BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Mozilla.org/NONSGML Mozilla Calendar V1.1//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20051214T162557Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220155Z DTSTAMP:20041214T171225Z UID:55d8bf80-4df3-11d9-9f3c-ddb6d93351e3 SUMMARY:Hello World! STATUS:CONFIRMED CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART:20041214T121500 DTEND:20041214T131500 LOCATION:152.17.49.75 DESCRIPTION:This is a nifty calendar system. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20051228T165802Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220155Z DTSTAMP:20051228T165802Z UID:uuid1135789125738 SUMMARY:Nomination Deadline: Jonathan Hughes Prize PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060301 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060302 DESCRIPTION:The Committee on Education of the Economic History Association invites nominations for the Jonathan Hughes Prize for Excellence in Teaching Economic History. Jonathan Hughes was an outstanding scholar and a committed and influential teacher of economic history. The prize has been established by the Economic History Association in his memory.\n\nAnyone may nominate a candidate for the Prize. Both undergraduate and graduate instructors are eligible. The only criterion is excellence in teaching economic history. Successful nomination files in the past have included the following materials:\n\n1) A letter from the person making the nomination\, indicating why the candidate deserves the Prize\; 2) support from the chair of the department or program housing the nominee\; 3) supporting material such as letters (which may be in email form) from former undergraduate and/or graduate students\, relevant syllabi and other course materials\, course evaluations (optional)\, and letters from colleagues with specific knowledge of the candidate's teaching ability and effectiveness.\n\nFiles remain active for three years and may be supplemented. Anyone wishing to nominate a candidate should send a preliminary letter or email to William Hausman\, Chair of the Education Committee\, no later than March 1\, 2006.\n\nThe deadline for completion of files is May 1\, 2006.\n\nPlease send materials to:\n\nWilliam J. Hausman\nDepartment of Economics\, Box 8795\nCollege of William & Mary\nWilliamsburg\, VA 23187-8795\n\nEmail: wjhaus@wm.edu\nPhone: (757) 221-2381\nFax: (757) 221-1175 X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20051228T171015Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220155Z DTSTAMP:20051228T171015Z UID:uuid1135789897288 SUMMARY:Economic and Social History of the Low Countries before 1850 PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060427 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060429 LOCATION:Antwerp DESCRIPTION:Call for papers: The Economic and Social History of the Low Countries before 1850 (Antwerp\, April 27-28\, 2006)\n\nThe N.W. Posthumus Institute organizes its Second Flemish-Dutch conference on the economic and social history of the Low Countries before 1850 in Antwerp\, April 27-28\, 2006. The purpose of the two day meeting is to present recent findings and stimulate new research on the economy and society of the Low Countries before the Industrial Revolution. The organizers invite submissions of both individual papers and/or entire sessions that fall within the general theme of the conference. Graduate students may also submit a paper for the new researchers' session.\n\nPaper proposals should be submitted before December 1st\, 2005.\n\nSubmissions (preferably by email) should be sent to: Oscar Gelderblom\, Utrecht University\, Kromme Nieuwegracht 66\, 3512 HL Utrecht\, The Netherlands\, telephone + 31 30 253 6459\; email: oscar.gelderblom@let.uu.nl. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20051228T171223Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220155Z DTSTAMP:20051228T171223Z UID:uuid1135790087989 SUMMARY:XXXIX Settimana di Studi: Fiscal System in Europe (13th-18th century) PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060423 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060428 LOCATION:Prato DESCRIPTION:XXXIX Settimana di Studi\nFiscal system in Europe (13th-18th century)\nPrato\, 23-27 April 2007\n\nBetween the later Middle Ages and the end of the 18th century\, fiscal systems played important roles in the lives of European cities\, communities\, states and also in the lives of great landowners\, which\, depending on individual circumstances\, exercised the rights of public law over the territories under their control. This was a form of fiscal imposition that was\, however\, profoundly different from what has since become familiar in contemporary society.\n\nWhile direct taxation\, of a periodic and individual character\, is prevalent in most modern societies\, in the Ancien Regime\, indirect taxation was the predominant fiscal system\, in the form of customs duties\, excise taxes on consumption\, licences and fines (if only as payment to exercise privileges\, imposts\, etc.\nIn the case of direct taxation\, there was a profound difference between the direct taxes imposed in contemporary economies and direct taxes in the Ancien Regime\, which were neither periodic nor individual. Such taxation was occasional\, that is\, applied in times of war\, natural calamities\, etc. Furthermore\, it was applied collectively to guilds\, cities\, the clergy\, the territory\, etc.\, which were required to pay the taxes by collecting specified revenues from the people who made up the guilds or other such social organizations. In the Ancien Regime\, fiscal systems\, therefore\, involved many complex factors\, with many facets. The unifying theme was the need that led princes\, municipalities\, territories or national states to collect revenues: taxes could be applied in various ways within the economic system\, in its diversified elements: agriculture\, crafts\, services\, and at different times for varying purposes and objectives: for example\, those involving warfare and defence\, public finances\, economic and social infrastructures\, currency\, trade\, consumption. The current economic historiography on fiscal systems is rich in specific and original contributions as well as attempts to explain them in an organic way.\n\nThe 2007 Study Week that the \"F. Datini\" International Institute of Economic History will be devoted to this subject\, in all its varying historical aspects\, and will attempt to bring out\, through an examination of specific cases\, comparisons among the various fiscal systems of the Ancien Regime - for municipal\, territorial or state\, and national governments.\n\nPROVISIONAL PROGRAMME\n\nMonday 23rd April\nProlusion:\nFiscal imposition in European economy. 13th-18th centuries\n\nComparative evolution of tax systems /1\n* Taxation: subjects and goals\n\nTuesday 24th April\nComparative evolution of tax systems /2\n* Fiscal imposition (policies):\n- Direct taxes\n- Indirect taxes\n- Special taxes\n- Taxes on luxury goods\n\nWednesday 25th April\nFiscal policies\n* Administration and taxation forms: seigneuries\, cities and villages\, central states (including exemptions\, evasion\, conflicts)\n\nThursday 26th April\nPositive and negative effects on the European economy /1\n* Taxes and public finance\n* Taxes and infrastructure\n* Taxes and the primary sector\n* Taxes and the secundary sector\n* Taxes and the tertiary sector\n\nFriday 27th April\nPositive and negative effects on the european economy/2\n* Taxes and monetary systems (inflation)\n* Taxes and consumption X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20051228T171515Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220155Z DTSTAMP:20051228T171515Z UID:uuid1135790385444 SUMMARY:Business History Conference PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060608 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060611 LOCATION:Toronto\, Canada DESCRIPTION:The 2006 annual meeting of the Business History Conference (BHC) will take place June 8-10 in Toronto\, Canada\, at the Munk Centre for International Studies of the University of Toronto.\n\nFor full information\, please visit the BHC web site:\nhttp: //www.thebhc.org/annmeet/index.html\n X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20051228T172348Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220155Z DTSTAMP:20051228T172348Z UID:uuid1135790800345 SUMMARY:Economic & Business Historical Society Conference PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060427 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060430 LOCATION:Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania DESCRIPTION:2006 Economic & Business Historical Society Conference\nPittsburgh\, Pennsylvania\nApril 27-29\, 2006\n\nFor full information\, please contact:\n\nProfessor Michael V. Namorato\nDepartment of History\nChair\, EBHS Conference\nBishop 314\nUniversity of Mississippi\nUniversity\, MS 38677\nhsmvn@olemiss.edu\n\nor visit:\n\nhttp://www.ebhsoc.org\n X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20051228T172712Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220155Z DTSTAMP:20051228T172712Z UID:uuid1135791520949 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: 2006 Economic & Business Historical Society Conference PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060115 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060116 LOCATION:Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania DESCRIPTION:Call For Papers\n\n2006 Economic & Business Historical Society Conference\nPittsburgh\, Pennsylvania\nApril 27-29\, 2006\n\nThe Economic & Business Historical Society welcomes proposals for presentations on all aspects of business and economic history at its 31st annual conference at Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania\, April 27-29\, 2006. Composed of several hundred North American and international members\, the Economic & Business Historical Society offers participants an opportunity for continuing intellectual interchange within a modest-sized\, collegial\, and interdisciplinary group. In keeping with its traditions\, the Society seeks proposals for both individual papers and panel sessions. Graduate students are invited to apply and may qualify for reduced registration fees. The Society holds its annual convention in locations of historical significance. Both the annual membership ($30) and conference registration fees are modest.\n\nPapers presented at the conference may be submitted for publication in the Society's peer reviewed journal\, Essays in Economic and Business History\, edited by David Whitten\, Auburn University.\n\nProposals for individual papers should include an abstract of no more than 500 words\, a brief CV\, postal and email addresses\, and telephone and fax numbers. Panel proposals should also suggest a title and a panel chair. Graduate students and non-academic affiliates are welcome. Submissions imply that at least one author will register for the conference and be present at the time designated in the conference program. The deadline for submission is 15 January 2006.\n\nProposals may be submitted sent by email to hsmvn@olemiss.edu or mail to:\n\nProfessor Michael V. Namorato\nDepartment of History\nChair\, EBHS Conference\nBishop 314\nUniversity of Mississippi\nUniversity\, MS 38677\n\nAdditional information regarding the conference and Society can be found at: http: //www.ebhsoc.org X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20051228T173905Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220155Z DTSTAMP:20051228T173905Z UID:uuid1135791621500 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: 2006 Economic History Association Meetings PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060131 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060201 LOCATION:The Omni William Penn Hotel\, Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania DESCRIPTION:The 2006 Economic History Association Meetings\nThe Omni William Penn Hotel\, Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania\nSeptember 15-17\, 2006\nGary Libecap\, President\n\n\"Frontiers and Institutional Innovation: Property Rights\, Production Organization and Governance\, and Political Structure\"\n\n\nThe Program Committee- William Collins(Chair)\, Ryan Johnson\, Mike Haupert\, and Zeynep Hansen- invite paper proposals on all topics of economic history. The committee welcomes proposals for individual papers\, as well as for entire sessions.\n\nMany of the sessions\, however\, will be focused on the theme \"Frontiers and Institutional Innovation: Property Rights\, Production Organization and Governance\, and Political Structure.\" The program committee encourages submissions that provide a historical or interdisciplinary perspective on the ways in which frontiers provide new opportunities and challenges requiring institutional innovation. Frontiers include new geographic or resource settings as well as new technologies and scientific opportunities. The issues include\, but are not limited to\, the role of frontiers in institutional change:\n\n* New property rights to physical and intellectual property\n* New political and legal structures\n* New production organization and government arrangements\n* The process of institutional change in these settings\n* The welfare of institutional change.\n\nAlthough the committee is interested in any paper the deals with frontiers and institutional change as broadly defined\, it will also consider strong papers that are not directly related to the theme of the conference.\n\nAll papers must be submitted online at http: //www.eh.net/EHA/Meetings/prop_06.html beginning 10/21/05.\n\nInterested scholars are requested to submit a 3-5 page abstract and a 150-word abstract (suitable for publication in the Journal of Economic History) online. Due Date: January 31\, 2006.\n\nThe dissertation session\, convened by Carol Shiue (University of Colorado) and Melissa Thomasson (Miami University)\, will honor the top six dissertations in economic history completed during the 2005-2006 academic year. Due date: May 31\, 2006.\n\nThe local arrangements committee will be Werner Troesken\, Karen Clay\, and Siddharth Chandra. They look forward to welcoming us to their exciting city.\n\nGraduate students are encouraged to attend. Travel and hotel subsidies\, registration and meal discounts\, and the possibility of scintillating conversation are all offered as enticements.\n\nFor further information\, check http://www.ehameeting.com or contact Meetings Coordinator Carolyn Tuttle at tuttleeha@lfc.edu. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20051228T174047Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220155Z DTSTAMP:20051228T174047Z UID:uuid1135791718155 SUMMARY:2006 Economic History Association Meetings PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060914 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060917 LOCATION:The Omni William Penn Hotel\, Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania DESCRIPTION:The 2006 Economic History Association Meetings\nThe Omni William Penn Hotel\, Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania\nSeptember 15-17\, 2006\nGary Libecap\, President\n\n\"Frontiers and Institutional Innovation: Property Rights\, Production Organization and Governance\, and Political Structure\"\n\nFor further information\, check http: //www.ehameeting.com or contact Meetings Coordinator Carolyn Tuttle at tuttleeha@lfc.edu. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20051228T174233Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220155Z DTSTAMP:20051228T174233Z UID:uuid1135791834270 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: Commerce and Fashion\, 1500-2000 PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060113 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060114 LOCATION:University of Wolverhampton DESCRIPTION:CALL FOR PAPERS - 2006 CHORD WORKSHOPS\n\nCommerce and Fashion\, 1500-2000\n8 March 2006\n\nCHORD (the Centre for the History of Retailing and Distribution) invites all interested researchers to a workshop devoted to the discussion of the relationship between commerce\, retailing\, fashion and fashionable consumption between 1500 and 2000. Proposals are invited for papers exploring any aspect of this topic\, and focusing on any geographical area.\n\nWorkshop web-page: http: //home.wlv.ac.uk/~in6086/fashion.html\n\nThe workshop will be held at: the University of Wolverhampton\n\nPlease send proposals (including title and c. 150 words abstract) to l.ugolini@wlv.ac.uk by 13 January 2006.\n\nThe fee is £ 9. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20051228T174407Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220155Z DTSTAMP:20051228T174407Z UID:uuid1135791912952 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: Shopping: Representations and Experiences\, 1500-2000 PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060224 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060225 LOCATION:The University of Wolverhampton DESCRIPTION:Shopping: Representations and Experiences\, 1500-2000\n3 May 2006\n\nCHORD (the Centre for the History of Retailing and Distribution) invites all interested researchers to a workshop devoted to the discussion of shopping and purchasing practices between 1500 and 2000. Proposals are invited both for papers that focus on shopping practices and experiences\, and on perceptions and representations of shoppers and shopping. Papers focusing on any aspect of this topic or on any geographical area are welcome.\n\nWorkshop web-page: http: //home.wlv.ac.uk/~in6086/shopping.html\n\nThe workshop will be held at: The University of Wolverhampton\n\nPlease send proposals (including title and c. 150 words abstract) to l.ugolini@wlv.ac.uk by 24 February 2006.\n\nThe fee is £ 9.\n\n--\n\nFor further information on either workshop\, please contact Dr Laura Ugolini\, HAGRI\, MC233\, University of Wolverhampton\, Wolverhampton\, WV1 1SB\, UK. E-mail: l.ugolini@wlv.ac.uk X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20051228T174531Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220155Z DTSTAMP:20051228T174531Z UID:uuid1135792115477 SUMMARY:CHORD Workshop: Commerce and Fashion\, 1500-2000 PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060308 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060309 LOCATION:University of Wolverhampton DESCRIPTION:For further information\, please contact Dr Laura Ugolini\, HAGRI\, MC233\, University of Wolverhampton\, Wolverhampton\, WV1 1SB\, UK. E-mail: l.ugolini@wlv.ac.uk\n\nCHORD web-pages: http: //home.wlv.ac.uk/~in6086/chord.html\nWorkshop web-page: http: //home.wlv.ac.uk/~in6086/fashion.html X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20051228T174847Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220155Z DTSTAMP:20051228T174847Z UID:uuid1135792192963 SUMMARY:CHORD Workshop: Shopping: Representations and Experiences\, 1500-2000 PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060503 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060504 LOCATION:University of Wolverhampton DESCRIPTION:For further information on either workshop\, please contact Dr Laura Ugolini\, HAGRI\, MC233\, University of Wolverhampton\, Wolverhampton\, WV1 1SB\, UK. E-mail: l.ugolini@wlv.ac.uk\n\nCHORD web-pages: http://home.wlv.ac.uk/~in6086/chord.html\nWorkshop web-page: http://home.wlv.ac.uk/~in6086/shopping.html X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20051228T175043Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220155Z DTSTAMP:20051228T175043Z UID:uuid1135792296267 SUMMARY:Application Deadline: 2006 Rovensky Fellowship in Business and Economic History PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060206 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060207 DESCRIPTION:Applicants are sought for up to two $10\,000 fellowships for doctoral thesis research in American business or economic history. These fellowships are available through the generosity of the late John E. Rovensky and are administered by the University of Illinois Foundation.\n\nEligibility\n\nApplicants must be working toward a Ph.D degree with American business or economic history as the area of major interest. Fellowship recipients must be enrolled in a doctoral program at an accredited college or university in the United States. Preference will be given to applicants who are preparing for a career in teaching and research and who will have completed all graduate course work prior to the Fall of 2006.\n\nAdditional information and links to application forms may be found on the web at http: //www.thebhc.org/awards/rovenann.html\n\nCompleted applications for the fellowships must be received no later than Monday\, February 6\, 2006.\n\nInquiries may be directed to:\n\nWilliam J. Hausman\, Rovensky Fellowship Committee Chair\nDepartment of Economics\, Box 8795\nMorton 128\nCollege of William & Mary\nWilliamsburg\, VA 23187-8795\ne-mail: wjhaus@wm.edu\nPhone: 757-221-2381\n X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20051228T175228Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220155Z DTSTAMP:20051228T175228Z UID:uuid1135792425702 SUMMARY:Financial Revolution in the British Isles\, 1688-1756 PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060608 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060611 LOCATION:Armagh\, Northern Ireland DESCRIPTION:Money\, Power and Prose: Interdisciplinary Studies of the Financial\nRevolution in the British Isles\, 1688-1756\n\nArmagh\, Northern Ireland\n8-10 June 2006\n\nThis colloquium will gather scholars from the disciplines of history\,\nliterature\, economics\, politics\, sociology and law to study the\nintersections between public finance\, politics and literature during\nBritain's so-called Financial Revolution. \n\nThe colloquium is an initiative of Money\, Power and Prose\, a loose\nassociation of scholars interested in an interdisciplinary approach to the\nFinancial Revolution. The association hosted a similar colloquium at\nRegina\, Saskatchewan in summer 2004. A selection of the papers presented\nthere should be available in book form later this year. The goal is\nlikewise to publish a selection of the papers presented at the 2006\nColloquium.\n\nFor further details on the colloquium and on Money\, Power and Prose please\nvisit http: //www.econ.uregina.ca/mpp/coll2006 X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20051228T175611Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220155Z DTSTAMP:20051228T175611Z UID:uuid1135792631126 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: Canadian Network for Economic History 2006 Conference PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060430 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060501 LOCATION:Vancouver\, British Columbia DESCRIPTION:The Canadian Network for Economic History invites proposals on any topic and historical period for its October 13-15\, 2006 conference in Vancouver\, British Columbia. To be considered\, please email a two page abstract to both David Jacks (djacks@sfu.ca) and Mauricio Drelichman (drelichm@interchange.ubc.ca). The deadline for abstract submissions is April 30\, 2006\, and the authors of selected papers will be notified by mid-June. Proposals from graduate students and junior scholars are particularly encouraged. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20051228T175813Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220155Z DTSTAMP:20051228T175813Z UID:uuid1135792785880 SUMMARY:Canadian Network for Economic History 2006 Conference PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061013 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061016 LOCATION:Vancouver\, British Columbia DESCRIPTION:For full information\, please contact David Jacks (djacks@sfu.ca) or Mauricio Drelichman (drelichm@interchange.ubc.ca). X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20051228T181151Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220156Z DTSTAMP:20051228T181151Z UID:uuid1135793568326 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline (individual papers): 2006 Social Science History Association PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060202 LOCATION:Hyatt Regency\, Minneapolis\, Minnesota DESCRIPTION:The 2006 Social Science History Association meetings will be held November 2-5 at the Hyatt Regency in Minneapolis. We want to encourage economic historians to participate in this year's meetings by submitting proposals for panels or individual papers to the SSHA Economics Network. The submission deadline for individual papers is February 1\, 2006\, and the deadline for complete panels is February 15.\n\nThis year the program committee will be organizing several presidential and thematic sessions on the topic of \"Audiences and Publics.\" The program committee encourages submissions of sessions that will examine whom we are talking to and whom we are talking about when we do \"social science history.\" How do we address multiple audiences\, be they fellow social science historians and scholars\, students\, funders\, policy makers\, or the \"public at large\"? What benefits and disadvantages exist in trying to reach multiple audiences at once? How does viewing our work through the lenses of our intended audience(s) shape the insights we can gain from our work\, its academic and applied utility\, and its constraints? The program committee hopes to sponsor a broad range of sessions on the way in which theory\, methodology and case selection (i.e.\, the when\, how\, and why we do the research we do) shape how our work is read\, understood and used. Further details can be found at http://www.ssha.org/index.shtml\n\nWhile we hope to propose some panels related to this theme\, we also hope to get proposals for panels on the usual wide range of topics that interest economic historians. The Economics Network meeting at the 2005 SSHA in Portland generated a number of potential panel topics. A list of those topics can be found at the Economics Network home page at: http: //www.homepages.utoledo.edu/jmurray/sshaecon.doc\n\nIn some cases\, session organizers are listed. If you are interested in participating as a presenter\, discussant\, or chair in any of these sessions\, please contact the listed person\, or contact the network coordinators (Murray and Hejeebu) if no one is listed.\n\nWe are of course interested in submissions on other topics as well. Session proposals and individual paper proposals can be made through the SSHA web site at http: //www.ssha.org. If you have a paper or two and are looking for a few others to complete a session\, send a message to the network organizers\, and we will list information about your session on the home page and in subsequent mass mailings.\n\nFinally\, note that travel grants are available for graduate student participants. Application forms will eventually be posted at the SSHA web site. The deadline for travel grant applications is March 1\, 2006.\n\nPlease contact the Economics Network organizers\, John Murray (john.murray@utoledo.edu) and Santhi Hejeebu (shejeebu@cornellcollege.edu if you have any questions. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20051228T181333Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220156Z DTSTAMP:20051228T181333Z UID:uuid1135793839983 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline (complete panels): 2006 Social Science History Association PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060215 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060216 LOCATION:Hyatt Regency\, Minneapolis\, Minnesota DESCRIPTION:The 2006 Social Science History Association meetings will be held November 2-5 at the Hyatt Regency in Minneapolis. We want to encourage economic historians to participate in this year's meetings by submitting proposals for panels or individual papers to the SSHA Economics Network. The submission deadline for individual papers is February 1\, 2006\, and the deadline for complete panels is February 15.\n\nThis year the program committee will be organizing several presidential and thematic sessions on the topic of \"Audiences and Publics.\" The program committee encourages submissions of sessions that will examine whom we are talking to and whom we are talking about when we do \"social science history.\" How do we address multiple audiences\, be they fellow social science historians and scholars\, students\, funders\, policy makers\, or the \"public at large\"? What benefits and disadvantages exist in trying to reach multiple audiences at once? How does viewing our work through the lenses of our intended audience(s) shape the insights we can gain from our work\, its academic and applied utility\, and its constraints? The program committee hopes to sponsor a broad range of sessions on the way in which theory\, methodology and case selection (i.e.\, the when\, how\, and why we do the research we do) shape how our work is read\, understood and used. Further details can be found at http://www.ssha.org/index.shtml\n\nWhile we hope to propose some panels related to this theme\, we also hope to get proposals for panels on the usual wide range of topics that interest economic historians. The Economics Network meeting at the 2005 SSHA in Portland generated a number of potential panel topics. A list of those topics can be found at the Economics Network home page at: http: //www.homepages.utoledo.edu/jmurray/sshaecon.doc\n\nIn some cases\, session organizers are listed. If you are interested in participating as a presenter\, discussant\, or chair in any of these sessions\, please contact the listed person\, or contact the network coordinators (Murray and Hejeebu) if no one is listed.\n\nWe are of course interested in submissions on other topics as well. Session proposals and individual paper proposals can be made through the SSHA web site at http: //www.ssha.org. If you have a paper or two and are looking for a few others to complete a session\, send a message to the network organizers\, and we will list information about your session on the home page and in subsequent mass mailings.\n\nFinally\, note that travel grants are available for graduate student participants. Application forms will eventually be posted at the SSHA web site. The deadline for travel grant applications is March 1\, 2006.\n\nPlease contact the Economics Network organizers\, John Murray (john.murray@utoledo.edu) and Santhi Hejeebu (shejeebu@cornellcollege.edu if you have any questions. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20051228T181737Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220156Z DTSTAMP:20051228T181737Z UID:uuid1135793991370 SUMMARY:2006 Social Science History Association Meetings PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061102 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061106 LOCATION:Hyatt Regency\, Minneapolis\, Minnesota DESCRIPTION:For full information\, please contact the Economics Network organizers\, John Murray (john.murray@utoledo.edu) and Santhi Hejeebu (shejeebu@cornellcollege.edu if you have any questions.\n\nMeetings web site: http://www.ssha.org/index.shtml X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20051228T182026Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220156Z DTSTAMP:20051228T182026Z UID:uuid1135794131984 SUMMARY:Application Deadline: Labor History Dissertation Prize PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060202 DESCRIPTION:Labor History Dissertation Prize\n\nTo encourage the study of labor\, Labor History is pleased to announce an annual Dissertation Prize for labor studies\, broadly defined. In keeping with the journal's dedication to a multi-disciplined approach to the field\, and its commitment to chronological and geographical breadth\, the prize will be awarded to the best Ph.D. dissertation on a labor topic\, historical or contemporary\, in the US or worldwide\, regardless of discipline.\n\nWinners will receive an award of £750 / $1500\, and publicity in both the journal and the Labor History website.\n\nAll dissertations on labor topics completed in 2005 are eligible for the first Labor History Dissertation Prize. Please email your applications to Craig Phelan\, at c.l.phelan@swansea.ac.uk by 1st February 2006. Nominations in the first instance should be made by dissertation supervisors on behalf of the applicant and include:\n\n1. Name and full contact details of nominee\n\n2. Abstract and title of dissertation\n\n3. A letter of reference or a report that assesses the dissertation\n\nEntries will be judged according to the following criteria:\n\n1. Significance\, originality and quality of research\n\n2. Sophistication of methodology\n\n3. Clarity of presentation and cogency of arguments\n\n4. Contribution to the field of labor studies\n\nAnnouncement of the winner will take place at the annual Organization of American Historians conference in April 2006.\n\nThe Labor History Editorial Board will act as the selection panel.\n\nThe Editorial Board reserves the right not to award the prize in any given year.\n\nVisit www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/0023656X.asp for more information on this title.\n X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20051228T182247Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220156Z DTSTAMP:20051228T182247Z UID:uuid1135794286148 SUMMARY:European Social Science History Conference PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060322 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060326 LOCATION:Amsterdam DESCRIPTION:The European Social Science History Conference will be held in Amsterdam on 22-25 March\, 2006. As co-chairs of the ESSHC Economics Network we co-ordinate the organization of sessions on economic history at this conference.\n\nFor full information\, please contact:\n\nJörg Baten\, University of Tübingen (joerg.baten@uni-tuebingen.de)\nOscar Gelderblom\, Utrecht University (oscar.gelderblom@let.uu.nl)\n\nor visit the ESSHC webpage: http://www.iisg.nl/esshc/ X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060105T075726Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220156Z DTSTAMP:20060105T075726Z UID:uuid1136447892523 SUMMARY:Application Deadline: UCLA Postdoctoral Fellowship PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060113 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060114 DESCRIPTION:The UCLA International Institute will appoint up to eight Global Fellows for\nan academic year term beginning 1 September 2006 with the possibility for a\nsecond-year renewal. Fellows will be drawn from the arts and humanities\n(including literary studies and philosophy)\, the natural sciences (including\nengineering\, medicine\, and public health)\, and the social sciences\n(including law\, public policy\, and management). This interdisciplinary\nprogram emphasizes comprehensive approaches while encouraging\nborder-crossing conversations among resident Global Fellows. Activities\ninclude research\, interaction with faculty\, and teaching. There is no\ncitizenship requirement.\n\nApplicants must have received their doctoral degree between January 1999 and\nJune 2006. Appointee salary will be between $50\,000 and $70\,000 per year\ndepending on field and experience. \n\nFurther information is available at:\nhttp: //www.international.ucla.edu/globalfellows/\nContact: globalfellows@international.ucla.edu or 310-825-3902.\n\nApplications and nominations should be submitted on-line between 15 November\nand 13 January 2006. Appointments will be announced by 15 March 2006. UCLA\nis an affirmative action\, equal opportunity employer. The International\nInstitute has a strong commitment to the achievement of excellence and\ndiversity among its faculty and staff. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060105T075901Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220156Z DTSTAMP:20060105T075901Z UID:uuid1136448031027 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: Consumption Constrained: Austerity and Rationing in the 20th Century PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060515 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060516 LOCATION:Tartu\, Estonia DESCRIPTION:International Workshop:\nConsumption Constrained: Austerity and Rationing in the 20th Century 26 - 28 August 2006 in Tartu\, Estonia\n\nCall for Papers\n\nA meeting is being organised to coincide with the close of the XIV International Economic History Congress in Helsinki in August 2006. Its subject will be 'Consumption Constrained: Austerity and Rationing in the 20th Century'\, and it is hoped that the proximity of the two events will help to attract emerging and established scholars with an interest in this subject to the University of Tartu\, Estonia\, for a period of energetic reflection and debate.\n\nThe twentieth century has witnessed a multitude of attempts in different national settings to constrain consumption with a view to the fulfillment of a variety of different economic agendas. Usually this has happened in response to a perceived state of crisis such as that brought about by the prosecution of war\, or the assumption of power by authoritarian regimes or by occupying powers. These and other extraordinary circumstances have given rise to measures intended to conserve supplies\, to re-direct resources (to re-armament or industrialisation\, for example)\, to maintain survival rations\, or to ensure the fair distribution of goods.\n\nThe scope and shape of such schemes\, their relative success or failure\, the modes of their subversion\, and their intended and unintended consequences might all provide useful starting points for discussion. It is hoped to explore a range of historical moments and geographical contexts\, as well as different political frameworks and ideologies. These could include the USSR 1920-22 or 1941-45\, Europe during World War I or II\, South America or the Middle East.\n\nProposals are welcomed which address any of the following or related themes.\n\n* Meanings of austerity\, nation-building and foundation legends\n\n* Commonalities and disparities\; democracies and dictatorships\n\n* Illicit activities\, survival strategies\, the 'black market'\n\n* Standards of living and product standards\n\n* State measures and acts of resistance\; adaptation\n\nThe organising team are Olaf Mertelsmann (Tartu)\, Orit Rozin (Tel Aviv) and Lesley Whitworth (Brighton).\n\nTartu is located 185 km south of the Estonian capital Tallinn and might be reached during five hours from Helsinki. It is a true university town with approximately 100\,000 inhabitants.\n\nPlease send proposals of no more than 350 words and a short CV to: austerity@ut.ee by 15 May 2006. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060105T080056Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220156Z DTSTAMP:20060105T080056Z UID:uuid1136448184610 SUMMARY:International Workshop: Consumption Constrained: Austerity and Rationing in the 20th Century PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060826 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060829 LOCATION:Tartu\, Estonia DESCRIPTION:A meeting is being organised to coincide with the close of the XIV International Economic History Congress in Helsinki in August 2006. Its subject will be 'Consumption Constrained: Austerity and Rationing in the 20th Century'\, and it is hoped that the proximity of the two events will help to attract emerging and established scholars with an interest in this subject to the University of Tartu\, Estonia\, for a period of energetic reflection and debate.\n\nThe twentieth century has witnessed a multitude of attempts in different national settings to constrain consumption with a view to the fulfillment of a variety of different economic agendas. Usually this has happened in response to a perceived state of crisis such as that brought about by the prosecution of war\, or the assumption of power by authoritarian regimes or by occupying powers. These and other extraordinary circumstances have given rise to measures intended to conserve supplies\, to re-direct resources (to re-armament or industrialisation\, for example)\, to maintain survival rations\, or to ensure the fair distribution of goods.\n\nThe scope and shape of such schemes\, their relative success or failure\, the modes of their subversion\, and their intended and unintended consequences might all provide useful starting points for discussion. It is hoped to explore a range of historical moments and geographical contexts\, as well as different political frameworks and ideologies. These could include the USSR 1920-22 or 1941-45\, Europe during World War I or II\, South America or the Middle East.\n\nFor additional information\, please contact Olaf Mertelsmann . X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060109T152933Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220156Z DTSTAMP:20060109T152933Z UID:uuid1136820654636 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: Canadian Network for Economic History sessions at the CEA Conference PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060210 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060211 LOCATION:Concordia University\, Montreal DESCRIPTION:CNEH Sessions at Canadian Economics Association Conference\, Montreal\, 26-28 May\, 2006\n\nThe Canadian Network for Economic History will be organizing several sessions to be held at the CEA Conference (Concordia University\, Montreal\, 26-28 May\, 2006). We are looking for papers on any aspect of economic history. Please contact Mary MacKinnon (mary.mackinnon@mcgill.ca) or Herb Emery (hemery@ucalgary.ca) by 10 February\, 2006 and send us a short (<200 words) abstract of the proposed paper. (Presenters will also need to submit an abstract via the CEA conference website\, and the deadline for this is 28 February. We hope to set up the CNEH sessions before the CEA paper submission deadline. Submissions received via the CEA after 10 February may be too late.)\n\n\nFor information about the CEA conference\, go to http: //economics.ca/2006/en/highlights.php X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060109T153111Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220156Z DTSTAMP:20060109T153111Z UID:uuid1136820791255 SUMMARY:Canadian Network for Economic History sessions at the CEA Conference PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060526 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060529 LOCATION:Concordia University\, Montreal DESCRIPTION:For full details\, please contact Mary MacKinnon (mary.mackinnon@mcgill.ca) or Herb Emery (hemery@ucalgary.ca)\, or see the CEA conference web site: http://economics.ca/2006/en/highlights.php X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060109T153342Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220156Z DTSTAMP:20060109T153342Z UID:uuid1136820939301 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: Second Economic History Panel: Past\, Present\, and policy PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060130 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060131 LOCATION:Bank of England\, London\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline: 30 January 2006\n\nANNOUNCING THE SECOND ECONOMIC HISTORY PANEL:\nPAST\, PRESENT\, AND POLICY\n23 - 24 November 2006\nBank of England\nLondon\, United Kingdom\n\nSeries Co-ordinator: Marc Flandreau\n\nOn behalf of the organiser\, Marc Flandreau (Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris and CEPR) and following the glowing success of the first PPP Economic History Panel in Vienna last Fall\, I am writing to invite you to submit a paper for\, or express your interest in attending\, the second PPP Economic History Panel\, to be held at and sponsored by the Bank of England\, London\, on November 23 and 24\, 2006.\n\nThe PPP Economic History Panel is a project that is jointly sponsored by the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris and the Centre for Economic Policy Research in London. Its motivation is the considerable advances that Economic History has achieved in the past\, and the growing recognition of its contribution to shape policy responses. Moreover\, since Economic History does not speak with one single voice\, it is important that alternative views about policy lessons be debated. Finally\, it is clear that Economic History has a strong potential for inspiring new theoretical research and therefore be given the widest possible audience.\n\nThe topic of the second meeting will be \"The Evolution Central Banks: Lessons for the Future\". Its goal is to provide a systematic picture of the link between the emergence of central banks and central bank policies throughout the world. Topics may include\, but are not limited to: the emergence of lending of last resort\, the relations between asset price bubbles and monetary policy\, the provision of liquidity and the financial market\, profitability and foreign exchange intervention\, ownership and governance\, etc. While there are no geographical restrictions\, priority will be given to young European scholars and topics with special relevance to Europe. Submission of new material and especially new data is especially encouraged.\n\nThe programme will also feature a lecture by Charles Goodhart\, on \"Prevention is better than cure: How can we test whether Central Banks prevented crises?\"\, as well as the display of some preliminary results of the central bank history research task force.\n\nA selection of the papers will be published in a special issue of the European Review of Economic History\, after due refereeing process. Published papers will receive a €1000 fee.\n\nTo respond\, please visit http: //www.cepr.org/YourProfile/Meetings and indicate whether or not you wish to present a paper or would be willing to act as a discussant. The deadline for replies is 18:00 GMT on 30 January 2006.\n\nAuthors should submit a one-page abstract to Sarah Doberska at CEPR by 30 January. They will be notified about acceptance by February 15. Preliminary drafts will be due by 15 June\, revised drafts by 30 September\, conference drafts by 8 November.\n\nYou may also like to read our Guidelines on how to register online for CEPR Meetings at http: //www.cepr.org/meets/emo/Guidelines.htm. If you have any difficulties registering for this meeting\, please contact Sarah Doberska\, Meetings Assistant\, at sdoberska@cepr.org or +44 20 7878 2908.\n\nSteering Committee:\nForrest Capie\, Bank of England\nBarry Eichengreen\, University of California\, Berkeley\, NBER and CEPR\nLuca Einaudi\, Centre for History and Economics\, Cambridge\nMarc Flandreau\, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris and CEPR\nEdi Hochreiter\, Head of Economic Studies\, Oesterreichische Nationalbank.\nJan Tore Klovland\, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration\nLars Jonung\, European Commission\, DG ECFIN\, Brussels\nPablo Martin Acena\, Universidad de Alcala\nLeandro Prados della Escosura\, University Carlos III\, Madrid\nJaime Reis\, Instituto de Ciências Sociais Universidade de Lisboa.\nPierre Siklos\, Wilfred Laurier University\nAlbrecht Ritschl\, Humboldt University Berlin and CEPR X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060109T153614Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220156Z DTSTAMP:20060109T153614Z UID:uuid1136821149411 SUMMARY:Second Economic History Panel: Past\, Present\, and Policy PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061123 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061125 LOCATION:Bank of England\, London\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:Series Co-ordinator: Marc Flandreau\n\nThe PPP Economic History Panel is a project that is jointly sponsored by the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris and the Centre for Economic Policy Research in London. Its motivation is the considerable advances that Economic History has achieved in the past\, and the growing recognition of its contribution to shape policy responses. Moreover\, since Economic History does not speak with one single voice\, it is important that alternative views about policy lessons be debated. Finally\, it is clear that Economic History has a strong potential for inspiring new theoretical research and therefore be given the widest possible audience.\n\nThe topic of the second meeting will be \"The Evolution Central Banks: Lessons for the Future\". Its goal is to provide a systematic picture of the link between the emergence of central banks and central bank policies throughout the world. Topics may include\, but are not limited to: the emergence of lending of last resort\, the relations between asset price bubbles and monetary policy\, the provision of liquidity and the financial market\, profitability and foreign exchange intervention\, ownership and governance\, etc.\n\nThe programme will also feature a lecture by Charles Goodhart\, on \"Prevention is better than cure: How can we test whether Central Banks prevented crises?\"\, as well as the display of some preliminary results of the central bank history research task force.\n\nYou may register online for CEPR Meetings at http: //www.cepr.org/meets/emo/Guidelines.htm. If you have any difficulties registering for this meeting\, please contact Sarah Doberska\, Meetings Assistant\, at sdoberska@cepr.org or +44 20 7878 2908. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060125T171653Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220156Z DTSTAMP:20060125T171653Z UID:uuid1138209466885 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: 2006 Cliometrics Conference PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060202 LOCATION:State University of New York (SUNY) - Binghamton DESCRIPTION:2006 Cliometrics Conference\n\nThe annual Cliometrics Conference in 2006 will be held on the weekend of Friday June 2rd through Sunday June 4th. The conference will be hosted by the State University of New York (SUNY) - Binghamton. Funding 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. 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 read all papers and to attend the entire conference.\n\nThe deadline for proposals and requests to attend the meetings is Tuesday\, February 1st\, 2006. 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 who have never attended. Graduate students wishing to attend should submit a paper proposal. 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 March 3\, 2006 and are expected to provide a completed draft of the paper in the proper format for the conference volume by April 3\, 2006.\n\nProposals will be accepted from January 1\, 2006. 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/prop06.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) or can be faxed in care of Jason Hopkins at 1-303-492-8960 or emailed to clioconf@colorado.edu. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060125T172045Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220156Z DTSTAMP:20060125T172045Z UID:uuid1138209783679 SUMMARY:2006 Cliometrics Conference PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060602 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060605 LOCATION:State University of New York (SUNY) - Binghamton DESCRIPTION:2006 Cliometrics Conference\n\nThe annual Cliometrics Conference in 2006 will be held on the weekend of Friday June 2nd through Sunday June 4th. The conference will be hosted by the State University of New York (SUNY) - Binghamton. Funding 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. 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 read all papers and to attend the entire conference.\n\n\nFor more information: Jason Hopkins\, Cliometrics Conference Secretary\, Department of Economics\, University of Colorado at Boulder\, Boulder\, CO 80309 (phone 1-303-492- 8024) or fax in care of Jason Hopkins at 1-303-492-8960 or email to clioconf@colorado.edu.\n X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060125T172600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220156Z DTSTAMP:20060125T172600Z UID:uuid1138210012190 SUMMARY:PEAES and McNeil Center Seminar PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060120 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060121 LOCATION:The Library Company of Philadelphia DESCRIPTION:The Program in Early American Economy and Society and McNeil Center for Early American Studies together invite you to the next jointly sponsored seminar:\n\nJames Fichter\, Harvard University and PEAES Dissertation Fellow\n\"Dreams of Avarice: The First Generation of American Millionaires\, 1792-1802\"\n\nFriday\, January 20\, 2006\n3 to 5 p.m.\, with reception following\nThe Library Company of Philadelphia\n1314 Locust Street\nPhiladelphia\, Pennsylvania\n\nThis paper considers the wealth of American merchants engaged in the carrying trade during the French Revolutionary Wars\, among whom were no truly great personal fortunes. To be sure\, this period produced the first millionaires in American history\, and merchants of this period enjoyed greater personal wealth than merchants of any earlier period in American history. Yet the bulk of a merchant's wealth (appearing upon his decease\, for example) was not in fact his personal wealth but his working business capital. For in 1800 the business corporation did not yet exist in its modern form as a means to distinguish between personal wealth and business capital. That distinction existed only in the mind of the merchant. Contrasted to other men of means of this period\, whether West Indian planters or London bankers\, North American merchants lacked both the income and personal wealth to be truly rich.\n\nThe paper is posted on the PEAES website: http://www.librarycompany.org/Economics. Everyone coming to the seminar should read the paper beforehand and then join us for a lively discussion about the author's findings and arguments.\n\nFor more information\, please e-mail Cathy Matson\, PEAES Director\, at cmatson@udel.edu\, or visit the PEAES website at http: //www.librarycompany.org/. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060125T172716Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220156Z DTSTAMP:20060125T172716Z UID:uuid1138210083433 SUMMARY:Nomination Deadline: Alice Hanson Jones Prize PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060301 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060302 DESCRIPTION:The Economic History Assoociation\nAlice Hanson Jones Prize\n\nDEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: March 1\, 2006\n\nThe Alice Hanson Jones Prize for an outstanding book in North American\n(including Caribbean) economic history will be presented at the\nAssociation's annual meeting in Pittsburgh in September of 2006. This\n$1\,200 prize is awarded biennially and alternates with the Gyorgi Ranki\nPrize for a book in European economic history.\n\nEligibility and Nominations: Only books published in English during 2004 or\n2005 are eligible for the 2006 prize. The author need not be a member of\nthe Association. Authors\, publishers\, or anyone else may nominate books.\nAuthors or publishers should send a copy of the book\, plus a curriculum\nvitae of the author(s)\, with current information on addresses and telephone\nnumbers\, to each member of the committee.