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2011

Du 7 au 9 janvier 2011 : The ASSA Meetings - Denver (USA)

2011 ASSA Meetings
January 7-9, 2011

The Cliometric Society will sponsor three sessions at the ASSA meetings in Denver, January 7-9, 2011. Authors interested in presenting a paper should send a one-page proposal, including an abstract or description of the paper and all contact information to Mike Haupert at haupert.mich@uwlax.edu by May 8, 2010. Please note on the subject line that you are sending a proposal for the ASSA meetings, and either include the proposal in your message or send the documents as attachments in a Word format.

Hard copies may be faxed to:

Michael Haupert
AEA-ASSA Proposals
Department of Economics
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
(608) 785-8549

We want scholars to be able to read summaries of the papers in advance of the ASSA meetings. Thus, authors submitting proposals must be prepared to send a 3,000-word summary to the publisher of the Society Newsletter by September 30, 2010.

At least one author must be a member of the Cliometric Society.
Proposals due: May 8, 2010
Authors notified of acceptance of paper: June 15, 2010
Paper summaries due at the Society office: September 30, 2010
ASSA Meetings in Denver: January 7-9, 2011
Please email any questions to: haupert.mich@uwlax.edu

 
 

Du 25 au 26 mars 2011 : Iberometrics - Barcelona (Spain)

Iberometrics V - Fifth Iberian Cliometrics Workshop
University of Barcelona, March 25-26, 2011

The Fifth Iberian Cliometrics Workshop is to be held in Barcelona on 25-26 March, 2011. It will be organized by the University of Barcelona, with the assistance of colleagues from the Instituto de Ciências Sociais (Universidade de Lisboa), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Universidad de Zaragoza and Universitat Oberta de Catalunya.

Papers are invited from economic historians wishing to attend. They should be on any subject or period of Spanish, Portuguese or Iberian economic history, including comparative papers that consider the Portuguese and/or Spanish cases within their sample. Papers dealing with relations with the colonies will also be considered, but not if they are exclusively on the economic history of a particular colony or group of colonies. Papers by young scholars are especially welcome. Priority will also be given to those who have never attended before.

Anyone wishing to present a paper should send a 500 word abstract by no later than October 15th, 2010 to: iberometricsv@ub.edu. Decisions regarding acceptance will be sent out no later than November 15th, 2010. Final versions of the accepted papers are expected by no later than February 15th, 2011. They will be circulated to all participants prior to the meeting and published on the workshop webpage.

The organizers will cover travel and local costs for all those who are invited to present a paper. In the case of papers with more than one author, it may be necessary to restrict this coverage to one person only, depending on budgetary constraints.

The organizing committee: Alfonso Herranz-Loncán (UB), Anna Carreras-Marín (UB) and Marc Badia-Miró (UOC). All correspondence should be addressed to iberometricsv@ub.edu.

 
 

Du 1er au 3 avril 2011 : Economic History Society - Cambridge (UK)

The 2011 annual conference of the Economic History Society will be hosted by Robinson College, University of Cambridge from 1 - 3 April.

The conference programme committee welcomes proposals in all aspects of economic and social history covering a wide range of periods and countries, and particularly welcomes papers of an interdisciplinary nature. Preference may be given to scholars who did not present a paper at the previous year's conference. Those currently studying for, or who have recently completed, a PhD should submit a proposal to the New Researcher session; please contact Maureen Galbraith (ehsocsec@arts.gla.ac.uk) for further information.

The committee invites proposals for individual papers, as well as for entire sessions (3 speakers, 1.5 hours duration). The latter should include proposals and synopses for each paper in the session, although the committee reserves the right to determine which papers will be presented in the session if it is accepted. If a session is not accepted, the committee may incorporate one or more of the proposed papers into other panels.

Proposals should please be submitted online via the Economic History Society website (www.ehs.org.uk). You will be asked to submit a short abstract (400-500 words), a brief c.v. and your contact details (including name, postal and e-mail address).

Any queries should please be directed to:

Maureen Galbraith
Department of Economic & Social History
University of Glasgow
Lilybank House, Bute Gardens
Glasgow G12 8RT
Scotland, UK
E-mail: ehsocsec@arts.gla.ac.uk

For full consideration, proposals must be received by 13 September 2010. Notices of acceptance will be sent to individual paper givers by 16 November 2010.

Should your paper be accepted, you will be asked to provide the following:

- An abstract of the paper for inclusion in the conference booklet (by 13 December 2010).
- A brief non-technical summary of your paper for the 'Media Briefings' section of the Society's website (by 1 February 2011).
- An electronic copy of your full paper or a web address where the paper is available for consultation (by 1 March 2011).

It is the normal expectation that speakers who submit a proposal for a paper to the Conference Committee should be able to obtain independent financial support for their travel and conference attendance. However, a very limited support fund exists to assist overseas speakers who are unable to obtain funding from their own institution or from another source. Details of this fund and an application form can be obtained from the Society's administrative secretary, Maureen Galbraith (ehsocsec@arts.gla.ac.uk). It is important that a completed application form is submitted by the September deadline. Only in exceptional circumstances will later applications for support be considered.

 
 

Du 13 au 14 Mai 2011 : 7th BETA-Workshop in Historical Economics - Strasbourg (France)

The 2011 annual BETA-Workshop in Historical Economics will be hosted by the University of Strasbourg from 13 to 14 May and organised in association with the Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée (BETA, UMR 7522 CNRS, Université de Nancy 2, Université de Strasbourg), the Association Française de Cliométrie (AFC) and Cliometrica (Springer Verlag).

For the 7th Edition, we welcome proposals in all aspects of "Cliometrics of Crises: Past, Present, Future" covering a wide range of periods and countries.

For each proposed paper, please send us by e-mail, as soon as possible and before January 1st 2011, a short abstract of 1000-1500 characters.

Speakers who submit a proposal to the Workshop should be able to obtain independent financial support for their travel and conference attendance. However, a very limited support fund exists to assist younger colleagues who are unable to obtain funding from their own institution or from another source. We will also offer meals to the participants during the Workshop at no cost.

Please do not hesitate to circulate this call for papers as widely as possible.

Contact for paper proposals and practical matters: Claude Diebolt, cdiebolt@unistra.fr

 
 

Du 20 au 22 mai 2011 : The Annual Cliometrics Conference - Boulder (USA)

Celebrating fifty years of Cliometrics, the 2011 Cliometrics Conference will be held on the weekend of Friday, May 20th through Sunday May 22nd, 2011. The conference will be hosted by the University of Colorado at Boulder. Funding to help support the conference is provided by the National Science Foundation and the University of Colorado at Boulder.

The conference is designed to provide extensive discussion of new and innovative research in economic history. Typically, twelve papers are selected for presentation and discussion. These are sent out to all conference participants in advance. Each presented paper is devoted an entire session, in which authors have five minutes to make an opening statement and the rest of the session is devoted to discussion among all conference participants. All participants are required to read all papers and to attend the entire conference. At least one author must be a member of the Cliometrics Society. For membership information see the Cliometrics Society webpage at http://cliometrics.org/ or contact Michael Haupert at haupert.mich@uwlax.edu.

The deadline for paper proposals and requests to attend the meeting is Friday, January 14th, 2011. Proposals and requests will be accepted as early as December 15th, 2010. We can only invite a limited number of participants, so it is important to meet the deadlines. Those wishing to present a paper should provide an abstract and a 3-5 page summary of the proposed paper. The paper should be a work-in-progress and should not have been accepted for publication. In choosing papers and participants, priority will be given to those who have not attended recently or who have never attended. Graduate students wishing to attend should submit a paper proposal and a letter of recommendation from their dissertation advisor. Those wishing to present papers or attend the conference should provide their addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses. Those whose papers are selected for presentation will be notified by Monday, February 14th, 2011 and are expected to provide a completed draft of the paper in the proper format for the conference booklet no later than Monday, March 14th, 2011.

We prefer that applicants submit their materials using the Cliometrics Society page at www.eh.net or at http://www.eh.net/Clio/Conferences/prop11.html. This site will not be available until December 1st, 2010.

