Vocation and memories of an accounting historian

Abstract

Conference of the historian, Esteban Hernández Esteve, on the occasion of the celebration ofVI International Meeting of Accounting History Luca Pacioli, held in Naples, from November 7 to 9, 2019.<< Mr President, Authorities, dear friends and colleagues all.You will allow me to give this act a bit of warmth and intimacy, in which we are all co-workers and research, use a collective tutelage, which does not diminish the respect I have for all of you.My talk, as its title suggests, will be about the emergence of my vocation as a historian, its circumstances and motivations, variations in time, stages in its approach and development, as well as current approaches in relation to the mission and importance of the history of accounting. >>