\n\nSelection Committee\n\nProfessor Hank Gemery (chair)\nDepartment of Economics\nColby College\nWaterville\, ME 04901\nEmail: hagemery@colby.edu\n\nProfessor Rick Steckel\nDepartment of Economics\nOhio State University\n1945 North High Street\nColumbus\, OH 43210\nEmail: Steckel.1@osu.edu\n\nProfessor Shawn Kantor\nSSHA\nUniversity of California\, Merced\nP.O. Box 2039\nMerced\, CA 95344\nEmail: skantor@ucmerced.edu\n\nProfessor Naomi Lamoreaux\nDepartment of History\n405 Hilgard Ave\nUniversity of California\, Los Angeles\nLos Angeles\, CA 90095-1473\nEmail: lamoreaux@econ.ucla.edu\n\nProfessor Howard Bodenhorn\nDepartment of Economics and Business\nLafayette College\nEaston\, PA 18042-1776\nEmail: bodenhoh@lafayette.edu X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060125T173407Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220156Z DTSTAMP:20060125T173407Z UID:uuid1138210505191 SUMMARY:Application Deadline: PEAES Fellowships PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060301 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060302 LOCATION:Library Company of Philadelphia DESCRIPTION:The Program in Early American Economy and Society at the Library Company of Philadelphia will award several one-month resident research fellowships and one long-term dissertation-level fellowship for June 1\, 2006- May 31\, 2007. The dissertation-level fellowship carries a stipend of $18\,000 for the full academic year or two half-year fellowships of $9\,000 each. Applicants for the dissertation-level fellowships may apply for the entire term or for the half-year periods from September 1\, 2006 to January 15\, 2007 or January 15 to May 31\, 2007. One-month resident fellowships carrying a stipend of $1\,800 tenable from June 1\, 2006 to May 31\, 2007.\n\nThese fellowships are designed to promote scholarship on the origins and development of the early American economy\, broadly conceived\, to roughly 1850. They provide scholars the opportunity to use the extensive printed and manuscript collections related to the history of commerce\, finance\, technology\, manufacturing\, agriculture\, internal improvements\, economic policy-making\, and other topics that are held by the Library Company and numerous other institutions in its vicinity.\n\nThe deadline for receipt of applications is March 1\, 2006\, with a decision to be made by March 31. To apply for a dissertation-level fellowship\, please send (by mail\, no faxes please) five copies each of a c.v.\, a detailed description of the nature of the research to be undertaken during the fellowship period\, a relevant writing sample of no more than 25 pages\, and two letters of reference. For one-month fellowships send a c.v.\, a two- to four-page project description\, and one letter of reference. Applicants for a long-term fellowship should state clearly which of the tenable periods they seek\, and whether they also wish to be considered for a short-term fellowship. Send all materials by mail to: PEAES\, The Library Company of Philadelphia\, 1314 Locust Street\, Philadelphia\, PA 19107.\n\nFor more information about the Program and its fellowships\, see /www.librarycompany.org\, or contact Cathy Matson\, Program Director\, at cmatson@udel.edu.\n X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060125T173545Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220156Z DTSTAMP:20060125T173545Z UID:uuid1138210654919 SUMMARY:Second International Conference on German Cliometrics PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060607 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060611 LOCATION:Tuebingen\, Germany DESCRIPTION:Second International Conference on German Cliometrics\nTuebingen / Germany\, June 7.-10.6.2006\n\n\nThe Cliometric History of Germany offers a wide range of fascinating topics. This meeting is the second in a series of meetings on German Cliometrics.\n\nFor more information:\n\nJoerg Baten (University of Tuebingen)\njoerg.baten@uni-tuebingen.de\n\nor\n\nAlbrecht Ritschl (Humboldt University of Berlin)\nritschl@wiwi.hu-berlin.de\n\nFurther information: http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/uni/wwl/declio.html X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060130T150008Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220156Z DTSTAMP:20060130T150008Z UID:uuid1138633340530 SUMMARY:Asia-Pacific Economic and Business History Conference PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060216 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060219 LOCATION:Brisbane DESCRIPTION:The Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand looks forward to seeing you at the conference.\n\nFurther information and registration forms can be found on the conference website:\n\nhttp: //www.bus.qut.edu.au/schools/international/EHSANZCover.jsp X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060130T151159Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220156Z DTSTAMP:20060130T151159Z UID:uuid1138634038070 SUMMARY:Economic and Demographic Change in Latin America PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060525 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060527 LOCATION:University of Guelph\, Guelph Ontario DESCRIPTION:The Canadian Association of Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the University of Guelph invites the participation of researchers in a workshop to consider the historical and contemporary experience of economic and demographic change in Latin America and the Caribbean region. The workshop to be held May 25-26 2006 in Guelph Ontario will examine recent transitions as well as historical and long-term aspects of regional experience. Proposals from graduate students and from scholars based in Latin America or the Caribbean are especially welcome. Some funding to assist with travel costs may be available. \n\nOrganizing Committee:\nKris Inwood\, Economics\, University of Guelph\nStuart McCook\, History\, University of Guelph\nAlbert Berry\, Economics\, University of Toronto\n\nFor more information: Kris Inwood\, kinwood@uguelph.ca X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060130T151440Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220156Z DTSTAMP:20060130T151440Z UID:uuid1138634227859 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: The Northern Mediterranean: Economic contacts and cultural exchange over the North Sea and Baltic 1550-1750 PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060205 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060206 LOCATION:XIV International Economic History Congress (Helsinki\, Finland) DESCRIPTION:Call for papers\n\nThe Northern Mediterranean.\nEconomic contacts and cultural exchange over the North Sea and Baltic 1550-1750 \n\nSession (36) at the XIV International Economic History Congress (Helsinki\, Finland\, 21 to 25 August 2006) \n\nBraudel first put forward the idea that an inland sea - in his case the Mediterranean - was a natural border between states\, but also a highroad for communication and cultural exchange. Given the fact that transport - especially bulky transport - over water was much less expensive than over land\, communication and exchange were primarily waterborne. Therefore the coasts of the Mediterranean developed a common culture\, which differed from the diverse inland national cultures. Others recognised that if the Mediterranean shores had a common culture\, the same would hold true for other inland seas. \n\nThe aim of this session is to test that hypothesis for the North Sea and Baltic region. The Braudelian argument hinges on the connection between down to earth exchanges (e.g. trade\, migration) and cultural exchange. We aim to test that connection with the mix of contributions to the session. In the session both papers based on quantitative data on trade and migration between regions bordering especially on the North Sea\, will be included and papers based on mostly qualitative information for the exchange of high and low culture. \n\nOrganisers:\nPoul Holm (Southern Denmark University and Centre for Maritime and Regional History\, from 1 March 2006 Roskilde University\, Denmark) http://www.cmrh.dk/ph.htm \n\nLex Heerma van Voss (International Institute of Social History and Utrecht University\, Netherlands) http: //www.iisg.nl/research/lhv.html \n\nDeadline for papers (for inclusion in the IEHC Conference materials): 31 May 2006\; Deadline for proposals: 5 February 2006 \n\nPlease send proposals for papers to\n\nLex Heerma van Voss\nInternational Institute of Social History Cruquiusweg 31 1019 AT Amsterdam\ntel +31.20.6685866\nfax +31.20.6654181\ne-mail lhv@iisg.nl\n X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060130T151859Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220156Z DTSTAMP:20060130T151859Z UID:uuid1138634422905 SUMMARY:3rd International Conference on Economics and Human Biology PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060622 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060625 LOCATION:Strasbourg\, France DESCRIPTION:The 3rd International Conference on Economics and Human Biology\n\nStrasbourg\, France\nJune 22-24\, 2006\nat the invitation of Professor Michael Hau\nUniversité Marc Bloch\nChair of the local Organizing Committee\n\nThe interdisciplinary conference will explore of the symbiotic relationship between humans\, as biological beings\, and the economy\, broadly conceived. Selected papers will be included in a special issue of\nEconomics and Human Biology http: //www.elsevier.com/homepage/sae/econworld/econbase/ehb/frame.htm\n\nReleva nt topics include but are not limited to:\n\n* The impact of economic processes and economic policy on biological welfare and health outcomes.\n* The impact of government intervention programs on the human organism.\n* Feedback effects from human biological outcomes to the economy.\n* The use of anthropometric indicators to assess welfare\, poverty\, and malnutrition.\n* Health as a component of Human Development.\n* The conceptualizations of health in economic theory.\n* Related statistical\, econometric and methodological issues.\n\nFor the programs of the First and Second International conference on Economics and Human Biology see:\nhttp: //www.vwl.uni-muenchen.de/ls_komlos/tuebingen/index.html\nhttp: //www.econhist.de/ehb/conference/index.html\n\nFor more information: Joerg.Baten@uni-tuebingen.de X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060130T152100Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220157Z DTSTAMP:20060130T152100Z UID:uuid1138634520907 SUMMARY:Application Deadline: BHC Newcomen Doctoral Colloquium PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060217 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060218 LOCATION:Toronto DESCRIPTION:The Newcomen Doctoral Colloquium for the 2006 BHC meeting in Toronto has room for two or three more students. We are extending the application deadline to Friday\, February 17 and encourage those who missed the January 15 deadline to apply. Details and instructions for applying are below. The faculty for the colloquium consists of the following:\n\nJoAnne Yates\, BHC Past President\nWilliam Hausman\, BHC President-Elect\nMary O'Sullivan\, BHC Trustee\nDavid Sicilia\, former BHC Trustee\nBernard Carlson (ex officio\, representing the Newcomen Foundation)\n\nThe Newcomen Dissertation Colloquium will be held in conjunction with the 2006 BHC annual meeting. This intensive workshop\, sponsored by BHC through the generous support of the Newcomen Society of the United States\, will take place at the conference venue Wednesday evening\, June 7\, and Thursday\, June 8. Participants will work closely with a small\, distinguished group of BHC-affiliated scholars\, including at least two of its officers. The assembled scholars and students will review dissertation proposals\, consider relevant literatures and research strategies\, and discuss the business history profession. Limited to ten students\, it is intended for doctoral candidates in the early stages of their dissertation projects. Those interested in participating should submit to Roger Horowitz\, BHC Secretary-Treasurer (rh@udel.edu)\, a statement of interest\, a preliminary or final dissertation prospectus\, and a cv. Please make clear that you are interested in the Dissertation Colloquium. One recommendation from the dissertation supervisor (or prospective supervisor) should also be faxed (302 655-3188) or emailed to Roger Horowitz by February 17\, 2006. The review committee will notify all applicants of its decisions by March 1st. A grant from the Newcomen Society of the United States will provide each participant with a $300 US honorarium. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060130T152232Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220157Z DTSTAMP:20060130T152232Z UID:uuid1138634612544 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: \"History\, Technology\, Economy\" PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060228 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060301 LOCATION:Appalachian State University (Boone\, North Carolina) DESCRIPTION:CALL FOR PAPERS: Workshop at Appalachian State University in Spring 2006\n\nThe title of the workshop is \"History\, Technology\, Economy\,\" and it is an interdisciplinary workshop aimed at bringing together researchers at the Appalachian State University (Boone\, North Carolina) who are working the many facets of the importance of technology for the economy and society in various historical (and current) contexts. The workshop will take place on April 24th\, 2006. The keynote speaker will be Professor Joel Mokyr (Northwestern University)\, one of the foremost experts in the history of technology and economic history. We also wish to explore more current themes such as the \"New Economy\" and the IT revolution. We welcome research papers from outside ASU\, especially the various UNC institutions.\n\nFinally\, we have listed a graduate/undergraduate session\, as well\, so we want to promote relevant research efforts in this vein to a wider audience.\n\nPlease send in your paper proposals\, roughly 100 word abstracts (or your willingness to attend and/or act as a commentator)\, by February 28th\, 2006 to Jari Eloranta (email: elorantaj@appstate.edu or History Department\, Appalachian State University\, Boone North Carolina 28607). Further information can also be obtained by phone (828-262-6006).\n\nThere is no fee for attending the workshop. Lunch will be provided by the organizers to those who have registered (by email) to attend by February 28th free of charge. Payment for the concluding dinner is the\nresponsibility of the participants.\n\n\nJari Eloranta\, Ph.D\nAssistant Professor of Comparative Economic and Business History\,\nAppalachian State University\, Department of History\, Old Library Building\,\nBoone\, NC 28608\, USA\nPhone: +1-828-262 6006\, email: elorantaj@appstate.edu\nhttp: //www.appstate.edu/~elorantaj/ X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060130T152346Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220157Z DTSTAMP:20060130T152346Z UID:uuid1138634701746 SUMMARY: \"History\, Technology\, Economy\" workshop PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060424 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060425 LOCATION:Appalachian State University (Boone\, North Carolina) DESCRIPTION:The title of the workshop is \"History\, Technology\, Economy\,\" and it is an interdisciplinary workshop aimed at bringing together researchers at the Appalachian State University (Boone\, North Carolina) who are working the many facets of the importance of technology for the economy and society in various historical (and current) contexts. The workshop will take place on April 24th\, 2006. The keynote speaker will be Professor Joel Mokyr (Northwestern University)\, one of the foremost experts in the history of technology and economic history. We also wish to explore more current themes such as the \"New Economy\" and the IT revolution. We welcome research papers from outside ASU\, especially the various UNC institutions.\n\nFinally\, we have listed a graduate/undergraduate session\, as well\, so we want to promote relevant research efforts in this vein to a wider audience.\n\nThere is no fee for attending the workshop. Lunch will be provided by the organizers to those who have registered (by email) to attend by February 28th free of charge. Payment for the concluding dinner is the\nresponsibility of the participants.\n\n\nJari Eloranta\, Ph.D\nAssistant Professor of Comparative Economic and Business History\,\nAppalachian State University\, Department of History\, Old Library Building\,\nBoone\, NC 28608\, USA\nPhone: +1-828-262 6006\, email: elorantaj@appstate.edu\nhttp: //www.appstate.edu/~elorantaj/ X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060130T152621Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220157Z DTSTAMP:20060130T152621Z UID:uuid1138634848925 SUMMARY:Globalization & Industrial America\, 1830-2005 PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060512 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060513 LOCATION:Rutgers University\, New Brunswick\, NJ DESCRIPTION:GLOBALIZATION & INDUSTRIAL AMERICA\, 1830-2005: NEW BRUNSWICK\, NJ & THE RARITAN RIVER VALLEY\, A MICROCOSM?\nCOMMEMORATING THE 325TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF DISTINGUISHED NEW JERSEY HISTORIAN RICHARD P. MCCORMICK\n\nFriday\, May 12\, 2006: 8:15 AM TO 4:30 PM\nScholarly Communication Center\, Fourth Floor\, Alexander Library\nRutgers University\n169 College Avenue\nNew Brunswick\, NJ\n\nSponsored by Rutgers\, the State University of New Jersey: Department of History and Special Collections & University Archives\, the conference celebrates the 325th anniversary of the City of New Brunswick and the contributions of Distinguished New Jersey Historian\, Richard P. McCormick. This project is assisted by a grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission\, a division of the Department of State. Co-sponsors include the City of New Brunswick\, the New Brunswick Historical Association and the Middlesex County Cultural & Heritage Commission.\n\nPapers by noted scholars and university students will examine the history of globalization as reflected in local industries. Professor Cathy Matson\, University of Delaware\, will explore the history of the Atlantic world. Keynote speaker\, Professor Harold James\, Princeton University History Department\, will recount the history of globalization. Professor Paul Israel\, Director\, Thomas A. Edison Papers and Rutgers history professor\, will focus on intellectual property and R&D. Professor Louis Galambos of the Johns Hopkins University History Department will discuss the medical/ pharmaceutical industry. Curator Jeremy R. Kinney of the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum will explore the Simplex automobile & Wright-Martin. Frederik Nebeker\, Senior Research Historian at the Rutgers IEEE History Center will examine Marconi. Dean James Hughes\, Bloustein School of Planning & Public Policy will contemplate the future of globalization.\n\nStudent presenters and their topics include: Ms. Lisa Amendo (Edison)\, Ms. Stephanie Arias (Bakelite Company/Union Carbide)\, Ms. Cheryl Davis (National Musical String)\, Mr. Greg O'Reilly (rubber industry)\, Ms. Patricia Pilot (John Waldron Company)\, Ms. Nahla Wardeh (wallpaper industry).\n\nExhibits at New Brunswick Public Library and at the conference will highlight industrial development and products. Conference packets will include a self-guided tour brochure of local industrial sites\, bibliographies\, and teaching resources. In-service credit for the conference is available through the Rutgers Institute for High School Teachers.\n\nThe registration fee\, $5.00 for students and $25.00 for others\, includes coffee and lunch. Seating is limited. Pre-register on or before April 28\, 2006. All registrations will be confirmed. A registration form may be downloaded from http: //www.eh.net/raritan_conference_flier.pdf\n\nFor additional information\, contact Reese Jenkins (profjenkinsru@aol.com) or Bonita Craft Grant (craftg@rci.rutgers.edu). X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060130T152807Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220157Z DTSTAMP:20060130T152807Z UID:uuid1138634954601 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: Bubbles - Theory\, Policy Implications and Historical Perspectives PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060122 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060123 LOCATION:Universitat Pompeu Fabra\, Barcelona\, Catalunya DESCRIPTION:BUBBLES - THEORY\, POLICY IMPLICATIONS AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES\n\nMay 19-20\, 2006\n\nUniversitat Pompeu Fabra\, Barcelona\, Catalunya\n\nOrganisers: Eugene White (Rutgers and NBER) and Hans-Joachim Voth (UPF\, CREI and CEPR)\n\n***************************************************************** *********************** \n\nWith support from the Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI) at UPF\, Barcelona\, and the CEPR's Economic History\, this workshop aims to bring together financial economists\, theorists\, and economic historians working on bubbles in asset markets. It will provide a forum for discussion of recent research on the causes and consequences of bubbles. Some of the possible topics include:\n\n* What is the relationship between liquidity and bubble episodes?\n\n* Do bubbles matter for macroeconomic activity?\n\n* What do we learn from historical bubble episodes about the factors driving them?\n\n* When can asset price bubbles be beneficial?\n\n* What do we learn from growing evidence of cognitive biases and mistaken beliefs contributing to periods of overvaluation?\n\n* How large are house price bubbles - and should monetary policy be used to tackle them?\n\nConfirmed speakers include Will Goetzmann (Harvard Business School/Yale)\, Harrison Hong (Princeton)\, Larry Neal (U Illinois)\, and Francois Velde (Chicago Fed).\n\nTravel and accommodation expenses will be covered for all participants according to the CEPR travel guidelines\, but if you could contribute to the costs of your attendance from a research grant at your disposal this would free up space for someone else. Indicate on your reply form whether you will be able to cover your own travel costs\, or whether you will require funding. Please note that it may not be possible to accept all applications to attend this conference.\n\nThose interested in attending should submit a proposal by January 22\, 2006\; papers should be available for circulation by March 31\, 2006. Please contact Rachel Bedford\, Meetings Manager\, CEPR\, 90-98 Goswell Road\, London EC1V 7RR\, UK (RBedford@cepr.org). X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060130T154232Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220157Z DTSTAMP:20060130T154232Z UID:uuid1138635866034 SUMMARY:Bubbles - Theory\, Policy Implications and Historical Perspectives PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060519 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060521 LOCATION:Universitat Pompeu Fabra\, Barcelona\, Catalunya DESCRIPTION:BUBBLES - THEORY\, POLICY IMPLICATIONS AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES\n\nMay 19-20\, 2006\n\nUniversitat Pompeu Fabra\, Barcelona\, Catalunya\n\nOrganisers: Eugene White (Rutgers and NBER) and Hans-Joachim Voth (UPF\, CREI and CEPR)\n\n***************************************************************** *********************** \n\nWith support from the Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI) at UPF\, Barcelona\, and the CEPR's Economic History\, this workshop aims to bring together financial economists\, theorists\, and economic historians working on bubbles in asset markets. It will provide a forum for discussion of recent research on the causes and consequences of bubbles. Some of the possible topics include:\n\n* What is the relationship between liquidity and bubble episodes?\n\n* Do bubbles matter for macroeconomic activity?\n\n* What do we learn from historical bubble episodes about the factors driving them?\n\n* When can asset price bubbles be beneficial?\n\n* What do we learn from growing evidence of cognitive biases and mistaken beliefs contributing to periods of overvaluation?\n\n* How large are house price bubbles - and should monetary policy be used to tackle them?\n\nConfirmed speakers include Will Goetzmann (Harvard Business School/Yale)\, Harrison Hong (Princeton)\, Larry Neal (U Illinois)\, and Francois Velde (Chicago Fed).\n\nTravel and accommodation expenses will be covered for all participants according to the CEPR travel guidelines\, but if you could contribute to the costs of your attendance from a research grant at your disposal this would free up space for someone else. Indicate on your reply form whether you will be able to cover your own travel costs\, or whether you will require funding. Please note that it may not be possible to accept all applications to attend this conference.\n\nFor more information: Rachel Bedford\, Meetings Manager\, CEPR\, 90-98 Goswell Road\, London EC1V 7RR\, UK (RBedford@cepr.org). X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060130T161832Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220157Z DTSTAMP:20060130T161832Z UID:uuid1138638089836 SUMMARY:Washington Area Economic History Seminar PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060203 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060204 LOCATION:American University DESCRIPTION:WASHINGTON AREA ECONOMIC HISTORY SEMINAR\n\nNetworks\, Brokers and the Market for Bank of England Shares:\nStrength of Weak Ties\n\nAnn M. Carlos\nUniversity of Colorado\, Boulder\n\nFriday\, February 3\, 2005\n\nAmerican University\n\n6:00 P.M. Dinner\nCynthia Taft Morris has graciously offered to host the pre-seminar dinner at her home for the seminar at AU. Dinners will cost no more than $12.00 per person. To RSVP\, email Cynthia (cmorris@american.edu). Please respond no later than Wednesday\, February 1\, 2006. If you respond after the deadline\, please PHONE Cynthia\, 202-237-1209. Please allow 7-8 rings. REMINDER: If you do intend to have dinner\, PLEASE RSVP.\n\nDirections to Cynthia Taft Morris': Cynthia lives at 4301 Massachusetts Avenue\, NW\, apartment #6008. Going south on Massachusetts from Western Avenue\, go around Ward Circle (at American University)\, and continue across Nebraska on Mass. Ave. Cynthia's is the first 8-story building on the left. The entrance has a 3-foot by 3-foot sign that says \"Greenbriar 4301.\" Cynthia asks that you park on the street if possible\, otherwise sign in at the front desk for her apartment number 6008\, and park in the back of the building. You may also park in the AU Nebraska Lot. There is no ticketing after 5:00 pm.\n\n8:00 P.M. Seminar\nThe seminar will be at American University in Bentley Lounge in Gray Hall. (See map on inviation web site: http: //www.american.edu/academic.depts/cas/econ/WAEHS/Invitations/inv-Cynthia-- 2-3-06.htm X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060224T151844Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220157Z DTSTAMP:20060224T151844Z UID:uuid1140794384182 SUMMARY: Second Dutch-Flemish Conference on the Economic History of the Low Countries before 1850 PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060420 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060422 LOCATION:Antwerp DESCRIPTION:The program of the Second Dutch-Flemish Conference on the Economic History of the Low Countries before 1850 is now available at http://www.lowcountries.nl. The conference will take place in Antwerp\, April 20-21\, 2006. Papers will be available in advance. If you want to attend\, please register via the webpage\, or send an email to bruno.blonde@ua.ac.be. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060224T152037Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220157Z DTSTAMP:20060224T152037Z UID:uuid1140794530082 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: Business History Conference\, 2007 PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061015 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061016 LOCATION:Weatherhead School of Management of Case Western Reserve University\, Cleveland\, Ohio DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers\n\n\"Entrepreneurial Communities\"\nBusiness History Conference Annual Meeting\n\nCleveland\, Ohio\nJune 1-2\, 2007\n\n\nThe 2007 annual meeting of the Business History Conference (BHC) will take place Friday and Saturday June 1-2 in Cleveland\, Ohio\, at the Weatherhead School of Management of Case Western Reserve University.\n\nThe theme for the conference is Entrepreneurial Communities\, defined broadly in scope and scale. The entrepreneur is often thought of as a lone innovator\, but how often does an entrepreneur really act alone? How and when does entrepreneurial activity rely on the input of other inventors\, venture capitalists\, lawyers\, accountants\, marketing specialists\, government actors\, laborers\, and others? We are interested in papers that explore the roles of these actors and the broader social context in which entrepreneurial activity takes place. These include\, but are not limited to\, geographic (local\, regional\, national\, or international)\, political\, economic\, social\, and cultural (including the roles of race\, class\, ethnicity\, religion\, and gender) aspects of entrepreneurial communities. We are interested in papers that consider how firms and other groups (within\, between\, or outside particular firms)\, and society as a whole have organized themselves to foster or inhibit entrepreneurial activity. Finally\, in keeping with longstanding BHC policy\, the committee will also entertain submissions not directly related to the conference theme.\n\nPotential presenters may submit proposals either for individual papers or for entire panels. Individual paper proposals should include a one-page abstract and a one-page curriculum vitae (cv). The abstract should summarize the argument of the paper\, the sources on which it is based\, and its relationship to existing scholarship. Each panel proposal should include a cover letter stating the rationale for the session\, a one-page abstract and author's cv for each proposed paper (up to three)\, and a list of preferred chairs and commentators with contact information.\n\nProposals also are invited for the Herman E. Krooss Prize for the best dissertation in business history. The Krooss Prize Committee welcomes submissions from recent Ph.D.s (2004-7) in history\, economics\, business administration\, history of science and technology\, law\, and related fields. To participate in this competition\, please indicate this in a cover letter\, and include a one-page cv and one-page dissertation abstract. Semi-finalists will be asked to submit copies of their dissertation after initial review of proposals. Finalists will present summaries of their dissertations at the Cleveland meeting.\n\nDoctoral candidates who would like to have their dissertations discussed can participate in special dissertations-in-progress sessions. Submit a cover letter to this effect\, along with a one-page cv and one-page dissertation abstract\, clearly indicating the submission is a dissertation abstract.\n\nBHC also awards the K. Austin Kerr Prize for the best first paper by a Ph.D. candidate or recent Ph.D. (2004-7). If you wish to participate in this competition\, please indicate this in your proposal. Proposals accepted for the Krooss Prize panel and the dissertations-in-progress sessions are not eligible for the Kerr Prize.\n\nThe deadline for receipt of all proposals is 15 October 2006. Notification of acceptances will be sent by January 2007. Presenters will be expected to submit abstracts of their papers for posting on the BHC website. In addition\, presenters are encouraged to post electronic versions of their papers prior to the meeting\, and to submit their papers for inclusion in our on-line proceedings publication\, Business and Economic History On-Line. The BHC also offers graduate students who are presenting papers grants to offset some of the costs of attending the conference.\n\nPlease send all proposals to Dr. Roger Horowitz\, Secretary-Treasurer\, Business History Conference\, P. O. Box 3630\, Wilmington\, DE 19807\, USA. Phone: (302) 658-2400\; fax: (302) 655-3188\; email: rh@udel.edu.\n\nThe program committee consists of Pamela Laird (co-chair)\, University of Colorado-Denver\; Margaret Levenstein (co-chair)\, University of Michigan\; Gary Previts\, Case Western Reserve University\; Matthias Kipping\, York University\, Canada\; Christine Rosen\, University of California\, Berkeley\; and William J. Hausman (BHC president-elect\, 2005-06)\, College of William & Mary.\n\nThe Newcomen Dissertation Colloquium will be held in conjunction with the 2007 BHC annual meeting. This intensive workshop\, sponsored by BHC through the generous support of the Newcomen Society of the United States\, will take place at the conference venue Wednesday evening\, May 30\, and Thursday\, May 31. Participants will work closely with a small\, distinguished group of BHC-affiliated scholars\, including at least two of its officers. The assembled scholars and students will review dissertation proposals\, consider relevant literatures and research strategies\, and discuss the business history profession. Limited to ten students\, it is intended for doctoral candidates in the early stages of their dissertation projects. Those interested in participating should submit to Roger Horowitz\, BHC Secretary-Treasurer (rh@udel.edu)\, a statement of interest\, a preliminary or final dissertation prospectus\, and a cv. Please make clear that you are interested in the Dissertation Colloquium. One recommendation from the dissertation supervisor (or prospective supervisor) should also be faxed (302 655-3188) or emailed to Roger Horowitz by January 15\, 2007. The review committee will notify all applicants of its decisions by March 1st. A grant from the Newcomen Society of the United States will provide each participant with a $300US honorarium. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060224T152235Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220157Z DTSTAMP:20060224T152235Z UID:uuid1140794702172 SUMMARY:Business History Conference\, 2007 PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070601 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070603 LOCATION:Weatherhead School of Management of Case Western Reserve University\, Cleveland\, Ohio DESCRIPTION:\"Entrepreneurial Communities\"\nBusiness History Conference Annual Meeting\n\nCleveland\, Ohio\nJune 1-2\, 2007\n\n\nThe 2007 annual meeting of the Business History Conference (BHC) will take place Friday and Saturday June 1-2 in Cleveland\, Ohio\, at the Weatherhead School of Management of Case Western Reserve University.\n\nFor full conference information\, please visit: http://www.thebhc.org/annmeet/index.html X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060224T152549Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220157Z DTSTAMP:20060224T152549Z UID:uuid1140794876313 SUMMARY:2007 European Association for Banking and Financial History PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070601 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070603 LOCATION:Valletta (Malta) DESCRIPTION:The European Association for Banking and Financial History e.V. (EABH) is calling for papers to be presented at its annual colloquium in 2007. The congress will be hosted by the Bank of Valletta and the Central Bank of Malta and will take place in Valletta (Malta)\, on 1-2 June\, 2007.\n\nThe EABH (f. 1990) is the main European academic forum for research on banking and financial history (see www.eabh.info). The EABH promotes the production and dissemination of high quality academic research through workshops\, conferences and publications\, including the Financial History Review\, an academic journal currently edited by Duncan Ross\, and published by Cambridge University Press. The EABH has organized annual scientific colloquia since 1992\, on topics relating to banking\, financial and monetary history\, with a broader relevance for both business and policy.\n\nThe subject of the 2007 meeting will be Banking and Finance in the Mediterranean. An Historical Perspective. The conference's aim is to explore\, in a number of aspects\, the evolution of banking and finance in the Mediterranean from the 19th century to the present time. The study of the main features of the process of emergence of modern banking and financial systems in the Mediterranean is a necessary prerequisite for a deeper knowledge of the relationship between banking and finance on the one hand\, and growth on the other. As a matter of fact\, among the structural factors affecting economic growth\, banking and financial networks are certainly the most relevant for their potential ability to convey resources to productive investment\, coming from national and international capital markets. Nonetheless\, an alternative view maintains that the process could move in the opposite direction\, thus raising questions that might prove worthy of consideration. Another relevant aspect concerns the interplay of financial and banking activity and the foreign relations among Mediterranean economies. In this respect\, the creation of an international financial network can be viewed as a necessary condition for the achievement of a modern economic system\, characterized by multilateral flows of capital and trade. A special role\, in such a context\, is played by the institutional setting. In fact\, the action of public institutions can prove crucial for a smooth functioning of the banking system\, by contributing to monetary and exchange rate stability\, and providing a framework of norms ruling the behaviour of financial intermediaries. Finally\, an historical exploration of banking and financial evolution in the Mediterranean cannot but involve an intense use of archival resources. An overview of the wealth of currently available documents in banks' archives constitutes a necessary and useful integration of the present Colloquium.\n\nFor more information: e.magee@bankinghistory.de X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060224T152850Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220157Z DTSTAMP:20060224T152850Z UID:uuid1140794988287 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: European Association for Banking and Financial History PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060331 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060401 LOCATION:Valletta (Malta) DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers\n\nThe European Association for Banking and Financial History e.V. (EABH) is calling for papers to be presented at its annual colloquium in 2007. The congress will be hosted by the Bank of Valletta and the Central Bank of Malta and will take place in Valletta (Malta)\, on 1-2 June\, 2007.\n\nThe EABH (f. 1990) is the main European academic forum for research on banking and financial history (see www.eabh.info). The EABH promotes the production and dissemination of high quality academic research through workshops\, conferences and publications\, including the Financial History Review\, an academic journal currently edited by Duncan Ross\, and published by Cambridge University Press. The EABH has organized annual scientific colloquia since 1992\, on topics relating to banking\, financial and monetary history\, with a broader relevance for both business and policy.\n\nThe subject of the 2007 meeting will be Banking and Finance in the Mediterranean. An Historical Perspective. The conference's aim is to explore\, in a number of aspects\, the evolution of banking and finance in the Mediterranean from the 19th century to the present time. The study of the main features of the process of emergence of modern banking and financial systems in the Mediterranean is a necessary prerequisite for a deeper knowledge of the relationship between banking and finance on the one hand\, and growth on the other. As a matter of fact\, among the structural factors affecting economic growth\, banking and financial networks are certainly the most relevant for their potential ability to convey resources to productive investment\, coming from national and international capital markets. Nonetheless\, an alternative view maintains that the process could move in the opposite direction\, thus raising questions that might prove worthy of consideration. Another relevant aspect concerns the interplay of financial and banking activity and the foreign relations among Mediterranean economies. In this respect\, the creation of an international financial network can be viewed as a necessary condition for the achievement of a modern economic system\, characterized by multilateral flows of capital and trade. A special role\, in such a context\, is played by the institutional setting. In fact\, the action of public institutions can prove crucial for a smooth functioning of the banking system\, by contributing to monetary and exchange rate stability\, and providing a framework of norms ruling the behaviour of financial intermediaries. Finally\, an historical exploration of banking and financial evolution in the Mediterranean cannot but involve an intense use of archival resources. An overview of the wealth of currently available documents in banks' archives constitutes a necessary and useful integration of the present Colloquium.\n\nThe program committee encourages submissions on historical analysis of banking and financial systems in the Mediterranean area\, with a special emphasis on the following issues:\n\n1) The rise of modern banking and finance in the Mediterranean\;\n\n2) Finance and intra-Mediterranean relations\;\n\n3) Money and currency developments in the Mediterranean\;\n\n4) Banking and financial archives.\n\n\nThe committee will take into account any papers dealing with the above topics\, focussed on specific periods or in a longer-time perspective\, within the time range specified above. Comparative approaches across countries or areas will be particularly welcome.\n\nThe programme committee consists of:\n\nCharles Borg\, Bank of Valletta\nJohn Consiglio\, University of Malta\nAlfred Demarco\, Central Bank of Malta\nMichael Galea\, Bank of Valletta\nKostas Kostis\, Alpha Bank / University of Athens Juan Carlos Martinez Oliva\, Bank of Italy Luis de Abreu Nunes\, Bank of Portugal\n\nThose interested in presenting a paper should send an abstract (max. 500 words) with details about their institutional affiliation and e-mail contact by Friday\, 31 March 2006 to: e.magee@bankinghistory.de\n\nIn case of co-authored papers\, proposals should make clear the name and contact of the corresponding author.\n\nAll submissions will receive acknowledgement of receipt. Notice of acceptance will be sent by Friday\, 28 April 2006.\n\nAuthors of accepted papers are expected to commit themselves to deliver a final version of their contribution by the end of March 2007.\n\nAfter the colloquium\, the papers presented may be published\, under the aegis of the EABH\, with a reputable academic publisher.\n\nThe deadline for submission of the final papers to be included in the publication will be the end of September 2007. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060224T153730Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220157Z DTSTAMP:20060224T153730Z UID:uuid1140801545313 SUMMARY:Washington Area Economic History Seminar PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060303 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060304 LOCATION:American University DESCRIPTION:John E. Murray (University of Toledo)\nTitle: \"Demand for Private Health Insurance\, Precautionary Savings and Progressive Reform Failure\"\n\n6:00 P.M. Dinner\n\nCynthia Taft Morris has graciously offered to host the pre-seminar dinner at her home for the seminar at AU. Dinners will cost no more than $12.00 per person. To RSVP\, email Cynthia (cmorris@american.edu). Please respond no later than Wednesday\, March 1\, 2006. If you respond after the deadline\, please PHONE Cynthia\, 202-237-1209. Please allow 7-8 rings. REMINDER: If you do intend to have dinner\, PLEASE RSVP.\n\nDirections to Cynthia Taft Morris': Cynthia lives at 4301 Massachusetts Avenue\, NW\, apartment #6008. Going south on Massachusetts from Western Avenue\, go around Ward Circle (at American University)\, and continue across Nebraska on Mass. Ave. Cynthia's is the first 8-story building on the left. The entrance has a 3-foot by 3-foot sign that says \"Greenbriar 4301.\" Cynthia asks that you park on the street if possible\, otherwise sign in at the front desk for her apartment number 6008\, and park in the back of the building. You may also park in the AU Nebraska Lot. There is no ticketing after 5:00 pm.\n\n8:00 P.M. Seminar\n\nThe seminar will be at American University in Bentley Lounge in Gray Hall. (See invitation URL for map.)\n\nhttp: //www.american.edu/academic.depts/cas/econ/WAEHS/Invitations/inv-Cynthia-- 3-3-06.htm X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060224T173152Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220157Z DTSTAMP:20060224T173152Z UID:uuid1140802399822 SUMMARY:Application Deadline: First Summer School of the Marie Curie Research Training Network PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060401 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060402 LOCATION:Florence\, Italy DESCRIPTION:First Summer School of the Marie Curie Research Training Network\n'Unifying the European Experience: Historical Lessons of Pan-European Development'\n\nEconomic Growth in the Extremely Long Run\n\nSupported by the European Historical Economics Society Hosted by the European University Institute\n\nTuesday 27 June to Saturday 1 July 2006\nFlorence\, Italy\n\nOrganisers: Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)\, European University Institute\n\nLecturers: \tGregory Clark (University of California\, Davis\, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin and CEPR)\, Robert Allen (Nuffield College\, University of Oxford)\, Jörg Baten (University of Tubingen)\, Sevket Pamuk (Bogaziçi University)\, Hans-Joachim Voth (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)\n\nSelection Committee:\tStephen Broadberry (University of Warwick and CEPR)\, Giovanni Federico (European University Institute)\, Kevin O'Rourke (Trinity College Dublin and CEPR)\n\nThe Research Training Network 'Unifying the European Experience' is funded under the EU's Sixth Framework Programme (Contract No. MRTN-CT-2004-512439\n\n\nGeneral Description\nIn recent years\, there has been a burgeoning interest on the part of the economics profession in economic growth\, including the question of what determines economic growth rates over the very long run (i.e. centuries or more). While economists have developed a series of models trying to understand the mechanisms involved in shifting the European economy from a relatively low growth regime (usually characterised as 'Malthusian') to a regime of high and sustained levels of growth (usually characterised as the 'modern' growth regime)\, economic historians have made major advances in documenting the basic facts about long run economic growth which such theories should seek to explain. Since understanding long run growth has always been one of the core activities of our field\, these trends in modern growth economics offer a welcome opportunity for economic historians to make an impact on the economics profession more generally.\n\nThe lead speaker for this conference\, Gregory Clark\, is one of the most influential economic historians working in this area today\, and is the author of a series of path-breaking papers extending our empirical understanding of economic growth back into medieval times. Along with other speakers at this summer school\, he has been actively engaged in challenging growth economists' stylised facts\, as well as their preferred explanations. This summer school will seek to introduce students to the current research frontier in this area.\n\nThe school is organised as part of the Research Training Network 'Unifying the European Experience: Historical Lessons of Pan-European Development' and is funded under the EU's Sixth Framework Programme (Contract No. MRTN-CT-2004-512439. The network aims to contribute to the development of a truly European economic history profession by analysing the economic development of Europe as a whole. The network will collect pan-European data for two time-scales: the long run (i.e.\, the past 150 years)\, and the very long run (i.e.\, the past 1\,000 years). It will stimulate the use of up-to-date economic and historical techniques\, both theoretical and econometric\, to construct and analyse these data and provide accounts of European growth\, European economic integration\, European economic and social policies\, and the changing nature of Europe's economic relationships with the rest of the world.\n\nParticipants\nThe school is targeted to doctorate and post-doctorate students in economics and related disciplines.\n\nApplications and deadlines\nThe participants will be selected by the Selection Committee on the basis of the information included in the application forms. To obtain a form\, please contact Sarah Doberska (sdoberska@cepr.org). Candidates should fill in the forms and return the to CEPR by fax on 0044 20 7878 2999 or email sdoberska@cepr.org by 1 April 2006. We will aim to notify candidates by 1 May 2006.\n\nFees and Scholarships\nParticipants will be charged EUR 1000 covering registration\, meals\, boarding and background material. However\, a number of grants covering travelling expenses and fee waivers will be available\, and we would strongly encourage all those interested in participating to apply.\n\nMore detailed information about the summer school will be provided to participants in due course. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060224T173439Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220157Z DTSTAMP:20060224T173439Z UID:uuid1140802550113 SUMMARY:First Summer School of the Marie Curie Research Training Network\, 'Unifying the European Experience: Historical Lessons of Pan-European Development' PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060627 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060702 LOCATION:Florence\, Italy DESCRIPTION:First Summer School of the Marie Curie Research Training Network\n'Unifying the European Experience: Historical Lessons of Pan-European Development'\n\nEconomic Growth in the Extremely Long Run\n\nSupported by the European Historical Economics Society Hosted by the European University Institute\n\nTuesday 27 June to Saturday 1 July 2006\nFlorence\, Italy\n\nOrganisers: Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)\, European University Institute\n\nLecturers: \tGregory Clark (University of California\, Davis\, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin and CEPR)\, Robert Allen (Nuffield College\, University of Oxford)\, Jörg Baten (University of Tubingen)\, Sevket Pamuk (Bogaziçi University)\, Hans-Joachim Voth (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)\n\nSelection Committee:\tStephen Broadberry (University of Warwick and CEPR)\, Giovanni Federico (European University Institute)\, Kevin O'Rourke (Trinity College Dublin and CEPR)\n\nThe Research Training Network 'Unifying the European Experience' is funded under the EU's Sixth Framework Programme (Contract No. MRTN-CT-2004-512439\n\n\nGeneral Description\nIn recent years\, there has been a burgeoning interest on the part of the economics profession in economic growth\, including the question of what determines economic growth rates over the very long run (i.e. centuries or more). While economists have developed a series of models trying to understand the mechanisms involved in shifting the European economy from a relatively low growth regime (usually characterised as 'Malthusian') to a regime of high and sustained levels of growth (usually characterised as the 'modern' growth regime)\, economic historians have made major advances in documenting the basic facts about long run economic growth which such theories should seek to explain. Since understanding long run growth has always been one of the core activities of our field\, these trends in modern growth economics offer a welcome opportunity for economic historians to make an impact on the economics profession more generally.\n\nThe lead speaker for this conference\, Gregory Clark\, is one of the most influential economic historians working in this area today\, and is the author of a series of path-breaking papers extending our empirical understanding of economic growth back into medieval times. Along with other speakers at this summer school\, he has been actively engaged in challenging growth economists' stylised facts\, as well as their preferred explanations. This summer school will seek to introduce students to the current research frontier in this area.\n\nThe school is organised as part of the Research Training Network 'Unifying the European Experience: Historical Lessons of Pan-European Development' and is funded under the EU's Sixth Framework Programme (Contract No. MRTN-CT-2004-512439. The network aims to contribute to the development of a truly European economic history profession by analysing the economic development of Europe as a whole. The network will collect pan-European data for two time-scales: the long run (i.e.\, the past 150 years)\, and the very long run (i.e.\, the past 1\,000 years). It will stimulate the use of up-to-date economic and historical techniques\, both theoretical and econometric\, to construct and analyse these data and provide accounts of European growth\, European economic integration\, European economic and social policies\, and the changing nature of Europe's economic relationships with the rest of the world.\n\nParticipants\nThe school is targeted to doctorate and post-doctorate students in economics and related disciplines.\n\nApplications and deadlines\nThe participants will be selected by the Selection Committee on the basis of the information included in the application forms. To obtain a form\, please contact Sarah Doberska (sdoberska@cepr.org). Candidates should fill in the forms and return the to CEPR by fax on 0044 20 7878 2999 or email sdoberska@cepr.org by 1 April 2006. We will aim to notify candidates by 1 May 2006.\n\nFees and Scholarships\nParticipants will be charged EUR 1000 covering registration\, meals\, boarding and background material. However\, a number of grants covering travelling expenses and fee waivers will be available\, and we would strongly encourage all those interested in participating to apply. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060315T154923Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220157Z DTSTAMP:20060315T154923Z UID:uuid1142437803542 SUMMARY:Application Deadline: Editor\, Essays in Economic and Business History PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060415 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060416 DESCRIPTION:Economic and Business Historical Society\n\nOpening - Editor\, Essays in Economic and Business History\n\nDeadline for Application - April 15\, 2006\n\nAs many of you may already know\, David Whitten\, editor of Essays in Economic and Business History\, has resigned as editor\, effective with the publication of the 2005 issue of the journal. In his short term as editor\, David has already left his mark on the journal and has incredibly put together an index for Essays. It is with deep regret and sadness that this has occurred\, but David's health is of the utmost importance. All of us in EBHS wish him a speedy recovery and many more years of health and happiness.