Proposals may also be e-mailed to clioconf@colorado.edu or sent using snail mail to Megan Jorgensen, Cliometrics Conference Administrator, Department of Economics, University of Colorado at Boulder, 256 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309 (phone 303-492-8024) or faxed in care of Megan Jorgensen at 303-492-8960

 
 

2 juin 2011 : CNEH Conference - Ottawa (Canada)

Theme: Education, Migration, and Human Capital
Keynote Speaker: George Boyer, Cornell University

On behalf of the friends and colleagues of Mary MacKinnon, the Canadian Network for Economic History would like to dedicate its 2011 conference to her memory. We invite paper proposals for this conference, which will be held June 2 in Ottawa, Ontario. Papers will be considered on all topics, especially those relating to the themes of " Education, Migration and Human Capital.” Please email a 1-2 page abstract to Ian Keay (ikeay@econ.queensu.ca).

The deadline for proposals is January 1, 2011. The program will be set and authors notified by late-January. Funds may become available to partially reimburse the costs of graduate students and junior scholars.

Information on the venue, registration, and program will be posted at http://www.economichistory.ca as it becomes available. Additional information about the CEA Annual Meetings, which will be held June 3-5 in Ottawa, may be accessed at http://economics.ca/2011/en/.

During the 2011 CNEH conference we will discuss an appropriate, permanent memorial that recognizes Mary and her contributions to our discipline.
 
 

Du 2 au 3 septembre 2011 : EHES Conference - Dublin (Ireland)

Registration for the 9th conference of the European Historical Economics Society is now open. You can register for the conference via the conference website,

http://www.ehes2011.com/

You can also book hotels via this website.

The deadline for submitting a paper proposal is January 31 2011.
with best wishes,

Kevin H. O’Rourke
Professor of Economics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
Tel. 00353 1 896 3594; Fax. 00353 1 677 2503
Web page: http://www.tcd.ie/Economics/staff/orourkek/homepage.htm

 
 

Du 9 au 11 septembre 2011 : EHA Meetings - Boston (USA)

Crises and Turning Points

Annual Meeting of the Economic History Association, Boston, Massachusetts, September 9-11, 2011

If the global economic and financial crisis has a silver lining, it is that recent events have heightened awareness among policy makers and the general public of the importance of economic history. Crises - economic, financial, social, demographic, environmental, and political, to name only a few - are a hardly perennial. An understanding of their history is essential to begin to understand what if anything is distinctive about the recent experience. The history of crises continues to be studied from a number of perspectives: in terms of their causes and their consequences, in terms of their changing incidence, in terms of their short-term impact and their longer-term implications for the development of economies and societies. This conference seeks to bring together scholars engaged in research on these various dimensions of crises and their implications.

The Program Committee (Richard Grossman, Wesleyan University (Chair), together with Maristella Botticini, Alan Taylor, and Michael Bernstein) welcomes submissions on all subjects in economic history, though some preference will be given to papers that specifically fit the theme. Papers should be submitted individually, but authors may suggest to the Committee that three particular papers fit well together in a panel.

Papers should in all cases be works in progress rather than accepted or published work. Submitters should let the program committee know at the time of application if the paper they are proposing has already been submitted for publication. Individuals who presented or co-authored a paper given at the 2010 meeting are not eligible for inclusion in the 2011 program.
Papers and session proposals should be submitted online: http://eh.net/eha/meetings/2011-meeting/submissions. The submission system will be available mid-late November, 2010. Paper proposals should include a 3-5 page précis and a 150-word abstract suitable for publication in the Journal of Economic History. Papers should be submitted by 31 January, 2011 to ensure consideration.

Graduate students are encouraged to attend the meeting. The Association offers subsidies for travel, hotel, registration, and meals, including a special graduate student dinner. A poster session welcomes work from dissertations in progress. Applications for the poster session are due no later than 21 May 2011, and should be sent to grossman@wesleyan.edu. The dissertation session convened by Kris James Mitchener (Santa Clara University) and Brian Ahearn (University of Oxford) will honor six dissertations completed during the 2010-2011 academic year. The submission deadline is June 11, 2011. The Alexander Gerschenkron and Allan Nevins prizes will be awarded to the best dissertations on non-North American and North American topics respectively.

For further information, check http://eh.net/eha/meetings/2011-meeting, which also includes information on travel options to Boston; or contact Meetings Coordinator Jari Eloranta at elorantaj@appstate.edu.

 
 
2010

Du 3 au 5 janvier 2010 : The ASSA Meetings - Atlanta (USA)

2010 ASSA Meetings
January 3-5, 2009

The Cliometric Society will sponsor three sessions at the ASSA meetings in Atlanta, January 3-5, 2010. The program committee includes Joe Mason (Drexel) and Gary Richardson (UC-Irvine). Authors interested in presenting a paper should send a one-page proposal, including an abstract or description of the paper and all contact information to Mike Haupert at haupert.mich@uwlax.edu by May 15, 2009. Please note on the subject line that you are sending a proposal for the ASSA meetings, and either include the proposal in your message or send the documents as attachments in a Word format.

The Economic History Association will sponsor two sessions at the ASSA meetings in Atlanta, January 3-5, 2010. The program committee includes Gillian Hamilton ( Toronto) and Bob Margo ( Boston University). . Authors interested in presenting a paper should send a one-page proposal, including an abstract or description of the paper and all contact information to Mike Haupert at haupert.mich@uwlax.edu by May 15, 2009. Please note on the subject line that you are sending a proposal for the ASSA meetings, and either include the proposal in your message or send the documents as attachments in Word format.

Hard copies may be faxed to:

Michael Haupert
AEA-ASSA Proposals
Department of Economics
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
(608) 785-8549

We want scholars to be able to read summaries of the papers in advance of the ASSA meetings. Thus, authors submitting proposals must be prepared to send a 3,000-word summary to the publisher of the Society Newsletter by September 1, 2009.

At least one author must be a member of the Cliometric Society or the Economic History Association.

roposals due: May 15, 2009
Authors notified of acceptance of paper: June 5, 2009
Paper summaries due at the Society office: September 1, 2009
ASSA Meetings in Atlanta : January 3-5, 2010

Please email any questions to: haupert.mich@uwlax.edu

 
 

Du 3 au 5 février 2010 : CLADHE II- Mexico City (Mexico)

Second Latin American Economic History Congress Mexico City, February 3-5, 2010

The Second Latin American Economic History Congress (CLADHE-II) will take place in Mexico City from February 3 to 5, 2010. The economic history associations of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay will be the organizers of the Congress. The Spanish and Portuguese economic history associations will participate as invited organizers. The Congress venue will be the National Autonomous University of Mexico Cultural Centre at Tlatelolco.

The Congress will be the ideal academic forum to debate on-going economic history research from Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula, as well as to discuss global and comparative perspectives with other regions.

The Congress is a collective effort that will definitely shape the future research agenda of the region’s economic history. The Congress will coincide with the Fourth International Congress of the Mexican Economic History Association (AMHE-IV). Registration and payment fees will allow participation in the full program of both Congresses.

The call for session proposals and the opening of the Registration & Payment System will be announced in the following weeks. After the sessions are approved, calls for papers will be announced, as well as a call for posters. There will be opportunities to organize roundtables and to present books, journals and websites.

Complete information on the Congress characteristics, calendar, fees and methods of payment, as well as on Mexico, the venue and travel arrangements, is available at www.economia.unam.mx/cladhe (in Spanish).

