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‘Good’archiveseabhworkshop

eabhincooperationwithFondazione1563perl’ArteelaCulturadellaCompagniadiSanPaoloandUPIER(UsesofthePastinInternationalEconomicRelations)114June2018,Torino,ItalyThisone-dayworkshopisdesignedforfinancialinstitutions’archivists,researchersandpotentialusers.Howcanarchivespreparetheircollectionsofinformationinawaythatputsthemtotheirbestuse?Howdoresearchersusearchivecollections?Aretherenewwaysthattheycanbeusedbyfinancialinstitutionsthemselvesastheyfacechallengesofthepresentandfuture?Howcanthehistoricalrecordsbemadeaccessibletoandexploitedbyawideraudience?Howcanarchiveshelpustoreflectonlegacyofthesocialpurposesthatinspiredtheoriginsofmanyfinancialinstitutionsandtheroleofbanksandfinanceinsociety?ManybanksinItaly,theNetherlands,Germanyandpresumablyothercountrieshadsocialbusinessmodelsinthe19thcenturywhichtheygaveupinthe20thcenturyandwhichnowseemtobemakingare-appearance.ThepublicbanksofItalyforexampleoriginatedinthe16thcenturymodelsofMontidipietà(pawnshops)inordertopreventusuryorluoghipii(acharitableinstitutionbystatutes).Thesecharitiesweretheirshareholdersandcontributedtomaintaintheirsocialorientationandindependenceuntilthe1990s. Thearchivesoftheseinstitutionsareoftenhugeandholdimmensetreasuresofinformationfromextendedperiodsoftime.Periodicallythesetreasuresbecomeobscuretomostresearchers,knowntoahandfulofspecialistsalone.Thisworkshopaimstopresentmaterialsoffinancialinstitutionswhosebusinessesaimedatawidersocialgoalbeyondprofit–ororiginatedinthesocialneedsoftheirregionsatthetime.Ultimately,wewanttotracedownmaterialsthatcanshowsuccessesand/orfailuresofsocialenterprisesoverthecourseofhistory.Cantheiruniquelessonsbelearned?Whatisthelegacyofthese‘goodbanks’records?Whattheirrelevancetoday?Cantheuseoftheserecordsraisepublicawarenessofa‘new’wayofbanking?Caniteventuallyleadtothere-developmentofethicalandsocialfinance?Whatarethebusinessbenefitsoftheserecords?WhatistheirPRpotential?Cantheycontributetoincreasingthepublicreputationofaninstitution?Cantheyleadtotherepositioning/toabetterpositioningoftheHistoricalArchiveswithinthecompanyitself?Inshort,wewouldliketoencouragepresentationsofarchivematerialsofthefollowingbusinesses:

• non-profitbankingandfinancemodelswithsocialorenvironmentalgoalsintheirstatutes• publicbanks• bankingfoundations

1 The UPIER project is financially supported by the HERA Joint Research Programme 3 Uses of the Past which is co-funded by AHRC, AKA, BMBF via DLR-PT, CAS, CNR, DASTI, ETAg, FWF, F.R.S. - FNRS, FWO, FCT, FNR, HAZU, IRC, LMT, MIZS, MINECO, NWO, NCN, RANNÍS, RCN, SNF, VIAA and The European Commission through Horizon 2020. The UPIER project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 649307.

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• bankswithphilanthropicbusinesslines• microfinance,Grameenbanks• mutualinsurancecompanies• cooperativefinancialinstitutions,Raiffeisenbanks(ruralcreditbanks)• savingbanks• institutionalinvestorsassocialfinanciers• buildingsocieties• etc.

Thecommitteeresponsibleforthiscontentisformedby:AnnaCantaluppi(Fondazione1563),LiliaCostabile(NaplesUniversity),CarmenHofmann(eabh),JoostJonker(Amsterdam/UtrechtUniversity)andCatherineSchenk(UniversityofOxford).

Selectedparticipantswillbeaskedto:

• submitanabstractandashortlinearCV• deliverafullpaper1monthpriortotheconference• givea10–15MinutespresentationinTorinoinJune2018• forsubmissionsandquestionspleasemailto:c.hofmann@bankinghistory.org

AcademicpapergiverswillhavetheopportunityfortheirpaperstobeconsideredforpeerreviewedpublicationintheFinancialHistoryReview.