\n\nIn light of this development\, the position of Editor for Essays in Economic and Business History is now open. Applications will be accepted through April 15\, 2006. If you wish to apply or if you would like to nominate someone for the position\, please complete the following:\n\nA. Statement of Purpose - how you envision the journal and what you propose to do during your tenure as editor (3 years with possible renewal)\n\nB. Statement of Institutional Support - a letter indicating that your department and/or university is willing to help defray the ordinary costs associated with the publishing of a journal.\n\nPlease forward your application by e-mail and hard copy to:\n\nProfessor Michael V. Namorato\nPresident\, EBHS\nDepartment of History\nBishop 314\nUniversity of Mississippi\nUniversity\, MS 38677\n\nAll applicants will be interviewed by the board of trustees at the Pittsburgh conference in April. If you have any questions or need any additional information\, please contact Michael V. Namorato at hsmvn@olemiss.edu or call 662-915-7488. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060315T155057Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220157Z DTSTAMP:20060315T155057Z UID:uuid1142437926617 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: \"The impact of markets in the management of rural land\" PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060301 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060302 LOCATION:University of Zaragoza (Spain) DESCRIPTION:Call for papers\nAcademic Conference: \"The impact of markets in the management of rural land\"\n\nZaragoza\, September 22-23\, 2006\n\nUniversity of Zaragoza (Spain)\nand\nCost Action A-35. Programme for the Study of European Rural Societies\nEuropean Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research\n(European Science Foundation)\n\n\nThe interplay of markets and other institutions\, such as peasant families\, local communities\, capitalist firms or states\, has traditionally occupied a central position in the historiography of rural Europe. As a result\, the development of rural societies in Europe is usually understood as a process linked to the parallel development of nearby cities and other\, more distant markets. More specifically\, whilst in the last centuries industrialisation destroyed some of the traditional peasant activities\, it also provided some new options. Thus\, farm specialisation was fostered by the growth of urban markets and\, even more importantly\, non-peasant activities (in industrial and service sectors) gained a greater role. The outcome was a clear trend towards diversification in rural societies and the spread of capitalist labour relations (based on the wage mechanism). Such transformations have had a remarkable impact on the rural environment. This conference aims at exploring how the involvement of rural populations and communities in different kinds of markets (for agricultural commodities\, labour\, land\, capital) has influenced the management of rural land in Europe. Micro-level\, farm-based analyses are welcome\, as well as papers that deal with this topic from a higher level of aggregation (we suggest regional levels\, and comparative analyses of different regions or countries in Europe would be most welcome). There is no particular focus on any historical period - in fact\, we hope to receive papers that range from the Middle Ages to the present day and help us to gain a better understanding of the historical evolution of rural Europe.\n\nSubmissions should include an abstract (1 page) and must be send via e-mail to the organiser\, Professor Vicente Pinilla\, Department of Applied Economics and Economic History\, University of Zaragoza (vpinilla@unizar.es ) by no later than 1 March 2006. Acceptance decisions will be communicated at the end of March. About 12 papers will be accepted. All presentations will be pre-circulated to discussants and participants. The deadline for finished paper is August 31\, 2006. All participants belonging to signatories countries* of this Cost Action will be reimbursed for travel\, accommodation and food expenses.\n\n* Up to now the following countries have signed this Cost Action: Belgium\, Denmark\, Estonia\, Finland\, France\, Germany\, Greece\, Hungary\, Italy\, the Netherlands\, Norway\, Poland\, Portugal\, Spain\, Sweden\, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.\n\nVicente Pinilla\nDepartment of Applied Economics and Economic History\nFaculty of Economics and Business Studies\nUniversity of Zaragoza Gran Via 4\, 50005 Zaragoza\, Spain\ntlf.: 34-976761786\nfax: 34-976761770 X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060315T155234Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220157Z DTSTAMP:20060315T155234Z UID:uuid1142438036371 SUMMARY:\"The impact of markets in the management of rural land\" PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060922 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060924 LOCATION:University of Zaragoza (Spain) DESCRIPTION:Academic Conference: \"The impact of markets in the management of rural land\"\n\nZaragoza\, September 22-23\, 2006\n\nUniversity of Zaragoza (Spain)\nand\nCost Action A-35. Programme for the Study of European Rural Societies\nEuropean Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research\n(European Science Foundation)\n\n\nThe interplay of markets and other institutions\, such as peasant families\, local communities\, capitalist firms or states\, has traditionally occupied a central position in the historiography of rural Europe. As a result\, the development of rural societies in Europe is usually understood as a process linked to the parallel development of nearby cities and other\, more distant markets. More specifically\, whilst in the last centuries industrialisation destroyed some of the traditional peasant activities\, it also provided some new options. Thus\, farm specialisation was fostered by the growth of urban markets and\, even more importantly\, non-peasant activities (in industrial and service sectors) gained a greater role. The outcome was a clear trend towards diversification in rural societies and the spread of capitalist labour relations (based on the wage mechanism). Such transformations have had a remarkable impact on the rural environment. This conference aims at exploring how the involvement of rural populations and communities in different kinds of markets (for agricultural commodities\, labour\, land\, capital) has influenced the management of rural land in Europe. Micro-level\, farm-based analyses are welcome\, as well as papers that deal with this topic from a higher level of aggregation (we suggest regional levels\, and comparative analyses of different regions or countries in Europe would be most welcome). There is no particular focus on any historical period - in fact\, we hope to receive papers that range from the Middle Ages to the present day and help us to gain a better understanding of the historical evolution of rural Europe.\n\nFor more information:\n\nVicente Pinilla\nDepartment of Applied Economics and Economic History\nFaculty of Economics and Business Studies\nUniversity of Zaragoza Gran Via 4\, 50005 Zaragoza\, Spain\ntlf.: 34-976761786\nfax: 34-976761770 X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060405T161513Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220157Z DTSTAMP:20060405T161513Z UID:uuid1144253749070 SUMMARY:All-Ohio Economic History Seminar PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060421 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060422 DESCRIPTION:The spring All-Ohio seminar will be on the general theme of institutions and economic performance\, to be held on Friday April 21\, 3: 00 - 5:00. The speakers are:\n\nGary Libecap\, University of Arizona\, \"Western Cities and Water: Chinatown and the First Major Water Transfer to Los Angeles\"\n\nand\n\nPrice Fishback\, University of Arizona\, \"Government and Structural Change: The Impact of the New Deal on the Economy\"\n\nThe event will be webcast and later archived. The URL for the broadcast will be: http://streaming.service.ohio-state.edu/live1.htm Listeners can send questions via email to be at: steckel.1@osu.edu X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060421T133100Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220157Z DTSTAMP:20060421T133100Z UID:uuid1145626338607 SUMMARY:2nd BETA-WORKSHOP IN HISTORICAL ECONOMICS PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060505 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060507 LOCATION:Université Louis Pasteur de Strasbourg DESCRIPTION:2nd BETA-WORKSHOP IN HISTORICAL ECONOMICS 5-6 May 2006\n\nBETA\, UMR 7522 CNRS-Université Louis Pasteur de Strasbourg Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion -- Pôle Européen de Gestion et d'Economie 61\, Avenue de la Forêt Noire\, 67085 Strasbourg Cedex\, France\n\nSponsored by:\nDynamics of Institutions & Markets in Europe (http://www.dime-eu.org) Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée (http://cournot2.u-strasbg.fr/users/beta/) Association Française de Cliométrie (http://www.cliometrie.org)\n\nFriday\, 5 May\n\n9.15-9.20 LLERENA\, P. (BETA-Strasbourg): Welcome Address.\n\n9.20-9.30 DIEBOLT\, C. (BETA-Strasbourg): Introduction to Economic Growth and Cycles.\n\nSession 1 - Chair: EGE\, R. (BETA-Strasbourg).\n\n9.30-10.15 WITT\, U. (Max Planck Institut-University of Jena): Accounting for Historical Contingencies in Economic Theory vs. Theorizing about Economic History.\n\n10.15-11.00 HAGEMANN\, H. (University of Hohenheim): Research Institutes on Business Cycles in the German Language Area in the Interwar Period.\n\n11.00-11.15 Coffee Break.\n\nSession 2 - Chair: DOS SANTOS FERREIRA\, R. (BETA-Strasbourg).\n\n11.15-12.00 SOLOMOU\, S. (Cambridge University): Episodic Long Swings in Economic Growth: the 19th and 20th Centuries.\n\n12.00-12.45 FIELD\, A. (Santa Clara University): US Economic Growth in the Gilded Age.\n\n12.45-14.00 Lunch.\n\nSession 3 - Chair: KOEBEL\, B. (BETA-Strasbourg).\n\n14.00-14.45 METZ\, R. (St. Gallen University & ZHSF Cologne): Long Waves in Higher Education in Germany.\n\n14.45-15.30 LJUNGBERG\, J. & NILSSON\, A. (Lund University): Human Capital and Economic Growth: Sweden 1870-2000.\n\n15.30-15.45 Coffee Break.\n\nSession 4 - Chair: DIEBOLT\, C. (BETA-Strasbourg).\n\n15.45-16.30 RITSCHL\, A. & UEBELE\, M. (Humboldt University Berlin): Stock Markets and Business Cycle Comovement in Germany before World War I: Evidence from Spectral Analysis.\n\n16.30-17.15 SILVERBERG\, G. (Maastricht University): The Statistical Phenomenology of Innovation in the Longue Durée.\n\n17.15-18.00 MISHRA\, T. (BETA-Strasbourg): Shocks and History: Retrospecting Interrelatedness and the Need for New Methodology.\n\n19.30 Dinner.\n\n\nSaturday\, 6 May\n\nSession 5 - Chair: KERN\, F. (BETA-Strasbourg).\n\n9.30-10.15 REATI\, A. (Technical University of Lisbon) & TOPOROWSKI\, J. (Amsterdam University): An Economic Policy for the Fifth Long Wave.\n\n10.15-11.00 BISMANS\, F. & MOUGEOT\, C. (BETA-Nancy): Business Cycles in France: Measurement and Forecasting.\n\n11.00-11.15 Coffee Break.\n\nSession 6 - Chair: PARENT\, A. (BETA-Strasbourg).\n\n11.15-12.00 RUBIO\, M. (University Pompeu Fabra): Protectionist but Globalized? Latin American Custom Duties and Trade during the Pre-1914 Belle Epoque.\n\n12.00-12.45 HUBERMAN\, M. (University of Montreal): A Ticket to Trade. Belgian Labour and Globalisation before 1914.\n\n12.45-14.00 Lunch.\n\nSession 7 - Chair: LLERENA\, P. (BETA-Strasbourg).\n\n14.00-14.45 SCHULZE\, M.S. (London School of Economics) & WOLF\, N. (Free University of Berlin): Harbingers of Dissolution? Grain Prices\, Borders and Nationalism in the Habsburg Economy before the First World War.\n\n14.45-15.30 HEINEMEYRE\, H.C. (Free University of Berlin): What was really the Effect of World War I on Economic Disintegration in Central Europe? An Evaluation of the Pre- and Post- War Trade of German and Polish Regions.\n\n15.30-16.00 Conclusion. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060421T133725Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220157Z DTSTAMP:20060421T133725Z UID:uuid1145626706440 SUMMARY:Call for Proposals Deadline: Inventing Europe: Technology and the Making of Europe\, 1850 to the Present PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060531 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060601 DESCRIPTION:The European Science Foundation (ESF) is proud to announce the opening of the Call for Outline Proposals for the new EUROCORES (European Collaborative Research) Programme entitled \"Inventing Europe: Technology and the Making of Europe\, 1850 to the Present\"\, a funding initiative for multidisciplinary research supported by funding bodies in Austria\, Belgium (FNRS)\, Croatia\, the Czech Republic\, Denmark\, Estonia\, Finland\, France\, Iceland\, Italy\, the Netherlands\, Norway\, Portugal\, Spain\, Sweden\, Turkey and the United Kingdom (see: http: //www.esf.org/inventingeurope).\n\nThe Programme will run for three to four years (2007-2010/11)\, depending on regulations of the participating funding bodies. It includes national research funding\, as well as support for networking and dissemination activities currently provided by the ESF through a contract with the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme ( EC Contract no. ERAS-CT-2003-980409.\n\nDeadline for this Call for Outline Proposals: Wednesday 31 May 2006\, midnight CET.\n\nShould you need more information than what is offered through the ESF website\, please contact: inventingeurope@esf.org.\n\nDr. Ruediger Klein\nDep Head Humanities\nSenior Scientific Officer Research and Foresight EUROCORES Programme Coordinator European Science Foundation (ESF) 1\, quai Lezay-Marnésia F - 67080 Strasbourg cedex France\nTel.: +33 (0)388 76 71 04\nFax: +33 (0)388 37 05 32\nE-mail: rklein@esf.org\nhttp://www.esf.org/human\nhttp: //www.esf.org/inventingeurope X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060421T133850Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220157Z DTSTAMP:20060421T133850Z UID:uuid1145626794125 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: Cliometric Society sessions at the 2007 ASSA Meetings PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060505 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060506 LOCATION:Chicago\, Illinois DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers\n2007 ASSA Meetings\nJanuary 5-7\, 2007\n\nThe 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.\n\nHard copies may be faxed to:\n\nLee A. Craig\nExecutive Director\nThe Cliometric Society\n(919) 515-5613\n\nWe 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.\n\nAt least one author must be a member of the Cliometric Society.\n\nProposals due: May 5\, 2006\nAuthors notified of acceptance of paper: June 15\, 2006\nPaper summaries due at the Society office: September 1\, 2006\nASSA Meetings in Chicago: January 5-7\, 2007\n\nPlease email any questions to Lee_Craig@ncsu.edu\n\nLee A. Craig\nExecutive Director\nCliometric Society\nNC State University\nCampus Box 8110\nRaleigh\, NC 27695-8110\n\nPhone: (919) 513-2870\nFax: (919) 515-5613 X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060421T134018Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220157Z DTSTAMP:20060421T134018Z UID:uuid1145626874781 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: Economic History Association sessions at the 2007 ASSA Meetings PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060505 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060506 LOCATION:Chicago\, Illinois DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers\n2007 ASSA Meetings\nJanuary 5-7\, 2007\n\nThe Economic History Association will sponsor two sessions at the ASSA meetings in Chicago\, Illinois\, January 5-7\, 2007. The program committee consists of Lee Alston (Colorado) and Robert 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 Lee Craig at 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.\n\nHard copies may be faxed to:\n\nLee A. Craig\nAEA-ASSA Proposals\nDepartment of Economics\nN.C. State University\n(919) 515-5613\n\nWe would like to make available summaries of the papers in advance of the ASSA meetings\, and the Cliometric Society has agreed to publish them in the Society's Newsletter. Thus authors submitting proposals should be prepared to send a 3\,000-word summary to the Cliometric Society office by September 1\, 2006.\n\nProposals due: May 5\, 2006\nAuthors notified of acceptance of paper: June 15\, 2006\nPaper summaries due at the Society office: September 1\, 2006\nASSA Meetings in Chicago: January 5-7\, 2007\n\nPlease email any questions to: Lee_Craig@ncsu.edu\n\nLee A. Craig\nDepartment of Economics\nNC State University\nCampus Box 8110\nRaleigh\, NC 27695-8110\n\nPhone: (919) 513-2870\nFax: (919) 515-5613 X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060421T134144Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220157Z DTSTAMP:20060421T134144Z UID:uuid1145626998952 SUMMARY:Economic History Association sessions at the 2007 ASSA Meetings PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070105 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070108 LOCATION:Chicago\, Illinois DESCRIPTION:The Economic History Association will sponsor two sessions at the ASSA meetings in Chicago\, Illinois\, January 5-7\, 2007. The program committee consists of Lee Alston (Colorado) and Robert Margo (Boston University).\n\nFor more information: \n\nLee A. Craig\nDepartment of Economics\nNC State University\nCampus Box 8110\nRaleigh\, NC 27695-8110\n\nPhone: (919) 513-2870\nFax: (919) 515-5613\nEmail: Lee_Craig@ncsu.edu X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060421T134352Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220157Z DTSTAMP:20060421T134352Z UID:uuid1145627122563 SUMMARY:Cliometric Society sessions at the 2007 ASSA Meetings PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070105 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070108 LOCATION:Chicago\, Illinois DESCRIPTION: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).\n\nFor more information: \n\nLee A. Craig\nExecutive Director\nCliometric Society\nNC State University\nCampus Box 8110\nRaleigh\, NC 27695-8110\n\nPhone: (919) 513-2870\nFax: (919) 515-5613\nEmail: Lee_Craig@ncsu.edu X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060421T161953Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220157Z DTSTAMP:20060421T161953Z UID:uuid1145636485797 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: Iberometrics III - Third Iberian Economic History Workshop PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061015 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061016 LOCATION:Valencia\, Universidad Internacional Menendez Pelayo (UIMP) headquarters DESCRIPTION:CALL FOR PAPERS\nIberometrics III - Third Iberian Economic History Workshop\n\nThe third Iberian Economic History Workshop (Iberometrics) will be held in Valencia on the weekend of Friday March 23rd through Saturday March 24th\, 2007 hosted by the Departamento de Análisis Económico of the University of Valencia and co-financed by the Universidad Internacional Menendez Pelayo (UIMP). The conference will be held at the Valencia UIMP's headquarter and is designed to provide extensive discussion of new and innovative research in economic history. Both the first and second Iberometrics meeting held in Lisbon in 2003 and in Madrid in 2005 respectively encouraged discussion and exploration of several issues of Iberian economic history with great success. Iberometrics III tries to repeat that exciting academic forum on Iberian economic history\, where in particular young researchers will discuss and exchange ideas on their more recent research.\n\nTypically\, twelve to fourteen papers are selected for presentation and discussion. These are sent out to all conference participants in advance. In the sessions\, authors make a brief presentation of the paper and the rest of the session is devoted to discussion by all conference participants. All participants are required to read all the papers. Papers will be published in the official web page prior to the meeting.\n\nThe deadline for proposals is October 15th\, 2006. Those wishing to present a paper should provide a 500 word summary of the proposed paper. In choosing papers and participants priority will be given to those who have never attended before. Paper presenters should provide their addresses\, phone and fax number\, and e-mail addresses. The Scientific Committee is responsible for the selection of papers to be presented in the conference. Those presenting papers will be notified by November 1\, 2006 and are expected to provide a completed draft of the paper in the proper format (preferably pdf) for the conference by February 15\, 2007.\n\nThe organizers will cover travel and local cost for all those who are invited to present a paper. Proposals may be sent to: Iberometrics3@uv.es\n\nWeb page: www.uv.es/~iberom3\n\nScientific Committee\nJames Simpson (Universidad Carlos III\,)\nAlbert Carreras (Universidad Pompeu Fabra)\nJaime Reis (Instituto de Ciências Sociais\, Universidade de Lisboa)\nConcha Betrán (Universidad de Valencia)\n\nOrganizing Committee\nConcha Betrán\nAntonio Cubel\nJordi Palafox\nMº Angeles Pons\n\nContact Address\nDepartamento de Análisis Económico\nAvda. dels Tarongers\, s/n\n46022 Valencia (Spain)\nTel. 96 3 82 82 44\nFax 96 3 82 82 49\ne-mail: Iberometrics3@uv.es X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060421T162149Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220157Z DTSTAMP:20060421T162149Z UID:uuid1145636615903 SUMMARY:Iberometrics III - Third Iberian Economic History Workshop PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070323 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070325 LOCATION:Valencia\, Universidad Internacional Menendez Pelayo (UIMP) headquarters DESCRIPTION:The third Iberian Economic History Workshop (Iberometrics) will be held in Valencia on the weekend of Friday March 23rd through Saturday March 24th\, 2007 hosted by the Departamento de Análisis Económico of the University of Valencia and co-financed by the Universidad Internacional Menendez Pelayo (UIMP). The conference will be held at the Valencia UIMP's headquarter and is designed to provide extensive discussion of new and innovative research in economic history. Both the first and second Iberometrics meeting held in Lisbon in 2003 and in Madrid in 2005 respectively encouraged discussion and exploration of several issues of Iberian economic history with great success. Iberometrics III tries to repeat that exciting academic forum on Iberian economic history\, where in particular young researchers will discuss and exchange ideas on their more recent research.\n\nTypically\, twelve to fourteen papers are selected for presentation and discussion. These are sent out to all conference participants in advance. In the sessions\, authors make a brief presentation of the paper and the rest of the session is devoted to discussion by all conference participants. All participants are required to read all the papers. Papers will be published in the official web page prior to the meeting.\n\nWeb page: www.uv.es/~iberom3\n\nScientific Committee\nJames Simpson (Universidad Carlos III\,)\nAlbert Carreras (Universidad Pompeu Fabra)\nJaime Reis (Instituto de Ciências Sociais\, Universidade de Lisboa)\nConcha Betrán (Universidad de Valencia)\n\nOrganizing Committee\nConcha Betrán\nAntonio Cubel\nJordi Palafox\nMº Angeles Pons\n\nContact Address\nDepartamento de Análisis Económico\nAvda. dels Tarongers\, s/n\n46022 Valencia (Spain)\nTel. 96 3 82 82 44\nFax 96 3 82 82 49\ne-mail: Iberometrics3@uv.es X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060421T162507Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220157Z DTSTAMP:20060421T162507Z UID:uuid1145636790421 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: The relations between oil producing countries and oil companies in the XXth century PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060601 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060602 LOCATION:Paris-La Défense DESCRIPTION:International Conference/Colloque international\nOrganized by/organisée par IRICE (CNRS\, France)\nSupported by /avec le soutien de TOTAL\nParis-La Défense\, 18-19\, September/Septembre\, 2006\n\nThe relations between oil producing countries and oil companies in the XXth century. Les relations entre pays producteurs et compagnies pétrolières au XXè siècle\n\nLast Call for Papers/New Deadline\n\nFollowing the 2003 conference on \"National Oil Companies\" (publication by the end of 2006)\, a second international symposium\, held in September 2006\, will be devoted to the history of the relations between oil companies (in the widest sense of the term) and oil producing countries (irrespective of geographic area). This theme still resonates into the current period and a longitudinal approach may help to understand the evolution\, the (dis)continuity\, the specific character of the complex relationship between buyer and provider.\n\nIt is of course possible and desirable to include the pre-war period in the period under consideration. The price-setting system is one of many elements to be taken into account\, starting with a mechanism focused on the USA (New York Plus and Gulf Plus)\, which gradually evolves in order to adjust to the growing importance in terms of output of Middle East Oil fields. More particularly\, it is advisable to re-examine the case of Mexico and the first significant nationalization resulting in the creation of the Pemex (1938). Similarly\, Venezuela is the leading actor in the 1948 decision to share profits (fifty-fifty). Conversely\, over a period of thirty years\, the system agreed upon by the cartel of the so-called 7 sisters will ensure a fair degree of price stability. The post-war era will progressively alter those initial parameters. First\, the USA will become a net importer. Attention is thus redirected outside the USA\, an attitude which the Major oil companies had already adopted and which Independent companies soon adopted in their turn. The 50/50 agreement with Venezuela thus becomes a reference for those oil producing countries wishing for a more equitable redistribution of the revenues from oil extraction. The first significant oil crisis breaks out in Iran with the nationalization implemented by Dr Mossadegh (1951/53). But the winding up of the crisis in 1954 again brings about a 50/50 sharing of profits\, heralding a major geopolitical change in a world grown more complex (one could also give due consideration to the nationalization of the Suez Canal in 1956 and the first rationing in Europe). More and more\, American Independent companies show their might by joining the Iranian consortium. They will go even further by discovering and investing in oil fields in the Middle-East\, in the Sahara\, in Lybia… During that period\, another major evolution occurs in the setting of posted prices (prix postés)\, which now have to take account of the clout wielded by the Middle-East with its cheap crude. From that moment on\, quotation is determined before shipment from each oil producing area\, with the final price including freighting costs. Three factors will subsequently profoundly affect the oil market and therefore the relationships between oil producing countries and oil companies: the generalization of the practice of sharing profit 50/50\, the growing assertiveness of national companies and the creation of OPEC. Following the creation of the latter Organization\, the practice of sharing profits 50/50 is gradually abandoned and the field tilts toward oil producing countries. Independence gives Algeria full control over a flourishing oil industry. The end of the 1960s coincides with a novel practice in the Middle-East: contracts with companies whereby a company offers its services and some funding without actually holding a lease. The first Oil Crisis emphasizes the extent to which oil has become a strategic weapon for oil producing countries (the 1967 war had already demonstrated this\, but on a lesser scale). The 1970s are no doubt the years when the balance of power is radically altered in the favour of oil producing countries\, with the ever greater clout of determined countries such as Libya. The second Oil Crisis confirms that change. The period on which the XXth century ends remains a complex one: from excess production\, the world passes on to strong tensions resulting from the growing demand from emerging countries that do not produce oil themselves\, such as China or India. OPEC\, weakened by non-OPEC production\, is not ignorant of the fact that the major oil reserves are still in the Middle-East. The Russian giant has awoken and may influence quotations. The rhetoric of some oil producing countries is reminiscent of that of pre-war Mexico. More than ever\, the complex and necessary relationship between oil producing countries and oil companies is the core concern.\n\nThe September 2006 conference will combine economic\, geopolitical and technical approaches. Our main concern is to give priority to the case of European countries and to that of oil companies within that geographic area. Depending on submissions\, it will be more or less possible to open up the area of study so as to include other continents. The organizers will provide room and board on location. A limited number of travel expenses can be subsidized.\n\nSubmissions (from half a page to a page) should be sent in French or in English before June 1st\, 2006 to:\n\nAlain BELTRAN\nbeltran@univ-paris1.fr\nDirecteur de recherches au CNRS\n\nPostal Address : Château de Vincennes\, 1 avenue de Paris\, 94300 Vincennes\, France X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060421T162851Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220157Z DTSTAMP:20060421T162851Z UID:uuid1145637031652 SUMMARY:The relations between oil producing countries and oil companies in the XXth century PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060918 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060920 LOCATION:Paris-La Défense DESCRIPTION:International Conference/Colloque international\nOrganized by/organisée par IRICE (CNRS\, France)\nSupported by /avec le soutien de TOTAL\nParis-La Défense\, 18-19\, September/Septembre\, 2006\n\nThe relations between oil producing countries and oil companies in the XXth century. Les relations entre pays producteurs et compagnies pétrolières au XXè siècle\n\nLast Call for Papers/New Deadline\n\nFollowing the 2003 conference on \"National Oil Companies\" (publication by the end of 2006)\, a second international symposium\, held in September 2006\, will be devoted to the history of the relations between oil companies (in the widest sense of the term) and oil producing countries (irrespective of geographic area). This theme still resonates into the current period and a longitudinal approach may help to understand the evolution\, the (dis)continuity\, the specific character of the complex relationship between buyer and provider.\n\nIt is of course possible and desirable to include the pre-war period in the period under consideration. The price-setting system is one of many elements to be taken into account\, starting with a mechanism focused on the USA (New York Plus and Gulf Plus)\, which gradually evolves in order to adjust to the growing importance in terms of output of Middle East Oil fields. More particularly\, it is advisable to re-examine the case of Mexico and the first significant nationalization resulting in the creation of the Pemex (1938). Similarly\, Venezuela is the leading actor in the 1948 decision to share profits (fifty-fifty). Conversely\, over a period of thirty years\, the system agreed upon by the cartel of the so-called 7 sisters will ensure a fair degree of price stability. The post-war era will progressively alter those initial parameters. First\, the USA will become a net importer. Attention is thus redirected outside the USA\, an attitude which the Major oil companies had already adopted and which Independent companies soon adopted in their turn. The 50/50 agreement with Venezuela thus becomes a reference for those oil producing countries wishing for a more equitable redistribution of the revenues from oil extraction. The first significant oil crisis breaks out in Iran with the nationalization implemented by Dr Mossadegh (1951/53). But the winding up of the crisis in 1954 again brings about a 50/50 sharing of profits\, heralding a major geopolitical change in a world grown more complex (one could also give due consideration to the nationalization of the Suez Canal in 1956 and the first rationing in Europe). More and more\, American Independent companies show their might by joining the Iranian consortium. They will go even further by discovering and investing in oil fields in the Middle-East\, in the Sahara\, in Lybia… During that period\, another major evolution occurs in the setting of posted prices (prix postés)\, which now have to take account of the clout wielded by the Middle-East with its cheap crude. From that moment on\, quotation is determined before shipment from each oil producing area\, with the final price including freighting costs. Three factors will subsequently profoundly affect the oil market and therefore the relationships between oil producing countries and oil companies: the generalization of the practice of sharing profit 50/50\, the growing assertiveness of national companies and the creation of OPEC. Following the creation of the latter Organization\, the practice of sharing profits 50/50 is gradually abandoned and the field tilts toward oil producing countries. Independence gives Algeria full control over a flourishing oil industry. The end of the 1960s coincides with a novel practice in the Middle-East: contracts with companies whereby a company offers its services and some funding without actually holding a lease. The first Oil Crisis emphasizes the extent to which oil has become a strategic weapon for oil producing countries (the 1967 war had already demonstrated this\, but on a lesser scale). The 1970s are no doubt the years when the balance of power is radically altered in the favour of oil producing countries\, with the ever greater clout of determined countries such as Libya. The second Oil Crisis confirms that change. The period on which the XXth century ends remains a complex one: from excess production\, the world passes on to strong tensions resulting from the growing demand from emerging countries that do not produce oil themselves\, such as China or India. OPEC\, weakened by non-OPEC production\, is not ignorant of the fact that the major oil reserves are still in the Middle-East. The Russian giant has awoken and may influence quotations. The rhetoric of some oil producing countries is reminiscent of that of pre-war Mexico. More than ever\, the complex and necessary relationship between oil producing countries and oil companies is the core concern.\n\nThe September 2006 conference will combine economic\, geopolitical and technical approaches. Our main concern is to give priority to the case of European countries and to that of oil companies within that geographic area. Depending on submissions\, it will be more or less possible to open up the area of study so as to include other continents. The organizers will provide room and board on location. A limited number of travel expenses can be subsidized.\n\nFor more information:\n\nAlain BELTRAN\nbeltran@univ-paris1.fr\nDirecteur de recherches au CNRS\n\nPostal Address : Château de Vincennes\, 1 avenue de Paris\, 94300 Vincennes\, France\n X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060421T163203Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220157Z DTSTAMP:20060421T163203Z UID:uuid1145637173375 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: XXVI Meeting of the Portuguese Economic and Social History Association PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060430 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060501 LOCATION:University of the Azores DESCRIPTION:CALL FOR PAPERS\nThe XXVI Meeting of the Portuguese Economic and Social History Association will be held at the University of the Azores on November 17-18\, 2006.\n\nResearchers in Economic and Social History are invited to send paper proposals. Submissions from young scholars are encouraged.\n\nThe Meeting will have sessions in English.\n\nReduced registration rates are available for students. There will be four scholarships to cover travel expenses for papers from PhD students. Limited funding to partially finance accommodation will also be available.\n\nProposals should consist of a two-page summary and should be sent by April 30\, 2006 to:\n\nFátima Sequeira Dias\, President of the Scientific Committee\nE-mail: aphes26@notes.uac.pt\nTel: + 351 - 226 650 084\n\nThe Program will be announced on May 30\; the accepted papers are due on October 15\, 2006.\n\nFurther information is available at: www.aphes.pt X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060421T163318Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220157Z DTSTAMP:20060421T163318Z UID:uuid1145637327125 SUMMARY:XXVI Meeting of the Portuguese Economic and Social History Association PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061117 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061119 LOCATION:University of the Azores DESCRIPTION:The XXVI Meeting of the Portuguese Economic and Social History Association will be held at the University of the Azores on November 17-18\, 2006.\n\nThe Meeting will have sessions in English.\n\nReduced registration rates are available for students. There will be four scholarships to cover travel expenses for papers from PhD students. Limited funding to partially finance accommodation will also be available.\n\nFurther information is available at: http://www.aphes.pt X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060424T143800Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220157Z DTSTAMP:20060424T143800Z UID:uuid1145893422607 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: Economic Leadership in Small Countries: Lessons from the Twentieth Century Experience Athens\, April 2007 PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060425 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060426 DESCRIPTION:PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS\n\nEconomic Leadership in Small Countries: Lessons from the Twentieth Century Experience Athens\, April 2007\n\nOrganizers\nNational Research Foundation Eleftherios Venizelos Department of Economics\, Athens University of Economics & Business\n\nA benchmark feature of the twentieth century is the emergence of economic leadership. Its definition goes beyond the influential personalities associated to new economic ideas\, to the emergence of collective leadership in the form of institutions such as central banks\, the OECD\, the IMF and the World Bank. Furthermore\, the establishment of the EEC\, NAFTA and OPEC can be seen as recent examples. In the growing international literature on economic leadership and governance\, small countries are largely absent. We invite scholars from international academic and policy institutions to present papers on the historical\, empirical\, institutional and theoretical approaches to the study of economic leadership in small countries in the twentieth century.\n\nOur motivation stems from the case of Greece in which\, economic leadership in this era has been identified with the premier Eleftherios Venizelos and the associated institutional evolution of his period. However\, the time is now ripe to reassess from an international and economic perspective the role of economic leadership and to provoke a more intense comparative discourse on the subject.\n\nPaper givers can have as their subject a theoretical or empirical analysis of a specific country\, region or a comparative case study. Authors may adopt\, if they wish\, an interdisciplinary approach. Pure theoretical or methodological papers are also welcome.\n\nOur aim is to produce an edited volume with an international academic publisher.\n\nThose interested in presenting a paper should prepare a one-page abstract. Please e-mail your abstracts (to Dr Ioanna Minoglou at iminoglou@aueb.gr) till 25 April 2006. Decisions will be announced by e-mail by 1 June 2006. Hotel and food expenses and the (equivalent of an intra-European) airfare will be covered by our sponsors. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060424T154420Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220157Z DTSTAMP:20060424T154420Z UID:uuid1145893531964 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: First Conference on Early Economic Developments PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060515 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060516 LOCATION:University of Copenhagen (Denmark) DESCRIPTION:First Conference on Early Economic Developments\n\nSupported by University of Copenhagen (Denmark)\, Tilburg University (Holland) and the Danish Social Science Research Council\n\nHosted by University of Copenhagen (Denmark)\n\nDates: August 31 - September 1\, 2006\n\nOrganisers: Erwin H. Bulte (Tilburg University) and Jacob L. Weisdorf (University of Copenhagen)\n\nKeynote Speakers: Oded Galor\, Professor of Economics (Brown University)\, and Ofer Bar-Yosef\, Professor of Anthropology (Harvard University)\n\nGeneral Description\nWhy did the Roman Empire collapse? What happened to the Neanderthals? Why did agriculture replace hunting and gathering? Was the mammoth subject to human overkill? What led to the rise of slavery? The analysis of \"pre-historic events\" is mainly within the domain of archaeologists and anthropologists. However\, in recent years\, the application of modern economic theories to archaeological and anthropological evidence has produced interesting new information on the role of economics in ancient history. In understanding our social organisation and choices today\, it is useful to step back and think about where we came from and why.\n\nAn emerging discipline\, known to some as paleo-economics\, is analysing themes like the evolution of humans and human behaviour (Galor and Moav\, 2002\; Robson and Kaplan\, 2003)\, early human resource management (Baker\, 2003\; Bulte et al.\, 2005\; Diamond\, 2005)\; early human food procurement strategies (Marceau and Myers\, 2005\; Weisdorf\, 2005)\; the importance of bio-geography (Olsson and Hibbs\, 2005)\; the emergence of trade and early markets (Ofek\, 2001) and of property rights (Lagerlöf\, 2005). While this (non-exhaustive) list of topics is broad and varied\, it is unified by the use of economic models and insights to complement existing knowledge and theories. The 'economic method' implies introducing formal modelling to fields where\, heretofore\, more descriptive approaches dominated. Economic models may be used to develop (testable) assumptions\, and allow the derivation of precise conditions under which certain effects emerge. It is expected that an exchange of approaches and information across disciplines will be useful for 'paleo-economists' as well as for anthropologists and archaeologists.\n\nThe research challenge of the past is to understand how trade and institutions played a role in our very existence. Adam Smith said in The Wealth of Nations that \"[e]very man endeavours to supply by his own industry his own occasional wants as they occur. When he is hungry\, he goes to the forest to hunt\; when his coat is worn out\, he clothes himself with the skin of the first large animal he kills: and when his hut begins to go to ruin\, he repairs it\, as well as he can\, with the trees and the turf that are nearest it.\" What was true then is true now. People use natural resources for their own benefit\, sometimes at their own expense\, sometimes at the expense of others. The objective of studying the economics of early development is to address these human needs and natural resources limits-to define the constraints\, to confront them\, and to design rules to increase the efficient use of land\, forests\, and resources. With that in mind\, the participants of this conference will explore incentives and choices back in a time of paleo-economics.\n\nThe First Conference on Early Economic Developments is a meeting for scholars interested in exploring economic aspects of pre-historic\, including Palaeolithic\, events. While delineating the exact time-frame is difficult\, contributed papers should at the very least deal with pre-industrial events. The goals of the conference are to analyse recent developments in the fields of early economic history\, paleo-economics and (very long-run) economic growth theory\, and to discuss the extent to which there will be a future role for the economic discipline in the archaeological and anthropological science sphere. Representatives of archaeological and anthropological communities will be invited to attend the conference to present their work and give feedback on the 'economic method'.\n\nCall for papers\nThe organisers would like to invite you to submit a paper or an extended abstract (2-3 pages). The submissions should be sent electronically to Mirtha Saavedra (email: \, in the form of a PDF file.\n\nThe deadline for submitting a paper is May 15th\, 2006\n\nPeople who are interested in participating but who do not want present a paper should contact Mirtha Saavedra no later than May 15th. The organisers offer meals and accommodation (three nights) during the conference for presenters. Non-presenters will be asked to pay a €200 registration fee and to cover their own accommodation expenses.\n\nThe Journal of Economic Growth will publish a special issue on paleo-economics\, based on selected papers from the conference who will meet the standards of the journal. Submission to the special issue\, however\, is not a pre-condition for presentation in the conference.\n\nThe Conference's website address is: http://www.econ.ku.dk/eed.\n\nLiterature Cited: \n\nBaker\, M.\, \"An Equilibrium Conflict Model of Land Tenure in Hunter-Gatherer Societies\,\" Journal of Political Economy\, 2003.\n\nBulte et al.\, \"Megafauna Extinction: A Paleoeconomic theory of Human Overkill in the Pleistocene\"\, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organisation (in press)\, 2005\n\nJared\, Diamond\, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed\, New York: The Penguin Group\, 2005\n\nGalor\, O.\, and O. Moav\,\"Natural Selection and the Origin of Economic Growth\"\, Quarterly Journal of Economics 117\, pp. 1133-1191\, 2002\n\nHaim Ofek\, Second Nature: Economic Origins of Human Evolution\, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press\, 2001\n\nMarceau and Myers\, \"On the Early Holocene: Foraging to Early Agriculture\"\, Economic Journal (in press)\, 2005\n\nNils-Petter Lagerlöf\, \"Slavery and other property rights\"\, York University Mimeo\, 2005 Olsson\, O. and D. Hibbs\, \"Biogeography and Long-Run Economic Development\"\, European Economic Review 49\, pp. 909-938\, 2005\n\nRobson and Kaplan\, \"The Evolution of Human Life Expectancy and Intelligence in Hunter-Gatherer Economies\"\, American Economic Review 93\, pp. 150-169\, 2003\;\n\nJacob L. Weisdorf\,\"From Foraging to Farming: Explaining the Neolithic Revolution\"\, Journal of Economic Surveys\, 19:4\, p. 561-586\, 2005. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060424T154556Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220158Z DTSTAMP:20060424T154556Z UID:uuid1145893641671 SUMMARY:First Conference on Early Economic Developments PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060831 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060902 LOCATION:University of Copenhagen (Denmark) DESCRIPTION:First Conference on Early Economic Developments\n\nSupported by University of Copenhagen (Denmark)\, Tilburg University (Holland) and the Danish Social Science Research Council\n\nHosted by University of Copenhagen (Denmark)\n\nDates: August 31 - September 1\, 2006\n\nOrganisers: Erwin H. Bulte (Tilburg University) and Jacob L. Weisdorf (University of Copenhagen)\n\nKeynote Speakers: Oded Galor\, Professor of Economics (Brown University)\, and Ofer Bar-Yosef\, Professor of Anthropology (Harvard University)\n\nGeneral Description\nWhy did the Roman Empire collapse? What happened to the Neanderthals? Why did agriculture replace hunting and gathering? Was the mammoth subject to human overkill? What led to the rise of slavery? The analysis of \"pre-historic events\" is mainly within the domain of archaeologists and anthropologists. However\, in recent years\, the application of modern economic theories to archaeological and anthropological evidence has produced interesting new information on the role of economics in ancient history. In understanding our social organisation and choices today\, it is useful to step back and think about where we came from and why.\n\nAn emerging discipline\, known to some as paleo-economics\, is analysing themes like the evolution of humans and human behaviour (Galor and Moav\, 2002\; Robson and Kaplan\, 2003)\, early human resource management (Baker\, 2003\; Bulte et al.\, 2005\; Diamond\, 2005)\; early human food procurement strategies (Marceau and Myers\, 2005\; Weisdorf\, 2005)\; the importance of bio-geography (Olsson and Hibbs\, 2005)\; the emergence of trade and early markets (Ofek\, 2001) and of property rights (Lagerlöf\, 2005). While this (non-exhaustive) list of topics is broad and varied\, it is unified by the use of economic models and insights to complement existing knowledge and theories. The 'economic method' implies introducing formal modelling to fields where\, heretofore\, more descriptive approaches dominated. Economic models may be used to develop (testable) assumptions\, and allow the derivation of precise conditions under which certain effects emerge. It is expected that an exchange of approaches and information across disciplines will be useful for 'paleo-economists' as well as for anthropologists and archaeologists.\n\nThe research challenge of the past is to understand how trade and institutions played a role in our very existence. Adam Smith said in The Wealth of Nations that \"[e]very man endeavours to supply by his own industry his own occasional wants as they occur. When he is hungry\, he goes to the forest to hunt\; when his coat is worn out\, he clothes himself with the skin of the first large animal he kills: and when his hut begins to go to ruin\, he repairs it\, as well as he can\, with the trees and the turf that are nearest it.\" What was true then is true now. People use natural resources for their own benefit\, sometimes at their own expense\, sometimes at the expense of others. The objective of studying the economics of early development is to address these human needs and natural resources limits-to define the constraints\, to confront them\, and to design rules to increase the efficient use of land\, forests\, and resources. With that in mind\, the participants of this conference will explore incentives and choices back in a time of paleo-economics.\n\nThe First Conference on Early Economic Developments is a meeting for scholars interested in exploring economic aspects of pre-historic\, including Palaeolithic\, events. While delineating the exact time-frame is difficult\, contributed papers should at the very least deal with pre-industrial events. The goals of the conference are to analyse recent developments in the fields of early economic history\, paleo-economics and (very long-run) economic growth theory\, and to discuss the extent to which there will be a future role for the economic discipline in the archaeological and anthropological science sphere. Representatives of archaeological and anthropological communities will be invited to attend the conference to present their work and give feedback on the 'economic method'.\n\nPeople who are interested in participating but who do not want present a paper should contact Mirtha Saavedra no later than May 15th. The organisers offer meals and accommodation (three nights) during the conference for presenters. Non-presenters will be asked to pay a €200 registration fee and to cover their own accommodation expenses.\n\nThe Journal of Economic Growth will publish a special issue on paleo-economics\, based on selected papers from the conference who will meet the standards of the journal. Submission to the special issue\, however\, is not a pre-condition for presentation in the conference.\n\nThe Conference's website address is: http://www.econ.ku.dk/eed.\n\nLiterature Cited: \n\nBaker\, M.\, \"An Equilibrium Conflict Model of Land Tenure in Hunter-Gatherer Societies\,\" Journal of Political Economy\, 2003.\n\nBulte et al.\, \"Megafauna Extinction: A Paleoeconomic theory of Human Overkill in the Pleistocene\"\, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organisation (in press)\, 2005\n\nJared\, Diamond\, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed\, New York: The Penguin Group\, 2005\n\nGalor\, O.\, and O. Moav\,\"Natural Selection and the Origin of Economic Growth\"\, Quarterly Journal of Economics 117\, pp. 1133-1191\, 2002\n\nHaim Ofek\, Second Nature: Economic Origins of Human Evolution\, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press\, 2001\n\nMarceau and Myers\, \"On the Early Holocene: Foraging to Early Agriculture\"\, Economic Journal (in press)\, 2005\n\nNils-Petter Lagerlöf\, \"Slavery and other property rights\"\, York University Mimeo\, 2005 Olsson\, O. and D. Hibbs\, \"Biogeography and Long-Run Economic Development\"\, European Economic Review 49\, pp. 909-938\, 2005\n\nRobson and Kaplan\, \"The Evolution of Human Life Expectancy and Intelligence in Hunter-Gatherer Economies\"\, American Economic Review 93\, pp. 150-169\, 2003\;\n\nJacob L. Weisdorf\,\"From Foraging to Farming: Explaining the Neolithic Revolution\"\, Journal of Economic Surveys\, 19:4\, p. 561-586\, 2005. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060424T155048Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220158Z DTSTAMP:20060424T155048Z UID:uuid1145893893283 SUMMARY:Program in Early American Economy and Society Seminar PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART:20060324T115000 DTEND:20060324T125000 LOCATION:The Library Company of Philadelphia X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060424T155143Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220158Z DTSTAMP:20060424T155143Z UID:uuid1145893924213 SUMMARY:Program in Early American Economy and Society Seminar PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060331 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060401 LOCATION:The Library Company of Philadelphia\, 1314 Locust Street\, Philadelphia\, Pennyslvania DESCRIPTION:The Program in Early American Economy and Society and the McNeil Center for Early American Studies together invite you to the next jointly sponsored seminar \n\nRohit T. Aggarwala\nPEAES Post-Doctoral Fellow\n\n'To be soon the metropolis of all the continent': the origins of the Philadelphia-New York rivalry\, 1681-1781\n\nFriday\, March 31\, 2006\nFrom 3 to 5 p.m.