The first announcement (Primera Circular) can be downloaded at www.economia.unam.mx/cladhe/docs/circular1.pdf. If you have questions or you want to request specific information in English, please write to cladhe2010@gmail.com

 
 

Du 17 au 19 février 2010 : Asia-Pacific Economic and Business History Conference - Wellington (New Zealand)

Asia-Pacific Economic and Business History Conference 2010
Main theme: Financial Crises: Historical Perspectives
17-19 February 2010, Wellington (New Zealand)
Venue: Victoria University of Wellington
Organisation: Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand

Call for papers: http://www.uow.edu.au/commerce/econ/ehsanz/

Papers and proposals for sessions are invited for the 2010 APEBH conference. Although the main conference theme is 'Financial Crises: Historical Perspectives' we also extend a welcome to contributions on any other topics in economic, social, and business history, as well as to proposals for sessions on particular themes. Researchers across a range of disciplines are warmly welcomed including economists and historians of economic thought, accounting, business, society, and management, as well as archivists. Early career researchers are encouraged to participate. The conference organisers are particularly interested in attracting papers that examine developments within the Asia-Pacific region broadly defined and/or papers that provide an international comparative perspective, but by no means wish to discourage papers on other regions of the world. The current global financial crisis raises many questions that invite historical comparison. What are the similarities and differences between this and previous financial and economic crises, including the depression of the 1930s and the Asian crisis of the late 1990s? To what extent are financial crises inevitable, or can they be avoided by sound banking practices and economic policy? What could today ' s policy makers and business leaders learn from previous eras of financial turmoil? How did financial regulation change in response to past episodes of crisis and with what consequences? How do financial crises affect different types of economy and different groups in society? Can we expect to see the revival of Keynesian and other doctrines that rose to popularity in the 1930s? Why are some businesses more vulnerable to the impact of national and international financial crises than others? Do crises lead to opportunities for astute entrepreneurs? Are there historical precedents for a financial crisis caused by the growth of new instruments and new institutions that were not formally included in existing regulatory regimes and, if so, how did regulators respond? These questions could be approached from a number of perspectives, including those of the cliometrician, the economic historian, the economic theorist, the business historian, and the social historian. There is scope for new interpretations as well as syntheses of existing work.

ALL ABSTRACTS, PROPOSALS FOR SESSIONS, AND PAPERS FOR REFEREEING OR POSTING ON THE CONFERENCE WEBSITE SHOULD BE EMAILED TO THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMME ORGANISERS:

Rick.Garside@otago.ac.nz (Professor Rick Garside, Otago University)

Edwyna.Harris@buseco.monash.edu.au (Dr Edwyna Harris, Monash University)

Paper abstracts of one page may be submitted at any time up to 30 November 2009. A decision on proposals will be made within a month of submission. Session proposals of one page may be submitted up to the same date, outlining the main objectives of the session. You are not obliged to submit your full paper for refereeing. However, some universities require staff attending conferences to have their papers refereed, and if this is the case in your institution please submit the full paper by 11 January 2010,earlier if possible.

Any papers sent to us by 12 February 2010 will be posted on the conference website. A conference paper prize will be awarded. A selection of papers (subject to the normal reviewing process and standards) may be published in the Australian Economic History Review. Further details about the conference and the Call for Papers can be found at the web page of the Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand: http://www.uow.edu.au/commerce/econ/ehsanz/

 
 

Du 26 au 28 mars 2010 : Economic History Society - Durham (UK)

Economic History Society Annual Conference

26-28 March 2010
University of Durham

Call for Academic Papers

The 2010 annual conference of the Economic History Society will be hosted by the University of Durham from 26 to 28 March. Accommodation and some meetings will be located in Collingwood College and the majority of sessions in two adjacent buildings on the Science Site. The College is a 10-minute walk from the Science Site and shuttle buses will be provided at certain times of the day.

The conference programme committee welcomes proposals in all aspects of economic and social history covering a wide range of periods and countries, and particularly welcomes papers of an interdisciplinary nature. Preference may be given to scholars who did not present a paper at the previous year’s conference. Those currently studying for, or who have recently completed, a PhD should submit a proposal to the New Researcher session; please contact Maureen Galbraith (ehsocsec@arts.gla.ac.uk) for further information.

The committee invites proposals for individual papers, as well as for entire sessions (3 speakers, 1.5 hours duration). The latter should include proposals and synopses for each paper in the session, although the committee reserves the right to determine which papers will be presented in the session if it is accepted. If a session is not accepted, the committee may incorporate one or more of the proposed papers into other panels.

For each proposed paper, please send (preferably by e-mail) a brief c.v. and a short abstract (including name, postal and e-mail addresses) of 400-500 words to:

Maureen Galbraith
Dept of Economic & Social History
University of Glasgow
Lilybank House, Bute Gardens
Glasgow G12 8RT
Scotland , UK
E-mail: ehsocsec@arts.gla.ac.uk

For full consideration, proposals must be received by 14 September 2009.  Notices of acceptance will be sent to individual paper givers by 16 November 2009.

Should your paper be accepted, you will be asked to provide the following:

1. An abstract of the paper for inclusion in the conference booklet (by 14 December 2009).
2. A brief non-technical summary of your paper for the ‘ Media Briefings ’ section of the Society’s website (by 1 February 2010).
3. An electronic copy of your full paper (for the conference website) or a web address where the paper is available for consultation (by 1 March 2010).

It is the normal expectation that speakers who submit a proposal for a paper to the Conference Committee should be able to obtain independent financial support for their travel and conference attendance. However, a very limited support fund exists to assist overseas speakers who are unable to obtain funding from their own institution or from another source. Details of this fund and an application form can be obtained from the Society’s administrative secretary, Maureen Galbraith (ehsocsec@arts.gla.ac.uk). It is important that a completed application form is included with the paper proposal and the brief c.v. which are submitted to the committee for the September deadline. Only in exceptional circumstances will later applications for support be considered.

 
 

Le 23 avril 2010 : FRESH Meeting - Belfast (UK) 

Call for papers: Belfast Future Research in Economic and Social History (FRESH) Meeting

Theme: All topics are welcome, but we encourage submissions on banking and financial history

Date: 23 April 2010

Venue: Queen's University Belfast

FRESH meetings are aimed at researchers in any field of economic and social history. The meetings build on the concept that scholars present their ongoing research at an early stage, i.e. normally before it becomes published as a working paper or the like, and certainly before it is published in books or journals. The main aim of the meetings is to gather researchers in a friendly and non-imposing environment where they can present their research and receive constructive criticism from their peers.

The FRESH meeting organisers strive to accommodate as many speakers as possible. Accepted papers will normally receive 30 minutes each (20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion). However, in the interest of avoiding parallel sessions, the presentation time may be shortened. In the event of space constraints, please note that FRESH members and members of the hosting faculty (or geographically close institutions) will be given preference.

For this meeting we particularly encourage papers on banking and financial history, but submissions from scholars working in all areas of economic history are very welcome.

The organizers offer lunch, dinner and other refreshments on the day of the meeting, but accommodation and travel must be covered by the participants themselves. Also, there will be a registration fee for this meeting of 70 EUR payable on acceptance of your submission. Prospective speakers should submit a one-page abstract and a short CV to Jacob Weisdorf (email: jacob.weisdorf@econ.ku.dk) no later than 1 March 2010. Notification of acceptance will be given by the middle of March 2010.

The Belfast FRESH meeting is organized by John Turner (local organizer), Paul Sharp and Jacob Weisdorf. For more information about FRESH meetings and FRESH membership, please visit the FRESH website at www.keynes.dk/FRESH or see below.

Would you like to organize a FRESH meeting?

FRESH meetings have no permanent venue but take place at any institution around the world where there is an interest in having the FRESH meeting. Hosting institutions will be asked to provide a venue, including electronic equipment, and, if possible, lunch and dinner for the meeting participants (usually 10-15 persons). If you would like to organize a FRESH meeting at your institution, please contact the meeting organizers (contact details on the FRESH website: www.keynes.dk/FRESH).

Would you like to become a FRESH member?

FRESH members will automatically receive notification of upcoming meetings and are offered a discount on the meeting registration fee. Membership is free and involves the member's name and a link to his or her personal website being posted on the FRESH meeting website. Prospective members are encouraged to join the FRESH meetings group on facebook (www.facebook.com). Alternatively, you can sign up as a member by sending a mail to Paul Sharp (e-mail: paul.sharp@econ.ku.dk).
 
 

Du 14 au 15 mai 2010 : 6th BETA-Workshop in Historical Economics - Strasbourg (France)

The 2010 annual BETA-Workshop in Historical Economics will be hosted by the University of Strasbourg from 14 to 15 May and organised in association with the Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée (BETA, UMR 7522 CNRS, Université de Nancy 2, Université de Strasbourg), the Association Française de Cliométrie (AFC) and Cliometrica. Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History (Springer Verlag).

For the Sixth Edition, we welcome proposals in all aspects of "Cliometrics of Creativity: Ideas, Innovation, Patents, R&D..." covering a wide range of periods and countries.

