tours of banking, retail, or other firms/institutions.
• Streetcar Tour of downtown Toronto, with local historians/guides
• Sporting Events (Blue Jays/TFC/Argonauts) and concerts.
The circulation of the Call for Papers started now. The local hosts found a fantastic venue and are working on a side program as well. Planned Additional Conference Programming will include:
• Guides for museums, shopping, and art galleries, including the Royal Ontario Museum, Bata Shoe Museum, Textile Museum, Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Art Gallery of Ontario, Aga Khan Museum.
• Toronto Business History Walking Tours, downloadable audio/video created by Rotman MBA students of themes, firms, geographies of Canadian/global business history: Distillery District, Financial District, Fashion District, retailing (Eaton’s), manufacturing (Massey), or food services (St. Lawrence Market).
• Plant Tour of automotive manufacturing facility (firm TBD).
• Archival Tours of banking, retail, or other firms/institutions.
• Streetcar Tour of downtown Toronto, with local historians/guides
• Sporting Events (Blue Jays/TFC/Argonauts) and concerts.
Special Information:
The WCBH organizing committee intends to provide as much support as possible to scholars, postdocs, and students from traditionally underrepresented regions and the Global South by offering a lower registration fee and lower cost accommodation, and by providing direct funding support in as many cases as possible. We are still securing funding and determining final registration fee structures for the Conference.
For now, we ask that you submit your proposal and indicate that you will be asking for direct funding support, and once the Program Committee has created the final program, we will have a greater sense of the amount of funding, and can respond with greater clarity to each individual request for support.
Call for Papers
The WCBH organizing committee intends to provide as much support as possible to scholars, postdocs, and students from traditionally underrepresented regions and the Global South by offering a lower registration fee and lower cost accommodation, and by providing direct funding support in as many cases as possible. We are still securing funding and determining final registration fee structures for the Conference.
For now, we ask that you submit your proposal and indicate that you will be asking for direct funding support, and once the Program Committee has created the final program, we will have a greater sense of the amount of funding, and can respond with greater clarity to each individual request for support.
Call for Papers