\, with reception following at The Library Company of Philadelphia 1314 Locust Street\, Philadelphia\n\nPhiladelphia and New York have been rivals since the Quaker City's founding. This paper -- one chapter of a book project that explores New York's emergence as the metropolis of the United States -- seeks to explain Philadelphia's remarkable success at eclipsing New York in the colonial period. As the one royal city in the northern colonies\, and the oldest town in British America\, New Yorkers expected their city to be the dominant one in the region. Philadelphia's founding\, however\, gave them unwanted competition. Despite New Yorkers' attempts to contain Philadelphia's growth\, they watched\, incredulous\, as Penn's city equaled and then surpassed their own. The paper argues that geography did not favor either city\, but that Philadelphia had a much more enlightened government and two key mercantile innovations that made it the center of the flour trade and of free immigration to the colonies. These made it the greatest port\, commercial center\, and largest city in colonial British America. \n\nThe paper will be posted on the PEAES website (see below). Everyone coming to the seminar should read the paper beforehand\, and then join us for a lively discussion about the author's findings and arguments. \n\nFor more information\, please e-mail Cathy Matson\, PEAES Director\, at cmatson@udel.edu\, or visit the PEAES website at www.librarycompany.org. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060426T150232Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220158Z DTSTAMP:20060426T150232Z UID:uuid1146063813640 SUMMARY:Application Deadline: Fulbright Scholar awards in history PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060801 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060802 DESCRIPTION:Fulbright Scholar Program for US Faculty and Professionals\n\nThe Fulbright Scholar Program is offering 99 lecturing\, research or combined lecturing/research awards in history during the 2007-2008 academic year. Faculty and professionals in history may apply not only for awards specifically in their field\, but also for one of the many \"All Discipline\" awards open to any field.\n\nEvery year 800 U.S. Fulbright Scholars in 150 countries and all regions of the world enjoy an experience of a lifetime\, one that provides a broad cultural perspective on their academic disciplines and connects them with colleagues at institutions around the globe. Awards range from two months to an academic year. Grants are awarded to faculty of all academic ranks\, including adjunct and emeritus. Foreign language skills are needed for some awards\, but most Fulbright lecturing assignments are in English.\n\nThe application deadline for Fulbright traditional lecturing and research grants worldwide is August 1\, 2006. U.S. citizenship is required. For other eligibility requirements\, detailed award descriptions\, and an application\, visit our Web site at www.cies.org.\n\n\nAnne Clift Boris\, Ph.D.\nSenior Program Officer for Recruitment\nCouncil for International Exchange of Scholars\n3007 Tilden Street NW\, Suite 5L\nWashington\, DC 20008-3009\nPhone: 202-686-7859\nFax: 202-362-3442\n X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060426T150948Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220158Z DTSTAMP:20060426T150948Z UID:uuid1146064320240 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: Economic History Society Annual Conference\, 2007 PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060918 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060919 LOCATION:University of Exeter DESCRIPTION:Economic History Society Annual Conference\n\n30 March - 1 April 2007\n\nUniversity of Exeter\n\nCall for Academic Papers\n\n\nThe 2007 annual conference of the Economic History Society will be hosted by the University of Exeter from 30 March to 1 April.\n\nThe 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 a PhD should submit a proposal to the New Researcher session\; please contact Maureen Galbraith (ehsocsec@arts.gla.ac.uk) for further information.\n\nThe 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.\n\nFor 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:\n\nMaureen Galbraith\nEconomic History Society\nDept of Economic & Social History\nUniversity of Glasgow\nLilybank House\, Bute Gardens\nGlasgow G12 8RT\nScotland\, UK\nE-mail: ehsocsec@arts.gla.ac.uk\n\nFor full consideration\, proposals must be received by 18 September 2006. Notices of acceptance will be sent to individual paper givers by 17 November 2006.\n\nShould your paper be accepted\, you will be asked to provide the following:\n\n* A brief non-technical summary of your paper for the 'Media Briefings' section of the Society's website (by 3 January 2007).\n* An abstract of the paper for inclusion in the conference booklet (by 3 January 2007).\n* An electronic copy of your full paper\, or a web address where the paper is available for consultation (by 5 March 2007).\n\nIt 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. Only in exceptional circumstances will later applications for support be considered. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060426T151219Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220158Z DTSTAMP:20060426T151219Z UID:uuid1146064451987 SUMMARY:Economic History Society Annual Conference\, 2007 PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070330 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070402 LOCATION:University of Exeter DESCRIPTION:Economic History Society Annual Conference\n30 March - 1 April 2007\nUniversity of Exeter\n\nThe 2007 annual conference of the Economic History Society will be hosted by the University of Exeter from 30 March to 1 April.\n\nFor more information:\n\nMaureen Galbraith\nEconomic History Society\nDept of Economic & Social History\nUniversity of Glasgow\nLilybank House\, Bute Gardens\nGlasgow G12 8RT\nScotland\, UK\nE-mail: ehsocsec@arts.gla.ac.uk X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060510T141356Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220158Z DTSTAMP:20060510T141356Z UID:uuid1147270527700 SUMMARY:Washington Area Economc History Seminar PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060512 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060513 DESCRIPTION:ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION ON CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN ECONOMIC HISTORY\n\nFriday\, May 12\, 2006\n\nAT THE HOME OF JOHN WALLIS\n\n6:00 P.M. Dinner\n\nDinner will be POTLUCK and will be held at the home of John Wallis (see the invitation web site for map). To RSVP\, email John or call 301-405-3552 (office)\, 301-927-9176 (home). Please respond no later than Thursday\, May 11\, 2006. The discussion will begin following dinner.\n\nInvitation Web site: http: //www.american.edu/academic.depts/cas/econ/WAEHS/Invitations/econhistory.h tml X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060510T141749Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220158Z DTSTAMP:20060510T141749Z UID:uuid1147271411030 SUMMARY:Revised Deadline: EHA Nevins Prize PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060601 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060602 DESCRIPTION:REVISED DEADLINE for Nevins Prize: JUNE 1\, 2006\n\nThe Allen Nevins Prize in American Economic History is awarded annually by the Economic History Association on behalf of Columbia University Press for the best dissertation in U.S. or Canadian economic history completed during the previous year. The 2006 prize will be awarded at the Economic History Association's annual meeting in Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania in September 2006.\n\nPlease send submitted dissertations to:\n\nProfessor Melissa Thomasson\nDepartment of Economics\nMiami University\nOxford\, OH 45056\, USA\nemail: thomasma@muohio.edu X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060512T015439Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220158Z DTSTAMP:20060512T015439Z UID:uuid1147398989021 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: 'Business History of the Middle East' - Special Issue of Enterprise and Society PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060901 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060902 DESCRIPTION:Enterprise and Society: A Call for Papers for a Special Issue on \"Conflict\, Commerce and Consumption: Novel Approaches to the Business History of the Middle East\"\n\nGuest editors: Andrew Godley (University of Reading) and Relli Shechter (Ben Gurion University)\n\nThe recent intensification of the debate on the interrelations between the West and the Islamic Middle East has starkly reframed several key questions: Is there a fundamental \"clash of civilizations\" between East and West? Is so-called \"traditional\" Islam somehow incompatible with modernity\, or simply with some sort of Western neo-Imperialism? While such questions have prompted acres of newsprint\, scholarly attention has in fact been diverted from more quotidian developments in the business infrastructure of the Middle East\, the sphere which has hosted much daily cross-cultural interaction between the ordinary Western and Middle Eastern actors. But while the business history community has considerable expertise on the extent of conflict and commerce in the region\, its voice has mostly been absent.\n\nWhether the focus has been on the Arab-Israeli\, or the inter-Arab struggles\, or the British\, French\, or\, more recently\, American encroachments on the region\, conflict is the principal focus of the leading paradigms in the modern historiography of the region. While \"modernizers\" simply presume the source of the conflict to be the unwillingness of Middle Eastern inhabitants to adopt and adapt Western approaches\, the \"dependency\" school supposes that overseas‚ parties always frustrate local efforts to converge. Unsurprisingly in these paradigms the analysis of the activities of indigenous entrepreneurs and consumers in the Middle East has often been left out. Why should there be a business history of the Middle East when\, according to the modernizers\, the culture lacks the necessary prerequisites\; or equally\, according to the dependency view\, indigenous entrepreneurs and consumers are either being exploited by Western economic forces\, or\, at best\, have carved out niches as their go-betweens or \"compradors.\"\n\nThe editors of the special issue of Enterprise and Society seek papers that depart from such conventional wisdoms. We would like to revitalize scholarly interest in the business history of the Middle East by connecting detailed empirical studies to a recent\, revisionist historiography of the region\, as well as to the exciting recent developments in global business history on the structure and meaning of enterprises outside the developed world. What really happened to Western business models when they entered the region? How did indigenous and international companies actually interact? And how have local consumers and overseas entrants really understood and adapted to each other? Papers are invited on themes central to the above\, which might focus on one or more of the following topics and in any area of commercial activity in the Middle East\, from oil and agriculture to software development\, from finance to infrastructure and transport:\n\n* The development and application of innovations in organizational structures\, management practices or finance in the Middle East\n* The mechanisms through which business practices in the region developed and changed\n* The role of multinational enterprises\n* The response of indigenous consumers to novel forms of marketing and promotion\n\nPapers should be sent before September 1st\, 2006 to both of the guest editors: Professor Andrew Godley Centre for International Business History University of Reading Business School\, Reading\, RG6 6AA -- UK a.c.godley@reading.ac.uk\n\nor \nDr Relli Schechter\,\nDepartment of Middle East Studies\nBen-Gurion University\nBeer-Sheva\, 84105\nIsrael\nrellish@bgu.ac.il X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060512T035258Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220158Z DTSTAMP:20060512T035258Z UID:uuid1147406041879 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: European Growth and Integration since the Mid-Nineteenth Century PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060630 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060701 LOCATION:Lunds Universitet\, Sweden DESCRIPTION:Second Conference of the Marie Curie Research Training Network \"Unifying the European Experience: Historical Lessons of Pan-European Development\"\n\nEuropean Growth and Integration since the Mid-Nineteenth Century\n\nLunds Universitet\, Sweden\n13-15 October\, 2006\n\nSupported by\nFP6 Marie Curie Economic History RTN (Contract no. MRTN-CT-2004-512439)\n\n\nCALL FOR PAPERS\n\nI am writing to invite you to submit a paper proposal or to express your interest in attending the second annual conference of the Economic History Research Training Network\, on the theme \"European Growth and Integration since the Mid-Nineteenth Centur\,\" which will take place at the Lunds Universitet\, 13-15 October 2006. The event will be organised by Stephen Broadberry (University of Warwick and CEPR)\, Kevin O'Rourke (Trinity College\, Dublin and CEPR) and Lennart Schön (Lunds Universitet).\n\nThe network will contribute to the development of a truly European economic history profession\, by analysing the economic development of Europe as a whole. The network will collect pan-European data for two time-scales\, the long run (i.e. the past 150 years)\, and the very long run (i.e. the past 1000 years). It will use up-to-date economic techniques\, both theoretical and econometric\, to analyse these data and provide accounts of European growth\, European economic integration\, and the changing nature of Europe's economic relationships with the rest of the world\, in the long run and very long run.\n\nWe would like to encourage submissions on the following research themes:\n\n* European growth from the mid-nineteenth century\nA central theme of the network is the analysis of growth since the mid-nineteenth century using both growth accounting and econometric modelling. Papers are sought on both the aggregate European experience and on comparative experience within Europe. As well as papers on aggregate growth\, papers which examine particular sectors such as agriculture\, industry and services\, will also be welcomed.\n\n* The history of European integration\nOne of the most pressing issues in the development of a pan-European history is the question of the gradual integration of the European economy: when did it start to make sense to speak of a European economy\, rather than a series of national\, or even regional economies? The answer may vary depending on the type of economic activity being considered\, since trade for certain goods developed much earlier and more fully than for others. The timing of integration may also depend on whether commodity trade or the movement of factors of production is being considered\, with commodity markets integrating more easily than labour markets\, for example. Papers on integration of product and factor markets are envisaged. In addition\, papers on the dynamics of integration and disintegration\, and the importance of institutions will be particularly welcomed.\n\nTravel and accommodation expenses will be covered for all members of the Economic History Research Training Network\, according to the usual CEPR travel guidelines. However\, if you could contribute to the costs of your attendance from a research grant at your disposal this would free up space for someone else. Please indicate on your reply whether you will be able to cover your own travel costs\, or whether you will require funding from CEPR. Note that it will not be possible to accept all applications to attend this conference and that EC RTN regulations imply that we have only a very limited ability to fund non-European based participants. I would thus like you to confirm your interest in attending the meeting at this stage.\n\nLeaders of RTN teams should forward this message to others at their institution working on this project\, and particularly young researchers employed by the network.\n\nTo respond\, please visit http: //www.cepr.org/YourProfile/Meetings and indicate whether or not you wish to present a paper or would be willing to act as a discussant. The deadline for replies is 18:00 on 30 June 2006. You may also like to read our Guidelines on how to register online for CEPR Meetings at http: //www.cepr.org/meets/emo/Guidelines.htm.\n\nIf you have any difficulties registering for this meeting\, please contact Nadine Clarke\, Meetings Assistant\, at nclarke@cepr.org or +44 20 7878 2908. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060512T035430Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220158Z DTSTAMP:20060512T035430Z UID:uuid1147406190933 SUMMARY:European Growth and Integration since the Mid-Nineteenth Century PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061013 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061016 LOCATION:Lunds Universitet\, Sweden DESCRIPTION:Second Conference of the Marie Curie Research Training Network \"Unifying the European Experience: Historical Lessons of Pan-European Development\"\n\nEuropean Growth and Integration since the Mid-Nineteenth Century\n\nLunds Universitet\, Sweden\n13-15 October\, 2006\n\nSupported by\nFP6 Marie Curie Economic History RTN (Contract no. MRTN-CT-2004-512439)\n\nThe event will be organised by Stephen Broadberry (University of Warwick and CEPR)\, Kevin O'Rourke (Trinity College\, Dublin and CEPR) and Lennart Schön (Lunds Universitet).\n\nThe network will contribute to the development of a truly European economic history profession\, by analysing the economic development of Europe as a whole. The network will collect pan-European data for two time-scales\, the long run (i.e. the past 150 years)\, and the very long run (i.e. the past 1000 years). It will use up-to-date economic techniques\, both theoretical and econometric\, to analyse these data and provide accounts of European growth\, European economic integration\, and the changing nature of Europe's economic relationships with the rest of the world\, in the long run and very long run.\n\nIf you have any difficulties registering for this meeting\, please contact Nadine Clarke\, Meetings Assistant\, at nclarke@cepr.org or +44 20 7878 2908.\n\nFor more information: http: //www.cepr.org/research/Networks/EHRTN/ehrtnEvents.htm X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060607T143445Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220158Z DTSTAMP:20060607T143445Z UID:uuid1149690964296 SUMMARY:Application Deadline: \"Finance\, Institutions and History\,\" Sixth Internatinal Summer School PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060616 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060617 LOCATION:Venice DESCRIPTION:FINANCE INSTITUTIONS AND HISTORY\nSIXTH INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL\nVENICE\, 4 - 9 SEPTEMBER 2006\nFINANCE AND THE REAL ECONOMY\n\nThe Summer School is a week-long intensive seminar designed to bring together a pool of international lecturers and graduate students to discuss key issues in financial history. This year the focus will be on the interaction of financial and economic activities\, the evolution of credit markets and the contribution of credit organisations to economic growth. Lecturers will present case studies from a wide range of historical perspectives and geographical backgrounds discussing episodes of successful development as well as episodes of poor allocation and misuse of resources. The Seminar is open to 15 graduate students with a strong background in economics and history (application deadline 16 June 2006). Pre-session materials and reading suggestions will be made available online to participants in the program.\n\nMAIN TOPICS\n* EARLY MODERN AND MODERN EUROPE\n* HOLLAND AND GREAT BRITAIN MODERN LATIN AMERICA AND ARGENTINA\n* CONTEMPORARY INDIA 19TH CENTURY STOCK EXCHANGES\n* INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS\n\nGUEST LECTURERS\n* Carlo Brambilla\n* Mauro Carboni\n* Youssef Cassis\n* Juan Flores\n* Giorgio Fodor Roberto Frenkel\n* Jayati Ghosh\n* Joost Jonkers\n* Ronald C. Michie Matthias Morys\n* Luciano Pezzolo\n* Giuseppe Tattara\n* Hans-Jochim Voth\n\nThe program is organised by the\nDipartimento di Scienze Economiche\, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia\nFacoltà di Economia di Forlì\, Università di Bologna\nDipartimento di Economia\, Università di Trento\nEuropean Association for Banking History\nUniversité de Genève\n\nContact us: summersc@unive.it\n\nVisit us: www.dse.unive.it/summerschool\nSummerschool - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche\nSan Giobbe n° 873 - 30121 Venezia - Italy X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060607T143625Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220158Z DTSTAMP:20060607T143625Z UID:uuid1149691047094 SUMMARY:\"Finance\, Institutions and History\,\" Sixth International Summer School PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060904 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060910 LOCATION:Venice DESCRIPTION:FINANCE INSTITUTIONS AND HISTORY\nSIXTH INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL\nVENICE\, 4 - 9 SEPTEMBER 2006\nFINANCE AND THE REAL ECONOMY\n\nThe Summer School is a week-long intensive seminar designed to bring together a pool of international lecturers and graduate students to discuss key issues in financial history. This year the focus will be on the interaction of financial and economic activities\, the evolution of credit markets and the contribution of credit organisations to economic growth. Lecturers will present case studies from a wide range of historical perspectives and geographical backgrounds discussing episodes of successful development as well as episodes of poor allocation and misuse of resources. The Seminar is open to 15 graduate students with a strong background in economics and history (application deadline 16 June 2006). Pre-session materials and reading suggestions will be made available online to participants in the program.\n\nMAIN TOPICS\n* EARLY MODERN AND MODERN EUROPE\n* HOLLAND AND GREAT BRITAIN MODERN LATIN AMERICA AND ARGENTINA\n* CONTEMPORARY INDIA 19TH CENTURY STOCK EXCHANGES\n* INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS\n\nGUEST LECTURERS\n* Carlo Brambilla\n* Mauro Carboni\n* Youssef Cassis\n* Juan Flores\n* Giorgio Fodor Roberto Frenkel\n* Jayati Ghosh\n* Joost Jonkers\n* Ronald C. Michie Matthias Morys\n* Luciano Pezzolo\n* Giuseppe Tattara\n* Hans-Jochim Voth\n\nThe program is organised by the\nDipartimento di Scienze Economiche\, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia\nFacoltà di Economia di Forlì\, Università di Bologna\nDipartimento di Economia\, Università di Trento\nEuropean Association for Banking History\nUniversité de Genève\n\nContact us: summersc@unive.it\n\nVisit us: www.dse.unive.it/summerschool\nSummerschool - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche\nSan Giobbe n° 873 - 30121 Venezia - Italy X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060607T144143Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220158Z DTSTAMP:20060607T144143Z UID:uuid1149691383264 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: History of Finance and Financial Institutions in the Asia-Pacific Rim PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060831 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060901 LOCATION:University of Sydney\, Australia DESCRIPTION:History of Finance and Financial Institutions in the Asia-Pacific Rim. \nUniversity of Sydney\, Australia\, 8 December 2006\n\nThe internationally-refereed journal\, Accounting\, Business & Financial\nHistory is pleased to announce its sponsorship of a workshop to be held\nat the University of Sydney.\n\nThe subject of the University of Sydney workshop will be: \"History of\nFinance and Financial Institutions in the Asia-Pacific Rim.\" The\nAsia-Pacific Rim is the home to the most diverse and fastest growing\nfinancial systems in the world. The papers must be historically\ninformed.\n\nIssues include:\n\nBanks and insurance in developing economies: Globalisation\; The role of\ngovernment regulation\; Private vs. State banking systems\; The management\nof financial institutions\; The development of financial markets\nincluding derivatives and bonds\; The role of foreign banks\; Approaches\nto borrowing and lending including hire purchase\; Community banking and\nsocial movements in financial services\; Non-bank financial sector\;\nChanging patterns of ownership\; Accounting and calculative practices\nwithin financial institutions.\n\nAll papers presented at the symposium will be considered for publication\nin a special edition of Accounting\, Business and Financial History to\nappear in due course. The local organisers would welcome expressions of\ninterest from anyone thinking of offering a paper for the workshop. The\ndeadline for submission of full papers\, which must be written in\nEnglish\, is 31 August 2006. It is anticipated that the final selection\nof papers for the workshop will be made by the middle of October 2006\,\nwith authors being contacted as soon as possible after this time with\nrespect to acceptance or otherwise of their paper.\n\nThe workshop is organised by the Business and Labour History Group\,\nSchool of Business\, University of Sydney. All enquiries regarding the\nworkshop should be addressed to the local organisers who can be\ncontacted at the following email address: g.patmore@econ.usyd.edu.au X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060607T144335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220158Z DTSTAMP:20060607T144335Z UID:uuid1149691559949 SUMMARY:History of Finance and Financial Institutions in the Asia-Pacific Rim PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061208 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061209 LOCATION:University of Sydney\, Australia DESCRIPTION:History of Finance and Financial Institutions in the Asia-Pacific Rim. \nUniversity of Sydney\, Australia\, 8 December 2006\n\nThe internationally-refereed journal\, Accounting\, Business & Financial\nHistory\, is pleased to announce its sponsorship of a workshop to be held\nat the University of Sydney.\n\nThe subject of the University of Sydney workshop will be: \"History of\nFinance and Financial Institutions in the Asia-Pacific Rim.\" The\nAsia-Pacific Rim is the home to the most diverse and fastest growing\nfinancial systems in the world.\n\nIssues include:\n\nBanks and insurance in developing economies: Globalisation\; The role of\ngovernment regulation\; Private vs. State banking systems\; The management\nof financial institutions\; The development of financial markets\nincluding derivatives and bonds\; The role of foreign banks\; Approaches\nto borrowing and lending including hire purchase\; Community banking and\nsocial movements in financial services\; Non-bank financial sector\;\nChanging patterns of ownership\; Accounting and calculative practices\nwithin financial institutions.\n\nAll papers presented at the symposium will be considered for publication\nin a special edition of Accounting\, Business and Financial History to\nappear in due course. \n\nThe workshop is organised by the Business and Labour History Group\,\nSchool of Business\, University of Sydney. All enquiries regarding the\nworkshop should be addressed to the local organisers who can be\ncontacted at the following email address: g.patmore@econ.usyd.edu.au X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060607T151303Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220158Z DTSTAMP:20060607T151303Z UID:uuid1149693247127 SUMMARY:Application Deadline: Ph.D. Studentship Opportunities\, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060715 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060716 LOCATION:Universidad Carlos III de Madrid DESCRIPTION:Ph.D. Studentship Opportunities\nDepartmento de Historia Económica e Instituciones\n\nUniversidad Carlos III de Madrid\n\nThe Department of Economic History and Institutions at Universidad Carlos\nIII de Madrid invites applications for up to three studentships for doctoral\nthesis research. The three-year studentships are funded by the Universidad\nCarlos III de Madrid (two) and the ESF (European Science Foundation)\nScientific Programme \"Globalizing Europe Economic History Network\"\n(GLOBALEURONET) (one) through the Instituto Figuerola de Historia Económica.\nThe studentships have an annual net salary of circa 13\,000 Euros.\n\nApplicants should be working towards a Ph.D. degree in any field of economic\nand business history. They should be ABD (all but dissertation)\, i.e. by\nOctober 2006 they should have completed the courses which make them eligible\nfor writing a dissertation in their respective country.\n\nThe Department of Economic History and Institutions at Universidad Carlos\nIII is one of the leading European locations for teaching and researching in\neconomic history\, institutional analysis and comparative long-term economic\nchange and performance. The Department has a current faculty of 12 full-time\ninternational academics with research expertise in a wide range of subjects\n(economic growth in the long-run\, agricultural history\, history of\ninternational trade\, banking and financial history)\, organizes a well known\ninternational seminar in economic history\, and coordinates the ESF\nScientific Programme GLOBALEURONET.\n\nMore information on such activities is available on the following websites:\n\nThe Department:\nhttp: //www.uc3m.es/uc3m/dpto/HISEC/English/index_e.html\n\nThe Ph.D. programme: \nhttp://www.uc3m.es/uc3m/gral/TC/ESDO/HE/he.html\n\nThe ESF Programme GLOBALEURONET:\nhttp: //www.esf.org/esf_article.php?language=0&article=600&domain=5&activity=1\n \nApplications received by July 15\, 2006 will be included in the first review\nand selection of candidates to be interviewed during September 2006.\nApplicants should include a cover letter\, curriculum vitae\, graduate\ntranscript\, two letters of recommendation\, and a Ph.D. dissertation\nproposal. The latter\, of no more than five pages\, should outline the topic\nof the dissertation\, its scientific motivation and methodological approach\,\nand basic bibliographical references.\n\nInterested candidates are encouraged to discuss their research interests\nwith Dr. Stefan Houpt\, Head of Department\, or Dr. Stefano Battilossi\, Chair\nof GLOBALEURONET\, prior to their official submission\n\nContact details:\n\nDr. Stefan Houpt\nDepartamento de Historia Económica e Instituciones\nUniversidad Carlos III de Madrid\nC/ Madrid\, 126\n28903 GETAFE (MADRID) - SPAIN\nTel: +34 91 624 96 14\nEmail: shoupt@clio.uc3m.es\n\nDr. Stefano Battilossi\nDepartamento de Historia Económica e Instituciones\nUniversidad Carlos III de Madrid\nC/ Madrid\, 126\n28903 GETAFE (MADRID) - SPAIN\nTel: +34 91 624 58 59\nEmail: stefano.battilossi@uc3m.es X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060612T142124Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220158Z DTSTAMP:20060612T142124Z UID:uuid1150122145791 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: Economics and integration in western and eastern Europe after the Second World War PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060715 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060716 LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary History at Potsdam DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers: Economics and integration in western and eastern Europe after the Second World War\, 29 March-31 March 2007\n\nThe origins of the two blocs which came into existence in Europe in the wake of the Cold War were of course political in the first instance\, but economic motives were also of considerable importance. In the west\, one aim was to bind the western German economy -- which was vital for the economic reconstruction of Europe -- politically to the rest of western Europe. In the east\, too\, economic components became more and more important for the process of bloc formation\, although somewhat later than in the west. To an ever increasing degree\, the process of integration in both west and east\, despite political origins\, became an economic project. The process made greater strides in western Europe than in the east\, where the planned economy set intrinsic limits to the pace and extent of such developments. Western Europe proceeded from the stage of trade integration to factor integration. An economic community was called into existence and a certain degree of institutional integration achieved. In contrast\, COMECON\, which was based on bilateral exchange of goods and trade agreements\, did not realise economic integration in the sense of a union of national economies into a single economic space. East-central Europe for the most part did not move beyond the stage of trade integration.\n\nOn the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome on 25 March 1957\, the Centre for Contemporary History at Potsdam\, in co-operation with the Centre for Business History in Scotland at the University of Glasgow and the Chair of Economic and Social History at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main\, is planning a conference on economics and integration in western and eastern Europe between the 1950s and the 1980s. The current state of research on the economic history of European integration within the two blocs -- as well as the interaction between them -- will be summarised and also problematised\, while new findings will be presented and discussed. The conference will take place in Potsdam from 29 March through 31 March 2007.\n\nThe conference will focus on:\n\n-- Processes of decision-making on economic policy in connection with integration in the west and in the east\;\n\n-- The economic consequences of integration in the east and the west\;\n\n-- The reaction of business to economic integration and the role of business in the process\;\n\n-- The reciprocal influences of integration efforts in the west and the east.\n\nEach conference paper should be 20-25 minutes in length\, and the official languages of the conference are English and German. Costs for travel and accommodation for those selected for participation will be met by the organisers\, who invite suggestions for contributions by 15 July 2006. Please send an abstract of no more than two pages and a short (one page) CV to the following address: \n\neurint@zzf-pdm.de\n\nAndre Steiner\nRay Stokes\nWerner Plumpe\n\nContact address:\nZentrum fur Zeithistorische Forschung\nAm Neuen Markt 1\n14467 Potsdam\nGermany X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060612T142306Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220158Z DTSTAMP:20060612T142306Z UID:uuid1150122283211 SUMMARY:Economics and integration in western and eastern Europe after the Second World War PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070329 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070401 LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary History at Potsdam DESCRIPTION:The origins of the two blocs which came into existence in Europe in the wake of the Cold War were of course political in the first instance\, but economic motives were also of considerable importance. In the west\, one aim was to bind the western German economy -- which was vital for the economic reconstruction of Europe -- politically to the rest of western Europe. In the east\, too\, economic components became more and more important for the process of bloc formation\, although somewhat later than in the west. To an ever increasing degree\, the process of integration in both west and east\, despite political origins\, became an economic project. The process made greater strides in western Europe than in the east\, where the planned economy set intrinsic limits to the pace and extent of such developments. Western Europe proceeded from the stage of trade integration to factor integration. An economic community was called into existence and a certain degree of institutional integration achieved. In contrast\, COMECON\, which was based on bilateral exchange of goods and trade agreements\, did not realise economic integration in the sense of a union of national economies into a single economic space. East-central Europe for the most part did not move beyond the stage of trade integration.\n\nOn the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome on 25 March 1957\, the Centre for Contemporary History at Potsdam\, in co-operation with the Centre for Business History in Scotland at the University of Glasgow and the Chair of Economic and Social History at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main\, is planning a conference on economics and integration in western and eastern Europe between the 1950s and the 1980s. The current state of research on the economic history of European integration within the two blocs -- as well as the interaction between them -- will be summarised and also problematised\, while new findings will be presented and discussed. The conference will take place in Potsdam from 29 March through 31 March 2007.\n\nThe conference will focus on:\n\n-- Processes of decision-making on economic policy in connection with integration in the west and in the east\;\n\n-- The economic consequences of integration in the east and the west\;\n\n-- The reaction of business to economic integration and the role of business in the process\;\n\n-- The reciprocal influences of integration efforts in the west and the east.\n\nContact address: \nZentrum fur Zeithistorische Forschung\nAm Neuen Markt 1\n14467 Potsdam\nGermany\neurint@zzf-pdm.de\n\nFor the program\, please visit: \n\nhttp://www.zzf-pdm.de/veranst/tagungen/wi_integr07/wi_integr07.pdf X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060612T143429Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220158Z DTSTAMP:20060612T143429Z UID:uuid1150122924990 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: Business Links: Trade\, Distribution and Networks PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070131 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070201 LOCATION:University of Wolverhampton\, Wolverhampton\, UK DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers\n2007 ABH and CHORD Conference\n\nBUSINESS LINKS:\nTrade\, Distribution and Networks\n\nA conference to be held on: \n29 and 30 June 2007\nat:\nthe University of Wolverhampton\, Wolverhampton\, UK\n\n\nThe Association of Business Historians (ABH) and the Centre for the History of Retailing and Distribution (CHORD) invite proposals for a joint conference to explore the history of trade\, distribution\, business networks and retailing. All historical periods\, geographical areas and methodological approaches are welcome. Themes of interest include\, but are not limited\, to:\n\n* International\, national\, regional and local trade\n* Business networks\n* 'Middlemen' and wholesalers\n* The Internet and on-line commerce\n* Transport\, river and maritime trade\n* Financial and stock markets\n* Trade\, consumers and consumption\n* Knowledge transfer\n* Commercial innovation and entrepreneurship\n* The retail trade and retail employment\n* Trade\, the state and regulation\n* Economic migrants and migration\n* War\, trade and the military\n\nOrganisers also welcome papers on any topics related to business history\, even where they do not focus on the conference theme.\n\nProposals are welcome either for individual papers or sessions (generally one-and-half hours). Please send one page abstract\, a list of 3 to 5 key words\, brief CV and if proposing a session\, a cover letter with title and one-paragraph session description (if possible via e-mail)\, to the address below by 31 January 2007.\n\nFor more information\, please contact: Laura Ugolini\, HAGRI / HLSS\, University of Wolverhampton\, Room MC233\, MC Building\, Wolverhampton\, WV1 1SB.\n\nTel.: (044) 01902 321890. E-mail: l.ugolini@wlv.ac.uk\n\nCHORD web-pages: http://home.wlv.ac.uk/~in6086/chord.html\n\nABH web-pages: http://www.busman.qmul.ac.uk/abh/\n\nConference web-pages: http: //home.wlv.ac.uk/~in6086/2007conf.html X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060612T143547Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220158Z DTSTAMP:20060612T143547Z UID:uuid1150123091506 SUMMARY:Business Links: Trade\, Distribution and Networks PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070629 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070701 LOCATION:University of Wolverhampton\, Wolverhampton\, UK DESCRIPTION:2007 ABH and CHORD Conference\n\nBUSINESS LINKS:\nTrade\, Distribution and Networks\n\nA conference to be held on:\n29 and 30 June 2007\nat:\nthe University of Wolverhampton\, Wolverhampton\, UK\n\nFor more information\, please contact: Laura Ugolini\, HAGRI / HLSS\, University of Wolverhampton\, Room MC233\, MC Building\, Wolverhampton\, WV1 1SB.\n\nTel.: (044) 01902 321890. E-mail: l.ugolini@wlv.ac.uk\n\nCHORD web-pages: http: //home.wlv.ac.uk/~in6086/chord.html\n\nABH web-pages: http: //www.busman.qmul.ac.uk/abh/\n\nConference web-pages: http: //home.wlv.ac.uk/~in6086/2007conf.html X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060619T153544Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220158Z DTSTAMP:20060619T153544Z UID:uuid1150731615795 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: 2007 Asia-Pacific Economic and Business History Conference PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061130 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061201 LOCATION:University of Sydney\, the Darlington Centre DESCRIPTION:(Organised by the Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand)\n12-14 February 2007\, University of Sydney\, Sydney\n\"Varieties of Capitalist Development and Corporate Governance\"\nCall for Papers\n\nPapers and proposals for sessions are invited for the second APEBH conference. The conference theme is 'Varieties of Capitalist Development and Corporate Governance'\, around which we expect to organise a number of sessions. As at past conferences\, we also welcome contributions on other topics in economic\, social\, and business history. Early career researchers are encouraged to participate. Researchers across a range of disciplines are warmly welcomed including economists\, historians of economic ideas\, business and society\, management scientists\, archivists\, and social historians. The conference organizers 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.\n\nThe conference theme provides two distinct but often interacting ideas. Modern market-based economies have evolved in many different ways and take distinctive forms. The Settler Economy experience of Australia and New Zealand\, drawing heavily upon natural resource abundance\, for example\, can be contrasted with the manufacturing-based industrialization of Britain or Japan. While the historical study of market economies has been commonplace\, there are many aspects worthy of further analysis including the role of savings\, human capital\, technology\, government\, and changing markets. Corporate governance has received wide attention in the wake of recent enterprise collapses\, yet historians have only begun to research differences in corporate governance over time and among countries. Corporate governance is defined broadly to embrace the business\, economic and social role of the firm in capitalism\, from the raising and control of capital to studies of corruption\, corporate ethics\, corporate social responsibility\, green-business practices\, and the role of corporate philanthropy over time. The familiar shareholder governance of Anglo-American countries contrasts to the role of family\, pyramidal business groups\, and financial institutions historically prevalent elsewhere. The governance of firms bears directly on how different variants of capitalism evolve\, particularly through the nature of capital and labour markets\, the manner in which technology is diffused\, and the nexus between business and government.\n\nPaper abstracts of one page may be submitted to the addresses below at any time up to 30th November 2006. 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. Written papers must be submitted by 15th January 2007. There will be a refereed paper section for those interested.\n\nThere will be a keynote speaker\, a conference paper prize\, and publication of a selection of papers (subject to review) in the Australian Economic History Review.\n\nProfessor Gordon Boyce\n\nSchool of Management\nQueensland University of Technology\n2 George Street\nBrisbane\, QLD\, 4000\nAUSTRALIA\n\ng.boyce@qut.edu.au\n\nDr John Singleton\n\nFaculty of Commerce & Administration\nVictoria University of Wellington\nPO Box 600\nWellington\nNEW ZEALAND\n\nJohn.Singleton@vuw.ac.nz\n X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060619T154137Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220158Z DTSTAMP:20060619T154137Z UID:uuid1150731847981 SUMMARY:2007 Asia-Pacific Economic and Business History Conference PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070212 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070215 LOCATION:University of Sydney\, the Darlington Centre DESCRIPTION:12-14 February 2007\, University of Sydney\, Sydney\n\"Varieties of Capitalist Development and Corporate Governance\"\n\nThe conference theme provides two distinct but often interacting ideas. Modern market-based economies have evolved in many different ways and take distinctive forms. The Settler Economy experience of Australia and New Zealand\, drawing heavily upon natural resource abundance\, for example\, can be contrasted with the manufacturing-based industrialization of Britain or Japan. While the historical study of market economies has been commonplace\, there are many aspects worthy of further analysis including the role of savings\, human capital\, technology\, government\, and changing markets. Corporate governance has received wide attention in the wake of recent enterprise collapses\, yet historians have only begun to research differences in corporate governance over time and among countries. Corporate governance is defined broadly to embrace the business\, economic and social role of the firm in capitalism\, from the raising and control of capital to studies of corruption\, corporate ethics\, corporate social responsibility\, green-business practices\, and the role of corporate philanthropy over time. The familiar shareholder governance of Anglo-American countries contrasts to the role of family\, pyramidal business groups\, and financial institutions historically prevalent elsewhere. The governance of firms bears directly on how different variants of capitalism evolve\, particularly through the nature of capital and labour markets\, the manner in which technology is diffused\, and the nexus between business and government.\n\nThere will be a keynote speaker\, a conference paper prize\, and publication of a selection of papers (subject to review) in the Australian Economic History Review.\n\nFor more information: \nProfessor Gordon Boyce\nSchool of Management\nQueensland University of Technology\n2 George Street\nBrisbane\, QLD\, 4000\nAUSTRALIA\n\ng.boyce@qut.edu.au\n\nDr John Singleton\nFaculty of Commerce & Administration\nVictoria University of Wellington\nPO Box 600\nWellington\nNEW ZEALAND\n\nJohn.Singleton@vuw.ac.nz\n X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060619T160105Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220158Z DTSTAMP:20060619T160105Z UID:uuid1150732937559 SUMMARY:Nomination Deadline: Ranki Prize in Economic History (Book Prize) PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070301 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070302 DESCRIPTION:The Ranki Prize in Economic History\n\nDEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: March 1\, 2007\n\nThe Ranki Prize was established by the Economic History Association in 1989 to honor the late Gyorgy Ranki\, a distinguished Hungarian economic historian who taught in both Hungary and the United States. The Ranki Prize is awarded biennially for an outstanding book in European economic history and is in the amount of $1\,200. It alternates with the Alice Hanson Jones Prize for a book in North American (including Caribbean) economic history.\n\nThe ninth Ranki Prize will be awarded in September 2007 for a book published in 2005 or 2006.\n\nTo be eligible\, a book must be published in English and must\, in whole or in substantial part\, treat aspects of European economic history in any period from classical antiquity to the present. For purposes of this prize\, Europe is understood to include European Russia as well as the British Isles. Books that compare European experience to that of other parts of the world\, or that use historical information to examine present or anticipate future issues and trends\, are also eligible as long as they pay significant attention to European economic history.\n\nNominations for the prize may be made by authors\, publishers\, or anyone else. Authors of nominated books need not be members of the Economic History Association. Date of publication rather than date of copyright determines eligibility. Translations of books published previously in a language other than English are eligible in the year of publication in English.\n\nWhoever nominates a book should send a copy of the book and the curriculum vitae of the author(s) to each of the five members of the Ranki Prize committee.\n\n\nProfessor Gianni Toniolo\, Chair\nVia Emanuele Filiberto\, 180\n00185 Rome\nITALY\nEmail: giannit@econ.duke.edu\n\nProfessor Robert C. Allen\nNuffield College\nNew Road\nOxford OX1 1NF\nENGLAND\n\nProfessor S.R. Epstein\nDepartment of Economic History\nLondon School of Economics and Political Science\nHoughton Street\nLondon WC2A 2AE\nUnited Kingdom\n\nProfessor Philip T. Hoffman\nDivision of the Humanities and Social Sciences 22877\nCalifornia Institute of Technology\n115 Baxter Hall\nPasadena\, CA 91125\n\nProfessor Simone A. Wegge\nDepartment of Political Science\, Economics\, and Philosophy\nCollege of Staten Island\n2800 Victory Boulevard\nStaten Island\, New York 10314 X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060619T160717Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220158Z DTSTAMP:20060619T160717Z UID:uuid1150733287254 SUMMARY:Submission Deadline: Poster Session at the 2006 EHA Meetings PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060701 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060702 LOCATION:Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania\, the Omni William Penn Hotel DESCRIPTION:ATTENTION ALL GRADUATE STUDENTS AND PROFESSORS ON DISSERTATION COMMITTEES!\n\nGet ready for the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Economic History Association from September 15-17\, 2006 in Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania at the Omni William Penn Hotel. The Poster Session is always a great way to invite feedback on your job market paper\, a chapter from your dissertation or preliminary research results. The Poster Session is open to everyone except those who gave a poster last year. The deadline to submit your poster proposal is JULY 1\, 2006. All you have to do is send a 100-word abstract to William Collins at william.collins@vanderbilt.edu or mail to:\n\nWilliam Collins Department of Economics\nVanderbilt University\nBox 351819-B\nNashville\, TN 37235\n\nThe abstract should be submitted in Word format and if your poster is accepted you must become a member of the Economic History Association. If your poster is accepted you will get reimbursed for your travel and the EHA will pay for your hotel stay (up to 3 nights) as long as you are willing to double up. In addition\, as a graduate student your registration and meals will be subsidized!\n\nIf you have any questions or want to read more about it go to our web site at www.ehameeting.com or contact:\n\nDr. Carolyn Tuttle\nProfessor of Economics\nCo-Director of Summer Internships\nBetty Jane Schultz Hollender Professor of Economics\nDepartment of Economics and Business\nMeeting Coordinator - Economic History Association\nLake Forest College\nBox M4\nLake Forest\, IL. 60045\ntuttle@lfc.edu\n847-735-5137 office\n847-735-6193 fax X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060621T144731Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220158Z DTSTAMP:20060621T144731Z UID:uuid1150901301315 SUMMARY:History of Capitalism in North America\, Graduate Student Conference at Harvard University PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061027 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061029 LOCATION:Harvard University\, Thompson Room\, Barker Center\, 12 Quincy Street\, Cambridge DESCRIPTION:History of Capitalism in North America\, Graduate Student Conference at Harvard University\n\nThis conference brings together graduate students and distinguished faculty in the field of American history who see capitalism as an important category of analysis and a topic for inquiry in its own right. Professor Richard White of Stanford University will deliver the keynote address. Five panels will present exciting new research and discuss central themes such as business and politics\, property relations\, legal regimes\, capital and entrepreneurship\, and ideological challenges to capitalism. With this conference\, we aim to help revitalize the study of capitalism by historically-minded scholars\, reflect on the present state of this subfield and its place within American history\, and delineate directions for future research.\n\nOctober 27-28\, 2006\nThompson Room\, Barker Center\, 12 Quincy Street\, Cambridge\n\nThe conference is free and open to the public\, but registration is strongly recommended. For further information and to register\, please visit our website at: www.fas.harvard.edu/polecon/conference X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060621T145522Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220158Z DTSTAMP:20060621T145522Z UID:uuid1150901810212 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: MRM Workshop: \"Between Society and the Market: Novel Approaches to the Business History of the Middle East\" PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060710 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060711 LOCATION:Florence\, Italy DESCRIPTION:European University Institute -- Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies\n\nMediterranean Research Meeting\nFlorence and Montecatini Terme 21-25 March 2007\n\nWorkshop 6: \"Between Society and the Market: Novel Approaches to the Business History of the Middle East\"\n\n\nThe organizers of the 6th workshop on the Business History of the Middle East have announced the call for papers for \"Between Society and the Market: Novel Approaches to the Business History of the Middle East.\" The workshop is part of the 8th Mediterranean Research Meeting to be held in Florence\, Italy from March 21-25 2007. For further details on the meeting see: http: //www.iue.it/RSCAS/Research/Mediterranean/mrm2007/Index.shtml\n\nFor inquiries on the workshop please write to Relli Shechter at: rellish@bgu.ac.il\n\nThe deadline for applications is July 10\, 2006.