For each proposed paper, please send us by e-mail, as soon as possible and before the end of the year, a short abstract of 1000-1500 characters.

Speakers who submit a proposal to the Workshop should be able to obtain independent financial support for their travel and conference attendance. However, a very limited support fund exists to assist younger colleagues who are unable to obtain funding from their own institution or from another source. We will also offer meals to the participants during the Workshop at no cost.

Please do not hesitate to circulate this call for papers as widely as possible.

Contact for paper proposals and practical matters:

Claude Diebolt, cdiebolt@unistra.fr

 
 

Du 21 au 23 mai 2010 : The Annual Cliometrics Conference - La Crosse (USA)

2010 Cliometrics Conference

The annual Cliometrics Conference in 2010 will be held on the weekend of Friday, May 21st through Sunday May 23rd. The conference will be hosted by the University of Wisconsin La Crosse. Funding to help support the conference is provided by the National Science Foundation and the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse.

The conference is designed to provide extensive discussion of new and innovative research in economic history. Typically, twelve papers are selected for presentation and discussion. These are sent out to all conference participants in advance. Each paper is a single session, in which authors have five minutes to make an opening statement and the rest of the session is devoted to discussion among all conference participants. All participants are required to read all papers and to attend the entire conference. At least one author must be a member of the Cliometrics Society. For membership information contact Michael Haupert at <haupert.mich@uwlax.edu>

The deadline for paper proposals and requests to attend the meeting is Wednesday, January 6th, 2010. Proposals and requests will be accepted as early as December 15th, 2009. We can only invite a limited number of participants, so it is important to be prompt. Those wishing to present a paper should provide an abstract and a 3-5 page summary of the proposed paper. In choosing papers and participants, priority will be given to those who have not attended recently or who have never attended. Graduate students wishing to attend should submit a paper proposal and obtain a letter of recommendation from their dissertation advisor. Those wishing to present papers or attend the conference should provide their addresses, phone and fax numbers, and e-mail addresses. Those whose papers are selected for presentation will be notified by Monday, February 1st, 2010 and are expected to provide a completed draft of the paper in the proper format for the conference volume no later than March 3rd, 2010.

We prefer that applicants submit their materials using the Cliometrics Society page at www.eh.net website or: http://www.eh.net/Clio/Conferences/prop10.html .

Proposals may also be e-mailed to clioconf@colorado.edu or sent using snail mail to Megan Jorgensen, Cliometrics Conference Administrator, Department of Economics, University of Colorado at Boulder, 256 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309 (phone 303-492-8024) or faxed in care of Megan Jorgensen at 303-492-8960.

Ann M. Carlos
Professor
Department of Economics
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80304

 
 

Du 24 au 26 septembre 2010 : EHA Meetings - Evanston (USA)

CALL FOR PAPERS

Thinking Comparatively: Economic and Historical Perspectives on Places, Periods, and Institutions

Annual Meeting of the Economic History Association, Evanston, Illinois, September 24-26, 2010

Scholars who work on a single locality, period, or institution usually have in mind some kind of comparative question, although the comparative dimension is often implicit rather than explicitly articulated. Recently, formal comparative approaches have figured more prominently in economic history. These approaches take a variety of forms, from detailed qualitative studies of two or more cases to quantitative examinations of large numbers of countries. This conference seeks to provoke a dialog between the comparative and the specific by attracting a broad range of papers that are implicitly or explicitly comparative. What do we learn from comparative work? How can we make better comparisons? What would we lose if all work was comparative?

The Program Committee (Timothy Guinnane, Yale University (Chair); Carolyn Moehling, Rutgers University; William Summerhill, UCLA; and Jan Luiten van Zanden, Utrecht University) welcomes submissions on all subjects in economic history, though some preference will be given to papers that specifically fit the theme. Papers should be submitted individually, but authors may suggest to the Committee that three particular papers fit well together in a panel.

Papers should in all cases be works in progress rather than accepted or published work. Submitters should let the program committee know at the time of application if the paper they are proposing has already been submitted for publication. Individuals who presented or co-authored a paper given at the 2009 meeting are not eligible for inclusion in the 2010 program.

Papers and session proposals should be submitted online: http://eh.net/eha/meetings/2010-meeting/submissions. The submission system will be available mid-November, 2009. Paper proposals should include a 3-5 page précis and a 150-word abstract suitable for publication in the Journal of Economic History. Papers should be submitted by 29 January, 2010 to ensure consideration.

Graduate students are encouraged to attend the meeting. The Association offers subsidies for travel, hotel, registration, and meals, including a special graduate student dinner. A poster session welcomes work from dissertations in progress. Applications for the poster session are due no later than 21 May 2010, and should be sent to timothy.guinnane@yale.edu. The dissertation session convened by Eric Hilt (Wellesley College) and Nathan Sussman (Hebrew University) will honor six dissertations completed during the 2009-2010 academic year. The submission deadline is June 11, 2010. The Alexander Gerschenkron and Allan Nevins prizes will be awarded to the best dissertations on non-North American and North American topics respectively.

For further information, check http://eh.net/eha/meetings/2010-meeting, which also includes information on travel options to Evanston; or contact Meetings Coordinator Jari Eloranta at elorantaj@appstate.edu.

 
 
 
2009

Du 3 au 5 janvier 2009 : The ASSA Meetings - San Francisco (USA)

2009 ASSA Meetings
January 3-5, 2009

The Cliometric Society will sponsor three sessions at the ASSA meetings in San Francisco, January 3-5, 2009. The program committee includes Joe Mason (Drexel), and Robert McGuire (Akron). Authors interested in presenting a paper should send a one-page proposal, including an abstract or description of the paper and all contact information to Mike Haupert at haupert.mich@uwlax.edu by May 15, 2008. Please note on the subject line that you are sending a proposal for the ASSA meetings, and either include the proposal in your message or send the documents as attachments in a Word format.

The Economic History Association will sponsor two sessions at the ASSA meetings in San Francisco, January 3-5, 2009. The program committee includes Gillian Hamilton (Toronto) and Zorina Khan (Bowdoin). Authors interested in presenting a paper should send a one-page proposal, including an abstract or description of the paper and all contact information to Mike Haupert at haupert.mich@uwlax.edu by May 15, 2008. Please note on the subject line that you are sending a proposal for the ASSA meetings, and either include the proposal in your message or send the documents as attachments in Word format.

Hard copies may be faxed to:

Michael Haupert
AEA-ASSA Proposals
Department of Economics
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
(608) 785-8549

We want scholars to be able to read summaries of the papers in advance of the ASSA meetings. Thus, authors submitting proposals must be prepared to send a 3,000-word summary to the publisher of the Society Newsletter by September 1, 2008.

At least one author must be a member of the Cliometric Society.

Proposals due: May 15, 2008
Authors notified of acceptance of paper: June 15, 2008
Paper summaries due at the Society office: September 1, 2008
ASSA Meetings in San Francisco : January 3-5, 2009

Please email any questions to: haupert.mich@uwlax.edu

 
 

Du 20 au 21 mars 2009 : Iberometrics IV - Lisbon (Portugal)

Iberometrics IV - Fourth Iberian Cliometrics Workshop

Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Lisbon, March 20-21, 2009

The Fourth Iberian Cliometrics Workshop is to be held in Lisbon on 20-21March, 2009 It will be organized by the Instituto de Ciências Sociais, University of Lisbon, with the assistance of colleagues from Barcelona, Carlos III, Pompeu Fabra, Valencia, and Zaragoza Universities.

Papers are invited from economic historians wishing to attend. They should be on any subject or period of Spanish, Portuguese or Iberian economic history. Papers dealing with relations with the colonies will also be considered but not if they are exclusively on the economic history of a particular colony or group of colonies. Papers by young scholars will be specially considered. Priority will also be given to those who have never attended before.

Anyone wishing to present a paper should send a 500 word abstract by no later than October 15th, 2008 to: iberometricsIV@ics.ul.pt. Decisions regarding acceptance will be sent out no later than November 15th, 2008. Final versions of the accepted papers are expected by no later than February 15th, 2009. They will be circulated to all participants prior to the meeting and will be available on the workshop page.

The organizers will cover travel and local costs for all those who are invited to present a paper. In the case of papers with more than one author, it may be necessary to restrict this coverage to one person only, depending on budgetary constraints.

The organizing committee: Jaime Reis (ICS, University of Lisbon ) and Leonor Freire Costa (ISEG, Technical University of Lisbon ). All correspondence should be addressed to iberometricsIV@ics.ul.pt.

 
 

Du 3 au 5 avril 2009 : Economic History Society - Warwick (UK)

Economic History Society Annual Conference

3 - 5 April 2009
University of Warwick

The 2009 annual conference of the Economic History Society will be hosted by the University of Warwick from 3 to 5 April.

The conference programme committee welcomes proposals in all aspects of economic and social history covering a wide range of periods and countries, and particularly welcomes papers of an interdisciplinary nature. Preference may be given to scholars who did not present a paper at the previous year's conference. Those currently studying for, or who have recently received, a PhD should submit a proposal to the New Researcher session; please contact Maureen Galbraith (ehsocsec@arts.gla.ac.uk) for further information.

The committee invites proposals for individual papers, as well as for entire sessions (3 speakers, 1.5 hours duration). The latter should include proposals and synopses for each paper in the session, although the committee reserves the right to determine which papers will be presented in the session if it is accepted. If a session is not accepted, the committee may incorporate one or more of the proposed papers into other panels.

For each proposed paper, please send (by e-mail or via the website) a brief c.v. and a short abstract (including name, postal and e-mail addresses) of 400-500 words to:

Maureen Galbraith
Economic History Society
Dept of Economic & Social History
University of Glasgow
Lilybank House, Bute Gardens
Glasgow G12 8RT
Scotland , UK
E-mail: ehsocsec@arts.gla.ac.uk
Website: www.ehs.org.uk

For full consideration, proposals must be received by 19 September 2008. Notices of acceptance will be sent to individual paper givers by 17 November 2008.

Should your paper be accepted, you will be asked to provide the following:

* A brief non-technical summary of your paper for the 'Media Briefings' section of the Society's website (by 5 January 2009).

* An abstract of the paper for inclusion in the conference booklet and website (by 5 January 2009).

* An electronic copy of your full paper, or a web address where the paper is available for consultation (by 2 March 2009).

It is the normal expectation that speakers who submit a proposal for a paper to the Conference Committee should be able to obtain independent financial support for their travel and conference attendance. However, a very limited support fund exists to assist overseas speakers who are unable to obtain funding from their own institution or from another source. Details of this fund and an application form can be obtained from the Society's administrative secretary, Maureen Galbraith (ehsocsec@arts.gla.ac.uk). It is important that a completed application form is included with the paper proposal and the brief c.v. which are submitted to the conference committee for the September deadline.

 
 

Du 15 au 16 mai 2009 : 5th BETA-Workshop in Historical Economics - Strasbourg (France)

Programme - Photo de groupe

The 2009 annual BETA-Workshop in Historical Economics will be hosted by the University of Strasbourg from 15 to 16 May and organised in association with the Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée (BETA, UMR 7522 CNRS), the Association Française de Cliométrie (AFC) and Cliometrica. Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History (Springer Verlag). For the 5th Edition, we welcome proposals in all aspects of "Cliometrics of Human Capital" covering a wide range of periods and countries.

For each proposed paper, please send us by e-mail, as soon as possible and before the end of the year, a short abstract of 500-1000 words.

Speakers who submit a proposal to the Workshop should be able to obtain independent financial support for their travel and conference attendance. However, a very limited support fund exists to assist younger colleagues who are unable to obtain funding from their own institution or from another source. We will also offer meals to the participants during the Workshop at no cost.

Contact for paper proposals and practical matters:

Claude Diebolt, cdiebolt@cournot.u-strasbg.fr

 
 

Du 5 au 7 juin 2009 : The Annual Cliometrics Conference - Gettysburg (USA)

The annual Cliometrics Conference in 2009 will be held on the weekend of Friday, June 5th through Sunday, June 7th. The conference will be hosted by Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA. Funding to help support the conference is provided by the National Science Foundation.

The conference is designed to provide extensive discussion of new and innovative research in economic history. Typically, twelve papers are selected for presentation and discussion. These are sent out to all conference participants in advance. Each presented paper is devoted a session, in which authors have 5 minutes to make an opening statement and the rest of the session is devoted to discussion among all conference participants. All participants are required to read all papers and to attend the entire conference.

The deadline for paper proposals and requests to attend the meetings is Friday, January 23rd, 2009. Proposals and requests will be accepted as early as December 15th, 2008. We can only invite a limited number of participants, so it is important to be prompt. Those wishing to present a paper should provide an abstract and a 3-5 page summary of the proposed paper. In choosing papers and participants, priority will be given to those who have not attended recently or who have never attended. Graduate students wishing to attend should submit a paper proposal and obtain a letter of recommendation from their dissertation advisor. Those wishing to present papers or attend the conference should provide their addresses, phone and fax numbers, and e-mail addresses. Those whose papers are selected for presentation will be notified by February 27th, 2009 and are expected to provide a completed draft of the paper in the proper format for the conference volume no later than by April 3rd, 2009.

We prefer that applicants submit their materials using the application form under the Cliometrics Conference listing at the www.eh.net website, at:

http://www.eh.net/Clio/Conferences/prop09.html .

Proposals may also be e-mailed to clioconf@colorado.edu or sent using snail mail to Teresa de Candia, Cliometrics Conference Secretary, Department of Economics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309 (phone 303-492-8024) or faxed in care of Teresa de Candia at 303-492-8960.

 
 

11 to 13 September 2009 : EHA Meetings - Tucson (USA)

The 2009 Economic History Association Meetings
Hosted by University of Arizona
Loews Ventana Canyon Resort Tucson
Tucson, Arizona,
September 11-13, 2009
Richard Steckel, President Elect

“Human Welfare: Measurement, Analysis and Interpretation”

The Program Committee—Michael Haines, Colgate University (Chair); Jeremy Atack, Vanderbilt University; Brooks Kaiser, Gettysburg College; and Trevon Logan, Ohio State University—welcomes proposals for individual papers, as well as for entire sessions. Papers should in all cases be works in progress rather than accepted or published work. Submitters have a responsibility to let the program committee know if the proposed paper has been submitted for publication. Submissions for entire sessions should include no more than 3 papers and each proposal should be submitted separately. The committee reserves the right to determine which papers will be included in those sessions that are accepted.

As is the rule, papers on all subjects in economic history are welcome, but a number of sessions will be devoted to the theme "Human Welfare: Measurement, Analysis and Interpretation."

The ultimate goal of economic historians is to illuminate the evolution of human welfare. This year’s theme promotes efforts to unify and to find common denominators in diverse approaches to understanding this central aspect of our past. Measurement is a central concern, even in modern studies of this complex subject. Among the issues to consider are the variety of approaches and how they compare. What was the contribution of improvements in health? Of emancipation or freedom? Of the right to vote? Of moderating the business cycle, or reducing bank failures? Can we estimate the social cost of inequality or crime, and of war, epidemics and other calamities? Of consumer surplus from trade? By how much did technological change improve welfare by making home and market production, as well as travel, easier and safer? What was the cost of isolation, or alternatively the benefit of cheap communication? What are the counterfactuals most suitable for addressing these types of questions? Of course, these ideas are merely suggestions, and we have at our disposal a growing array of economic theories and empirical methods to estimate how "progress" translates into human welfare.

Papers and session proposals should be submitted online at: http://www.ehameeting.com/submissions. Paper proposals should include a 3-5 page précis and a 150-word abstract suitable for publication in the Journal of Economic History. The due date is January 31, 2009.

Graduate students are encouraged to attend and the Association offers subsidies for travel, hotel, registration, and meals, including a special graduate student dinner. A poster session welcomes work from dissertations in progress (application due date April 30, 2009.

The dissertation session convened by John Murray (University of Toledo) and Steven Broadberry (University of Warwick, UK) will honor six dissertations completed during the 2008-2009 academic year. The submission deadline is May 31, 2009. The Alexander Gerschenkron and Allan Nevins prizes will be awarded to the best dissertation on non-North American and North American topics.