\n\nfor more information:\n\nRelli Shechter\, Ph.D.\nDepartment of Middle East Studies\nBen-Gurion University\nBeer-Sheva\, 84105\nIsrael X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060621T145809Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220159Z DTSTAMP:20060621T145809Z UID:uuid1150901966432 SUMMARY:Mediterranean Research Meeting\, Workshop 6: \"Between Society and the Market: Novel Approaches to the Business History of the Middle East\" PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070321 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070326 LOCATION:Florence\, Italy DESCRIPTION:European University Institute -- Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies\n\nMediterranean Research Meeting\nFlorence and Montecatini Terme 21-25 March 2007\n\nWorkshop 6: \"Between Society and the Market: Novel Approaches to the Business History of the Middle East\"\n\nFor further details on the meeting see: http: //www.iue.it/RSCAS/Research/Mediterranean/mrm2007/Index.shtml\n\nFor inquiries on the workshop please write to Relli Shechter at: rellish@bgu.ac.il X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060724T173325Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220159Z DTSTAMP:20060724T173325Z UID:uuid1153762450609 SUMMARY:Submission Deadline: Special Issue\, Business History Review PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061102 DESCRIPTION:Business History Review is putting together a special issue on the history of entrepreneurship in Latin America. We are seeking articles of about 10\,000 words in length that explore entrepreneurs\, entrepreneurial finance\, banking and entrepreneurship\, the financing of innovation\, and similar themes. We especially like articles that are comparative in nature (between countries or between industries) and that are broad in perspective\, rather than single company case studies. We would like all articles to be received by November 1\, 2006.\n\nIf you are interested\, and have not already done so\, please contact Walter Friedman (wfriedman@hbs.edu) or Aldo Musacchio (amusacchio@hbs.edu).\n\n\nWalter A. Friedman\nRock Center 104\nHarvard Business School\nBoston MA 02163\n\nwfriedman@hbs.edu\nTel: (617) 495-1003\nFax: (617) 495-0594 X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060724T173616Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220159Z DTSTAMP:20060724T173616Z UID:uuid1153762651942 SUMMARY:Application Deadline: Alfred D. Chandler\, Jr.\, International Visiting Scholar Fellowships PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060901 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060902 LOCATION:Harvard Business School DESCRIPTION:The Alfred D. Chandler\, Jr.\, International Visiting Scholars in Business History Program. Harvard Business School invites established scholars in business history\, based outside the United States\, to apply for this fellowship opportunity. The primary activities of Alfred D. Chandler\, Jr.\, International Visiting Scholars will be to interact with faculty and researchers\, present work at research seminars\, and conduct business history research. The program will encourage research concerned to relate historical reality to underlying economic theories of business development. Stipends associated with the program will be funded through the generosity of Alfred D. Chandler\, Jr.\, the Isidor Straus Professor of Business History\, Emeritus\, at Harvard Business School. Each year\, $14\,000 will be available to support two visiting scholars (at $7\,000 each). Alfred D. Chandler\, Jr.\, International Visiting Scholars will get office space\, an email account\, phone\, computer\, ID card\, and access to the University's libraries\, and the HBS Intranet. The program requires a two month minimum length of stay. Scholars may stay up to a maximum of six months. It is expected that the Scholars will be in residence at the School for the duration of their appointment and that they will be actively engaged in the intellectual life of the business history group. Applications for spring and fall 2007 fellowships should arrive no later than September 1\, 2006. Please send (by post or by email) a cover letter\, CV\, and a description of the research you would like to undertake to Professor Geoffrey Jones\, Baker Library 175\, Harvard Business School\, Soldiers Field\, Boston\, MA 02163\, USA. Email: gjones@hbs.edu. Two letters of reference should be sent separately. Grants will be announced by the end of October 2006. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060724T173758Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220159Z DTSTAMP:20060724T173758Z UID:uuid1153762727481 SUMMARY:Application Deadline: Harvard-Newcomen Postdoctoral Fellowship PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061001 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061002 LOCATION:Harvard Business School DESCRIPTION:Harvard-Newcomen Postdoctoral Fellowship. Harvard Business School and the Newcomen Society of the United States support a postdoctoral fellowship in business history for twelve months of residence and research at Harvard Business School. Fellowships normally run for the academic year\, July 1 to June 30\; the stipend is currently $46\,000 (US). The purpose of the award is to enable scholars who have received a Ph.D. in history\, economics\, or a related discipline within the past ten years to improve their professional acquaintance with business and economic history\, to increase their skills as they relate to this field\, and to engage in research that will benefit from the resources of the Harvard Business School and the Boston-area scholarly community. The successful applicant will participate in the school's business history courses\, seminars\, and case development activities. The application deadline is October 1\, 2006. For additional information\, write to Walter A. Friedman\, Rock Center 104\, Harvard Business School\, Boston\, MA 02163. Email wfriedman@hbs.edu. Applications can be downloaded and printed out by visiting the following Web Site:\n\nhttp://www.hbs.edu/businesshistory/fellowships.html. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060731T151838Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220159Z DTSTAMP:20060731T151838Z UID:uuid1154359187398 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: Second Conference of the Marie Curie Research Training Network\, \"Unifying the European Experience: Historical Lessons of Pan-European Development\" PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060728 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060729 LOCATION:Lunds Universitet\, Sweden DESCRIPTION:CALL FOR PAPERS - EXTENDED DEADLINE 28 JULY 2006\nSecond Conference of the Marie Curie Research Training Network\n\"Unifying the European Experience: Historical Lessons of Pan-European Development\"\n\nEuropean Growth and Integration since the Mid-Nineteenth Century\nLunds Universitet\, Sweden\n13-15 October\, 2006\n\nSupported by\nFP6 Marie Curie Economic History RTN (Contract no. MRTN-CT-2004-512439)\n\n\nI am writing to invite you to submit a paper proposal or to express your interest in attending the second annual conference of the Economic History Research Training Network\, on the theme \"European Growth and Integration since the Mid-Nineteenth Century\"\, which will take place at the Lunds Universitet\, 13-15 October 2006. The event will be organised by Stephen Broadberry (University of Warwick and CEPR)\, Kevin O'Rourke (Trinity College\, Dublin and CEPR) and Lennart Sch=F6n (Lunds Universitet).\n\nThe network will contribute to the development of a truly European economic history profession\, by analysing the economic development of Europe as a whole. The network will collect pan-European data for two time-scales\, the long run (i.e. the past 150 years)\, and the very long run (i.e. the past 1000 years). It will use up-to-date economic techniques\, both theoretical and econometric\, to analyse these data and provide accounts of European growth\, European economic integration\, and the changing nature of Europe's economic relationships with the rest of the world\, in the long run and very long run.\n\nWe would like to encourage submissions on the following research themes:\n\nEuropean Growth from the Mid-Nineteenth Century A central theme of the network is the analysis of growth since the mid-nineteenth century using both growth accounting and econometric modelling. Papers are sought on both the aggregate European experience and on comparative experience within Europe. As well as papers on aggregate growth\, papers which examine particular sectors such as agriculture\, industry and services\, will also be welcomed.\n\nThe History of European Integration\nOne of the most pressing issues in the development of a pan-European history is the question of the gradual integration of the European economy: when did it start to make sense to speak of a European economy\, rather than a series of national\, or even regional economies? The answer may vary depending on the type of economic activity being considered\, since trade for certain goods developed much earlier and more fully than for others. The timing of integration may also depend on whether commodity trade or the movement of factors of production is being considered\, with commodity markets integrating more easily than labour markets\, for example. Papers on integration of product and factor markets are envisaged. In addition\, papers on the dynamics of integration and disintegration\, and the importance of institutions will be particularly welcomed.\n\nTravel and accommodation expenses will be covered for all members of the Economic History Research Training Network\, according to the usual CEPR travel guidelines. However\, if you could contribute to the costs of your attendance from a research grant at your disposal this would free up space for someone else. Please indicate on your reply whether you will be able to cover your own travel costs\, or whether you will require funding from CEPR. Note that it will not be possible to accept all applications to attend this conference and that EC RTN regulations imply that we have only a very limited ability to fund non-European based participants. I would thus like you to confirm your interest in attending the meeting at this stage.\n\nLeaders of RTN teams should forward this message to others at their institution working on this project\, and particularly young researchers employed by the network.\n\nTo respond\, please visit http: //www.cepr.org/YourProfile/Meetings and indicate whether or not you wish to present a paper or would be willing to act as a discussant. The deadline for replies is 18:00 on 28 July 2006. You may also like to read our Guidelines on how to register online for CEPR Meetings at http: //www.cepr.org/meets/emo/Guidelines.htm.\n\nIf you have any difficulties registering for this meeting\, please contact Nadine Clarke\, Meetings Assistant\, at nclarke@cepr.org or +44 20 7878=20 2908.\n\n\nThe Scientific Committee\n\n--\n\nAlan M. Taylor\, Professor of Economics\nUniversity of California\, Davis\nhttp: //www.econ.ucdavis.edu/faculty/amtaylor/ X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060731T152209Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220159Z DTSTAMP:20060731T152209Z UID:uuid1154359893345 SUMMARY:2006 CHORD Conference: Retail Trading in Britain PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060920 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060921 LOCATION:University of Wolverhampton\, UK DESCRIPTION:2006 CHORD Conference\nRETAIL TRADING IN BRITAIN\n20 September 2006\nUniversity of Wolverhampton\, UK\n\nHalf a century since the publication of J.B. Jeffery's classic study 'Retail Trading in Britain\, 1850-1950\,' CHORD (the Centre for the History of Retailing and Distribution) invites participants to a one-day conference to explore Jeffery's legacy and discuss new approaches to the history of the British retail trade.\n\nThe programme\, abstracts and registration forms can be found at: http://home.wlv.ac.uk/~in6086/2006conf.html\n\nSessions include: \n\nCooperation\nDepartment Stores\nRetail Innovations\nShops and Shopping\nSpecialist Retailers\nRetailing and Class\nCommercial Influences and Pressures\n\nThe conference fee is =A3 34. Students/unwaged =A3 25. For more information\, see http: //home.wlv.ac.uk/~in6086/2006conf.html\n\nor contact:\n\nDr. Laura Ugolini\nSenior Research Fellow\nCentre for the History of Retailing and Distribution (CHORD)\n\nPostal address:\nHAGRI/HLSS\nMC 233\nMillennium City Building\nUniversity of Wolverhampton\nWolverhampton\nWV1 1SB\n\nE-mail: l.ugolini@wlv.ac.uk X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060802T154840Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220159Z DTSTAMP:20060802T154840Z UID:uuid1154533823336 SUMMARY:Banking & Monetary History: Hong Kong's Current Challenges in Historical Perspective PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070416 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070418 LOCATION:Hong Kong Monetary Authority DESCRIPTION:Banking & Monetary History: Hong Kong's Current Challenges in Historical Perspective\n\nHong Kong Institute for Monetary Research\nHong Kong Monetary Authority\n\n16-17 April 2007\n\nThe resumption of Chinese sovereignty in 1997 has been followed by major changes in Hong Kong's financial relations with the Mainland economy\, encouraged by the modernisation and liberalisation of the Mainland's own financial institutions. This period has also witnessed considerable changes in Hong Kong's relations with the financial systems of the Asian region and with international financial markets. Major challenges for the future include management of the exchange rate as the RMB's role expands and Asian exchange rate policies evolve\; implementation of Basle II\; and the regulator's response to the growing complexity and integration of international financial markets and their products. Greater awareness of historical developments in Hong Kong will help to clarify the factors which have shaped current policies and practices.\n\nThis congress will bring together scholars from Hong Kong and the international academic community to discuss the historical context of:\n\n* Banking Industry and Supervision\n* Banking and Other Financial Relations with the Chinese Mainland\n* The Exchange Fund: its Role and Management\n* Exchange Rate Policy/Monetary Policy\n* Development of the Monetary System\n* Hong Kong as an International Financial Centre\n\nFor more information: \n\nProfessor Catherine R. Schenk\nProfessor of International Economic History\nDepartment of Economic and Social History\nUniversity of Glasgow\nLilybank House\nBute Gardens\nGlasgow G12 8RT\nScotland\n0141-330-6616\nfax: 0141-330-4889\nc.schenk@socsci.gla.ac.uk X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060823T154059Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220159Z DTSTAMP:20060823T154059Z UID:uuid1156347721047 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: 2007 Economic & Business Historical Society Conference PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070107 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070108 LOCATION:Providence\, Rhode Island DESCRIPTION:2007 Economic & Business Historical Society Conference\, Providence\,\nRhode Island\, April 26-28\, 2007\n\nCall For Papers\n\nThe Economic & Business Historical Society welcomes proposals for\npresentations on all aspects of business and economic history at its\n32nd annual conference at Providence\, Rhode Island\, April 26-28\, 2007. \nComposed of more than one hundred North American and international\nmembers\, the Economic & Business Historical Society offers its members\nand conference participants an opportunity for intellectual interchange\nwithin a collegial interdisciplinary group. The Society holds its\nannual convention in locations of historical significance. Both the\nannual membership ($30) and conference registration fees are modest. \nPapers presented at the conference may be submitted for publication in\nthe Society's peer reviewed journal\, Essays in Economic and Business\nHistory\, edited by Lynne Pierson Doti\, Chapman University. \n\nThe Society seeks proposals for both individual papers and panel\nsessions. Proposals for individual papers should include an abstract of\nno more than 500 words\, a brief CV\, postal and email addresses\, and\ntelephone and fax numbers. Panel proposals should also suggest a title\nand a panel chair. Graduate students and non-academic affiliates are\nwelcome. Graduate students may qualify for reduced registration fees.\nSubmissions imply that at least one author will register for the\nconference and be present at the time designated in the conference\nprogram. \n\nThe deadline for submission is January 7th\, 2007.\n\nProposals may be submitted by email to roberto.mazzoleni@hofstra.edu or\nsent by mail to:\n\nRoberto Mazzoleni\n2007 EBHS Conference \nDepartment of Economics & Geography\n200 Barnard Hall\nHofstra University\nHempstead\, NY 11549\n\nAdditional information regarding the conference and Society can be found\nat: http://www.ebhsoc.org X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060823T154223Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220159Z DTSTAMP:20060823T154223Z UID:uuid1156347870236 SUMMARY:2007 Economic & Business Historical Society Conference PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070426 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070429 LOCATION:Providence\, Rhode Island DESCRIPTION:2007 Economic & Business Historical Society Conference\, Providence\,\nRhode Island\, April 26-28\, 2007\n\nFor complete information on the conference\, please visit the conference web site: \nhttp://www.ebhsoc.org\n\nOr contact:\n\nRoberto Mazzoleni\n2007 EBHS Conference \nDepartment of Economics & Geography\n200 Barnard Hall\nHofstra University\nHempstead\, NY 11549\n X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060825T164856Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220159Z DTSTAMP:20060825T164856Z UID:uuid1156524602548 SUMMARY:International Conference on \"Long-Term Perspectives on Business\, Finance and Institutions: What Can We Learn from the Past?\" PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061019 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061021 LOCATION:University of Antwerp\, Belgium DESCRIPTION:International Conference on\n\"Long-Term Perspectives on Business\, Finance and Institutions: What Can We Learn from the Past?\"\nOctober 19-20\, 2006 University of Antwerp\, Belgium\n\nOrganizers: the Studiecentrum Onderneming en Beurs - SCOB and the Centrum voor Bedrijfsgeschiedenis of the University of Antwerp\, Belgium\n\nFocus: The objective of this conference is to bring together recent economic and historical research that investigates the development of business and finance over the past centuries\, how it interacted with legal\, economic and political institutions\, and the impact on economic performance. Researchers from around the world will gather at the University of Antwerp to discuss papers that investigate different aspects of accounting\, business\, corporate governance\, finance and economic performance from a historical perspective.\n\nKeynote Speakers: \n\nYoussef Cassis\, Université de Genève\, Switzerland\n\"The rise and decline of international financial centres\, 1780-2006\"\n\nElroy Dimson\, London Business School\, UK\n\"20th century global stock market history\"\n\nRanald Michie\, University of Durham\, UK\n\"Stock exchanges and economic performance in the 19th and 20th centuries\"\n\nGregory Waymire\, Emory University Atlanta - Georgia\, USA\n\"Accounting as an evolved institution\"\n\nFurther Information:\n\nFurther information on the program\, organizers\, registration\, venue and accommodation can be found on the conference website: http: //www.ua.ac.be/longtermperspectives.\n\nOr contact:\n\nProf. Dr. Marc Deloof (Chairman Organizing Committee)\, Department of Accounting and Finance\, University of Antwerp\, Tel: +32-3-220 41 69\, Fax: +32-3-220 40 64\, E-mail: marc.deloof@ua.ac.be\n\nEsmaralda Aerts (Conference Secretary)\, Department of Accounting and Finance\, University of Antwerp\, Tel: +32-3-220 44 03\, Fax: +32-3-220 40 64\, E-mail: esmeralda.aerts@ua.ac.be X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060825T165130Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220159Z DTSTAMP:20060825T165130Z UID:uuid1156524805009 SUMMARY:Application Deadline: Program in Early American Economy and Society Fellowships PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061102 LOCATION:The Library Company of Philadelphia\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania DESCRIPTION:The Program in Early American Economy and Society at the Library Company of Philadelphia invites fellowship applications in three different categories:\n\n\n* Long-term post-doctoral fellowships /for September 1\, 2007 - May 31\, 2008 will carry a stipend of $40\,000 for a full year of research in the collections of the Philadelphia region\, or $20\,000 for a half-year fellowship during the term September 1\, 2007 to January 15\, 2008\, or January 15 to May 31\, 2008.\n\n* A dissertation-level fellowship/ carries a stipend of $18\,000* *for the full year or two half-year fellowships of $9\,000 each\, during the same terms as the post-doctoral awards.\n\n* Short term fellowships/ carry a stipend of $1\,800 for a month of resident research during any month from June 2007 through May 2008\, and are open to scholars at any level.\n\nThese fellowships are designed to promote scholarship on the origins and development of the early American economy\, broadly conceived\, to roughly 1850. They provide scholars the opportunity to use the extensive printed and manuscript collections related to the history of commerce\, finance\, technology\, manufacturing\, agriculture\, internal improvements\, economic policy-making\, and other topics that are held by the Library Company and numerous other institutions in its vicinity.\n\nThe deadline for receipt of post-doctoral fellowship applications is November 1\, 2006\, with a decision to be made by December 15. The deadline for receipt of one-month and dissertation-level fellowship applications is March 1\, 2007\, with a decision to be made by March 31.\n\nTo learn more about the fellowships\, and requirements for applying\, please visit the PEAES website at www.librarycompany.org or contact Cathy Matson\, Program Director\, at cmatson@udel.edu\n X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060911T144105Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220159Z DTSTAMP:20060911T144105Z UID:uuid1157985743316 SUMMARY:XVth World Economic History Congress PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090803 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090808 LOCATION:Utrecht\, The Netherlands DESCRIPTION:For full information\, please visit the Congress web site: \n\nhttp://www.wehc2009.org X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060912T134722Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220159Z DTSTAMP:20060912T134722Z UID:uuid1158068975479 SUMMARY:Application Deadline: Executive Director and Newsletter Editor positions\, The Cliometric Society PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060930 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061001 DESCRIPTION:The Cliometrics Society may not be the Marine Corps\, but nevertheless it is looking for a few good people. More accurately\, it is looking for two good people to take over the two administrative positions of the organization: Executive Director and Newsletter Editor.\n\nROOM AT THE TOP\n\nHere is your chance to start at the top\, break through the glass ceiling. Lee Craig is stepping down at the end of his current term so the Society is looking for his replacement.\n\nThe Executive Director in short runs the organization! He or she sets the agenda for the Board meetings and chairs the Board meeting\, manages the finances of the Society\, represents the Society to other scholarly organizations and the public\, assists in putting together the Cliometric Conferences and World Congresses\, and the Cliometric sessions at the ASSA meetings. \n\nWIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE\n\nIf you are not ready to start at the top\, and would like to express your editorial\, literary or artistic side\, then we have a deal for you. Mike Haupert is stepping down as Newsletter Editor\, so we are looking for someone to succeed him. This might seem to be a daunting task in light of the great job Mike has done to expand and improve the newsletter in numerous ways. But\, his innovativeness has also set precedent and really serves to open up the possibilities for his successor. You would have the opportunity to put your own mark on the newsletter - of course\, within bounds set by the Board.\n\nWHY STEP INTO THE BREACH\n\nWhy\, you ask\, would anyone want to be the Executive Director or the Editor of the Newsletter? \n\nFirst of all\, there is the satisfaction that comes from serving the profession and assuring that the Society remains viable\, that it serves its members as well as possible\, and fosters the development of the next generation of cliometricians. Pretty heady stuff\, right?\n\nSecond\, there are the more tangible rewards. In both cases\, you get to add another entry to your vita\, and you get a small budget to hire some assistant\, which will endear you to your chair or dean\, depending of course on whom you hire. You would be almost certain to be invited to the annual meetings of the cliometricians. Finally\, the Executive Director gets a modest travel budget. Its use may be restricted to travel to Cliometrics related meetings\, but what the heck - where else do you want to go?\n\nIf you are interested in either - or both - of these positions please contact Tom Weiss via email at t-weiss@ku.edu. And\, if you are not interested\, please feel free to suggest possible candidates. The initial deadline for applications is Sept. 30. After that date\, applications will be accepted until the position is filled. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060913T150754Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220159Z DTSTAMP:20060913T150754Z UID:uuid1158160227471 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: Eleventh Conference of the European Business History Association PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070115 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070116 LOCATION:University of Geneva DESCRIPTION:The department of economic history of the University of Geneva invites you to submit proposals for papers or panels exploring the relationship between international business\, international organizations and the wealth of nations in a historical perspective.\n\nThe choice of Geneva\, the home of several international organizations\, as the venue for the 2007 conference offers the opportunity to pay closer attention to the history of what might be called the international institutions of business activity.\n\nInternational organizations have shaped international business activities ever since merchants have traded outside their home country –one thinks\, for example\, of the medieval trade fairs\, with those held in Geneva in the 15th century being among the most attended of their day. Throughout the 19th century\, international cooperation and competition made ample use of international trade fairs\, international exhibitions\, international conferences\, international cartels\, as well as more permanent type of associations\, such as the International Telegraph Union\, set up in 1865\, or the Universal Postal Union\, established in 1874 in Bern.\n\nThe First and even more the Second World War led to increased state intervention and its international corollary\, the rise of government agencies which\, directly or indirectly\, affected the course of international business –from the Economic and Financial Organization of the League of Nations to the WTO (World Trade Organization) and the other multiple Programmes\, Commissions\, Organizations and Specialized Agencies of the United Nations (ILO\, FAO\, WHO\, ITU\, World Bank)\, as well as regional interstate agreements (ECSC\, EEC and then EU in Europe\, Nafta in North America\, Mercosur in Latin America)\; to which must be added non government international movements such as ISO (International Organization for Standardization)\, or the World Economic Forum in Davos\, but also its antithesis\, the World Social Forum\, or even ATTAC\, not to mention a myriad of both pro and anti business NGOs\, which haven’t left the business world indifferent.\n\nWhile welcoming papers on all aspects of international business (exports and imports\, foreign direct investment\, foreign correspondents and so on) in all sectors (natural resources\, manufacturing industry\, trade\, shipping\, banking and finance\, and other services)\, this conference would like to encourage participants to look more closely at the links between international business activities\, their mediation through international organizations\, and the wealth of nations.\nSuggested Issues:\n\nThe following issues can serve as a guideline in this reflection:\n\n * Globalization and de-globalization\n o International organizations and the opening up of the world to business.\n o International organizations\, business enterprises and economic nationalism.\n o War and peace\, international business and international organizations.\n o Foreign aid\, firms and economic development.\n * Rules\, norms and conventions\n o Rules\, norms and the conduct of international business.\n o Public and private international organizations.\n o Norms\, conventions and innovation.\n o Legal and illegal practices.\n * Opportunities and constraints\n o International arrangements and business strategy.\n o Markets\, institutions and entrepreneurship.\n o Competition and cooperation worldwide.\n o Perceptions and attitudes.\n * National\, regional and international interactions.\n o Nations\, firms and international organizations.\n o The role of supra-regional organizations.\n o International business and international migrations.\n o International events (fairs\, exhibitions\, conferences\, sport\, etc.).\n\nAlthough priority will be given to papers embracing this theme and closely related topics it is normal practice for EBHA conferences to include some papers outside the theme of the conference.\nSubmission of Abstracts:\n\nThose interested in presenting a paper should prepare a one-page abstract. Proposals for panels should contain the abstracts of the individual papers as well as a short summary explaining the rationale of putting these together in one panel. Suggestions for chairs and discussants of the panel will also be welcomed. Please e-mail your abstracts or panel proposals till January 15\, 2007 to Gilles Forster or Ileana Racianu\, email ebha2007@histec.unige.ch . All proposals will be evaluated by an academic committee. Decisions will be announced by e-mail before February 28th 2007. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060913T151049Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220159Z DTSTAMP:20060913T151049Z UID:uuid1158160309773 SUMMARY:Eleventh Conference of the European Business History Association PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070913 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070916 LOCATION:University of Geneva DESCRIPTION:For full details on the conference\, please visit the conference web site:\n\nhttp://www.unige.ch/ses/istec/EBHA2007/ X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060918T134234Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220159Z DTSTAMP:20060918T134234Z UID:uuid1158587562502 SUMMARY:PEAES Seminar PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061013 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061014 LOCATION:Library Company of Philadelphia\, 1314 Locust Street\, Philadelphia\, PA DESCRIPTION:The Program in Early American Economy and Society and the McNeil Center for Early American Studies together invite you to the next jointly sponsored seminar.\n\nJessica Lepler\, PEAES Dissertation Fellow\n\n\"In the Name of the Merchants of New York and the People of the United States\": Harnessing the Power of the Panic of 1837\n\nFriday\, October 13\, 2006\nfrom 3 to 6 p.m.\, with reception following at the Library Company of Philadelphia\, 1314 Locust Street\, Philadelphia\n\nAs individual Americans panicked over the uncertainties of their financial futures in the wake of enormous commercial failures\, New York's elite business community harnessed the power of the Panic of 1837 for their own purposes. As part of a larger research project that redefines the panic while employing a narrative structure and microhistorical methodology\, this paper traces the way these confidence brokers\, men who traded financial information for profit or power\, used the panic as a means to shore up their status as local leaders\, to assert New York's place as the nation's financial capital\, and to continue the battle over political economy between Jacksonian Democrats and Whigs. After a brief discussion of the panic within the New York community\, this paper looks at the two national figures - Nicholas Biddle and Martin Van Buren - from whom the community sought both a revival of confidence and a worthy scapegoat.\n\nThe paper will be posted on the PEAES website: http://www.librarycompany.org/Economics). Everyone coming to the seminar should read the paper beforehand\, and then join us for a lively discussion about the author's findings and arguments.\n\nFor more information\, please e-mail Cathy Matson\, PEAES Director\, at \, or visit the PEAES website at http: //www.librarycompany.org/Economics\n X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060918T135534Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220159Z DTSTAMP:20060918T135534Z UID:uuid1158587850842 SUMMARY:Application Deadline: Postdoctoral Fellowships\, University of London PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061012 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061013 LOCATION:University of London\, School of Advanced Study DESCRIPTION:UNIVERSITY OF LONDON\nSCHOOL OF ADVANCED STUDY\n\nINSTITUTE OF ENGLISH STUDIES\n\nResearch Fellowships\nTHE HISTORY OF OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS\n£27\,767 pa inclusive of London Weighting\n\nWe are looking for two historians with completed PhDs to undertake two separate but related projects on the history of OUP. These\, the first of a series of postdoctoral fellowships dedicated to writing the History\, are a cooperative venture between the University of London and OUP. The successful candidates will work under the direction of Professor Simon Eliot\, the General Editor.\n\n3-Year Postdoctoral Fellowship Ref: 077/06-WWW\n\nThe fellow will be an economic or business historian with experience of working on a period between the 18th and 20th centuries. His or her role will be to provide an analysis of the economic history of OUP from the 18th century to the present day using materials from OUP and related archives. Apart from the three years of research\, it is expected that the fellow will make significant written contributions to all four volumes of the History\, which are to be published in 2012-13. The appointment will commence as soon as possible and will be based in the Institute of English Studies\, School of Advanced Study\, University of London\, but with considerable time spent in the Press's Oxford archive.\n\n1-Year Postdoctoral Fellowship Ref: 078/06-WWW\n\nThe fellow will have some expertise in publishing history\, or have experience of dealing with publishers' archives\, which will enable him or her to research and help write the history of the North American branches of OUP in the late 19th and 20th centuries. The majority of the fellow's time will be spent on the New York archives. Apart from the year's research\, it is expected that the fellow will make important written contributions to Volumes III and IV of the History. The appointment will commence as soon as possible and will be linked to the Institute of English Studies\, School of Advanced Study\, University of London. The successful candidate might be based in or near New York\, or have a pre-existing right to work in the USA. Alternatively\, he or she might be UK-based. In either case there would be some funding available for travel across the Atlantic.\n\nFor further information about the roles (including details of the method of application)\, please visit http: //www.london.ac.uk/104.html\n\nAlternatively\, in the event that you experience difficulty\, please email: ulrecruit@london.ac.uk or telephone 020 7862 8100 (dedicated 24hr answerphone) for an application pack\, quoting the appropriate reference.\n\nThe closing date for receipt of completed applications is 5:30 p.m. on Thursday\, 12 October 2006.\n\nPursuing equal opportunities and excellence in education. A no smoking policy is in operation.\n\n---------------------------\n\nDr Ian Gadd\nSchool of English & Creative Studies\nBath Spa University\nNewton Park\nBath BA2 9BN\ni.gadd@bathspa.ac.uk / 01225-875455\n(alternative e-mail: gadd_academic@yahoo.co.uk) X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060920T143022Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220159Z DTSTAMP:20060920T143022Z UID:uuid1158762672053 SUMMARY:2007 Economic History Association Meetings PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070906 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070910 LOCATION:Austin\, Texas DESCRIPTION:The 2007 Economic History Association Meetings The Austin Marriott at the Capitol\, Austin\, TX September 6-9\, 2007 Paul M. Hohenberg\, President \nSpace and Place in Economic History\n\nEconomists 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…).\n\nFor further information\, check www.ehameeting.com or contact Meetings Coordinator Carolyn Tuttle at tuttle@lfc.edu. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060929T203301Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220159Z DTSTAMP:20060929T203301Z UID:uuid1159562029448 SUMMARY:Call for Application Deadline: Arthur H. Cole Grants in Aid PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070401 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070402 DESCRIPTION:Arthur H. Cole Grants in Aid: \nThe Committee on Research in Economic History awards Arthur H. Cole grants-in-aid to support research in economic history\, regardless of time period or geographic area. Awards typically are in amounts up to $2\,500\, although higher amounts may be awarded in exceptional cases. Send applications by email to Professor Susan Wolcott\, chair\, Committee on Research in Economic History at swolcott@binghampton.edu. The application should include a front cover page\, giving the name of the individual\, home address\, institutional affiliation\, social security number\, and all contact information. The main body of the proposal should be no longer than five single- spaced pages\, inclusive of any footnotes\, tables\, and bibliography. It should describe the project\, and explain specifically how the grant will facilitate completion of the research. A curriculum vita and a project budget should be appended. Applicants must be members of the Association and must hold the Ph.D. degree. Preference is given to recent Ph.D. recipients. \nDeadline for applications: April 1\, 2007. Awards announced by May 15\, 2007. \n X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060929T222913Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220159Z DTSTAMP:20060929T222913Z UID:uuid1159569064087 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: 2007 Economic History Association Meetings PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070131 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070201 LOCATION:Austin Marriott at the Capitol\, Austin\, Texas DESCRIPTION:\n\nCALL FOR PAPERS\n\nThe 2007 Economic History Association Meetings\nThe Austin Marriott at the Capitol\, Austin\, TX\nSeptember 6-9\, 2007\nPaul M. Hohenberg\, President\nSpace and Place in Economic History\n\nThe 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.\n\nEconomists 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…).\n\nThe 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.\n\nThe 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.\n\nGraduate 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.\n\nSome points to keep in mind in submitting proposals: \n\n * 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.\n * Submissions for entire sessions should include no more than three papers.\n * The Committee will determine which papers will be included in accepted sessions and may mix and match proposed sessions and papers.\n * 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.\n\n X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060929T224728Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220159Z DTSTAMP:20060929T224728Z UID:uuid1159570084050 SUMMARY:Application Deadline: EHA Meetings Coordinator PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061102 DESCRIPTION:Meetings Coordinator - Economic History Association\n\nThe Economic History Association invites nominations or applications for the position of Meetings Coordinator. Carolyn Tuttle will be stepping down at the conclusion of the Austin meetings in September of 2007\, and we want to identify a successor in time to allow training/transfer of knowledge during that meeting and the summer immediately preceding. The Meetings Coordinator has a broad range of responsibilities\, including negotiating the terms and locations of future meeting sites\, handling the details of on site and on line registration\, and in general working closely with the Executive Director\, Program Committee Chair\, Local Arrangements Committee Chair\, President\, President elect\, and President elect designate to insure that our annual meetings run smoothly and productively. The Association can provide the Meetings Coordinator with an annual stipend of up to $12\,000.\n\nThese funds can be used as a summer stipend\, or\, if your university is amenable\, for released teaching time. The Association can also provide funds for a part time assistant\, typically an undergraduate or graduate student\, and will cover travel and hotel expense at the Annual Meeting for both the Coordinator and the assistant. Most of the Meeting Coordinator's work is concentrated in the summer months prior to our meeting in September\, although there is travel (also paid)\, typically in January\, to scout out future meeting sites. Appointment\, per the EHA bylaws\, is for a period of 3 to 5 years. Nominations or Applications can be made to the EHA Committee on Administration\, Naomi Lamoreaux (Chair). Other members of the committee include Jeremy Atack and David Weiman and (ex officio) Alex Field and Paul Hohenberg. Please contact Naomi Lamoreaux (lamoreaux@econ.ucla.edu) or Alex Field (afield@scu.edu) if you have any questions about the position.\n\nOur preference is to appoint a member of our association or at a minimum someone who has worked with scholars and is familiar with our objectives and intellectual culture. Experience organizing academic events is a plus. To apply\, please send an email indicating your interest to Naomi Lamoreaux. If you are not well known to committee members\, include whatever additional information you think might be helpful in evaluating your interest. If the committee needs additional information\, we will be back in touch with you.\n\nDEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS OR NOMINATIONS: NOVEMBER 1\, 2006 X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060930T004551Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220159Z DTSTAMP:20060930T004551Z UID:uuid1159577207004 SUMMARY:Nomination Deadline: Jonathan Hughes Prize PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070301 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070302 DESCRIPTION:The Committee on Education of the Economic History Association invites nominations for the fourteenth annual Jonathan Hughes Prize for Excellence in Teaching Economic History. Letters of nomination should state what qualities of excellence the candidate's teaching of economic history has embodied. The strength of the nominating letter will be the primary basis for selecting the pool of finalists for the prize. After arriving at a short list of finalists\, the committee will gather further supporting information. Anyone is eligible to write a letter of nomination. \nLetters of nomination should be received by 1 March 2007 and should be sent to: \nProfessor Josh Rosenbloom\nDepartment of Economics\nUniversity of Kansas\nSummerfield Hall\nLawrence\, KS 66045-2113\nemail: jrosenbloom@ku.edu \nOther members of the committee are: \nProfessor Dan Bogart\nDepartment of Economics\nUniversity of California\, Irvine\nIrvine\, CA 92697-5100\nemail: dbogart@uci.edu \nProfessor Juliette Levy\nDepartment of History\nHMNSS 5501\nUniversity of California\nRiverside\, CA 92521\nEmail: juliette.levy@ucr.edu\n X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060930T005324Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220159Z DTSTAMP:20060930T005324Z UID:uuid1159577641988 SUMMARY:Submission Deadline: Nevins Prize in American Economic History PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070601 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070602 DESCRIPTION:Nevins Prize in American Economic History\nDEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: June 1\, 2007\n\nThe Allen Nevins Prize in American Economic History is awarded annually by the Economic History Association on behalf of Columbia University Press for the best dissertation in U.S. or Canadian economic history completed during the previous year. The 2007 prize will be awarded at the Economic History Association's annual meeting in Austin Texas in September 2007.\n\nPlease send submitted dissertations to:\n\nProfessor Carolyn Moehling\nDepartment of Economics\n106A New Jersey Hall\nRutgers University\nNew Brunswich\, NJ 08903-5055\nemail: cmoehling@econ.rutgers.edu X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060930T011022Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220159Z DTSTAMP:20060930T011022Z UID:uuid1159578658996 SUMMARY:Nomination Deadline: Alice Hanson Jones Prize PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080301 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080302 DESCRIPTION:Alice Hanson Jones Prize\nDEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: March 1\, 2008\n\nThe Alice Hanson Jones Prize for an outstanding book in North American (including Caribbean) economic history will be presented at the Association's annual meeting in New Haven in September of 2008. This $1\,200 prize is awarded biennially and alternates with the Gyorgi Ranki Prize for a book in European economic history. Eligibility and Nominations: Only books published in English during 2006 or 2007 are eligible for the 2008 prize. The author need not be a member of the Association. Authors\, publishers\, or anyone else may nominate books. Authors or publishers should send a copy of the book\, plus a curriculum vitae of the author(s)\, with current information on addresses and telephone numbers\, to each member of the committee. Information on additional members of the committee will be posted by December 2007.\n\nSelection Committee\nProfessor Shawn Kantor (chair)\nSSHA\nUniversity of California\, Merced\nP.O. Box 2039\nMerced\, CA 95344\nEmail: skantor@ucmerced.edu\n\nProfessor Naomi Lamoreaux\nDepartment of History\n405 Hilgard Ave\nUniversity of California\, Los Angeles\nLos Angeles\, CA 90095-1473\nEmail: lamoreaux@econ.ucla.edu\n\nProfessor Howard Bodenhorn\nDepartment of Economics and Business\nLafayette College\nEaston\, PA 18042-1776\nEmail: bodenhoh@lafayette.edu X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20060930T011531Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220159Z DTSTAMP:20060930T011531Z UID:uuid1159578976795 SUMMARY:Submission Deadline: Alexander Gerschenkron Prize in Economic History PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070601 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070602 DESCRIPTION:Alexander Gerschenkron Prize in Economic History\nDEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: June 1\, 2007\n\nThe Alexander Gerschenkron Prize in Economic History is awarded annually by the Economic History Association for the best dissertation in the economic history of an area outside of the United States or Canada completed during the previous year. The 2007 prize will be awarded at the Economic History Association's annual meeting in Austin Texas in September 2007.\n\nPlease send submitted dissertations to:\nProfessor Joyce Burnette\nDepartment of Economics\nWabash College\nCrawfordsville\, IN 47933\nemail: burnettj@wabash.edu X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20061002T142004Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220159Z DTSTAMP:20061002T142004Z UID:uuid1159798890202 SUMMARY:Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics Conference PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070628 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070701 LOCATION:Copenhagen\, Denmark DESCRIPTION:SASE 2007\nChanging Political Economies: Macro Trends and Micro Experiments\n19th Annual Meeting on Socio-Economics\nCBS\, International Center for Business and Politics\nCopenhagen\, Denmark\, June 28-30\, 2007\n\n\nIn economic and political debates\, it is widely assumed that in the last\n25-30 years major changes have occurred in the political economies of\nthe second postwar settlement. It is also assumed that these changes can\nlargely be understood as a process of liberalization designed to\nstrengthen the role of the market in governing economic activity in the\nface of a number of general trends challenging the previous order.\nOpinions diverge\, however\, as to the characteristics and dynamics of the\noverall process. Against popular convergence theories\, empirical\nresearch apparently indicates that\, beneath the surface of similar major\ndiscontinuities at the macro level\, the directions and the results of\nchange can differ even dramatically at lower levels\, where more or less\npurposive experiments and unexpected but inventive reactions may take\nplace. The innovative role sometimes taken on by local governments and\nlocal-level actors in promoting original labor-market and industrial\npolicies\, or the multiform initiatives\, often at territorial level\,\naimed at reconfiguring the employment relations and/or revitalizing the\nrole of the trade unions\, are but examples of these experimental\nattempts at readjustment and innovation. The outcomes are contrasting\nprocesses of change\, exhibiting divergent developments at the macro and\nmicro levels\, which still need to be satisfactorily investigated and\ninterpreted. The conference will focus on the social and economic\ntransformations occurring at various levels\, with particular attention\nto the interplay between these levels and to the distinct processes of\nchange that may derive from it.\n\nFor more information: \n\nLeonard Seabrooke\nAssociate Professor\nInternational Center for Business and Politics\nCopenhagen Business School\nSteen Blichers Vej 22\n2000 Frederiksberg\nDenmark\nT: + 45 3815 3591\nF: + 45 3815 3555\nE: ls.cbp@cbs.dk\nW: http://uk.cbs.dk/cbp/ X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20061002T142456Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220159Z DTSTAMP:20061002T142456Z UID:uuid1159799166586 SUMMARY:Technological Innovation and the Cold War PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070309 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070311 LOCATION:Hagley Museum and Library\, Wilmington Delaware DESCRIPTION:The Center for the History of Business\, Technology\, and Society invites papers for a symposium on Technological Innovation and the Cold War on Friday\, March 9-10\, 2007 at the Hagley Museum and Library in Wilmington\, Delaware. The conference's principal question is the impact of Cold War era military innovations on postwar American economic growth. Papers could consider the transition from military to commercial applications of technological initiatives in\, for example\, aerospace\, communications\, material science\, propulsion\, instrumentation\, or computing. Failure or long delays in transferring technologies are of special interest. Given the state's central role in military procurement\, papers must consider the relationships between corporations or research institutes\, and state agencies in the design and development of new technologies. An opening plenary with Philip Scranton (Rutgers University and Hagley Library)\, David Edgerton (Imperial College) and John Krige (Georgia Institute of Technology) will establish the theoretical and conceptual foundations for understanding this important subject in the U.S.\, Great Britain\, and continental Europe.\n\nFor more information:\n\nCarol Lockman\, Hagley Museum and Library\, PO Box 3630\, Wilmington DE 19807\, 302-658-2400\, ext. 243\; 302-655-3188 (fax)\; clockman@Hagley.org X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20061002T142626Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220159Z DTSTAMP:20061002T142626Z UID:uuid1159799230426 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: Technological Innovation and the Cold War PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061030 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061031 LOCATION:Hagley Museum and Library\, Wilmington Delaware DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers: TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AND THE COLD WAR\n\nMarch 9-10\, 2007\n\nHagley Museum and Library\, Wilmington Delaware\n\n\nThe Center for the History of Business\, Technology\, and Society invites papers for a symposium on Technological Innovation and the Cold War on Friday\, March 9-10\, 2007 at the Hagley Museum and Library in Wilmington\, Delaware. The conference's principal question is the impact of Cold War era military innovations on postwar American economic growth. Papers could consider the transition from military to commercial applications of technological initiatives in\, for example\, aerospace\, communications\, material science\, propulsion\, instrumentation\, or computing. Failure or long delays in transferring technologies are of special interest. Given the state's central role in military procurement\, papers must consider the relationships between corporations or research institutes\, and state agencies in the design and development of new technologies. An opening plenary with Philip Scranton (Rutgers University and Hagley Library)\, David Edgerton (Imperial College) and John Krige (Georgia Institute of Technology) will establish the theoretical and conceptual foundations for understanding this important subject in the U.S.\, Great Britain\, and continental Europe.