For further information, check http://eh.net/eha/, which also includes information on travel options to Tucson, the EHA meetings page (www.ehameeting.com), or contact Meetings Coordinator Jari Eloranta at elorantaj@appstate.edu.

 
 

Du 2 au 4 octobre 2009 : CNEH - Halifax (Canada)

The Canadian Network for Economic History invites proposals for its October 2-4, 2009 conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia. We welcome submissions related to all economic history topics, particularly those associated with the theme “New Perspectives on Long-Run Growth.”

Keynote Speaker: Joel Mokyr (Northwestern)

The deadline for abstract submissions is June 1, 2009. Authors of the papers selected for presentation should expect to be notified by mid-July. Proposals from graduate students and junior scholars are particularly encouraged. Funds may become available to partially reimburse the travel and accommodation costs of such participants.

Information on the venue, programme and social events will be posted on the 2009 CNEH conference web page (http://cneh09.dal.ca) as it becomes available.

To be considered, please email a two page abstract to the program committee, Marina Adshade and Mauricio Drelichman, at cneh@dal.ca.

 
 

Le 11 décembre 2009 : Oxford FRESH Meeting - Oxford (UK)

Call for papers: Oxford Future Research in Economic and Social History (FRESH) Meeting

Event: Oxford FRESH meeting
Theme: All topics welcome
Date: 11 December 2009
Venue: St. Antony's College, Oxford

FRESH meetings are aimed at researchers in any field of economic and social history. The meetings build on the concept that scholars present their ongoing research at an early stage, i.e. normally before it becomes published as a working paper or the like, and certainly before it is published in books or journals. The main aim of the meetings is to gather researchers in a friendly and non-imposing environment where they can present their research and receive constructive criticism from their peers.

The FRESH meeting organisers strive to accommodate as many speakers as possible. Accepted papers will normally receive 30 minutes each (20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion). However, in the interest of avoiding parallel sessions, the presentation time may be shortened. In the event of space constraints, please note that FRESH members and members of the hosting faculty (or geographically close institutions) will be given preference.

The organizers offer lunch, dinner and other refreshments on the day of the meeting, but accommodation and travel must be covered by the participants themselves.

Prospective speakers should submit a one-page abstract and a short CV to Paul Sharp (e-mail: paul.sharp@econ.ku.dk) no later than 4 September 2009. Notification of acceptance will be given by early October 2009.

The Oxford FRESH meeting is organized by Carol Leonard (local organizer), Paul Sharp and Jacob Weisdorf. This event has been generously sponsored by the Economic History Society's Initiatives and Conference Fund.

For more information about FRESH meetings and FRESH membership, please visit the FRESH website at www.keynes.dk/FRESH or see below.

Would you like to organize a FRESH meeting?

FRESH meetings have no permanent venue but take place at any institution around the world where there is an interest in having the FRESH meeting. Hosting institutions will be asked to provide a venue, including electronic equipment, and, if possible, lunch and dinner for the meeting participants (usually 10-15 persons). If you would like to organize a FRESH meeting at your institution, please contact the meeting organizers (contact details on the FRESH website: www.keynes.dk/FRESH).

Would you like to become a FRESH member?

FRESH members will automatically receive notification of upcoming meetings and are offered a discount on the meeting registration fee. Membership is free and involves the member's name and a link to his or her personal website being posted on the FRESH meeting website. Prospective members are encouraged to join the FRESH meetings group on facebook (www.facebook.com). Alternatively, you can sign up as a member by sending a mail to Jacob Weisdorf (e-mail: jacob.weisdorf@econ.ku.dk).

 
 
2008

Du 4 au 6 janvier 2008 : The ASSA Meetings - New Orleans (USA)

2008 ASSA Meetings
January 4-6, 2008

The Cliometric Society will sponsor three sessions at the ASSA meetings in New Orleans, Louisiana, January 4-6, 2008. The program committee consists of Lee Alston ( Colorado), Zorina Khan (Bowdoin), Melissa Thomasson ( Miami) and Michael Haupert (Wisconsin-LaCrosse).

The Cliometric Society web page: http://eh.net/Clio

 
 

Du 18 au 20 avril 2008 : CNEH Conference - Montreal (Canada)

2008 CNEH Conference Call for Papers
April 18-20, 2008
Montreal , QC

Theme: Inequality and Economic Development in the Long Run
Keynote Speaker: Jean-Laurent Rosenthal (Caltech)

The 2008 CNEH Conference web page: http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/CNEH

 
 

Du 17 au 20 juillet 2008 : Sixth World Congress of Cliometrics - Edinburgh (Scotland)

The Sixth World Congress of Cliometrics will be held from Thursday July 17 through Sunday July 20, 2008 at the Dalkeith Palace located near Edinburgh, Scotland. The Program Committee will put together an international program from the proposals submitted to the conference. Proposals are due November 15, 2007 and should be submitted via the form on the Congress web site at http://www.eh.net/Clio/WCC6/proposal_submission_form.php. The program will be posted on the Congress web site, http://www.eh.net/clio/WCC6/content.html, and the applicants will be informed in January 2008. If your paper is accepted for presentation, you are committing to sending a 22 page version of your paper to Program Committee no later than March 11, 2008.

All members of sponsoring organizations are invited to attend. Advance registration will be open January 1, 2008. To receive the Congress book in a timely fashion, those interested in attending must register for the conference by March 1, 2008.

As with the Annual Cliometrics Conference and the previous World Congresses, papers will be available in the Congress Book, sent to all participants. Sessions will be held in the traditional Cliometrics Conference format. Rather than formal presentations, authors will provide a brief five-minute introduction of the paper and then the floor will be open for discussion by the session participants. Thus, participants will be expected to have read the papers when they attend the sessions.

Accommodations will be available at Dalkeith Palace, the University of Edinburgh and local hotels. Complete information about registration and lodging, and the Congress Registration Form will be announced through the EH.NET list serves and on the Congress website later this year. Applicants will be encouraged to use the registration form on the Congress web site. However, they will also be able to submit the required information via e-mail, fax or post.

A limited number of Travel Grants will be available for Economic History Ph.D. students who would like to attend the Sixth World Congress. The U.S. National Science Foundation has provided funds through the Cliometrics Conference grant to help Ph.D. students defray travel and lodging expenses for the conference. Students from all countries are eligible for the grants. Students who receive the grants must be a member of one of the sponsoring organizations.

Graduate students interested in applying for the grants must submit a paper proposal. When submitting the proposal, follow the link to the Travel Grant Application Form. Students whose proposals are accepted for presentation will receive first priority. Students whose proposals are not accepted for presentation are also eligible, funding permitting. In 2004 travel grants were awarded to nearly 20 Ph.D. students in economic
history.

Additionally, the British Academy has made available funds to support five awards of £500 for early career Cliometricians at the 2008 Congress who will be presenting a paper at the Congress and received their PhD within the last five years. Junior colleagues from all countries are eligible for these awards, and those interested in applying should follow the links to the Early Career Travel Grant Application Form.

 
 

12 to 14 September 2008 : EHA Meetings - Yale (USA)

The 2008 Economic History Association Meetings

Hosted by Yale University
Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale
New Haven, Connecticut,
September 12-14, 2008

Alan L. Olmstead, President

"The Engines of Growth: Innovation, Creative Destruction, and Human Capital Accumulation"

The Program Committee for the 2008 Economic History Association Meetings -- Paul Rhode, University of Arizona (Chair); Werner Troesken, George Mason University; Tracy Dennison, California Institute of Technology; and Ken Pomeranz, University of California, Irvine -- welcomes proposals for individual papers, as well as for entire sessions. As is the rule, papers on all subjects in economic history are welcome, but a number of sessions will be devoted to the theme "The Engines of Growth: Innovation, Creative Destruction, and Human Capital Accumulation."