\n\nProposals should be no more than 500 words and accompanied by a short cv. To be considered proposals must be received via mail\, fax or email by Monday Oct. 30\, 2006. Travel support is available for those presenting papers at the conference. To submit a proposal or to obtain more information\, contact Carol Lockman\, Hagley Museum and Library\, PO Box 3630\, Wilmington DE 19807\, 302-658-2400\, ext. 243\; 302-655-3188 (fax)\; clockman@Hagley.org. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20061002T142821Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220159Z DTSTAMP:20061002T142821Z UID:uuid1159799361863 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: Sound in the Era of Mechanical Reproduction PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070331 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070401 LOCATION:Hagley Museum and Library\, Wilmington\, Delaware DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers: Sound IN THE ERA OF MECHANICAL REPRODUCTION\n\nNovember 2-3\, 2007\n\nHagley Museum and Library\, Wilmington\, Delaware\n\n\nFor the conference\, \"Sound in the Era of Mechanical Reproduction\,\" the Center for the History of Business\, Technology and Society invites proposals for empirically based historical papers that analyze sound in commercial\, technological\, and legal environments since the late 19th century. The conference will take place November 2-3\, 2007 at the Hagley Library in Wilmington\, Delaware. Our principal interest is in papers that explore the integration of sound with the commercial practices of music\, radio\, film\, and television\, and the commercial engineering of sound in social environments such as shopping and the workplace. Proposals can consider the legal and cultural implications of innovations in technology and business practices\, such as the impact on the political economy of sound and notions of sound and sound-based products as property. We also encourage papers that explore sources of innovation in sound and music (especially from communities and/or business enterprises defined by ethnicity\, race\, or region)\, as well as those focusing on the transnational circulation of sound-related technologies and business practices.\n\nProposals should be no more than 500 words and accompanied by a short cv. Deadline for submissions is March 31\, 2007. The program committee includes David Suisman\, Susan Strasser\, Philip Scranton and Roger Horowitz. Travel support is available for those presenting papers at the conference. To submit a proposal or to obtain more information\, contact Carol Lockman\, Hagley Museum and Library\, PO Box 3630\, Wilmington DE 19807\, 302-658-2400\, ext. 243\; 302-655-3188 (fax)\; clockman@Hagley.org. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20061006T150756Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220159Z DTSTAMP:20061006T150756Z UID:uuid1160147375399 SUMMARY:Sound in the Era of Mechanical Reproduction PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071102 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071104 LOCATION:Hagley Museum and Library\, Wilmington\, Delaware DESCRIPTION:November 2-3\, 2007\nHagley Museum and Library\, Wilmington\, Delaware\n\nOur principal interest is in papers that explore the integration of sound with the commercial practices of music\, radio\, film\, and television\, and the commercial engineering of sound in social environments such as shopping and the workplace. Proposals can consider the legal and cultural implications of innovations in technology and business practices\, such as the impact on the political economy of sound and notions of sound and sound-based products as property. We also encourage papers that explore sources of innovation in sound and music (especially from communities and/or business enterprises defined by ethnicity\, race\, or region)\, as well as those focusing on the transnational circulation of sound-related technologies and business practices.\n\nFor more information: \n\nCarol Lockman\, Hagley Museum and Library\, PO Box 3630\, Wilmington DE 19807\, 302-658-2400\, ext. 243\; 302-655-3188 (fax)\; clockman@Hagley.org. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20061006T151105Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220159Z DTSTAMP:20061006T151105Z UID:uuid1160147536827 SUMMARY:Food Chains: Provisioning\, Technology\, and Science PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061102 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061105 LOCATION:Center for the History of Business\, Technology\, and Society\; Hagley Museum and Library DESCRIPTION:Below is the program for the Center for the History of Business\, Technology\, and Society's fall conference\, Food Chains: Provisioning\, Technology\, and Science\, to be held November 2-4\, 2006. The PDF version of the program and registration form are available at http://www.hagley.lib.de.us/center-2006-food-chains.html.\n\n--\n\nFood Chains: Provisioning\, Technology\, and Science\nNovember 2-4\, 2006\nA conference sponsored by the Center for the History of Business\, Technology\, and Society Hagley Museum and Library\n\n\nThursday Nov. 2\, Winterthur Copeland Lecture Hall\, Visitor Center\n\n7:00-8:30 p.m. Evening Lecture: Ann Smart Martin (University of Wisconsin): \"Provisioning Early America: Or\, Four Hundred Turkeys Just Passed the Door\"\n\n\nFriday\, Nov. 3\, Hagley Soda House Auditorium\n\n9:30-10:15 a.m.\, Keynote Address: Warren Belasco (University of Maryland\, Baltimore County): \"How Much Depends on Dinner?\"\n\n10:15-10:30 Break\n\n10:30-12:30 Panel I: Global Chains\n\nJeffrey Pilcher (University of Minnesota): \"Tortillas Around the World: Creating Global Supply Chains for the Mexican Restaurant Industry\"\n\nRichard Wilk (Indiana University): The Role of the Technologies of Mixing\, Grading and Packaging in the Nineteenth-Century Colonial Food System\"\n\nKelly Feltault (American University): \"Trading Quality\, Producing Value: Socionatural Commodity Networks in the Global Crabmeat Industry\"\n\nComment: Shane Hamilton (University of Georgia)\n\n12:30-2: 00 Lunch\n\n2:00-4:00 Panel II: Establishing Food Chains\n\nJenny Leigh Smith (Yale University): Empire of Ice Cream: How Life Became Sweeter in the Postwar Soviet Union\"\n\nAndrew Godley and Bridget Williams (Centre for International Business History and Museum of English Rural Life): \"The Chicken\, the Factory Farm\, and the Supermarket: The Industrialisation of Poultry Farming in Britain\, 1950-1980\"\n\nKasey Grier (Winterthur Library): \"Man's Best Friend: The Rise of the Dog Food Industry in the United States\"\n\nComment: Roger Horowitz (Hagley Museum and Library)\n\n4:00-6:00 Reception\n\n6:00-8:00 Dinner\n\n\nSaturday Nov. 4\, Hagley Soda House Auditorium\n\n9:30-11:30 Panel III: Technology\n\nJoe Anderson (University of West Georgia): \"Lard to Lean: Making the Meat-Type Hog in Post-World War II America\"\n\nJonathan Rees (Colorado State University-Pueblo): \"The Table or the Railroad Car?: The Quest for Purity and the Development of the American Ice and Refrigeration Industries\"\n\nCatherine Grandclement (Ecole des Mines de Paris): Wheeling Food Products Around the Store...and Away: The Invention of the Shopping Cart (1936-1950)\"\n\nComment: Philip Scranton (Rutgers University/Hagley Museum and Library)\n\n11: 30-12:30 Lunch\n\n12:30-2:30 Panel IV: Buying Food\n\nLisa Tolbert (University of North Carolina at Greensboro): \"The Aristocracy of the Market Basket: Self-Service Food Shopping in the New South\"\n\nPatrick Patterso (University of California\, San Diego): \"Making Markets Marxist? The East European Grocery Store from Rationing to Rationality to Rationalizations\"\n\nKatherine Leonard Turner (University of Delaware): \"The Bakery\, the Saloon\, and the Quick Lunch: Ready to Eat Food in Working-Class Neighborhoods\, 1880-1930\"\n\nComment: Tracey Deutsch\, University of Minnesota\n\n--\n\nCarol Ressler Lockman\nCHBTS\nHagley Museum & Library\n298 Buck Road\nWilmington DE 19807\nEmail: clockman@hagley.org X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20061006T151524Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220159Z DTSTAMP:20061006T151524Z UID:uuid1160147951641 SUMMARY:Washington Area Economic History Seminar PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061013 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061014 LOCATION:American University DESCRIPTION:\"The Demand for Marijuana and Opium in Early Twentieth Century India\"\nSiddharth Chandra (University of Pittsburgh)\n\nFriday\, October 13\, 2006\n\nNOTE THE DATE!\n\nAmerican University\n\n6:00 P.M. Dinner\n\nCynthia Taft Morris has graciously offered to host the pre-seminar dinner at her home for the seminar at AU. Dinners will cost no more than $12.00 per person. To RSVP\, email Cynthia (cmorris@american.edu). Please respond no later than Wednesday\, October 11\, 2006. If you respond after the deadline\, please PHONE Cynthia\, 202-237-1209. Please allow 7-8 rings. REMINDER: If you do intend to have dinner\, PLEASE RSVP.\n\nDirections to Cynthia Taft Morris': Cynthia lives at 4301 Massachusetts Avenue\, NW\, apartment #6008. Going south on Massachusetts from Western Avenue\, go around Ward Circle (at American University)\, and continue across Nebraska on Mass. Ave. Cynthia's is the first 8-story building on the left. The entrance has a 3-foot by 3-foot sign that says \"Greenbriar 4301.\" Cynthia asks that you park on the street if possible\, otherwise sign in at the front desk for her apartment number 6008\, and park in the back of the building. You may also park in the AU Nebraska Lot. There is no ticketing after 5:00 pm.\n\n8:00 P.M. Seminar\n\nThe seminar will be at American University in Bentley Lounge in Gray Hall. (For a map and additional directions\, please visit the invitation web site: \n\nhttp: //www.american.edu/academic.depts/cas/econ/WAEHS/Invitations/econhistory.h tml\n\n\n \n\nMark your calendars:\n\nNOTE THE DATES!\n\nNovember 10: Metin Cosgel\, University of Connecticut\, \"Tax Collection in History: Public Institutions and Institutional Change in the Ottoman Empire\" at AU\n\nDecember 8: Hal Hansen\, Suffolk University\, \"Built Not Inherited: The Southwestern Origins of Small Business Organization in Germany\" at Johns Hopkins X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20061011T151701Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220159Z DTSTAMP:20061011T151701Z UID:uuid1160579882263 SUMMARY:Application Deadline: University of Michigan\, Assistant Professor in Economic History PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061205 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061206 LOCATION:University of Michigan\, Dearborn DESCRIPTION:The Economics Discipline in the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Michigan-Dearborn announces a job opening in Economic History.\n\nJOB POSTING\n\nUniversity of Michigan\, Dearborn\n\nEconomic History\n\nOne tenure track opening for a position at the Assistant Professor level. The primary area of teaching responsibility is Economic History. Preferred secondary areas of teaching interest include the history of economic thought and microeconomics. Additional opportunities exist to teach in the Master of Public Policy and/or Science and Technology Studies programs. The Economics program is located within a multi-disciplinary Department of Social Sciences that includes History and Political Science.\n\nTeaching load is three courses per semester\, including core courses-principles of economics and intermediate microeconomics. Individual classes in all Economics courses are capped at 35 students. A Ph.D. in economics or evidence of its impending completion is required. Additional selection criteria include demonstrated potential for and commitment to teaching talented and diverse undergraduates\, as well as the ability to sustain a productive research agenda. Appointment effective September 1\, 2007. Salary is competitive. Applicants should send a cover letter\, vita\, unofficial copy of graduate transcript\, three letters of reference\, a summary of teaching evaluations (if available)\, and a writing sample to: Chair\, Economics Search Committee\, Department of Social Sciences\, University of Michigan Dearborn\, 4901 Evergreen Rd.\, Dearborn MI 48128-1491. We will interview at the ASSA meetings in Chicago. Applications should be received by December 5\, 2006 to ensure full consideration.\n\nThe University of Michigan-Dearborn currently enrolls approximately 8\,700 students in bachelor's and master's degree programs. The University is one of three campuses - along with Ann Arbor and Flint - in the University of Michigan system. Faculty and students have the opportunity to collaborate across all three campuses in research and scholarly activity. UM-Dearborn is located ten miles west of Detroit and thirty-five miles east of Ann Arbor.\n\nThe University of Michigan-Dearborn is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and pluralistic faculty committed to teaching and working in a multicultural environment\, and strongly encourages applications from minorities and women.\n\nFor further information\, please visit: http: //www.umd.umich.edu/dept/acad/casl/socsci/econ The University of Michigan\, Dearborn is an equal opportunity-affirmative action employer.\n\n<<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>>\nBruce Pietrykowski\, Ph.D.\nProfessor of Economics\nDeputy Editor\, Journal of Transport History\nDirector\, Center for the Study of Automotive Heritage\nDepartment of Social Sciences\nUniversity of Michigan-Dearborn\nDearborn\, MI 48128\n313-593-9970\n313-593-5096 X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20061011T151909Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220200Z DTSTAMP:20061011T151909Z UID:uuid1160580229401 SUMMARY:Economic History Seminar\, Paris School of Economics PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061009 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061010 LOCATION:48\, Bd Jourdan - 75014 Paris DESCRIPTION:Economic history seminar\nParis School of Economics\n\nProgramme 2006-2007\n\n48\, Bd Jourdan - 75014 Paris - Mondays from 17h30 to 19h00 - building E - room E 102\n\n* 09 octobre 2006 - G. GRANTHAM - (Mc Gill university\, Montreal)\n\"The prehistoric origins of european economic integration\"\n\nweb site : http: //www.paris-jourdan.ens.fr/reche/simiand/simsemin.php\naccess : http: //www.pse.ens.fr/pratique/index-en.html\nOn PSE : http: //www.paris-jourdan.ens.fr/indexeng.php X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20061011T152605Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220200Z DTSTAMP:20061011T152605Z UID:uuid1160580634175 SUMMARY:Economic History Seminar\, Paris School of Economics PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061023 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061024 LOCATION:48\, Bd Jourdan - 75014 Paris DESCRIPTION:Economic history seminar\nParis School of Economics\n\n48\, Bd Jourdan - 75014 Paris - Mondays from 17h30 to 19h00 - building E - room E 102\n\n* 23 octobre 2006 - J.L. ROSENTHAL - (Caltech & PSE)\n\"Business organization in the long run : private limited companies rules\"\n\nweb site : http: //www.paris-jourdan.ens.fr/reche/simiand/simsemin.php\naccess : http: //www.pse.ens.fr/pratique/index-en.html\nOn PSE : http: //www.paris-jourdan.ens.fr/indexeng.php\n\nContact : Valérie Evaux-Arnoult : +33 (0)1 43 13 63 06 - evaux@pse.ens.fr X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20061020T133401Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220200Z DTSTAMP:20061020T133401Z UID:uuid1161351302027 SUMMARY:Application Deadline: Research Assistant\, University of Glasgow PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061117 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061118 DESCRIPTION:Research Assistant (24 Months)\n\nApplications are welcomed for a 2 year position as Research Assistant\nrelated to an ESRC-funded project \"Exchange Rate Regimes in Developing\nCountries 1968-78.\" The researcher will be located in London and will\nundertake research mainly at the National Archives and other archive\ncollections and libraries in London\, UK.\n\nInformal inquiries may be directed to Prof. Catherine Schenk\,\nc.schenk@socsci.gla.ac.uk\n\nFor an application pack including job description visit www.gla.ac.uk and\nfollow the link to \"jobs\" or write quoting Ref:12664/DPJ/A3 to the\nRecruitment Section\, Personnel Services\, University of Glasgow\, Glasgow G12\n8QQ.\n\nThe salary will be on the Research and Teaching grade\, level 6\, 22\,774 -\n25\,633 per annum.\nClosing date 17 November 2006.\n\n\n\nProfessor Catherine R. Schenk\nProfessor of International Economic History\nAssociate Dean (Research) LBSS\nDepartment of Economic and Social History\nUniversity of Glasgow\nLilybank House\nBute Gardens\nGlasgow G12 8RT\nScotland\n0141-330-6616\nfax: 0141-330-4889 X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20061020T134628Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220200Z DTSTAMP:20061020T134628Z UID:uuid1161352032496 SUMMARY:Submission Deadline: Dissertation Prize in Business History PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070715 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070716 LOCATION:Centre for Business History in Scotland DESCRIPTION:Centre for Business History in Scotland\nDissertation Prize in Business History\n\n\nThe Centre for Business History in Scotland at the University of Glasgow is pleased to announce a prize competition for the best undergraduate dissertation in business history submitted to any academic department at a Scottish university between 1 July 2006 and 30 June 2007. Submissions of dissertations covering any aspect of this broad field are welcome\, including\, for instance\, historical studies of: individual (or groups of) business people\, firms or industries\; business-government relations\; business and society\; management education or thought\; accounting or financial institutions\, professions and/or practices. Submissions may relate to any time period and geographic area. Dissertations which make use of business archives are especially welcome.\n\nA copy of any dissertation to be considered for the prize should be submitted by 15 July 2007 to the Centre at the address below. A brief letter of nomination from the dissertation supervisor should accompany the submission. Those who wish the copy of the dissertation returned should provide a note to this effect and a return address.\n\nThe dissertations will be judged by a committee of professional business historians chaired by Professor Ray Stokes\, the Director of the Centre for Business History in Scotland. The winner will be announced in autumn 2007 and will receive a cheque for £100 and a certificate.\n\n\nProfessor Ray Stokes\nDirector of the Centre for Business History in Scotland\nUniversity of Glasgow\nEconomic & Social History\nLilybank House\, Bute Gardens\nGlasgow G12 8RT\nScotland\, UK\nEmail: R.Stokes@socsci.gla.ac.uk X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20061020T135729Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220200Z DTSTAMP:20061020T135729Z UID:uuid1161352774605 SUMMARY:Application Deadline: Doctoral student award\, Bruce McComish Fund for Economic History PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061208 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061209 LOCATION:EHSANZ Conference\, University of Sydney DESCRIPTION:The Bruce McComish Fund for Economic History is seeking to sponsor an outstanding student in the field of Economic History\, who is currently enrolled at a University in Australia or New Zealand\, to attend the next EHSANZ Conference. This will be held at the University of Sydney from 12-14 February 2007.\n\nThe Fund will cover the successful applicant's registration fee\, airfare and accommodation.\n\nThis award for a doctoral student is another initiative of the Bruce McComish Fund for Economic History\, which seeks to encourage rigorous research that questions conventional wisdom.\n\nThe closing dated for applications is 8 December 2006.\n\nDetails of the award are in the attached notice and on the Trinity College website: http: //www.trinity.unimelb.edu.au/news/2006/20060920\n\nI should be so grateful if you would circulate this information to any of your doctoral students who might be interested.\n\nJust a reminder that applications for the 2006 Bruce McComish Prize for Economic History\, previously advertised on 1 August\, will close on 31 October 2006.\n\nDetails of the Prize are in the attached notice and on the Trinity College website: http: //www.trinity.unimelb.edu.au/news/2006/20060801\n\n\nThank you for your help in these matters.\n\nYours sincerely\,\n\nEssie Marendy Development Research Officer\nTrinity College\nThe University of Melbourne\nRoyal Parade\nParkville VICTORIA 3052\nAUSTRALIA\n\nTel: 03 9348 7479\nFax: 03 9348 7139\n X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20061020T140307Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220200Z DTSTAMP:20061020T140307Z UID:uuid1161353073705 SUMMARY:Application Deadline: 2006 Bruce McComish Prize for Economic History PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061031 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061101 DESCRIPTION:Applications for the 2006 Bruce McComish Prize for Economic History will close on Tuesday on 31 October. \n\nDetails of the Prize are featured on the Trinity College website:\n\nhttp: //www.trinity.unimelb.edu.au/news/2006/20060801\n X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20061020T155046Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220200Z DTSTAMP:20061020T155046Z UID:uuid1161359500988 SUMMARY:2008 Economic History Association Meetings PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080912 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080915 LOCATION:New Haven\, Connecticut X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20061024T152610Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220200Z DTSTAMP:20061024T152610Z UID:uuid1161703661880 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: Economics Network of the European Social Science History Conference PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070401 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070402 LOCATION:Lisbon\, Portugal DESCRIPTION:Call for papers\n\nThe Economics Network of the European Social Science History Conference\ninvites session and paper proposals for the European Social Science\nHistory Conference which will be held in Lisbon\, Portugal\, 27 February -\n1 March 2008. \n\nSession and paper proposals can be submitted to the network chairs or to\nthe conference site. Deadline for session proposals is 1 April 2007.\nPlease note that the network chairs are especially eager to see complete\nsession proposals\, as we find that this is conducive to intellectual\ncoherence in sessions. However\, promising single paper submissions will\nbe given every consideration\, and we will try to find them compatible\nsessions for inclusion.\n\nNote: make sure you fill in the pre-registration form\, including a\n100-500 word abstract of your proposed paper before 1 April 2007 at the\nESSHC-site.\n\nNetwork economics:\nhttp: //www.iisg.nl/esshc/economics.php\n\nConference website:\nAdditional information regarding the conference can be found at:\nhttp: //www.iisg.nl/esshc\n\nNetwork chairs:\nAnne McCants (MIT) amccants@mit.edu \nJochen Streb (University of Hohenheim\, Stuttgart)\nj-streb@uni-hohenheim.de\nJeroen Touwen (Leiden University) l.j.touwen@let.leidenuniv.nl \n\n\n\nPossible topics for sessions (looking for papers and/or organizers)\n- inequality in human capital acquisition in the 17th-19th centuries\,\nparticularly as measured by numeracy\n- economic growth and social inequality\n- globalisation in history \n- welfare state comparisons in the twentieth century\n- innovations: sources and consequences\n- regulating utility supply (electricity\, water\, gas\, telephone etc.)\n- game theory in economic history\n- the role of economic history in modern economics\n\nProposed sessions\n- bankruptcy in Early Modern Europe - organized by Thomas Safely\n\t(the text of this call for papers can be found at the end of\nthis document)\n\n\nHow to propose a paper\nFill out the pre-registration form on the Internet:\nhttp://www.iisg.nl/esshc. Include an abstract of your paper (100 - 500\nwords). If you have no access to the Internet\, please contact the\nConference secretariat for a paper form. Abstracts that are sent in\nthrough the Internet will be put on the Internet. Please send in your\nform as soon as possible\, but before April 1\, 2007 at the latest. \n\nHow to organise a panel session\nGather three or four speakers who each will present a paper on a related\ntopic\, a commentator who will introduce the discussion with a prepared\ncomment on the papers and a chair. The roles of the session organizer\,\nchair and commentator can be fulfilled by the same or by different\npersons. Confirm participation and arrange with these individuals the\n(date of) exchange of papers and the way the session will be conducted.\nIf possible\, have one or more substitute speakers at hand in case of\nwithdrawal of one of the speakers. Submit the proposal for a session\nwith a pre-registration form for each individual speaker. The deadline\nfor this is April 1\, 2007\, but please send your form as early as\npossible. Contact the speakers regularly\; to make sure that the\npreparation of the session is progressing\, as you would want it to be.\t\n\n\n------------------------\nCall for papers for the proposed Bankruptcy session\n\nBankruptcy in history and the history of bankruptcy\, whether viewed in\nterms of business and economics or from the broader perspective of\ncrisis and failure\, have received very little attention among scholars\,\napart from a handful of specialized studies of the former and a nascent\ninterest among cultural historians in the latter. It is an odd\noversight. Bankruptcy is a nexus of economic practices\, social\ninstitutions and human relations. It concerns the generation and\ndistribution of wealth over time as well as the identities and values of\nthe agents in each case--debtors and creditors\, malefactors and\nmagistrates. Thus\, it reveals the interplay of individuals and families\,\nbusinesses and law\, ethics and capitalism. Many of the great\nbankruptcies of the early modern period were immediately related to\noverseas enterprise and\, so\, capture the efforts of European\nentrepreneurs to adapt to new realities\, new risks and new\nopportunities. As such\, the study of bankruptcy can contribute to\ncurrents discussions of world economic systems and of the (re)creation\nof capitalism beyond the West. Early research suggests that bankruptcies\nencouraged a fundamental shift in economic values and practices. \nThey marked an early change in the \"rules of the game\"\, in the larger\nsocial\, political and economic structures that direct human interaction\nand exchange. A regularized process of managing the organization and\nreorganization of capital emerged that placed no less emphasis on\nnotions of personal responsibility\, such as criminality or incompetence\,\nbut turned greater attention to a systematic accounting of\ncreditworthiness\, based on assets and\nliabilities. Through the lessons of experience\, the state adopted new\nforms of regulation\, merchants altered their economic strategies and\ncreditors adapted old forms of economic cooperation. Likewise\,\ncapitalists developed new ways of conducting their business\, moving away\nfrom personal knowledge and social networks to embrace formal practices\nand abstract institutions. Bankruptcies cast a new light on the\ntransition to modern capitalism.\n\nPotential contributions to a series of sessions on the history of\nbankruptcy between the sixteenth and the nineteenth century at the ESSHC\nshould be sent to:\nProfessor Dr. Thomas Max Safley\nDepartment of History\n208 College Hall\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\nPhiladelphia\, Pennsylvania 19104-6379\nUSA\ntsafley@history.upenn.edu\n X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20061024T152837Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220200Z DTSTAMP:20061024T152837Z UID:uuid1161703875543 SUMMARY:Economics Network of the European Social Science History Conference PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080227 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080302 LOCATION:Lisbon\, Portugal DESCRIPTION:The Economics Network of the European Social Science History Conference will be held in Lisbon\, Portugal\, 27 February - 1 March 2008.\n\nNetwork economics:\nhttp: //www.iisg.nl/esshc/economics.php\n\nConference website:\nAdditional information regarding the conference can be found at:\nhttp: //www.iisg.nl/esshc\n\nNetwork chairs:\nAnne McCants (MIT) amccants@mit.edu \nJochen Streb (University of Hohenheim\, Stuttgart) j-streb@uni-hohenheim.de\nJeroen Touwen (Leiden University) l.j.touwen@let.leidenuniv.nl X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20061024T154830Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220200Z DTSTAMP:20061024T154830Z UID:uuid1161704980388 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: First Call for Session Proposals\, XVth World Economic History Congress PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070430 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070501 LOCATION:Utrecht\, the Netherlands DESCRIPTION:XVth World Economic History Congress\nUtrecht\, the Netherlands\, 3-7 August 2009\n\nFirst call for Session Proposals\n(October 2006)\n\nThe International Economic History Association (IEHA) will hold its fifteenth World Economic History Congress in Utrecht\, the Netherlands\, August 2009. The Congress will last five days. Each day of the Congress will be divided into four time blocks of 90 minutes each (two before lunch and two after lunch). More information on the Utrecht Congress is available on the congress website: http://www.wehc2009.org .\n\nThe scientific programme of the Congress will be organized on the same principle as the fourteenth International Economic History Congress in Helsinki in 2006. There will be approximately 100 sessions spread over five days of meetings. The IEHA welcomes sessions on all topics in economic history\, history of economics\, demographic history\, social history\, urban history\, cultural history\, gender studies\, methodological aspects of historical research\, and related fields. The IEHA has a particularly strong desire to attract sessions on the period before 1800 and sessions that include countries other than those of Western Europe and North America. Organizers will be given wide discretion to shape the format of sessions to be the most attractive and efficient given the topic and the participants invited.\n\nThere will be two calls for session proposals. The deadline for the First Call is April 30\, 2007. The deadline for the second call is April 30\, 2008. The Organizing Committee believes that this two-round procedure will allow those wishing to propose broad themes\, summaries of a subfield\, or complex organizational arrangements such as pre-conferences or cross refereeing two years to plan and organize the session. At the same time\, this procedure will reserve ample space on the programme for new ideas and fresh topics to be announced a year and a few months before the Congress. In this way it is hoped to strike a reasonable balance between reports on current research and new topics and sessions that require substantial time to organize and prepare.\n\nThis is the First Call for Session Proposals. From submissions received before the 30th of April 2007\, the Executive Committee of the IEHA will select all proposals it sees fit to be included in the programme. Given the early date of this first deadline\, the Executive Committee does not expect session organizers to present a full panel of participants. Indeed organizers are encouraged to make an open call for papers once their session has been selected for the programme. However a tentative list of participants should be available for publication on the website before the 1st of October 2007.\n\nA Second Call for Session Proposals will be published in October 2007. From submissions received by the 30th of April 2008\, the Executive Committee will fill all but five of the remaining session slots. The five remaining slots will be filled by the executive committee with sessions on topics the committee feels should be on the programme. Organizers of sessions selected in the second round will also be encouraged to publish a call for papers for their session.\n\nFor all session a final list of participants and paper titles\, a time schedule for the session\, and the congress papers or abstracts must be submitted before the 31st of May 2009\, for publication on the Congress website. Scholars and the general public will have access to the website and will be able to search\, read\, and download papers of interest in advance of the Congress.\n\nThere will be no distinction between sessions submitted in reply to the First or Second Call for Papers. Each session organizer will be given two time blocks\; no extra time blocks will be allocated (organizers wishing to extend their session have to submit a proposal in the Second Round). Time blocks will be consecutive on the same day unless the organizers request an alternative timing.\n\n\nSubmission of proposals\n\nProposals can be submitted via the session registration form on the Congress website: http://www.wehc2009.org. You will be requested to enter the name(s)\, title(s)\, and institutional affiliation(s) of the organizer(s)\, your contact information\, the proposed title for the session\, a session abstract explaining the aim and relevance of the session\, the number of papers expected and the names and affiliations of those who have agreed in principle to participate.\n\nReception of session proposals will be acknowledged by e-mail.\n\nIf selected\, organizers of sessions will be asked to take on the following responsibilities:\n\n(1) Communicate as requested with the Secretary General of the Association and the Congress organizers in Utrecht as the programme takes shape.\n\n(2) Circulate an open call for participation that invites broad involvement by scholars from different countries and approaches. Organizers will be asked to respect the Association's desire to make the World Congress as inclusive as possible\, encouraging if necessary\, young scholars and those from outside of Western Europe and North America.\n\n(3) Plan the sessions in Utrecht to allow at least 25 percent of the available time for informal open discussion with the floor. This may require limiting the number of papers presented at the session and/or preparing the session by organizing a preconference.\n\n(4) Ensure that all participants are able to communicate easily and effectively with each other both before the Congress and during the session. Particular attention should be given to easing the difficulty of scholarly dialogue among participants with different native languages.\n\n(5) Provide or raise whatever funding may be necessary for the proposed session and associated activities before and after the Congress. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20061103T164158Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220200Z DTSTAMP:20061103T164158Z UID:uuid1162572206571 SUMMARY:CfP: Economic Growth Genealogies in the Shadow of the Spanish Empire: Comparing Countries\, Regions\, Domains and Boundaries (16th-20th Centuries) PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061231 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070101 LOCATION:Milan\, Italy DESCRIPTION:The Milan unit of Red Columnaria invites paper proposals for the international workshop \"Economic Growth Genealogies in the Shadow of the Spanish Empire: Comparing Countries\, Regions\, Domains and Boundaries (16th-20th Centuries)\,\" to be held in Milan\, Italy\, April 13-14\, 2007.\n\nRed Columnaria is a historical research network of 16 international units that stimulates and organizes global and comparative works on issues and territories regarding the Spanish Empire (16th-20th Centuries) http: //saavedrafajardo.um.es/WEB/HTML/iniciop.html?Open\n\nAlong these lines\, the primary objective of the Milan workshop is to allow a space for thought and empirical research on the link between institutional and social frames under Spanish domination\, and the patterns of economic growth in the different regions of the empire (such as Lombardy\, The Netherlands\, Catalonia). Two important historiographical revisions have recently revitalized the debate on these issues. Firstly\, a new thesis has been advanced concerning the economic decline in the Empire territories during the XVII century and the consequent statement of long-run pattern of economic growth of these areas. The seventeenth century crisis is no longer considered a definitive economic sunset\, but for example -- in the case of Lombardy -- can be seen as a turning point\, as a phase of economic reorganization that put the basis for \"original\" (and no longer backward) long-run growth. Secondly\, the NIE (new institutional economics) narrative about the overwhelming inefficiencies of the Spanish institutions\, compared to those of the Anglo-Saxons\, has recently been challenged. The nature of Spanish rule appears greatly different from stylised and caricatured interpretations offered by the new-institutional textbooks. The relationship between the crown and the local elites \"was one of negotiation not of command\" (Grafe\, Irigoin\, 2006)\; so Milanese society was not subject to its rulers\, but able to manage its relationship with the Spanish power and to gain its own advantages\, thanks to the ability of its ruling class to direct\, through branching alliances of interests\, the economic choices of the monarchy.\n\nThe workshop's objective is to fill the still existing gap in the empirical knowledge of the above mentioned areas of economic history. In particular\, we want to examine if\, during the Spanish age\, the economic\, social and institutional issues of these domains are linked to and are responsible for peculiar (long-run\, informal institution-based) patterns towards modern economic development.\n\nPossible topics for papers:\n\n- economic and financial history issues (in comparative perspective)\n- fiscal history (focusing on center-periphery relationships)\n- institutions (formal-informal) history\n- ruling class\, nobles\, patriciate\, beaurocrats\, merchant-bankers prosopography (and their relationship with the power)\n- models of economic\, political and administrative thought\n\nPaper proposals (300 words) should be submitted to Giuseppe De Luca \; fax. +390250318919\, tel. +390250318913) by December 31\, 2006. The languages of the workshop will be all those spoken within the Spanish Empire\, in addition to English and French.\n\nPlease note that there are not registration fees\, but travel expenses\, room and board are not provided. A limited number of funds are available to support graduate students' and independent scholars' (non-university affiliated) participation\, even travelling from non-European countries. The Organizing Committee will consider the individual requests and will communicate its final decisions as soon as possible. Please send requests for support with the paper proposal.\n\nFor further information please contact:\n\nGiuseppe De Luca\nDipartimento di storia della societe e delle istituzioni\nVia Livorno\, 1\n20122 Milano - Italy\ntel. +390250318913\nfax. +390250318919\nE-mail: giuseppe.deluca@unimi.it X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20061103T164345Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220200Z DTSTAMP:20061103T164345Z UID:uuid1162572343344 SUMMARY:Economic Growth Genealogies in the Shadow of the Spanish Empire: Comparing Countries\, Regions\, Domains and Boundaries (16th-20th Centuries) PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070413 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070415 LOCATION:Milan\, Italy DESCRIPTION:The Milan unit of Red Columnaria is holding an international workshop\, \"Economic Growth Genealogies in the Shadow of the Spanish Empire: Comparing Countries\, Regions\, Domains and Boundaries (16th-20th Centuries)\,\" in Milan\, Italy\, April 13-14\, 2007.\n\nRed Columnaria is a historical research network of 16 international units that stimulates and organizes global and comparative works on issues and territories regarding the Spanish Empire (16th-20th Centuries) http: //saavedrafajardo.um.es/WEB/HTML/iniciop.html?Open\n\nAlong these lines\, the primary objective of the Milan workshop is to allow a space for thought and empirical research on the link between institutional and social frames under Spanish domination\, and the patterns of economic growth in the different regions of the empire (such as Lombardy\, The Netherlands\, Catalonia). Two important historiographical revisions have recently revitalized the debate on these issues. Firstly\, a new thesis has been advanced concerning the economic decline in the Empire territories during the XVII century and the consequent statement of long-run pattern of economic growth of these areas. The seventeenth century crisis is no longer considered a definitive economic sunset\, but for example -- in the case of Lombardy -- can be seen as a turning point\, as a phase of economic reorganization that put the basis for \"original\" (and no longer backward) long-run growth. Secondly\, the NIE (new institutional economics) narrative about the overwhelming inefficiencies of the Spanish institutions\, compared to those of the Anglo-Saxons\, has recently been challenged. The nature of Spanish rule appears greatly different from stylised and caricatured interpretations offered by the new-institutional textbooks. The relationship between the crown and the local elites \"was one of negotiation not of command\" (Grafe\, Irigoin\, 2006)\; so Milanese society was not subject to its rulers\, but able to manage its relationship with the Spanish power and to gain its own advantages\, thanks to the ability of its ruling class to direct\, through branching alliances of interests\, the economic choices of the monarchy.\n\nThe workshop's objective is to fill the still existing gap in the empirical knowledge of the above mentioned areas of economic history. In particular\, we want to examine if\, during the Spanish age\, the economic\, social and institutional issues of these domains are linked to and are responsible for peculiar (long-run\, informal institution-based) patterns towards modern economic development.\n\nThe languages of the workshop will be all those spoken within the Spanish Empire\, in addition to English and French.\n\nPlease note that there are not registration fees\, but travel expenses\, room and board are not provided. A limited number of funds are available to support graduate students' and independent scholars' (non-university affiliated) participation\, even travelling from non-European countries. The Organizing Committee will consider the individual requests and will communicate its final decisions as soon as possible. \n\nFor further information please contact:\n\nGiuseppe De Luca\nDipartimento di storia della societe e delle istituzioni\nVia Livorno\, 1\n20122 Milano - Italy\ntel. +390250318913\nfax. +390250318919\nE-mail: giuseppe.deluca@unimi.it X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20061103T164709Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220200Z DTSTAMP:20061103T164709Z UID:uuid1162572666600 SUMMARY:Washington Area Economic History Seminar PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061110 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061111 LOCATION:American University DESCRIPTION:Title: \"Tax Collection in History: Public Institutions and Institutional Change in the Ottoman Empire\"\n\nMetin Cosgel (University of Connecticut)\nFriday\, November 10\, 2006\n\nNOTE THE DATE!\n\nAmerican University\n\n6:00 P.M. Dinner\n\nCynthia Taft Morris has graciously offered to host the pre-seminar dinner at her home for the seminar at AU. Dinners will cost no more than $12.00 per person. To RSVP\, email Cynthia (cmorris@american.edu). Please respond no later than Wednesday\, November 8\, 2006. If you respond after the deadline\, please PHONE Cynthia\, 202-237-1209. Please allow 7-8 rings. REMINDER: If you do intend to have dinner\, PLEASE RSVP.\n\nDirections to Cynthia Taft Morris': Cynthia lives at 4301 Massachusetts Avenue\, NW\, apartment #6008. Going south on Massachusetts from Western Avenue\, go around Ward Circle (at American University)\, and continue across Nebraska on Mass. Ave. Cynthia's is the first 8-story building on the left. The entrance has a 3-foot by 3-foot sign that says \"Greenbriar 4301.\" Cynthia asks that you park on the street if possible\, otherwise sign in at the front desk for her apartment number 6008\, and park in the back of the building. You may also park in the AU Nebraska Lot. There is no ticketing after 5:00 pm.\n\n8:00 P.M. Seminar\n\nThe seminar will be at American University in Bentley Lounge in Gray Hall. (See map on invitation web site: http: //www.american.edu/academic.depts/cas/econ/WAEHS/Invitations/econhistory.h tml)\n\nAmerican University directions: http: //www.american.edu/academic.depts/cas/econ/WAEHS/Invitations/econhistory.h tml\n \nMark your calendars:\n\nNOTE THE DATES!\n\nDecember 8: Hal Hansen\, Suffolk University\, \"Built Not Inherited: The Southwestern Origins of Small Business Organization in Germany\" at Johns Hopkins X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20061103T165310Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220200Z DTSTAMP:20061103T165310Z UID:uuid1162572869020 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: Second Annual Appalachian Spring Conference in World History and Economics PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070301 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070302 LOCATION:Appalachian State University (Boone\, NC) DESCRIPTION:CALL FOR PAPERS\n\nSecond Annual Appalachian Spring Conference in World History and Economics\n\nThis conference is an interdisciplinary meeting aimed at bringing together scholars from Appalachian State University (Boone\, NC) with scholars from other universities in North Carolina and the surrounding states. We have already hosted one of these meeting in the Spring 2006\, which was a resounding success. Our model is to bring a prominent keynote speaker to our campus\, a person with wide interdisciplinary appeal. This year's speaker will be Dr. Kenneth Pomeranz from the University of California\, Irvine\, a world-renowned scholar of the history of world trade and China. We will also feature 5-6 panels with scholarly papers\, divided among different topical themes\, including an undergraduate/graduate panel. This year's theme will be the impact that trade has had on economic\, political\, social\, and cultural interactions in the world.\n\nThe conference will take place on April 14\, 2007\, on the Appalachian State University campus\, Boone\, in the beautiful North Carolina mountains. Those interested in participating should let the organizers know by March 1st\, 2007. Paper proposals\, a one-page abstract\, should be submitted to the organizers by that date. A full paper will be expected by the organizers by April 2nd\, 2007. There is no registration fee. The organizers will not provide funding for travel\, but will offer meals to the participants during the meeting at no cost.\n\n\nOrganizer:\n\nDavid Johnson\, Assistant Professor (Appalachian State University\, Department of History): phone: 1-828-262-6007\, email: johnsonda@appstate.edu\n\nSupporting Committee:\n\nDorothea Martin\, Professor (Appalachian State University\, Department of History): phone: 1-828-262-6022\, email: martinda@appstate.edu\n\nAnatoly Isaenko\, Associate Professor (Appalachian State University\, Department of History): phone: 1-828-262-6028\, email: isaenkoa@appstate.edu)\n\nJari Eloranta\, Assistant Professor (Appalachian State University\, Department of History): phone: 1-828-262-6006\, email: elorantaj@appstate.edu X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20061103T165443Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220200Z DTSTAMP:20061103T165443Z UID:uuid1162572962759 SUMMARY:Second Annual Appalachian Spring Conference in World History and Economics PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070414 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070415 LOCATION:Appalachian State University (Boone\, NC) DESCRIPTION:Second Annual Appalachian Spring Conference in World History and Economics\n\nThis conference is an interdisciplinary meeting aimed at bringing together scholars from Appalachian State University (Boone\, NC) with scholars from other universities in North Carolina and the surrounding states. We have already hosted one of these meeting in the Spring 2006\, which was a resounding success. Our model is to bring a prominent keynote speaker to our campus\, a person with wide interdisciplinary appeal. This year's speaker will be Dr. Kenneth Pomeranz from the University of California\, Irvine\, a world-renowned scholar of the history of world trade and China. We will also feature 5-6 panels with scholarly papers\, divided among different topical themes\, including an undergraduate/graduate panel. This year's theme will be the impact that trade has had on economic\, political\, social\, and cultural interactions in the world.\n\nThe conference will take place on April 14\, 2007\, on the Appalachian State University campus\, Boone\, in the beautiful North Carolina mountains.\n\nOrganizer:\n\nDavid Johnson\, Assistant Professor (Appalachian State University\, Department of History): phone: 1-828-262-6007\, email: johnsonda@appstate.edu\n\nSupporting Committee:\n\nDorothea Martin\, Professor (Appalachian State University\, Department of History): phone: 1-828-262-6022\, email: martinda@appstate.edu\n\nAnatoly Isaenko\, Associate Professor (Appalachian State University\, Department of History): phone: 1-828-262-6028\, email: isaenkoa@appstate.edu)\n\nJari Eloranta\, Assistant Professor (Appalachian State University\, Department of History): phone: 1-828-262-6006\, email: elorantaj@appstate.edu X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20061103T174030Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220200Z DTSTAMP:20061103T174030Z UID:uuid1162575729180 SUMMARY:Economic History Seminar\, Paris School of Economics PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061106 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061107 LOCATION:Paris School of Economics DESCRIPTION:Economic history seminar\nParis School of Economics\n\n48\, Bd Jourdan\n75014 Paris\nMondays from 17h30 to 19h00\nbuilding E - room E 102\n\nP. DI MARTINO - (University of Manchester)\n\"Bankruptcy\, insolvency\, and the problem of re-starting business: the economic history perspective\" X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20061103T174245Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220200Z DTSTAMP:20061103T174245Z UID:uuid1162575861200 SUMMARY:Economic History Seminar PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061218 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061219 LOCATION:Paris School of Economics DESCRIPTION:48\, Bd Jourdan\n75014 Paris\nMondays from 17h30 to 19h00\nbuilding E - room E 102\n\nO. GELDERBLOM - (Utrecht University)\n\"Probing a virtual market. Interest rates and trade in government bonds in the Dutch republic (17th-18th centuries)\"\n\nweb site : http://www.paris-jourdan.ens.fr/reche/simiand/simsemin.php\naccess : http://www.pse.ens.fr/pratique/index-en.html\nOn PSE : http: //www.paris-jourdan.ens.fr/indexeng.php\n\nContact : Valérie Evaux-Arnoult : +33 (0)1 43 13 63 06 - evaux@pse.ens.fr X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20061103T174435Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220200Z DTSTAMP:20061103T174435Z UID:uuid1162575965914 SUMMARY:Economic History Seminar\, Paris School of Economics PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070115 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070116 LOCATION:Paris School of Economics DESCRIPTION:48\, Bd Jourdan\n75014 Paris\nMondays from 17h30 to 19h00\nbuilding E - room E 102\n\nA. ATKINSON - (Nuffield college\, Oxford & PSE)\n\"La distribution des salaires individuels d'un point de vue historique\"\n\nweb site : http: //www.paris-jourdan.ens.fr/reche/simiand/simsemin.php\naccess : http: //www.pse.ens.fr/pratique/index-en.html\nOn PSE : http: //www.paris-jourdan.ens.fr/indexeng.php X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20061103T174616Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220200Z DTSTAMP:20061103T174616Z UID:uuid1162576079197 SUMMARY:Economic History Seminar\, Paris School of Economics PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070129 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070130 LOCATION:Paris School of Economics DESCRIPTION:48\, Bd Jourdan\n75014 Paris\nMondays from 17h30 to 19h00\nbuilding E - room E 102\n\nA. ORLEAN - (PSE)\n\"Crise monétaire et crise de souveraineté : l'hyperinflation allemande des années vingt\"\n\nweb site : http: //www.paris-jourdan.ens.fr/reche/simiand/simsemin.php\naccess : http: //www.pse.ens.fr/pratique/index-en.html\nOn PSE : http: //www.paris-jourdan.ens.fr/indexeng.php X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20061103T175636Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220200Z DTSTAMP:20061103T175636Z UID:uuid1162577908615 SUMMARY:Economic History Seminar\, Paris School of Economics PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070205 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070206 LOCATION:Paris School of Economics DESCRIPTION:48\, Bd Jourdan\n75014 Paris\nMondays from 17h30 to 19h00\nbuilding E - room E 102\n\nP. SOLAR - (Vesalius College\, Brussels)\n\"Nominal wage rigidity in pre-modern labour markets\"\n\nweb site : http://www.paris-jourdan.ens.fr/reche/simiand/simsemin.php\naccess : http://www.pse.ens.fr/pratique/index-en.html\nOn PSE : http: //www.paris-jourdan.ens.fr/indexeng.php\n\nContact : Valérie Evaux-Arnoult : +33 (0)1 43 13 63 06 - evaux@pse.ens.fr X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20061103T185056Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220200Z DTSTAMP:20061103T185056Z UID:uuid1162579915953 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: 2007 Cliometrics Conference PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070202 LOCATION:Westward Look Resort\, Tucson\, Arizona DESCRIPTION:2007 Cliometrics Conference\n\nThe 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. \n\nThe 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.\n\nThe 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. \n\nThose 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. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20061103T185211Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220200Z DTSTAMP:20061103T185211Z UID:uuid1162580087835 SUMMARY:2007 Cliometrics Conference PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070518 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070521 LOCATION:Westward Look Resort\, Tucson\, Arizona DESCRIPTION:2007 Cliometrics Conference\n\nThe 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. \n\nThe 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.\n\nFor more information: Jason Hopkins\, Cliometrics Conference Secretary\, Department of Economics\, University of Colorado at Boulder\, Boulder\, CO 80309\, (phone 1-303-492- 8024\, fax in care of Jason Hopkins to 1-303-492-8960\, email clioconf@colorado.edu). X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20061109T151557Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220200Z DTSTAMP:20061109T151557Z UID:uuid1163085428691 SUMMARY:Application Deadline: John E. Rovensky Fellowships PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070205 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070206 DESCRIPTION:Announcing\nThe John E. Rovensky\nFELLOWSHIPS\n2007-2008\nin AMERICAN BUSINESS or ECONOMICS HISTORY\n\nApplicants are sought for up to two $11\,000 fellowships for doctoral thesis research in American Business or Economic History. These fellowships are available largely through the generosity of the late John E. Rovensky.\n\nAbout John E. Rovensky\n\nJohn E. Rovensky's life history is a remarkable business success story. He grew up in Pittsburgh in a family of modest circumstances\, entered the banking profession\, and shortly moved to New York City. There he became the youngest vice president of the National Bank of Commerce then the second largest bank in New York City. Banks then had very few vice presidents. He later served with the Bank of America and the National City Bank of New York. At the close of a very successful banking career\, Mr. Rovensky became chairman of the executive committee of American Car and Foundry Company (later ACF Industries) and subsequently chairman of the board. Retiring from active business interests in 1954\, he still retained a lively interest in economics\, public affairs and the academic profession. He died in 1970.\n\nThe fellowships arise from a substantial gift which Mr. Rovensky made to the Lincoln Educational Foundation in 1961 thanks to the encouragement of Donald L. Kemmerer\, his long-time friend\, Professor of Economics at the University of Illinois\, and president of the Lincoln Educational Foundation. The Lincoln Educational Foundation was founded in 1951 by Mr. Alexander Whitford\, an executive of Union Carbide\, to promote recognition of the role of private business and entrepreneurship in America's growth and development.\n\nWhen the Lincoln Educational Foundation was liquidated in 1984\, Professor Kemmerer ensured that the remaining funds were transferred to the University of Illinois where he had been a faculty member since 1937\, becoming Professor Emeritus in 1973. He died in 1993.\n\nThe monies and the Fellowship program are now administered by the University of Illinois Foundation.\n\nEligibility\n\nApplicants must be working toward a Ph.D degree with American business or economic history as the area of major interest. Fellowship recipients must be enrolled in a doctoral program at an accredited college or university in the United States. Preference will be given to applicants who are preparing for a career in teaching and research and who will have completed all graduate course work prior to the Fall of 2007. Awards are non-renewable and may not be taken simultaneously with an Economic History Association graduate dissertation fellowship or Newcomen Society dissertation fellowship.\n\nApplication Process\n\nThe Rovensky Fellowship Selection Committee is composed of seven scholars in American economic and business history affiliated with colleges and universities across the United States. The committee is: \n\nWilliam J. Hausman (William & Mary)\, Chair\nPamela Walker Laird (Colorado-Denver)\nSteven Usselman (Georgia Tech)\nMary O'Sullivan (U. Penn\, Wharton School)\nMargaret Levenstein (U. Mich.)\nMark Weidenmier (Claremont McKenna)\nMary Yeager (UCLA)\n\nApplicants are judged on the basis of the following criteria:\n\n* Academic ability as demonstrated by letters of recommendation\n* Interest in business and/or economic history as demonstrated by course work and thesis topic\n* Demonstrated ability in research and writing\n* Potential for career in teaching and academic research as supported by letters of recommendation\n* Quality of dissertation proposal\n\nApplication forms may be found on the web at\n\nhttp://www.thebhc.org/awards/rovenapp.html\n\nInquiries and requests for application forms may be directed to:\n\nWilliam J. Hausman\nDepartment of Economics\, Box 8795\nMorton 128\nCollege of William & Mary\nWilliamsburg\, VA 23187-8795\ne-mail: wjhaus@wm.edu\nPhone: 757-221-2381\n\nCompleted applications for the fellowships must be received no later than Monday\, February 5\, 2007. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20061122T152449Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220200Z DTSTAMP:20061122T152449Z UID:uuid1164209144055 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: Ragnar Nurkse (1907 - 2007): Classical Development Economics and its Relevance for Today PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061231 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070101 LOCATION:Tallinn\, Estonia DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers\nConference: Ragnar Nurkse (1907 - 2007): Classical Development Economics and its Relevance for Today August 31 - September 1\, 2007 Tallinn\, Estonia\n\nTallinn University of Technology\, Estonia\, and The Other Canon Foundation\, Norway\, invite abstract proposals for a conference commemorating the hundredth anniversary of Ragnar Nurkse's birth. Ragnar Nurkse's writings on economic development and on the problems of finance are as relevant today as they were when he wrote. This conference will discuss Nurkse's work also in relationship to his contemporaries in development economics\, and the common elements of development economics from Antonio Serra to Nurkse -- among them technology\, finance\, institutions\, problems of foreign ownership -- will be highlighted.\n\nThe conference includes a visit to Nurske birthplace in Käru estate\, Esonia. Abstract proposals no longer than 1\,000 words should be sent either to Erik S. Reinert at erik.reinert@othercanon.org or to Rainer Kattel at kattel@staff.ttu.ee. Deadline is December 31\, 2006. Papers should be submitted by May 1\, 2007. For a selection of speakers\, travel and accommodation support will be available.\n\nThe papers will be published in an edited volume . The conference is supported by the Estonian Science Foundation. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20061122T152615Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220200Z DTSTAMP:20061122T152615Z UID:uuid1164209271855 SUMMARY:Ragnar Nurkse (1907 - 2007): Classical Development Economics and its Relevance for Today PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070831 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070902 LOCATION:Tallinn\, Estonia DESCRIPTION:Conference: Ragnar Nurkse (1907 - 2007): Classical Development Economics and its Relevance for Today August 31 - September 1\, 2007 Tallinn\, Estonia\n\nRagnar Nurkse's writings on economic development and on the problems of finance are as relevant today as they were when he wrote. This conference will discuss Nurkse's work also in relationship to his contemporaries in development economics\, and the common elements of development economics from Antonio Serra to Nurkse -- among them technology\, finance\, institutions\, problems of foreign ownership -- will be highlighted.\n\nThe conference includes a visit to Nurske birthplace in Käru estate\, Esonia.\n\nFor more information: Erik S. Reinert at erik.reinert@othercanon.org or Rainer Kattel at kattel@staff.ttu.ee X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20061122T155008Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220200Z DTSTAMP:20061122T155008Z UID:uuid1164210658984 SUMMARY:Application Deadline: Queen's College\, CUNY PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061205 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061206 LOCATION:CUNY College in Queens\, New York City DESCRIPTION:QUEENS COLLEGE\, CUNY\, New York\, NY\n\nF3 International Finance\nF41 Open Economy Macroeconomics\nL2 Firm Objectives\, Organization\, and Behavior\nN0 Economic History\nN8 Micro-Business History\n\nThe Department of Economics invites applications for two tenure track Assistant Professor Positions at a flagship CUNY College in Queens\, New York City. High priority will be given to the above fields but we may consider outstanding candidates in other areas. In addition to offering a BA degree in economics\, the department sponsors an undergraduate program in business administration. The department encourages an atmosphere of collegiality and cooperation in all matters related to undergraduate teaching at an institution with a strong tradition in the liberal arts. Appointment to the Doctoral Faculty at the Graduate Center of CUNY is open to professors at all ranks\, upon review of publication record. Responsibilities include teaching in the undergraduate program and independent research. Applicants should have strong research potential. Course responsibilities include introductory and intermediate courses in economic theory and applications\, and elective courses that complement the candidate's research interests. Candidates must have a completed Ph.D. at the time of appointment (September\, 2007). The ability to communicate well with undergraduate students and colleagues in the university is required. The salary range is competitive. To be considered for a preliminary interview at the 2007 AEA/ASSA meetings\, please send by December 5\, 2006 a cover letter\, curriculum vitae\, statement of teaching interests and philosophy\, teaching evaluations\, graduate transcripts\, research papers(s)\, and three current confidential letters of recommendation from people named in your CV to: David Gabel\, Chair\; Search Committee\; Department of Economics\; Queens College\; Flushing\, NY 11367-1597. An equal opportunity-affirmative action employer. More information about the department is available at: http://www.qc-econ-bba.org/index.ihtml X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20061122T160303Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220200Z DTSTAMP:20061122T160303Z UID:uuid1164211528815 SUMMARY:Economic History Seminar\, Paris School of Economics PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061120 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061121 LOCATION:48\, Bd Jourdan - 75014 Paris - Mondays from 17h30 to 19h00 - building E - room E 102 DESCRIPTION:Campus Jourdan\, bâtiment P\, rez-de-chaussée\, salle 8 (17h30-19h30)\nP. V. FISHBACK (University of Arizona\, Tucson AZ) : The Effect of Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets: American Cities During the Great Depression\nCo-auteurs : L. Platt Boustan & S. E. Kantor X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070115T161912Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220200Z DTSTAMP:20070115T161912Z UID:uuid1168878071970 SUMMARY:Washington Area Economic History Seminar PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061208 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061209 LOCATION:Johns Hopkins University DESCRIPTION:http: //www.american.edu/academic.depts/cas/econ/WAEHS/Invitations/econhistory.h tml X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070115T162436Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220200Z DTSTAMP:20070115T162436Z UID:uuid1168878344525 SUMMARY:2007 Conference of the Program in Early American Economy and Society PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071011 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071013 LOCATION:Library Company of Philadelphia DESCRIPTION:The next annual conference of the Program in Early American Economy and Society will be held on October 10-11\, 2007 at the Library Company of Philadelphia. Entitled \"The Panic of 1837: Getting By and Going Under in a Decade of Crisis\,\" this conference's presenters will examine how the circumstances of this critical moment had important consequences for the ways Americans thought about their economic culture\, responded to personal and social crises\, and debated the proper connections between households\, politics\, and the economy.\n\nSpeakers and commenters will include Scott Sandage\, Jess Lepler\, Sharon Murphy\, Sean Adams\, Dan Wadwani\, Josh Greenberg\, Mary Templin\, Ken Cohen\, John Larson\, Richard John\, Dallett Hemphill\, Seth Rockman\, and others. This conference will be free and open to everyone interested in its themes.\n\nFurther information about registration and accommodations will be available during the new year on the PEAES web pages\, at www.librarycompany.org/economics. For further information please contact Cathy Matson\, PEAES director\, at cmatson@udel.edu. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070115T163801Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220200Z DTSTAMP:20070115T163801Z UID:uuid1168879189705 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: Canadian Network for Economic History Sessions at the 2007 CEA Meetings PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070228 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070301 LOCATION:Halifax\, Nova Scotia DESCRIPTION:Canadian Network for Economic History Sessions at the 2007 CEA Meetings\, June 1 - 3\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia.\n\nThe Canadian Network for Economic History invites anyone wishing to present a paper at the CNEH session at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Economic Association to submit an abstract by February 28\, 2007. Abstracts should be between 100-200 words in length and must be submitted through the online registration form for paper presenters in the CEA website at http: //www.economics.ca/2007/. Under the \"Comments\" section of the form submitters should make reference to the CNEH. This year's CNEH sessions are planned for Saturday June 2nd. and will be followed in the evening by a Historian's Dinner. For more information please contact Marina Adshade at marina.adshade@dal.\n\n\nMarina Adshade\nAssistant Professor\nDepartment of Economics\nDalhousie University\n6214 University Avenue\nHalifax\, Nova Scotia\nB3H 3J5\nPhone: (902) 494-6999\nFax: (902) 494-6917 X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070115T164614Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220200Z DTSTAMP:20070115T164614Z UID:uuid1168879719140 SUMMARY:Canadian Network for Economic History Sessions at the 2007 CEA Meetings PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070601 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070604 LOCATION:Halifax\, Nova Scotia DESCRIPTION:Canadian Network for Economic History Sessions at the 2007 CEA Meetings\, June 1 - 3\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\n\nThis year's CNEH sessions are planned for Saturday June 2nd. and will be followed in the evening by a Historian's Dinner. For more information please contact Marina Adshade at marina.adshade@dal.\n\n\nMarina Adshade\nAssistant Professor\nDepartment of Economics\nDalhousie University\n6214 University Avenue\nHalifax\, Nova Scotia\nB3H 3J5\nPhone: (902) 494-6999\nFax: (902) 494-6917\n\nCEA Website: http://www.economics.ca/2007/\nCNEH Website: http://www.economichistory.ca/ X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070118T175045Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220201Z DTSTAMP:20070118T175045Z UID:uuid1169142725167 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: NSF/NBER/CEPR workshop on The Evolution of the Global Economy PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070102 LOCATION:National Bureau of Economic Research\, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA 02138 DESCRIPTION:NSF/NBER/CEPR workshops on The Evolution of the Global Economy\n\nIn July 2006 NBER and CEPR were pleased to announce funding by the NSF to support U.S.-based researchers to attend international cooperative workshops involving research related to the broad theme of \"The Evolution of the Global Economy\" (EGE).\n\nThe first EU-based EGE workshop was held October 13-15\, 2006 in Lund\, Sweden.\n\nThe second US-based EGE workshop will be held on Friday\, March 2\, 2007\, at the National Bureau of Economic Research\, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA 02138.\n\nThis date has been chosen to synchronize with the NBER DAE program meeting which takes place the following day. It is hoped that participants from both meetings will benefit from the spillovers.\n\nApplications for the EGE sessions are welcomed from those seeking to present work in comparative economic history\, applied international finance and trade\, institutions\, political economy\, long-run economic growth/development\, and other related fields.\n\nRequests for NSF funding are welcomed from all U.S.-based researchers.\n\nPlease submit papers by email to:\n\nKevin H. O'Rourke Alan M. Taylor \n\nNOTE: The deadline for submission is January 1.\n\nFor further information:\nAlan M. Taylor\nDepartment of Economics\nUniversity of California\nOne Shields Ave\nDavis CA 95616-8578\n\ntel: 530-754-7464\nfax: 530-752-9382\namtaylor@ucdavis.edu\nhttp: //www.econ.ucdavis.edu/faculty/amtaylor/ X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070119T164050Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220201Z DTSTAMP:20070119T164050Z UID:uuid1169224929448 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: Money\, Power and Print: Interdisciplinary Studies of the Financial Revolution in the British Isles\, 1688-1776 PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070615 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070616 LOCATION:St. John's\, Newfoundland\, Canada DESCRIPTION:CALL FOR PAPERS\n\nMoney\, Power and Print: Interdisciplinary Studies of the Financial Revolution in the British Isles\, 1688-1776\n\nSt. John's\, Newfoundland\, Canada\n26-28 June 2008\n\nThis colloquium will gather scholars from a wide range of disciplines to study the intersections between public finance\, politics and literature during Britain's so-called Financial Revolution. (The term \"British\" is used loosely to refer to all constituent parts of the United Kingdom and also to Ireland and the colonies. The term \"literature\" is broadly defined to include newspapers\, pamphlets\, treatises\, novels\, plays\, and prints.)\n\nAuthors must write for a non-specialist audience. Papers need not offer original research so long as authors aim to make the principal findings of their own discipline readily accessible to scholars working in other fields.\n\nGraduate students and emerging scholars are particularly encouraged to contribute.\n\nThe colloquium organizers invite papers addressing one or more of the specific questions addressed below. Their hope is to choose two papers from each of the broad subject areas identified. Proposals for papers on other questions in the same general subject areas will be considered but will not be accepted unless they address broad questions that would be of interest to a non-specialist\, interdisciplinary audience.\n\n\nTHE INNOVATIONS IN FINANCE\n\n* How effectively did British governments capture the savings made possible by the growing use of paper money?\n* Why didn't paper money and banking spread to Ireland at the same that they became prominent in England and Scotland?\n* How and in what proportions did contemporaries make use of the various kinds of “currency” available at the time (including specie\, Bank of England and goldsmith notes\, army debentures\, Irish land debentures\, tallies\, etc.)?\n* Exactly what roles did the three large chartered corporations play in British public finance during this period?\n* How did the rise of Exchange Alley alter parliamentary methods for raising public revenue?\n* How did colonial systems of public finance compare with the framework in place in England?\n\n\nTHE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL INNOVATION ON POLITICS\n\n* Did the emergence of a long-term public debt alter the day-to-day workings of British politics in any significant\, verifiable way?\n* Did the South Sea Bubble and public reaction to it significantly alter the course of British discourse about public finance and politics?\n* To what extent were politicians able to use widespread ignorance of the admittedly complex inner workings of public finance to manipulate public opinion to their own ends? And what were the mechanisms of such manipulation?\n* Did the rise of the Bank of Scotland have an effect upon that country's politics and public finance similar to the one exercised in England by the Bank of England?\n* Did the innovations in public finance increase the readiness of English administrations to go to war?\n* Did the revolution in Britain's public finances affect its relationship with the colonies and\, if so\, how?\n\n\nFINANCIAL INNOVATION AS PORTRAYED IN CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE\n\n* How seriously should we take contemporary literature complaining of stock jobbing and various other forms of corruption in the London stock market?\n* Is there any substance to the claim of Swift and other contemporary pamphleteers that the political influence of government financiers grew significantly during this period at the expense of the landed interest?\n* Did contemporary English theatre and poetry offer any meaningful or insightful commentary on the financial revolution?\n* Were the somewhat dismissive attitudes expressed toward paper currency in the writings of Hume and Smith typical of contemporary attitudes in general?\n\n\nTHE POLITICAL FUNCTIONS OF CONTEMPORARY WRITING ON PUBLIC FINANCE\n\n* Who was the intended audience for contemporary pamphlets on matters of public finance?\n* What political function was served by the numerous critiques of the latest schemes in French public finance that were regularly published in Britain?\n* For whom was the projecting literature written and to what purpose?\n* Did the criticisms of recent innovations in public finance featured in contemporary newspapers have any real impact on government policy?\n* Did fictional literature\, poetry\, theatre or lithographs have a significant impact upon contemporary attitudes toward public finance?\n\n\nProposals may be submitted to any of the colloquium organizers listed below. Proposals of 250 words are due 15 June 2007. The program will be announced in December 2007. Accepted papers will be due on 1 May 2008 and will be circulated among colloquium participants in advance. The colloquium is an initiative of 'Money\, Power and Print'\, an association of scholars interested in an interdisciplinary approach to the Financial Revolution. The association hosted similar colloquia at Regina\, Saskatchewan (2004) and Armagh\, Northern Ireland (2006). Further details are available at www.moneypowerandprint.org.\n\n\nORGANIZERS:\n\nChris Fauske\nSchool of Arts & Sciences\nSalem State College\n352 Lafayette St.\nSalem\, MA\nUSA 01970-5353\nchristopher.fauske@salemstate.edu\n\nRick Kleer\nDepartment of Economics\nUniversity of Regina\n3737 Wascana Parkway\nRegina\, Saskatchewan\nCanada S4S 0A2\nrichard.kleer@uregina.ca\n\nIvar McGrath\nSchool of Humanities & Histories\nTrinity College Dublin\nCollege Green\nDublin 2\nIreland\nmcgratci@tcd.ie X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070119T164320Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220201Z DTSTAMP:20070119T164320Z UID:uuid1169225124629 SUMMARY:Money\, Power and Print: Interdisciplinary Studies of the Financial Revolution in the British Isles\, 1688-1776 PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080626 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080629 LOCATION:St. John's\, Newfoundland\, Canada DESCRIPTION:Money\, Power and Print: Interdisciplinary Studies of the Financial Revolution in the British Isles\, 1688-1776\n\nSt. John's\, Newfoundland\, Canada\n26-28 June 2008\n\nThis colloquium will gather scholars from a wide range of disciplines to study the intersections between public finance\, politics and literature during Britain's so-called Financial Revolution. (The term \"British\" is used loosely to refer to all constituent parts of the United Kingdom and also to Ireland and the colonies. The term \"literature\" is broadly defined to include newspapers\, pamphlets\, treatises\, novels\, plays\, and prints.)\n\nThe colloquium is an initiative of 'Money\, Power and Print'\, an association of scholars interested in an interdisciplinary approach to the Financial Revolution. The association hosted similar colloquia at Regina\, Saskatchewan (2004) and Armagh\, Northern Ireland (2006). Further details are available at www.moneypowerandprint.org.\n\nFor more information\, pleae contact one of the organizers:\n\nChris Fauske\nSchool of Arts & Sciences\nSalem State College\n352 Lafayette St.\nSalem\, MA\nUSA 01970-5353\nchristopher.fauske@salemstate.edu\n\nRick Kleer\nDepartment of Economics\nUniversity of Regina\n3737 Wascana Parkway\nRegina\, Saskatchewan\nCanada S4S 0A2\nrichard.kleer@uregina.ca\n\nIvar McGrath\nSchool of Humanities & Histories\nTrinity College Dublin\nCollege Green\nDublin 2\nIreland\nmcgratci@tcd.ie X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070220T165518Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220201Z DTSTAMP:20070220T165518Z UID:uuid1171990562006 SUMMARY:Hearts and Minds: the Ethos of Commercial and Political Advocacy in Twentieth-century Britain PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070414 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070415 LOCATION:Queen Mary College\, London DESCRIPTION:Hearts and Minds: the Ethos of Commercial and Political Advocacy in Twentieth-century Britain\n\nOne-Day Workshop: Saturday\, 14 April 2007\, 9.30am - 5.00pm\n\nOrganised by the School of Business and Management\, Queen Mary College\, London\n\nThis workshop examines how a professionalised persuasion industry changed the ways corporations and governments communicated with citizens and consumers in the twentieth century. By the end of World War II\, a number of institutions and actors emerged - advertising agencies\, government propaganda units\, market research and opinion polling services\, corporate publicity departments etc. - which were characterised by what Robert Jackall called the \"Ethos of Advocacy.\"\n\nPapers at this workshop will look at how people at the centre of this emerging social and professional ethos reacted to the challenges of expanding markets\, mass democracy\, new media technologies and the threats of war and dictatorship. The workshop will bring together historical research from the fields of political and marketing history and aims to increase our knowledge of how Britain's overt and hidden persuaders negotiated their collective identity in the age of extremes.\n\nBooking Information: Stefan Schwarzkopf\, School of Business and Management\, Queen Mary College\, Mile End Road\, London E1 4NS\; s.schwarzkopf@qmul.ac.uk\n\nBooking Deadline: 31 March 2007. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070220T170302Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220201Z DTSTAMP:20070220T170302Z UID:uuid1171991036319 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: The Philosophy of Adam Smith: A conference to commemorate the 250th anniversary of The Theory of Moral Sentiments PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070915 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070916 LOCATION:Balliol College\, Oxford DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers:\n\nThe Philosophy of Adam Smith: A conference to commemorate the 250th anniversary of The Theory of Moral Sentiments\n\nJanuary 6-8\, 2009\nBalliol College\, Oxford\n\nOrganised by the International Adam Smith Society and The Adam Smith Review\n\nAlthough Adam Smith is better known now for his economics\, in his own time it was his first book\, The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759)\, that established his reputation. Just as scholarly work on Smith has challenged the free market appropriation of Smith's Wealth of Nations\, so it has also come to appreciate the importance of Smith's moral philosophy for his overall intellectual project. This conference\, to be held at the college Smith himself attended from 1740-46\, and at the beginning of the year marking the 250th anniversary of the publication of The Theory of Moral Sentiments\, will provide an opportunity to re-evaluate the significance of Smith's moral philosophy and moral psychology\, the relationship between them and his other writings on economics\, politics\, jurisprudence\, history\, and rhetoric and belles lettres\, and the relevance of his thought to current research in these areas. Papers on any of these topics\, and from any discipline\, are welcome. \nPlenary speakers will include:\n\nSteven Darwall (Professor of Philosophy\, University of Michigan) Charles Griswold (Professor of Philosophy\, Boston University) Knud Haakonssen (Professor of Intellectual History\, University of Sussex) David Raphael (Professor Emeritus of Philosophy\, Imperial College) Emma Rothschild (Fellow\, King's College Cambridge\; Visiting Professor of History\, Harvard) Geoffrey Sayre-McCord (Professor of Philosophy\, University of North Carolina)\n\n\nPlease send detailed abstracts (500-800 words) prepared for blind review by September 15\, 2007 to:\n\nSamuel Fleischacker\nPhilosophy Department (M/C 267)\n601 South Morgan Street\nUniversity of Illinois at Chicago\nChicago\, IL 60607-7114\nUSA\n\nOr email them (as attachments\, prepared for blind review) to:\n\nsfleisch@uic.edu\n\nParticipants will be notified that their proposals have been accepted for the conference by December 1\, 2007. \n\nPublication\nA selection of conference papers will be published in a special commemorative volume of The Adam Smith Review (Routledge)\, entitled The Philosophy of Adam Smith\, edited by Vivienne Brown and Sam Fleischacker. To meet the publication schedule of the volume\, participants who would like their papers to be considered for it should submit complete drafts of their papers to the editors by September 15\, 2008. Only new\, previously unpublished work will be included in the volume. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070220T170444Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220201Z DTSTAMP:20070220T170444Z UID:uuid1171991155507 SUMMARY:The Philosophy of Adam Smith: A conference to commemorate the 250th anniversary of The Theory of Moral Sentiments PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090106 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090109 LOCATION:Balliol College\, Oxford DESCRIPTION:The Philosophy of Adam Smith: A conference to commemorate the 250th anniversary of The Theory of Moral Sentiments\n\nJanuary 6-8\, 2009\nBalliol College\, Oxford\n\nOrganised by the International Adam Smith Society and The Adam Smith Review\n\nAlthough Adam Smith is better known now for his economics\, in his own time it was his first book\, The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759)\, that established his reputation. Just as scholarly work on Smith has challenged the free market appropriation of Smith's Wealth of Nations\, so it has also come to appreciate the importance of Smith's moral philosophy for his overall intellectual project. This conference\, to be held at the college Smith himself attended from 1740-46\, and at the beginning of the year marking the 250th anniversary of the publication of The Theory of Moral Sentiments\, will provide an opportunity to re-evaluate the significance of Smith's moral philosophy and moral psychology\, the relationship between them and his other writings on economics\, politics\, jurisprudence\, history\, and rhetoric and belles lettres\, and the relevance of his thought to current research in these areas.\n\nPlenary speakers will include: \n\nSteven Darwall (Professor of Philosophy\, University of Michigan) Charles Griswold (Professor of Philosophy\, Boston University) Knud Haakonssen (Professor of Intellectual History\, University of Sussex) David Raphael (Professor Emeritus of Philosophy\, Imperial College) Emma Rothschild (Fellow\, King's College Cambridge\; Visiting Professor of History\, Harvard) Geoffrey Sayre-McCord (Professor of Philosophy\, University of North Carolina).\n\nFor more information: \n\nSamuel Fleischacker\nPhilosophy Department (M/C 267)\n601 South Morgan Street\nUniversity of Illinois at Chicago\nChicago\, IL 60607-7114\nUSA X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070221T181912Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220201Z DTSTAMP:20070221T181912Z UID:uuid1172082013636 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: Third Economic History Panel: Past\, Present and Policy PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070307 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070308 LOCATION:Genoa\, Italy DESCRIPTION:CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline: March 07\, 2007 \n\nANNOUNCING THE THIRD ECONOMIC HISTORY PANEL: PAST\, PRESENT\, AND POLICY Series Director: Marc Flandreau \n\nForeign Exchange Reserves and the International Monetary System: Management\, Cooperation\, and Stability \n\n27-28 March\, 2008\nGenoa\, Italy\n\nOrganisers: Barry Eichengreen and Marc Flandreau \n\nThis announcement solicits paper submissions and expressions of interest in attending the third annual meeting of Past\, Present\, and Policy\, hosted by the Banco San Giorgio and co- sponsored by the City of Genoa\, the Region Liguria\, the Chaire de Finances internationales\, Sciences Po\, the Viessmann European Research Centre @ Wilfrid Laurier University\, the Center for European Studies – University of Berkeley. This project has benefit from financial support from the France-Berkeley Fund. \n\nPast\, Present and Policy is sponsored by the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris and the Center for Economic Policy Research in London. Its motivation derives from the considerable advances in policy-relevant Economic History and the growing recognition of its contribution to our understanding of current economic problems. Since Economic History does not speak with one single voice\, it is important that alternative views about policy lessons be debated. Finally\, it is clear that Economic History has a strong potential for inspiring new theoretical research and be therefore given the widest possible audience. PPP1 Vienna 2005\, was hosted and sponsored by the Austrian National Bank (organisers: Marc Flandreau and Edi Hochreiter). PPP2 London 2006 was hosted and sponsored by the Bank of England (organisers: Forrest Capie and Marc Flandreau). \n\nThe topic of the third meeting will be “Foreign Exchange Reserves and the International Monetary System: Management\, Cooperation\, and Stability”. We are interested in submissions that promise to develop new historical information with the potential for challenging existing views and fostering policy debate. Policy relevant implications will be stressed – for example\, reserve-currency competition in the past\, and historical episodes that may help one to better judge the sustainability of the dollar positions of Asian central banks reserves. There are no time boundaries since we recognize that the phenomenon is a very old one. \n\nThe program will be made up of 4 to 8 high quality papers. While there are no geographical restrictions\, priority will be given to young scholars and topics with special relevance to Europe and Asia. Submission of new material and provocative insights is especially encouraged. Interested authors should submit a one page abstract via the online application system by 7 March 2007. They will be notified by March 27. Preliminary drafts will be due on September 30. It is understood that papers will be published subject to due refereeing process. Published papers will receive a fee of € 1000. Selected papers from PPP1 have been published in a special issue of the European Review of Economic History. Selected papers from PPP2 and PPP3 will be also published as special issues of EREH. \n\nTravel and accommodation expenses will be covered for all participants according to the new CEPR travel guidelines (www.cepr.org/meets/WKCN/misc/trp.pdf)\, but if you could contribute to the costs of your attendance from a research grant at your disposal this would free up space for someone else. Please indicate on your reply form whether you will be able to cover your own travel costs\, or whether you will require funding from CEPR. Please note that it may not be possible to accept all applications to attend this meeting. \n\nWe would\, at this stage\, like you to simply confirm your interest in attending the meeting and where applicable submit a draft. You may like to read our Guidelines on how to register online for CEPR Meetings at http: //www.cepr.org/meets/emo/Guidelines.htm. \n\nIf you have any difficulties registering for this meeting\, please contact Nadine Clarke\, Meetings Assistant\, at nclarke@cepr.org or +44 20 7878 2908. \n\nLinda Amrani\nlinda.amrani@sciences-po.fr\nhttp: //www.financesinternationales.sciences-po.fr/ \n\n\nSteering Committee\nIgnacio Briones\, Escuela de Negocios\, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez\, Santiago de Chile\nForrest Capie\, Bank of England and Cass Business School\, London\nBarry Eichengreen\, University of California\, Berkeley\, NBER and CEPR\nLuca Einaudi\, Centre for History and Economics\, Cambridge\nMarc Flandreau\, Chaire Finances internationales Sciences Po Paris and CEPR\nEdi Hochreiter\, Joint Vienna Institute\nLars Jonung\, European Commission\, DG ECFIN\, Brussels\nJan Tore Klovland\, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration\nPablo Martin Acena\, Universidad de Alcala\nLeandro Prados della Escosura\, University Carlos III\, Madrid\nJaime Brown Reis\, Instituto de Ciências Sociais Universidade de Lisboa\nAlbrecht Ritschl\, Humboldt University Berlin and CEPR\nPierre Siklos\, Viessmann European Research Centre @ Wilfrid Laurier University\nGianni Toniolo\, Universita Tor Vergata X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070221T182105Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220201Z DTSTAMP:20070221T182105Z UID:uuid1172082317962 SUMMARY:Third Economic History Panel: Past\, Present and Policy PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080327 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080329 LOCATION:Genoa\, Italy DESCRIPTION:ANNOUNCING THE THIRD ECONOMIC HISTORY PANEL: PAST\, PRESENT\, AND POLICY Series Director: Marc Flandreau \n\nForeign Exchange Reserves and the International Monetary System: Management\, Cooperation\, and Stability \n\n27-28 March\, 2008\nGenoa\, Italy\n\nOrganisers: Barry Eichengreen and Marc Flandreau \n\nHosted by the Banco San Giorgio and co- sponsored by the City of Genoa\, the Region Liguria\, the Chaire de Finances internationales\, Sciences Po\, the Viessmann European Research Centre @ Wilfrid Laurier University\, the Center for European Studies – University of Berkeley. This project has benefit from financial support from the France-Berkeley Fund. \n\nPast\, Present and Policy is sponsored by the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris and the Center for Economic Policy Research in London. Its motivation derives from the considerable advances in policy-relevant Economic History and the growing recognition of its contribution to our understanding of current economic problems. Since Economic History does not speak with one single voice\, it is important that alternative views about policy lessons be debated. Finally\, it is clear that Economic History has a strong potential for inspiring new theoretical research and be therefore given the widest possible audience. PPP1 Vienna 2005\, was hosted and sponsored by the Austrian National Bank (organisers: Marc Flandreau and Edi Hochreiter). PPP2 London 2006 was hosted and sponsored by the Bank of England (organisers: Forrest Capie and Marc Flandreau). \n\nThe topic of the third meeting will be “Foreign Exchange Reserves and the International Monetary System: Management\, Cooperation\, and Stability”. \n\nSteering Committee\nIgnacio Briones\, Escuela de Negocios\, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez\, Santiago de Chile\nForrest Capie\, Bank of England and Cass Business School\, London\nBarry Eichengreen\, University of California\, Berkeley\, NBER and CEPR\nLuca Einaudi\, Centre for History and Economics\, Cambridge\nMarc Flandreau\, Chaire Finances internationales Sciences Po Paris and CEPR\nEdi Hochreiter\, Joint Vienna Institute\nLars Jonung\, European Commission\, DG ECFIN\, Brussels\nJan Tore Klovland\, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration\nPablo Martin Acena\, Universidad de Alcala\nLeandro Prados della Escosura\, University Carlos III\, Madrid\nJaime Brown Reis\, Instituto de Ciências Sociais Universidade de Lisboa\nAlbrecht Ritschl\, Humboldt University Berlin and CEPR\nPierre Siklos\, Viessmann European Research Centre @ Wilfrid Laurier University\nGianni Toniolo\, Universita Tor Vergata\n\nFor more information: Nadine Clarke\, Meetings Assistant\, at nclarke@cepr.org or +44 20 7878 2908. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070222T173130Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220201Z DTSTAMP:20070222T173130Z UID:uuid1172165550042 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: Law and Economic Development: a Historical Perspective PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070331 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070401 LOCATION:Utrecht University DESCRIPTION:Law and Economic Development: a Historical Perspective\nA call for papers\n\n\nEnforcement of contracts and property rights lie at the heart of sustainable economic growth. During the past decade\, our understanding of the historical evolution of various institutional mechanisms to cope with this issue has been greatly enhanced\, in particular by so-called historical and institutional analysis formalized in a game-theoretic framework. The analysis demonstrates that these mechanisms\, whether informally organized through repeated interaction of economic agents or formally institutionalized in a state-backed legal system\, were central to the securing of property rights and contract enforcement around the world. Meanwhile\, the burgeoning research on economic growth and convergence has also pointed to the importance of formal legal institutions. The so-called legal origins debate centres on the relative merits of common law versus civil law and on the impact of these two different legal regimes on financial structures\, corporate governance and industrial organization.\n\nAnother strand of literature pioneered by sociologists and legal historians such as Max Weber long argued that unique features of Western legal institution\, i.e. legal formalism and the rule of law\, laid the foundation of modern capitalism in the West. The Weberian thesis has been hotly contested among scholars of comparative law and area studies. Recent research on non-Western legal traditions has engaged with these debates\, while also vastly improving our knowledge in this area based on new empirical findings.\n\nThis conference aims to bring a truly global and multi-disciplinary perspective to the relationship between law and long-term economic growth. We focus on formal legal rules\, procedures and institutions in the wide context of legal traditions and their relationship with contract enforcement and property rights. We aim to broaden the scope of our discussion with a global perspective that includes both Western and important non-Western legal traditions such as the Chinese\, Islamic or Hindu that have been largely neglected in the \"legal origin\" debate. We hope to gather experts from economics\, history\, comparative law\, and political science to address in particular the following themes and questions:\n\n1. Long-run relative economic efficiency of different legal regimes. What are the major similarities and differences of different legal traditions in terms of their long-term economic outcomes? Is legal tradition relevant to the \"Great Divergence\" debate? How do different legal traditions originate and evolve? Is the \"rule of law\" ideal unique to the West? How and when did it evolve in the West or elsewhere? How are different legal institutions organized around the world and what is their connection with the state and organized religion? How arbitrary or rule-bound is the legal system in a comparative framework? What is the relationship between formal legal institutions and informal rules and social norms?\n\n2. Empirical research on the relative economic efficiency of legal regimes. This section\, while providing scope for theoretical models and explanations\, will be particularly focused on specific case studies and empirical research that delineate (at the micro or macro level) the economic impact of different legal traditions and institutions on financial markets\, credit institutions\, corporate governance\, commercial organization\, market structure\, government bureaucracy\, and so on.\n\n3. Interaction and mutual influence between legal traditions throughout history. An important development in the modern era has been the adoption and absorption of Western legal systems around the world\, whether through colonial imposition or voluntary adoption. What are the major lessons of these cases as measured by their impact on long-term economic growth in these countries? What conflicts\, tensions or innovations emerged in this process?\n\n\nWe plan a 3-day workshop along the lines of the Global Economic History Network (GEHN) conferences\, to be held at Utrecht University on 21-23 September 2007. As with previous GEHN meetings (see http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/economicHistory/GEHN/Default.htm) and Utrecht conferences (see http://www.iisg.nl/hpw/conference.php)\, the Great Divergence debate will be the starting point of the meeting.\n\nWe invite legal and economic historians to present papers on the legal traditions of Eurasia\, Africa and the Americas in relation to long term economic development before the Industrial Revolution. We are particularly interested in survey papers reviewing these issues for major regions of the world\, but detailed case studies are also welcome. Travel costs and costs of accommodation and lodging will be covered by the local organization.\n\nPlease send\, before March 31st 2007\, a 300-word abstract of your paper proposal to jvz@iisg.nl and D.Ma1@lse.ac.uk.\n\nJan Luiten van Zanden (UU/IISG) and Debin Ma (LSE) X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070222T173403Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220201Z DTSTAMP:20070222T173403Z UID:uuid1172165814445 SUMMARY:Law and Economic Development: a Historical Perspective PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070921 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070924 LOCATION:Utrecht University DESCRIPTION:Enforcement of contracts and property rights lie at the heart of sustainable economic growth. During the past decade\, our understanding of the historical evolution of various institutional mechanisms to cope with this issue has been greatly enhanced\, in particular by so-called historical and institutional analysis formalized in a game-theoretic framework. The analysis demonstrates that these mechanisms\, whether informally organized through repeated interaction of economic agents or formally institutionalized in a state-backed legal system\, were central to the securing of property rights and contract enforcement around the world. Meanwhile\, the burgeoning research on economic growth and convergence has also pointed to the importance of formal legal institutions. The so-called legal origins debate centres on the relative merits of common law versus civil law and on the impact of these two different legal regimes on financial structures\, corporate governance and industrial organization.\n\nAnother strand of literature pioneered by sociologists and legal historians such as Max Weber long argued that unique features of Western legal institution\, i.e. legal formalism and the rule of law\, laid the foundation of modern capitalism in the West. The Weberian thesis has been hotly contested among scholars of comparative law and area studies. Recent research on non-Western legal traditions has engaged with these debates\, while also vastly improving our knowledge in this area based on new empirical findings.\n\nThis conference aims to bring a truly global and multi-disciplinary perspective to the relationship between law and long-term economic growth. We focus on formal legal rules\, procedures and institutions in the wide context of legal traditions and their relationship with contract enforcement and property rights. We aim to broaden the scope of our discussion with a global perspective that includes both Western and important non-Western legal traditions such as the Chinese\, Islamic or Hindu that have been largely neglected in the \"legal origin\" debate. We hope to gather experts from economics\, history\, comparative law\, and political science to address in particular the following themes and questions:\n\n1. Long-run relative economic efficiency of different legal regimes. What are the major similarities and differences of different legal traditions in terms of their long-term economic outcomes? Is legal tradition relevant to the \"Great Divergence\" debate? How do different legal traditions originate and evolve? Is the \"rule of law\" ideal unique to the West? How and when did it evolve in the West or elsewhere? How are different legal institutions organized around the world and what is their connection with the state and organized religion? How arbitrary or rule-bound is the legal system in a comparative framework? What is the relationship between formal legal institutions and informal rules and social norms?\n\n2. Empirical research on the relative economic efficiency of legal regimes. This section\, while providing scope for theoretical models and explanations\, will be particularly focused on specific case studies and empirical research that delineate (at the micro or macro level) the economic impact of different legal traditions and institutions on financial markets\, credit institutions\, corporate governance\, commercial organization\, market structure\, government bureaucracy\, and so on.\n\n3. Interaction and mutual influence between legal traditions throughout history. An important development in the modern era has been the adoption and absorption of Western legal systems around the world\, whether through colonial imposition or voluntary adoption. What are the major lessons of these cases as measured by their impact on long-term economic growth in these countries? What conflicts\, tensions or innovations emerged in this process?\n\n\nWe plan a 3-day workshop along the lines of the Global Economic History Network (GEHN) conferences\, to be held at Utrecht University on 21-23 September 2007. As with previous GEHN meetings (see http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/economicHistory/GEHN/Default.htm) and Utrecht conferences (see http://www.iisg.nl/hpw/conference.php)\, the Great Divergence debate will be the starting point of the meeting.\n\nFor more information: \nJan Luiten van Zanden (UU/IISG) jvz@iisg.nl\nDebin Ma (LSE) D.Ma1@lse.ac.uk X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070323T180234Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220201Z DTSTAMP:20070323T180328Z UID:cd6b29c6-d968-11db-a644-0003939a8f6e SUMMARY:The last Wednesday in March PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070328 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070329 URL:http://www.eh.net LOCATION:everywhere DESCRIPTION:here is the description END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070614T141430Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220201Z DTSTAMP:20070614T141430Z UID:uuid1181830525384 SUMMARY:Application Deadline: Harvard-Newcomen Postdoctoral Fellowship\, 2008-2009 PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071001 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071002 LOCATION:Harvard Business School DESCRIPTION:The Harvard Business School and the Newcomen Society of the United States support a postdoctoral fellowship in business history for twelve months of residence and research at the Harvard Business School. Fellowships normally run for the academic year\, July 1 to June 30\; the stipend is currently $46\,000. The purpose of the award is to enable scholars who have received a Ph.D. in history\, economics\, or a related discipline within the past ten years to improve their professional acquaintance with business and economic history\, to increase their skills as they relate to this field\, and to engage in research that will benefit from the resources of the Harvard Business School and the Boston-area scholarly community. The successful applicant will participate in the school's business history courses\, seminars\, and case development activities.\n\nThe application deadline is October 1\, 2007. Applications can be downloaded at this link: http: //www.hbs.edu/businesshistory/fellowships.html\n\nApplicants wishing to gather more information about the fellowship should contact Walter Friedman\, at email\, wfriedman@hbs.edu or telephone\, 617-495-1003. Those wishing to talk informally about the Newcomen program are encouraged to talk to Walter Friedman\, Geoff Jones (gjones@hbs.edu) or the current holder of the fellowship\, Andrea Lluch (alluch@hbs.edu)\, at the upcoming Business History Conference in Cleveland\, OH\, May 31-June 2.\n\nWalter A. Friedman\nRock Center 104\nHarvard Business School\nBoston MA 02163\nwfriedman@hbs.edu\nTel: (617) 495-1003\nFax: (617) 495-0594 X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070614T141806Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220201Z DTSTAMP:20070614T141806Z UID:uuid1181830744545 SUMMARY:Application Deadline: 2007 Summer Seminar PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070617 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070618 LOCATION:Venice DESCRIPTION:Graduate students are invited to apply for the Seventh Summer School to be held in Venice\, 3-8 September 2007\, on the topic Global Finance. The Summer seminar consists of a week-long intensive international workshop held by internationally renowned experts and provides a forum for discussion of key issues and work in progress in financial history. The following key speakers have been invited to the 2007 edition: Carlos Alvarez Nogal (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)\, Mauro Carboni (Università di Bologna)\, Luca Einaudi (Ministero del Tesoro)\, Marc Flandreau (Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris)\, John Richards (Duke University)\, Catherine R. Schenk (University of Glasgow)\n\nThe 2007 Summer Seminar is an intensive course which is designed to document and discuss the historical precursors of the modern global financial system\, the development of shared business practices\, the impact of the process of globalization on domestic economies\, its contribution to overall economic growth as well as its costs in terms of severe regional financial turbulence and economic dislocation.