The analysis of the causes and consequences of economic growth is central to the study of economic history. Growth takes place in a legal, political, and social context and the innovations that drive growth are often opposed by vested interests that expect to lose from the changes. Creative Destruction, whereby revolutionary innovations both spawn entirely new ventures and undermine the value of existing investments, appears to be an inevitable part of the long-run growth process. Understanding the political economy of institutional change and innovation is of special interest. This is particularly true for human capital and information given their public good characteristics. The Program Committee invites papers and sessions on this theme dealing with experiences from a broad range of geographical regions, time periods, and institutional settings. Papers and session proposals should be submitted on line at: http://eh.net/eha/meetings/prop_08.php. The following rules and procedures apply. The due date is January 31, 2008. Paper proposals should include a 3-5 page précis and a 150-word abstract suitable for publication in the Journal of Economic History. By vote of the Board of Trustees, the corresponding author must be a current member of the Association (to join the Association, please go to http://eh.net/eha/). Papers should in all cases be work in progress rather than accepted or published work; submitters have a responsibility to let the program committee know if the proposed paper has been submitted for publication. Submissions for entire sessions should include no more than three papers and each proposal should be submitted separately. The committee reserves the right to determine which papers will be included in those sessions that are accepted. Finally, those who had a paper accepted by the regular program committee for the 2007 meeting (Austin) must wait two years before submitting again.

The dissertation session convened by Kevin O’Rourke (Trinity College, Dublin) and Zorina Khan (Bowdoin College) will honor six dissertations completed during the 2007-2008 academic year. The submission deadline is June 1, 2008. The Alexander Gerschenkron and Allan Nevins prizes will be awarded to the best dissertations on non-North American and North American topics. Note that students may not submit both to the dissertation session and the regular program, but there is a two year window within which a dissertation may be submitted for consideration.

Graduate students are encouraged to attend and the Association offers subsidies for travel, hotel, registration, and meals, including a special graduate student dinner. A poster session welcomes work from dissertations in progress.

For further information, including detailed travel options to New Haven, check the EHA meetings page (http://www.ehameeting.com), or contact Meetings Coordinator Jari Eloranta at elorantaj@appstate.edu.

 
 

Du 14 au 15 novembre 2008 : 3rd FRESH Meeting - Strasbourg (France)

3rd Future Research in Economic and Social History (FRESH) Meeting

Theme: Any subject

Date: November 14-15, 2008

Venue: University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France

Programme

FRESH meetings are aimed at researchers in any field of economic and social history. The meetings build on the concept that scholars present their ongoing research at an early stage, i.e. normally before it becomes published as a working paper or the like, and certainly before it is published in books or journals. The main aim of the meetings is to gather researchers in a friendly and non-imposing environment where they can present their research and receive constructive criticism from their peers.

The FRESH meeting organisers strive to accommodate as many speakers as possible. Accepted papers will normally receive 30 minutes each (20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion). However, in the interest of avoiding parallel sessions, the presentation time may be shortened. In the event of space constraints, please note that FRESH members and members of the hosting faculty (or geographically close institutions) will be given preference.

The organizers offer meals (lunch and dinner) to participants, but travel and accommodation must be covered by participants themselves. The cost of accommodation is about 60-70 euros per night for a single room (breakfast included).

Prospective speakers should submit a one-page abstract and a short CV to Paul Sharp (e-mail: paul.sharp@econ.ku.dk ) no later than June 15 2008.   Notification of acceptance will be given by July 2008.

The 3rd FRESH meeting is organized by Claude Diebolt (local organizer), Paul Sharp (http://www.keynes.dk/fresh/contact.htm) and Jacob Weisdorf (http://www.keynes.dk/fresh/contact.htm). The meeting is sponsored by the Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée (BETA, UMR 7522 CNRS-University Louis Pasteur Strasbourg) and the Association Française de Cliométrie (AFC).

For more information about FRESH meetings and FRESH membership, please visit the FRESH website at www.keynes.dk/FRESH

 
2007
 

Du 5 au 7 janvier : The ASSA Meetings - Chicago (USA)

The Cliometric Society will sponsor three sessions at the ASSA meetings in Chicago, Illinois, January 5-7, 2007.
The program committee consists of Lee Alston (Colorada), Robert Margo (Boston University), Melissa Thomasson (Miami) and Werner Troesken (Pittsburgh). Authors interested in presenting a paper should send a one-page proposal, including an abstract or description of the paper and all contact information to Lee Craig at Csociety@eh.net or Lee_Craig@ncsu.edu by May 5, 2006. Please note on the subject line that you are sending a proposal for the ASSA meetings, and either include the proposal in your message or send the documents as attachments in a Word format.

Hard copies may be faxed to:

Lee A. Craig
Executive Director
The Cliometric Society
(919) 515-5613

We want scholars to be able to read summaries of the papers in advance of the ASSA meetings. Thus, authors submitting proposals must be prepared to send a 3,000-word summary to the Society office by September 1, 2006.

At least one author must be a member of the Cliometric Society.

Proposals due: May 5, 2006
Authors notified of acceptance of paper: June 15, 2006
Paper summaries due at the Society office: September 1, 2006
ASSA Meetings in Chicago: January 5-7, 2007

Please email any questions to Lee_Craig@ncsu.edu. [Site web]
More information : http://eh.net/EHA/ASSA_07.html

 
 

Du 18 au 20 mai : The Annual Cliometrics Conference - Tucson (USA)

The Annual Cliometrics Conference in 2007 will be held on the weekend of Friday May 18th through Sunday May 20th at the Westward Look Resort in Tucson, Arizona. The conference will be hosted by the University of Arizona. Funding for the conference is being provided by the National Science Foundation and the University of Arizona.

The conference is designed to provide extensive discussion of new and innovative research in economic history. Typically, twelve papers are selected for presentation and discussion. These are sent out to all conference participants in advance. In the session devoted to each paper, authors make a 5-minute opening statement and the rest of the session is devoted to discussion by all conference participants. All participants are required to attend the entire conference.

The application period for paper proposals and requests to attend the conference starts on January 2, 2007 and ends on Thursday, February 1st, 2007. We can only invite a limited number of participants, so it is important to be prompt. Those wishing to present a paper should provide a 3-5 page summary of the proposed paper. In choosing papers and participants, priority will be given to those who have not attended recently or have never attended. Graduate students wishing to attend should submit a paper proposal and obtain a letter of recommendation from their dissertation advisor. Paper presenters and those wishing to attend the conference should provide their
addresses, phone and fax numbers, and email addresses.

Those presenting papers will be notified by Friday, March 2, 2007 and are expected to provide a completed draft of the paper in the proper format for the conference volume by Wednesday, April 4, 2007. We prefer that applicants submit their materials using the application form under the Cliometrics Conference listing at the EH.Net website, at: http://www.eh.net/Clio/Conferences/prop07.html. Proposals may also be sent using snail mail to Jason Hopkins, Cliometrics Conference Secretary, Department of Economics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309 (phone 1-303-492- 8024), sent via fax in care of Jason Hopkins to 1-303-492-8960 or emailed to
clioconf@colorado.edu. All submissions will be acknowledged within one week of receipt.

 
 
Du 8 au 9 juin : Financial Crises: Past, Theory, Future - Barcelone (Espagne)

The conference will be jointly organized by the Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI) and the Centre for Economic Policy (CEPR, London). The Programme Committee is composed of Michael Bordo (Rutgers/Cambridge and NBER) and Joachim Voth (CREI, UPF and CEPR).
Financial crises are a recurrent feature in modern economies, and count amongst the most cataclysmic events in modern market economies. There is strong reason to believe that they were as common in the 19th century as they are today. Yet why do they occur much more often in developing countries? Why has the frequency of crises apparently increased? And how did some countries manage to leave the problem behind?

This small, two-day conference, to be held at on June 8-9, 2007, at the Economics Department, UPF, Barcelona, aims to bring together theorists, applied economists, finance specialists, and economic historians that have worked on causes of financial crises, their key features, and the main policy options that practitioners need to consider. We are interested in banking crises, currency crises, sovereign debt crises, twin crises, and asset market meltdowns.

We will consider a wide range of papers for inclusion in the programme. Of particular interest are those that

• analyse when crises occur and trace their causes, using the modern tools of macroeconomic theory and the theory of international trade and finance.

• Empirical paper that draw equally on modern and historical evidence, and aim to confront the theoretical predictions
systematically with the key stylized facts.

• Papers that explore the political economy of financial crises, and the link between political factors and crisis susceptibility more generally

• Theoretical papers that offer novel insights into the mechanisms that drive crisis frequency and severity

• Methodological papers, e.g. those that aim to measure contagion correctly, etc.

• Historically-oriented papers that establish important stylized facts about financial crises in the past

Please submit proposals or drafts by February 25th , 2007, to Joachim Voth (joachim.voth@upf.edu).

 
 

Du 22 au 23 juin : ESF Network "Globalizing Europe". Workshop: The Economic Geography of Europe, 1900-2000. Universidad Carlos III, Madrid (in cooperation with the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, The University of Warwick)

How did the economic geography of Europe evolve over time? How did the centres of population and economic activity shift during the 20th century? What are the patterns of regional specialisation and localisation between 1900 and 2000 and what factors explain these changes? And how did this changing economic geography feedback into economic developments? This two day workshop aims at bringing together scholars interested in European economic geography to promote research in his thriving field of empirical economics. The focus lies on papers that present new data and discuss methodological aspects to the analysis of economic geography. We especially invite papers that deal with changing patterns of employment in agriculture, manufacturing and services at an intra-national level and deal with changes in regional wages and prices in these sectors. We aim at all European regions but especially invite scholars that work on South-Eastern Europe and Scandinavian Countries to send in their papers.

We expect to provide travel funding, lunches, and accommodation, supported by the ESF GlobalEuroNet initiative. The number of scholars who can participate is limited. Priority is given to participants from countries which financially support the ESF Programme (Austria, Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, and Turkey). However, scholars from other countries are most welcome as well and can also be financially supported to some extent.

Nicholas Crafts will give a keynote lecture. The organizing committee consists of Joan Ramon Roses and Nikolaus Wolf. Papers or abstracts should be sent to nikolaus.wolf@warwick.ac.uk no later than 28th February 2007.  All submissions will be acknowledged. Notices of acceptance will be sent to corresponding authors by March 31st 2007.

 
 

Du 2 au 3 juillet : ESF Network "Globalizing Europe". Workshop: Human Capital, Inequality and Living Standards. Measuring Divergence and Convergence in a Globalising Europe. School of Economics and Management, Lund University (in cooperation with the University of Tuebingen)

When did regional differences in standard of living emerge? In which situation and under which economic policy did regional inequality decline again? What are the implications of historical inequalities for the development of a common European identity?

This two day workshop aims at promoting novel research in the field of human capital, inequality and living standards across Europe in a historical perspective. We are specifically interested in papers that present new data or new methodological approaches to the issue of measuring living human capital, inequality or living standards. Although papers do not specifically need to address all three themes at the same time, we seek to obtain a balanced mix of themes in the workshop. One prioritized area of research is to obtain additional knowledge about East European regions and Turkey (and the regions of the Ottoman Empire before the creation of the Turkish national state)
Therefore we especially invite scholars focusing on these regions to send in their papers.

We expect to provide travel funding, lunches, and accommodation, supported by the ESF GlobalEuroNet initiative. The number of scholars who can participate is limited.

Priority is given to participants from countries which financially support the ESF Programme (Austria, Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Turkey). But scholars from other countries can also be financially supported to a certain extent, and certainly most welcome as well! The involvement of young scholars is strongly encouraged.

Jan Luiten van Zanden will give a keynote lecture. The organizing committee consists of Kerstin Enflo and Joerg Baten.

Papers or abstracts should be sent to kerstin.enflo@ekh.lu.se until Feb 15th.  All submissions will be acknowledged. Notices of acceptance will be sent to corresponding authors by March 31st.

 

Du 6 au 9 septembre : EHA Meetings - Austin (USA)

CALL FOR PAPERS

The 2007 Economic History Association Meetings
The Austin Marriott at the Capitol, Austin, TX
September 6-9, 2007
Paul M. Hohenberg, President

Space and Place in Economic History

The Program Committee – Susan Carter (UC Riverside) and Anne McCants (MIT), co-chairs, Metin Cosgel (University of Connecticut) and Peter Rousseau (Vanderbilt University) – welcome proposals for individual papers and for entire sessions. As is the rule, papers on all subjects in economic history are welcome, but a number of sessions will be devoted to the theme of “Space and Place in Economic History” chosen by President Paul Hohenberg.

Economists have largely neglected space or tried to reduce it to distance interpreted as transport cost. Historians, more attuned to place, or space with meaning, focus mainly on politically defined social units evolving and interacting over time. Yet spatial structure and organization contribute, for good or ill, to both the quality of life and the efficiency and dynamism of economic activity. Economic agents interact not only through market exchange but through propinquity and/or direct connections (networks, spillovers, agglomeration…).

The Program Committee invites papers and sessions dealing with location and land use, spatial networks, geographic influences on economic development, settlement patterns and urban systems, diffusion, and generally with flows of people, goods, capital, ideas, and techniques. Work in the New Economic Geography or using such techniques as GIS is encouraged. Papers and session proposals should be submitted on line to: http://eh.net/eha/meetings/prop_07.html . Paper authors should submit a 3-5 page précis and a 150-word abstract suitable for publication in the Journal of Economic History . The due date is January 31, 2007 .

The dissertation session, convened by Joyce Burnette (Wabash College) and Carolyn Moehling (Rutgers University) will present and honor six dissertations completed during the 2006-2007 academic year. The due date is June 1, 2007 . The Gerschenkron and Nevins prizes will be awarded to the best dissertation on non-North American and North American topics.

Graduate students are encouraged to attend and the Association offers subsidies for travel, hotel, registration, and meals, including a special dinner. A poster session welcomes work from dissertations in progress. For further information, check www.ehameeting.com or contact Meetings Coordinator Carolyn Tuttle at tuttle@lfc.edu .

Some points to keep in mind in submitting proposals:

•  Papers should in all cases be work in progress rather than published or accepted work; you should indicate whether the work has been submitted for publication.

•  Submissions for entire sessions should include no more than three papers.

•  The Committee will determine which papers will be included in accepted sessions and may mix and match proposed sessions and papers.

•  Scholars submitting a dissertation to the session and competition should not in the same year submit a proposal to the general program that is part of or derived from the dissertation.

More information : http://eh.net/eha/meetings/2007/cfp

 
 
 
2006
 
The International Economic History Association (IEHA) will hold its XIV International Economic History Congress in Helsinki, Finland, 21 to 25 August 2006. The local organising institutions are the Department of Social Science History and the Department of History at the University of Helsinki, in collaboration with the Finnish Economic History Association.
Following the first and second calls for proposals, the Executive Committee of the IEHA has approved 126 sessions for inclusion in the academic programme of the congress.
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2005
 

Le 20 et 21 mai : Co-organisation scientifique et matérielle de Claude Diebolt, au sein de l'Université Louis Pasteur de Strasbourg, du BETA-Workshop in Historical Economics (avec la collaboration du Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée et l'Association Française de Cliométrie).

 Le 1er avril : Co-organisation scientifique et matérielle de Claude Diebolt et Marc Pénin, au sein de l'Université Montpellier I, d'une Journée d'Etudes sur La Pensée Economique de Langue Allemande (avec la collaboration de l'Association Charles Gide pour l'étude de la pensée économique et l'Association Française de Cliométrie).

 
 
2004
 

Le 10 septembre : l'Association Française de Cliométrie a organisé son premier Workshop patronné par l'Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Montpellier et le Laboratoire Montpelliérain d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée (UMR 5474 du CNRS).

The aim of this Workshop is twofold:
1. To outline some of the new devices being employed, at an international level, in cliometrics and econometric history - the use of economic theory in general and model building in particular, the reliance upon quantification to buttress those models with historical data, the use of the historical discourse, and the use of statistical theory and econometrics to combine models with data in a single consistent explanation.
2. To reinforce the interaction between established and young researchers involved in cliometrics and econometric history.

Contacts : Claude Diebolt et Marielle Monteils

 
 
DIVERS
 

En septembre 2004 : Organisation et présidence de Claude Diebolt d'une session de cliométrie lors du congrès 2004 de l'Association Française de Sciences Economiques (AFSE).

 En mars 2002 : Co-organisation scientifique et matérielle de Claude Diebolt , au sein de l'Université de Cologne (avec le soutien financier de GESIS German Social Science Infrastructure Services, une Institution de la Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, d'un Workshop intitulé Human and Social Capital. Data,  Methods, Theories.