\n\nThe Summer Seminar is open to 15 graduate students with a strong background in economics and history.\n\nDeadline: 17 June 2007\nContact us: summersc@unive.it\nVisit us: http: //www.dse.unive.it/summerschool\nSummerschool - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche\nS. Giobbe n° 873 - 30121 Venezia\, ITALY X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070614T142024Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220201Z DTSTAMP:20070614T142024Z UID:uuid1181830938654 SUMMARY:2007 Summer Seminar PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070903 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070909 LOCATION:Venice\, Italy DESCRIPTION:The Seventh Summer School will be held in Venice\, 3-8 September 2007\, on the topic Global Finance. The Summer seminar consists of a week-long intensive international workshop held by internationally renowned experts and provides a forum for discussion of key issues and work in progress in financial history. The following key speakers have been invited to the 2007 edition: Carlos Alvarez Nogal (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)\, Mauro Carboni (Università di Bologna)\, Luca Einaudi (Ministero del Tesoro)\, Marc Flandreau (Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris)\, John Richards (Duke University)\, Catherine R. Schenk (University of Glasgow)\n\nThe 2007 Summer Seminar is an intensive course which is designed to document and discuss the historical precursors of the modern global financial system\, the development of shared business practices\, the impact of the process of globalization on domestic economies\, its contribution to overall economic growth as well as its costs in terms of severe regional financial turbulence and economic dislocation.\n\nContact us: summersc@unive.it\nVisit us: http: //www.dse.unive.it/summerschool\nSummerschool - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche\nS. Giobbe n° 873 - 30121 Venezia\, ITALY X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070614T142602Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220201Z DTSTAMP:20070614T142602Z UID:uuid1181831208087 SUMMARY:Application Deadline: Poster Session\, 2007 EHA Meetings PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070701 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070702 LOCATION:Austin\, Texas DESCRIPTION:Attention Graduate Students in Economic History!\n\nThe 2007 Economic History Association Meeting will be held September 6-9 at the Sheraton Austin Hotel in Austin\, Texas. Single rooms are $139 and double rooms are $149 per night\, plus applicable taxes. Registration materials will be available online and mailed to EHA members in early June\, 2007. The registration from allows for roommate requests to ease the financial burden. In addition\, complimentary rooms for up to 3 nights are offered to participants. A job market workshop will be offered Friday morning as well as local tours of Austin. The Teaching and History Committees are planning discussions for Saturday morning's breakfast. Details will be available on the web in early June 2007. Be sure to check the Program section of this website as well as the Poster Session and Dissertation Session links. Posters are a great way to invite feedback on preliminary research results. The poster session is open to everyone except those who gave a poster last year. Simply send a 150-word abstract by July 1\, 2007 to:\n\nAnne McCants\nChairwoman\, Department of History\nMIT\n77 Massachusetts Avenue\nCambridge\, MA 02139-4307\n\nEmail: amccants@MIT.edu\n\n\nAll files should be submitted in Word format. More information about the logistics of the session will be available on the EHA Meeting website as details become available. Please be sure to look at our dissertation session and prize information page. Graduate students are particularly encouraged to attend.\n\nTo ease the financial burden\, the EHA provides the following:\n\n* Travel subsidies of at most $500 for domestic flights\, $800 for international flights or train fare for participants presenting a paper or a poster\n\n* Complimentary hotel rooms (with double occupancy) for up to 3 nights for participants presenting a paper or a poster\n\n* 60% discount on the registration fee\n\n* 80% discount on Saturday's banquet meal\n\n* Free dinner Friday night with other graduate students\n\n\nIf you would like to attend the conference but are not prepared to participate in the Poster Session\, please send an email to the Meetings Coordinator\, Carolyn Tuttle\, to receive the meal subsidies and complementary room. Please state your name\, affiliation\, advisor email address\, roommate preference if any\, and number of the days you plan to stay in Austin. In order to receive the complimentary room the request must be receive by August 15 to: \n\n\nCarolyn Tuttle\nMeetings Coordinator\nEconomic History Association\nDepartment of Economics\nLake Forest College\nLake Forest\, IL 60045\n\nEmail: tuttle@lfc.edu X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070614T142851Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220201Z DTSTAMP:20070614T142851Z UID:uuid1181831397931 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: 2008 Economic & Business Historical Society Conference PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080107 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080108 LOCATION:Montgomery\, Alabama DESCRIPTION:Call For Papers\n2008 Economic & Business Historical Society Conference\nMontgomery\, Alabama\nApril 17 - 19\, 2008\n\nThe Economic & Business Historical Society welcomes proposals for presentations on all aspects of business and economic history at its 33rd annual conference at Montgomery\, Alabama April 17-19\, 2008. Composed of more than one hundred North American and international members\, the Economic & Business Historical Society offers its members and conference participants an opportunity for intellectual interchange within a collegial interdisciplinary group. The Society holds its annual convention in locations of historical significance. Both the annual membership ($30) and conference registration fees are modest. Papers presented at the conference may be submitted for publication in the Society's peer reviewed journal\, Essays in Economic and Business History\, edited by Lynne Pierson Doti\, Chapman University.\n\nThe Society seeks proposals for both individual papers and panel sessions. Proposals for individual papers should include an abstract of no more than 500 words\, a brief CV\, postal and email addresses\, and telephone and fax numbers. Panel proposals should also suggest a title and a panel chair. Graduate students and non-academic affiliates are welcome. Graduate students may qualify for reduced registration fees. Submissions imply that at least one author will register for the conference and be present at the time designated in the conference program. The deadline for submission is January 7th\, 2008. Proposals may be submitted on line using the form at http://www.ebhsoc.org/papers.html\, by email to silvano.wueschner@maxwell.af.mil\, or by mail to:\n\nSilvano Wueschner\n2008 EBHS Conference\nOffice of History\nAir University\nMaxwell AFB\, Al. 36112 X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070614T143116Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220201Z DTSTAMP:20070614T143116Z UID:uuid1181831622272 SUMMARY:2008 Economic & Business Historical Society Conference PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080417 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080420 LOCATION:Montgomery\, Alabama DESCRIPTION:Call For Papers\n2008 Economic & Business Historical Society Conference\nMontgomery\, Alabama\nApril 17 - 19\, 2008\n\nComposed of more than one hundred North American and international members\, the Economic & Business Historical Society offers its members and conference participants an opportunity for intellectual interchange within a collegial interdisciplinary group. The Society holds its annual convention in locations of historical significance. Both the annual membership ($30) and conference registration fees are modest.\n\nFor more information\, please contact:\n\nSilvano Wueschner\n2008 EBHS Conference\nOffice of History\nAir University\nMaxwell AFB\, Al. 36112\nsilvano.wueschner@maxwell.af.mil\n\nhttp: //www.ebhsoc.org/montgomery_conference.htm X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070614T150257Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220201Z DTSTAMP:20070614T150257Z UID:uuid1181833463291 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: European Business Elites between the Emergence of a \"New Spirit of Capitalism\" and the \"Erosion of State Socialism\" PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070531 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070601 LOCATION:Potsdam DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers: European Business Elites between the Emergence of a \"New Spirit of Capitalism\" and the \"Erosion of State Socialism\"\n\nPotsdam\, November\, 1st and 2nd 2007\n\nCentre for the Study of Contemporary History\, Potsdam Chair for European Contemporary History\, University of Salzburg\n\nWe invite suggestions for contributions by May\, 31st 2007\n\n\nBusiness elites in Europe are currently objected to partially vehement public criticism. Managers of large enterprises\, often rich in tradition\, who announce almost simultaneously high profits on one hand and mass layoffs and relocations on the other\, see themselves up against a reproach for a lack of social responsibility. To justify their ever increasing orientation towards the demands of share holders and international capital markets\, in their efforts to improve share holder value\, they argue most frequently with global competition\, which has been noticeable since the early seventies\, and has intensified even more after the decline of Communism with all the resulting problems of transformation. Do the managers in power\, feeling forced to follow the pressure of adaptation to the Anglo-Saxon model of financial capitalism\, recklessly throw overboard a specific business culture in continental Europe\, a business culture that has been careful to strengthen social balances and adjustments within the society? In any case\, the growing unreasonable social pressure in the labour markets\, stagnating and partially even decreasing real wages and a new poverty right in the middle of the European welfare states are increasingly perceived to be unjust\, and are therefore denounced. Not only in the population\, but among politicians who do not wish to be confined any longer to the role of a service provider for deregulations and deeper tax cuts in the interest of the industry\, critical voices are rising. Do the European business elites fail to overcome the challenges of globalisation and the simultaneous transformation of the planned economies of state socialism?\n\nThe workshop \"European Business Elites\" will explore the historical dimensions of the problem\, as well as sharpen the focus on the interrelations that are common to the two political systems. Our starting point of reflection: the democratic\, Keynesian-corporately organized welfare states of Western Europe as well as the non democratic\, centrally planned state socialisms of Eastern Europe had to face the same challenges of an accelerated economic\, technological\, demographic and social change - due to the third industrial revolution. Since the seventies\, this change has involved manifold structural and adaptation crises\, for which system- and also country-specific solutions had to be found. These crises include\, besides international turbulences of currency exchange rates and shortages of energy and raw material supply\, two prevailing issues: the modernization of classic industrial societies and the prevention of an excessive demand on the welfare state.\n\nThe accelerated change had obviously considerable effects on the economic options of business elites\, their profiles of qualifications\, social differentiation and the integration processes\, as well as on their discourses\, value systems\, legitimations\, self-images and perceptions by others. Despite some structural problems unsolved until today\, it was obviously possible in Western Europe during the eighties\, based on partially massive protests and criticism in the civil society\, to develop a \"new spirit of capitalism\" (Luc Boltanski/Ève Chiapello). The economic system\, which took its bearings on the world market\, received an additional base of legitimation\, particularly awarding high flexibility and mobility. In contrast to this\, simultaneously in the countries of Eastern Europe the lacking reform ability of the planned economies without the corresponding socio-political liberalizations and the resulting \"erosion of state socialism\" emerged more and more clearly. However\, is the contemporary legitimation of capitalism really long-lasting and sustainable? On the other hand\, wasn't there a new entrepreneurial spirit coming into being in state socialism already during the eighties\, for example in the Polish or Hungarian national economy?\n\nThe workshop intends to enhance the exchange between the two rather strictly separated fields of research concerning Western European and Eastern European business elites\, perceived as a specific set of positional elites\, during the last third of the twentieth century. It intends in particular to open up sophisticated comparative and transnational vistas. For this purpose\, it is possible to connect the manifold results of the sociological and historical research on business elites\, which was mainly focused on the first two thirds of the twentieth century in Western Europe up to now. Other starting points are offered by transformation research\, which dealt intensively with the social changes in East and Central Europe during the eighties and early nineties\, but touched only briefly the historical path dependencies that go far back.\n\nThe following keywords and questions outline the thematic fields to be discussed - always with an eye on the socio-economic processes of change that overlap the systems on one hand and different system- and country-specific attempts for solutions on the other:\n\n* Composition\, Integration\, and Circulation\nDid the accelerated socio-economic change lead to distinctive modifications within the composition (dynamically expressed: with a view to \"production\" and \"selection\") of business elites? Which new social differentiations can be observed? Did the attempts to cope with the difficulties emerging from the foreign trade through intensive growth\, based on technical and scientific improvements undertaken in Western Europe as well as in Eastern Europe\, lead to the differentiation of new functional economic elites? To what extent the qualification profiles of business elites changed? Did particular groups of elites lose ground\, for example the representatives of branches especially weakened by the structural change\, or the representatives of traditional family capitalism? Did other groups\, for instance the agrarian elites in Western and Eastern Europe\, experience particular protection at the same time? Did new professions appear\, for example specific suppliers of consulting and service? Which were the most important horizontal and vertical mechanisms of integration into the business elites? Did networks play a decisive role in this context? Was the consciousness of the elite fragmented or unitary? What was the ratio of conservative reproduction of elites to the dynamism of circulation of elites? Was this ratio influenced by institutional breaks and generational changes? Which degree of social openness\, respectively closeness\, can be identified? Did counter elites emerge?\n\n* Discourses\, value systems\, legitimations\, self-images and perceptions by others\nHow have the discourses of business elites on crises and risks changed against the background of the accelerated socio-economic change? What significance had problems like competition\, employment\, and environment? Which demands towards the state were raised? How did the business elites deal with public criticism of their own management styles\, coming from the new social movements or from the sciences? How has the business elites' understanding of social responsibility developed? Was there a growing gap between effective social engagement on one hand and verbal confessions for socially acceptable and environmentally compliant growth strategies in the interest of public image building on the other? Which were the most important sources of legitimation for business elites (e.g. power\, ideology\, achievement and/or success)? How has the understanding of achievement and success changed in the course of the structural and adaptation crises? By whom was achievement and success measured\; which criteria were being used? Did the measurement try to give a precise assessment of the exercising of certain functions\, or should it be better described as a discursive construct of business elites\, thus as a creation of certain self-images and perceptions by others? Which patterns for playing the own social role and which external ascriptions of attributes and responsibilities with the help of measurable criteria like professional competence and achievements\, but also by means of features like personality\, prestige\, and prominence can be identified? How has the mutual perception of Western and Eastern European business elites changed?\n\n* Transnational business elites?\nDid the process of European integration\, that began to intensify during the fifties\, generate transnational European elites with a specific self-concept and lifestyle? To what extend was this development due to traditional economic and business interrelations within Europe (and between Europe and other regions of the world)\, that merely had been interrupted by the two world wars? In this context\, what different importance had the political institutions of EEC/EU on one hand\, and the COMECON on the other? Or did the business elites\, meanwhile acting in the European as well as in the international arena\, stay bound to their individual national backgrounds\, recruitment patterns and career paths? Does such an inconsistent environmental conditioning result in a weak cooperation and communication of the business elites acting in the European and international arena? Is this one reason for their assumed failure in the area of contemporary social challenges?\n\nWe invite interested persons to send proposals for presentations of about 20-25 minutes to sattler@zzf-pdm.de or Christoph.Boyer@sbg.ac.at. The abstract should consist of 1-2 pages\, supplemented by a short CV. Especially proposals are welcome that deal with the business elites of the Federal Republic of Germany\, Austria\, France\, Great Britain\, Italy\, the German Democratic Republic\, Poland\, Czechoslovakia\, and Hungary. However\, we welcome contributions about other countries as well. We specifically want to address social and economic historians\, sociologists\, political and cultural scientists. Official languages of the workshop are German and English. Expenses for travel and accommodation for those being selected for participation will be provided by the organisers. A publication of the contributions is planed.\n\nDr. Friederike Sattler\nZentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung Potsdam\nAm Neuen Markt 1\, D - 14467 Potsdam\nE-Mail: sattler@zzf-pdm.de\nTelefon: +49 331 28991-15\, Fax: +49 331 28991-60\n\nProf. Dr. Christoph Boyer\nUniversität Salzburg\, Lehrstuhl für Europäische Zeitgeschichte\nRudolfskai 42\, A-5020 Salzburg\nE-Mail: Christoph.Boyer@sbg.ac.at\nTelefon: +43 662 8044-4741 oder -4740\, Fax: +43 662 8044-413 X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070614T150624Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220201Z DTSTAMP:20070614T150624Z UID:uuid1181833670675 SUMMARY:European Business Elites between the Emergence of a \"New Spirit of Capitalism\" and the \"Erosion of State Socialism\" PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071103 LOCATION:Potsdam DESCRIPTION:European Business Elites between the Emergence of a \"New Spirit of Capitalism\" and the \"Erosion of State Socialism\"\n\nPotsdam\, November\, 1st and 2nd 2007\n\nCentre for the Study of Contemporary History\, Potsdam Chair for European Contemporary History\, University of Salzburg\n\nBusiness elites in Europe are currently objected to partially vehement public criticism. Managers of large enterprises\, often rich in tradition\, who announce almost simultaneously high profits on one hand and mass layoffs and relocations on the other\, see themselves up against a reproach for a lack of social responsibility. To justify their ever increasing orientation towards the demands of share holders and international capital markets\, in their efforts to improve share holder value\, they argue most frequently with global competition\, which has been noticeable since the early seventies\, and has intensified even more after the decline of Communism with all the resulting problems of transformation. Do the managers in power\, feeling forced to follow the pressure of adaptation to the Anglo-Saxon model of financial capitalism\, recklessly throw overboard a specific business culture in continental Europe\, a business culture that has been careful to strengthen social balances and adjustments within the society? In any case\, the growing unreasonable social pressure in the labour markets\, stagnating and partially even decreasing real wages and a new poverty right in the middle of the European welfare states are increasingly perceived to be unjust\, and are therefore denounced. Not only in the population\, but among politicians who do not wish to be confined any longer to the role of a service provider for deregulations and deeper tax cuts in the interest of the industry\, critical voices are rising. Do the European business elites fail to overcome the challenges of globalisation and the simultaneous transformation of the planned economies of state socialism?\n\nThe workshop \"European Business Elites\" will explore the historical dimensions of the problem\, as well as sharpen the focus on the interrelations that are common to the two political systems. Our starting point of reflection: the democratic\, Keynesian-corporately organized welfare states of Western Europe as well as the non democratic\, centrally planned state socialisms of Eastern Europe had to face the same challenges of an accelerated economic\, technological\, demographic and social change - due to the third industrial revolution. Since the seventies\, this change has involved manifold structural and adaptation crises\, for which system- and also country-specific solutions had to be found. These crises include\, besides international turbulences of currency exchange rates and shortages of energy and raw material supply\, two prevailing issues: the modernization of classic industrial societies and the prevention of an excessive demand on the welfare state.\n\nThe accelerated change had obviously considerable effects on the economic options of business elites\, their profiles of qualifications\, social differentiation and the integration processes\, as well as on their discourses\, value systems\, legitimations\, self-images and perceptions by others. Despite some structural problems unsolved until today\, it was obviously possible in Western Europe during the eighties\, based on partially massive protests and criticism in the civil society\, to develop a \"new spirit of capitalism\" (Luc Boltanski/Ève Chiapello). The economic system\, which took its bearings on the world market\, received an additional base of legitimation\, particularly awarding high flexibility and mobility. In contrast to this\, simultaneously in the countries of Eastern Europe the lacking reform ability of the planned economies without the corresponding socio-political liberalizations and the resulting \"erosion of state socialism\" emerged more and more clearly. However\, is the contemporary legitimation of capitalism really long-lasting and sustainable? On the other hand\, wasn't there a new entrepreneurial spirit coming into being in state socialism already during the eighties\, for example in the Polish or Hungarian national economy?\n\nThe workshop intends to enhance the exchange between the two rather strictly separated fields of research concerning Western European and Eastern European business elites\, perceived as a specific set of positional elites\, during the last third of the twentieth century. It intends in particular to open up sophisticated comparative and transnational vistas. For this purpose\, it is possible to connect the manifold results of the sociological and historical research on business elites\, which was mainly focused on the first two thirds of the twentieth century in Western Europe up to now. Other starting points are offered by transformation research\, which dealt intensively with the social changes in East and Central Europe during the eighties and early nineties\, but touched only briefly the historical path dependencies that go far back.\n\nThe following keywords and questions outline the thematic fields to be discussed - always with an eye on the socio-economic processes of change that overlap the systems on one hand and different system- and country-specific attempts for solutions on the other:\n\n* Composition\, Integration\, and Circulation\nDid the accelerated socio-economic change lead to distinctive modifications within the composition (dynamically expressed: with a view to \"production\" and \"selection\") of business elites? Which new social differentiations can be observed? Did the attempts to cope with the difficulties emerging from the foreign trade through intensive growth\, based on technical and scientific improvements undertaken in Western Europe as well as in Eastern Europe\, lead to the differentiation of new functional economic elites? To what extent the qualification profiles of business elites changed? Did particular groups of elites lose ground\, for example the representatives of branches especially weakened by the structural change\, or the representatives of traditional family capitalism? Did other groups\, for instance the agrarian elites in Western and Eastern Europe\, experience particular protection at the same time? Did new professions appear\, for example specific suppliers of consulting and service? Which were the most important horizontal and vertical mechanisms of integration into the business elites? Did networks play a decisive role in this context? Was the consciousness of the elite fragmented or unitary? What was the ratio of conservative reproduction of elites to the dynamism of circulation of elites? Was this ratio influenced by institutional breaks and generational changes? Which degree of social openness\, respectively closeness\, can be identified? Did counter elites emerge?\n\n* Discourses\, value systems\, legitimations\, self-images and perceptions by others\nHow have the discourses of business elites on crises and risks changed against the background of the accelerated socio-economic change? What significance had problems like competition\, employment\, and environment? Which demands towards the state were raised? How did the business elites deal with public criticism of their own management styles\, coming from the new social movements or from the sciences? How has the business elites' understanding of social responsibility developed? Was there a growing gap between effective social engagement on one hand and verbal confessions for socially acceptable and environmentally compliant growth strategies in the interest of public image building on the other? Which were the most important sources of legitimation for business elites (e.g. power\, ideology\, achievement and/or success)? How has the understanding of achievement and success changed in the course of the structural and adaptation crises? By whom was achievement and success measured\; which criteria were being used? Did the measurement try to give a precise assessment of the exercising of certain functions\, or should it be better described as a discursive construct of business elites\, thus as a creation of certain self-images and perceptions by others? Which patterns for playing the own social role and which external ascriptions of attributes and responsibilities with the help of measurable criteria like professional competence and achievements\, but also by means of features like personality\, prestige\, and prominence can be identified? How has the mutual perception of Western and Eastern European business elites changed?\n\n* Transnational business elites?\nDid the process of European integration\, that began to intensify during the fifties\, generate transnational European elites with a specific self-concept and lifestyle? To what extend was this development due to traditional economic and business interrelations within Europe (and between Europe and other regions of the world)\, that merely had been interrupted by the two world wars? In this context\, what different importance had the political institutions of EEC/EU on one hand\, and the COMECON on the other? Or did the business elites\, meanwhile acting in the European as well as in the international arena\, stay bound to their individual national backgrounds\, recruitment patterns and career paths? Does such an inconsistent environmental conditioning result in a weak cooperation and communication of the business elites acting in the European and international arena? Is this one reason for their assumed failure in the area of contemporary social challenges?\n\nDr. Friederike Sattler\nZentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung Potsdam\nAm Neuen Markt 1\, D - 14467 Potsdam\nE-Mail: sattler@zzf-pdm.de\nTelefon: +49 331 28991-15\, Fax: +49 331 28991-60\n\nProf. Dr. Christoph Boyer\nUniversität Salzburg\, Lehrstuhl für Europäische Zeitgeschichte\nRudolfskai 42\, A-5020 Salzburg\nE-Mail: Christoph.Boyer@sbg.ac.at\nTelefon: +43 662 8044-4741 oder -4740\, Fax: +43 662 8044-413\n X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070614T151158Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220201Z DTSTAMP:20070614T151158Z UID:uuid1181834156238 SUMMARY:Abstracts Submission Deadline: 1st Latin American Economic History Congress PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070731 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070801 LOCATION:Montevideo DESCRIPTION:1st Latin American Economic History Congress\n\n4th Uruguayan Economic History Conference\n\nCLADHE I - IV JUHE\n\nMontevideo\, 5 - 7 December 2007\n\n News:\n\n As the deadline for the presentation of symposia expired on 31 March 2007\, the International Organizing Committee of CLADHE I - IV JUHE\, met in Montevideo on 2 April\, to consider the numerous valuable proposals it had received and to work on the organization of the event. \n\n Since then the Committee and the organizers of a number of symposia have worked together to adjust some proposals. This circular includes the list of symposia and panel discussions of the CLADHE I. as well as additional information concerning the congress.\n\n Call for Abstracts\n\n Following the planning process it had agreed upon the committee now calls for the PRESENTATION of ABSTRACTS for papers. Abstracts must be sent in until 31 July 2007.\n\nWe request all contributors to send an abstract of their papers to the organizers of the symposium in question. All abstracts will meet the following formal requirements and include: \n\n§ Title of the paper\n\n§ Name and last name of the author(s)\n\n§ Institution or organization\n\n§ Email address\n\n§ Abstract of not more than 200 words (Spanish or Portuguese\; please include an additional English version). \n\nThe organizer of the symposia will be in charge of receiving and assessing the proposals. After making their choice among the proposals they will forward the accepted abstracts to the Local Organizing Committee (audhe@fcs.edu.uy) until 15 August 2007. They will also inform the authors of the accepted papers about the closing date for the presentation of their complete contributions. Organizers are requested to keep in mind that they will have to forward the final version of the accepted papers to the International Organizing Committee not later than 30 October 2007.\n\n Congress Venue\n\nThe inaugural session of the congress and the panel discussions will take place in the main auditorium (“Paraninfo”) of the Universidad de la República\, on 18 de Julio avenue\, between Eduardo Acevedo and Tristán Narvaja streets. \n\n The symposia of CLADHE I - IV JUHE will be held at the Centre of Postgraduate Studies of the State University´s Faculty of Law\, next to the intersection of Colonia and Tristán Narvaja streets\, about one hundred meters distance from the main auditorium.\n\nThe area offers a variety of restaurants\, snack bars and bookshops.\n\n \n\n Congress office\n\nThe organizational aspects of the event will be managed by Promover\, which will provide participants with all necessary information concerning travel arrangements\, accomodation and other aspects of the event. \n\n Registration\n\nA fee of 40 US dollars or 1000 Uruguayan pesos will be charged for registration. Participants who register before 30 September 2007 in Uruguay or during one of the national congresses of the Brazilian Association of Economic History Researchers (Sergipe\, September 2007)\, the Mexican Economic History Association (Cuernavaca\, October 2007)\, or the Inter-School History Conference (Tucumán\, September 2007)\, will pay a reduced fee of 35 dollars or 875 Uruguayan pesos.\n\nPayments shall be made during the above-mentioned national congresses or during the congress in Uruguay only. We accept neither credit cards nor payments from abroad.\n\n \nLanguages\n\nThe official congress languages will be Spanish and Portuguese\, although papers may also be presented in English. In line with the objective of the congress to facilitate the integration of colleagues from all continents and to promote international comparative work\, sessions may exceptionally be held in English only. During panel discussions and the opening session of the congress simultaneous translation (Spanish-English\, English-Spanish) will be available. For any specific requests please contact the organization. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070614T151901Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220201Z DTSTAMP:20070614T151901Z UID:uuid1181834414170 SUMMARY:1st Latin American Economic History Congress PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071205 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071208 LOCATION:Montevideo-Uruguay DESCRIPTION:For full information\, including a call for abstracts\, information on the Congress venue\, important deadlines and more\, please visit the Congress website: \n\nwww.economia.unam.mx/amhe/cladhe/index.html\n\nAsociación Uruguaya de Historia Económica\nSECRETARÍA\nConstituyente 1502 piso 4\nCP 11200\nMontevideo - Uruguay\nTel. (0598 2) 413 63 99 int. 404\nFax (0598 2) 410 27 69\naudhe@fcs.edu.uy X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070614T153235Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220201Z DTSTAMP:20070614T153235Z UID:uuid1181835269250 SUMMARY:3rd BETA-Workshop in Historical Economics PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070504 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070506 LOCATION:Pôle Européen de Gestion et d'Economie\, Strasbourg DESCRIPTION:3rd BETA-WORKSHOP IN HISTORICAL ECONOMICS\n\"Financial History\"\n4-5 May 2007\nBETA\, UMR 7522 CNRS-Université Louis Pasteur de Strasbourg\nFaculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion--Pôle Européen de Gestion et d'Economie\n61\, Avenue de la Forêt Noire\, 67085 Strasbourg Cedex\, France\n\n\nFriday\, 4 May\n\n9.15-9.20 LLERENA P. (BETA-Strasbourg): Welcome Address.\n\n9.20-9.30 DIEBOLT C. (BETA-Strasbourg): Financial History.\n\nSession 1 - Chair: ROGER P. (LARGE-Strasbourg).\n\n9.30-10.15 DIMSON E.\, MARSH P. & SAUNTON M. (London Business School): Volatility and Portfolio\nover 107 Years.\n\n10.15-11.00 MITCHENER K. (Santa Clara University & NBER) & WEIDENMIER M. (Claremont\nMcKenna College & NBER): Are Hard Pegs Credible in Emerging Markets? Evidence from the\nClassical Gold Standard.\n\n11.00-11.15 Coffee Break.\n\n\nSession 2 - Chair: DOS SANTOS FERREIRA R. (BETA-Strasbourg).\n\n11.15-12.00 FOHLIN C. (Johns Hopkins University): The Transactions Costs in the NYSE circa 1890-1910.\n\n12.00-12.45 MEISSNER C. (University of Cambridge): Foreign Capital\, Financial Crises and Economic\nGrowth in the First Era of Globalization.\n\n12.45-14.00 Lunch.\n\n\nSession 3 - Chair: EGE R. (BETA-Strasbourg).\n\n14.00-14.45 VOTH J. (University Pompeu Fabra): Biting the Bears for Profit: Insider Trading and Short\nSqueeze in Share Trading in the 1690s.\n\n14.45-15.30 JAMES J. (University of Virginia) & WEIMAN D. (Columbia University): From Drafts to\nChecks: The Evolution of Correspondent Banking Networks and the Transformation of the U.S.\nPayments System.\n\n15.30-15.45 Coffee Break.\n\n\nSession 4 - Chair: SPAETER S. (BETA-Nancy).\n\n15.45-16.30 HOUPT S. & BATTILOSSI S. (University Carlos III Madrid): Stock Markets\, Macroeconomic\nConditions and Political Shocks in Interwar Spain\, 1919-1936.\n\n16.30-17.15 WALLUSCH J. (Poznan University): Waiting for the End of Crisis. Polish Bond Market in\n1930s.\n\n17.15-18.00 DE MELLO P. (São Paulo University): Derivatives Market in Brazil: The History of Bolsa de\nMercadorias de São Paulo (BMSP)\, 1917-1991.\n\n19.30 Dinner.\n\n\n\nSaturday\, 5 May\n\nSession 5 - Chair: DEMEULEMEESTER J.-L. (Free University of Brussels).\n\n8.30-9.15 BURHOP C. (Max Planck Institute Bonn): Corporate Law and Underpricing of Initial Public\nOfferings: Historical Evidence from Germany\, 1870-1896.\n\n9.15-10.00 ROINE J. (Stockholm School of Economics)\, VLACHOS J. (Stockholm University) &\nWALDENSTRÖM D. (Research Institute of Industrial Economics): Trade\, Finance\, and Top\nIncomes: Evidence from the Twentieth Century.\n\n10.00-10.15 Coffee Break.\n\n\nSession 6 - Chair: PARENT A. (University of Paris 8).\n\n10.15-11.00 KHOUDOUR-CASTERAS D. (University Externado of Colombia) & ESTEVES R. (Simon\nFraser University): European Migrants' Remittances and Balance of Payment Adjustment during\nthe Classical Gold Standard.\n\n11.00-11.45 BORDO M. (Rutgers University) & OOSTERLINK K. (Free University of Brussels): Do\nPolitical Changes Trigger Debt Default? And Do Defaults Lead to Political Changes?\n\n11.45-12.30 MITCHENER K. (Santa Clara University & NBER): Capital Market Integration in Japan.\n\n\n12.30-12.45 Conclusion.\n\n12.45 Lunch.\n\nFor more information:\nClaude Diebolt\ncdiebolt@cournot.u-strasbg.fr X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070917T153030Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220201Z DTSTAMP:20070917T153030Z UID:uuid1190043137496 SUMMARY:Application Deadline: University of Antwerp\, \"Business groups\, political connections and institutions\" position PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071202 LOCATION:Department of Accounting and Finance\, University of Antwerp DESCRIPTION:The Department of Accounting and Finance of the University of Antwerp will recruit a full-time pre-doctoral researcher/Ph.D. student for a research project on 'Business groups\, political connections and institutions: a long-term analysis'\, funded by the Flemish Fund for Scientific Research.\n\nThe project takes a long-term perspective on the role of business groups. The promoters are Prof. Marc Deloof and Prof. Ludo Cuyvers. Using a unique database of Belgium listed companies over the 19th and 20th century and taking into account the evolution of institutions\, we study how business groups affected company performance and how they used political connections to pursue the interests of their owners.\n\nProfile:\n\nCandidates should have: an MA in (Applied) Economics\, Business Administration or equivalent\; an interest in financial history and a strong motivation to write a Ph.D. dissertation\; a strong academic record\; an excellent knowledge of English and French\; a good knowledge of Dutch is a plus.\n\nWe offer an appointment as a full-time researcher\, starting as soon as possible until 31 December 2010. For further information\, please contact Prof. Marc Deloof\, email: marc.deloof@ua.ac.be\, tel.: +32-3-220 41 69.\n\nThe closing date is 1 December 2007. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070917T153758Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220202Z DTSTAMP:20070917T153758Z UID:uuid1190043660169 SUMMARY:Third Symposium of the European Association of Evolutionary Political Economy PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080905 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080907 LOCATION:Athens University of Economics and Business\, Athens Greece DESCRIPTION:n collaboration with Economic Policy Laboratory\, Department of Economics\, Athens University of Economics and Business on MARKETS AS INSTITUTIONS: HISTORY AND THEORY\n\nDate: 5-6 September 2008\nPlace: Athens University of Economics and Business\, Athens Greece.\n\nProgram: key note lectures and parallel sessions.\n\nParticipants will cover their air travel and hotel costs. However\, we will secure for them preferential rates at a hotel near the venue. We will also provide hard copies of the papers\; a welcome reception on the 4th of September\; tea\, lunch\, dinner (5th and 6th of September) and an organised tour of the National Archaeological Museum.\n\nTheme: The purpose of this symposium is to explore new directions in historical and theoretical research on the institutional properties of markets. In world history markets have taken a plurality of shapes in terms of their routines\, pricing procedures and other features. Among the key themes of interest are: How have specific markets emerged? What role have (national) institution building\, codified legal systems\, property rights and commercial/business culture played in the formation of markets? How do institutional specificities influence the allocation of resources and the determination of prices? In what ways do markets play a decisive part in determining alternative political economies?\n\nOrganizing Committee: John Groenewegen\, Geoff Hodgson\, Panagiotis Korliras\, Pascal Petit and Ioanna Minoglou.\n\nFor more information: Ioanna Minoglou\, iminoglou@aueb.gr X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070917T163210Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220202Z DTSTAMP:20070917T163210Z UID:uuid1190046781228 SUMMARY:Application Deadline: Post-doctoral Fellowship\, Yale University PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071102 LOCATION:Yale University DESCRIPTION:Post-doctoral Fellowship in Economic History\n\nThe Department of Economics at Yale University announces a new post-doctoral fellowship in Economic History. The purpose of this fellowship is to advance research and cross-disciplinary dialogue in History and Economics. The program will have one fellow at a time. Candidates must hold a PhD in History\, Economics\, or Economic History. In the first and every alternating year preference will be given to candidates with a PhD in History.\n\nFellowships will commence with the 2008-2009 academic year. They will be awarded for one year\, but might be extended to a second year. The fellow will have competitive salary and benefits\, plus access to all library and other facilities of Yale University.\n\nThe fellow will be expected to undertake a program of research and possibly additional coursework after consultation with relevant faculty at Yale. The fellow will also take part in the economic history program\, including the weekly seminar and other events.\n\nDeadline for applications is November 1\, 2007. Applicants must have been awarded their PhD or equivalent degree no earlier than July 1\, 2005. Applicants who have not completed the PhD at the time of application must include a statement from the major advisor stating that the degree will be finished by June 30\, 2008. Scholars whose Ph.D is from Yale University are not eligible. Applicants will be notified of our decisions by January 15\, 2008.\n\nThe application consists of three letters of recommendation\, a curriculum vita\, a statement of the candidate's research interests (which should stress the candidate's plans for the fellowship period) of no more than 1500 words\, and a writing sample such as a dissertation chapter or journal article or book chapter.\n\nThe fellowship is open to scholars of all periods and geographic areas\, but preference will be given to candidates whose period precedes the 19th century\, and whose geographic area of study is not Europe or North America. The candidate's country of citizenship is irrelevant.\n\nYale University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.\n\nPlease forward all completed applications in electronic form to: Louise Danishevsky\, louise.danishevsky@yale.edu X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070917T163524Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220202Z DTSTAMP:20070917T163524Z UID:uuid1190047045575 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: Third Symposium of the European Association of Evolutionary Political Economy PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071215 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071216 LOCATION:Athens University of Economics and Business\, Athens Greece DESCRIPTION:CALL FOR PAPERS\nTHIRD SYMPOSIUM OF THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF EVOLUTIONARY POLITICAL ECONOMY\n\nIn collaboration with Economic Policy Laboratory\, Department of Economics\, Athens University of Economics and Business on MARKETS AS INSTITUTIONS: HISTORY AND THEORY\n\nDate: 5-6 September 2008\nPlace: Athens University of Economics and Business\, Athens Greece.\n\nProgram: key note lectures and parallel sessions. Deadline abstracts (500 words): 15 December 2007. A final version of accepted papers is requested by 15 June\, 2008.\n\nSubmissions to: Ioanna Minoglou\nemail: iminoglou@aueb.gr\n\nFee: 100 € .\n\nParticipants will cover their air travel and hotel costs. However\, we will secure for them preferential rates at a hotel near the venue. We will also provide hard copies of the papers\; a welcome reception on the 4th of September\; tea\, lunch\, dinner (5th and 6th of September) and an organised tour of the National Archaeological Museum.\n\nTheme: The purpose of this symposium is to explore new directions in historical and theoretical research on the institutional properties of markets. In world history markets have taken a plurality of shapes in terms of their routines\, pricing procedures and other features. Among the key themes of interest are: How have specific markets emerged? What role have (national) institution building\, codified legal systems\, property rights and commercial/business culture played in the formation of markets? How do institutional specificities influence the allocation of resources and the determination of prices? In what ways do markets play a decisive part in determining alternative political economies?\n\nOrganizing Committee: John Groenewegen\, Geoff Hodgson\, Panagiotis Korliras\, Pascal Petit and Ioanna Minoglou. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070917T164225Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220202Z DTSTAMP:20070917T164225Z UID:uuid1190047539077 SUMMARY:Washington Area Economic History Seminar PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071005 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071006 LOCATION:American University DESCRIPTION:All the King’s Silver: A Reconstruction of Spain’s Fiscal Position in the Age of Philip II\n\n\nJoachim Voth\n\nMIT\n\nFriday\, October 5\, 2007\n\nAmerican University\n\n \n\n6:00 P.M. Dinner\n\nCynthia Taft Morris has graciously offered to host the pre-seminar dinner at her home for the seminar at AU. Dinners cost will be announced at a later date. To RSVP\, email Mieke Meurs (mmeurs@american.edu). Please respond no later than Wednesday\, October 3\, 2007. If you respond after the deadline\, please PHONE Mieke\, (202) 669-5919.\n\nREMINDER: If you do intend to have dinner\, PLEASE RSVP.\n\nDirections to Cynthia Taft Morris': Cynthia lives at 4301 Massachusetts Avenue\, NW\, apartment #6008. Going south on Massachusetts from Western Avenue\, go around Ward Circle (at American University)\, and continue across Nebraska on Mass. Ave. Cynthia's is the first 8-story building on the left. The entrance has a 3-foot by 3-foot sign that says \"Greenbriar 4301.\" Cynthia asks that you park on the street if possible\, otherwise sign in at the front desk for her apartment number 6008\, and park in the back of the building. You may also park in the AU Nebraska Lot. There is no ticketing after 5:00 pm.\n\n8:00 P.M. Seminar\n\n The seminar will be at American University in Bentley Lounge in Gray Hall. (See mapon invitation web site.)\n\nAmerican University directions are available on the invitation web site:\n\nhttp: //www.american.edu/cas/econ/WAEHS/Invitations/econhistory.html\n\nMark your calendars:\nNov. 2\, Lee Alston at University of Maryland College Park.\n\nDec. 7\, Cormac Ograda at Universtiy of Maryland College Park. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070922T131340Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220202Z DTSTAMP:20070922T131340Z UID:uuid1190466859469 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: Canadian Network for Economic History 2008 Conference PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071215 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071216 LOCATION:Montreal\, QC DESCRIPTION:2008 CNEH Conference Call for Papers\nApril 18-20\, 2008\nMontreal\, QC\n\nTheme: Inequality and Economic Development in the Long Run\nKeynote Speaker: Jean-Laurent Rosenthal (Caltech)\n\nThe Canadian Network for Economic History invites proposals for its April 18-20\, 2008 conference in Montreal\, Quebec. Although we expect that about half of the conference sessions will focus on the theme: \"Inequality and Economic Development in the Long Run\"\, submissions related to other Canadian and international economic history topics are also welcome. To be considered\, please email a 2 page abstract to Ian Keay (ikeay@econ.queensu.ca) or Chris Minns (c.mins@lse.ac.uk). The deadline for abstract submissions is December 15\, 2007. Authors of the papers selected for presentation should expect to be notified by mid-January. 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 and programme will be posted on the 2008 CNEH Conference web page (http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/CNEH/) as it becomes available. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070922T131445Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220202Z DTSTAMP:20070922T131445Z UID:uuid1190467056890 SUMMARY:Canadian Network for Economic History 2008 Conference PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080418 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080421 LOCATION:Montreal\, QC DESCRIPTION:2008 CNEH Conference Call for Papers\nApril 18-20\, 2008\nMontreal\, QC\n\nTheme: Inequality and Economic Development in the Long Run\nKeynote Speaker: Jean-Laurent Rosenthal (Caltech)\n\n\nFor more information:\n\nIan Keay (ikeay@econ.queensu.ca) or Chris Minns (c.mins@lse.ac.uk)\n\n2008 CNEH Conference web page (http: //qed.econ.queensu.ca/CNEH/) X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070922T132146Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220202Z DTSTAMP:20070922T132146Z UID:uuid1190467403016 SUMMARY:Application Deadline: Program in Early American Economy and Society Fellowships PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080301 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080302 LOCATION:Library Company of Philadelphia's Program in Early American Economy and Society DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM IN EARLY AMERICAN ECONOMY AND SOCIETY at THE LIBRARY COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA\nFELLOWSHIPS FOR 2008-2009\n\nThe Library Company of Philadelphia's Program in Early American Economy and Society invites applications for two fellowship awards to be granted for research and scholarship during 2008-2009\, as follows:\n\n* One dissertation-level fellowship\, carrying a stipend of $20\,000\, is tenable for nine consecutive months of residency from September 1\, 2008 to May 31\, 2009. It may also be divided between two scholars\, who would each receive $10\,000 for the periods between Sept. 1\, 2008 to December 15\, 2008 or December 15\, 2008 to May 31\, 2009.\n\n* Available to scholars at all levels\, four one-month fellowships\, carrying stipends of $2\,000 each\, are tenable for a month of research at the Library Company between June 1\, 2008 and May 31\, 2009.\n\nDeadline for receipt of one-month and dissertation fellowship applications is March 1\, 2008. Reply date is March 31.\n\nOne-month applicants should submit seven copies each of a brief résumé\, a two- to four-page description of the proposed research\, and one letter of recommendation. Long-term fellowship applicants should have two letters of recommendation sent to the address below\, and in addition submit seven copies each of a current résumé\, a short research proposal for the year of the award\, and a writing sample of no more than 25 pages. Applicants for a long-term award should state clearly which of the tenable periods they seek\, and whether they also wish to be considered for a short-term fellowship.\n\nPlease send all materials to:\nProgram in Early American Economy and Society\nThe Library Company of Philadelphia\n1314 Locust Street\nPhiladelphia\, PA 19107\n\nFor more information about PEAES and its fellowships please contact Cathy Matson\, Program Director\, at cmatson@udel.edu or visit http://www.librarycompany.org/economics/\n X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070922T132343Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220202Z DTSTAMP:20070922T132343Z UID:uuid1190467528795 SUMMARY:Application Deadline: Program in Early American Economy and Society Fellowships PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071102 LOCATION:Library Company of Philadelphia's Program in Early American Economy and Society DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM IN EARLY AMERICAN ECONOMY AND SOCIETY at THE LIBRARY COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA\nFELLOWSHIPS FOR 2008-2009\n\nThe Library Company of Philadelphia's Program in Early American Economy and Society invites applications for its three types of fellowship awards to be granted for research and scholarship during 2008-2009\, as follows:\n\n*One post-doctoral research fellowship\, carrying a stipend of $40\,000\, is tenable for nine consecutive months of residency from September 1\, 2008 to May 31\, 2009. It may also be divided between two scholars\, who would each receive $20\,000 for the periods between Sept. 1\, 2008 to December 15\, 2008 or December 15\, 2008 to May 31\, 2009.\n\nDeadline for receipt of post-doctoral fellowship applications is November 1\, 2007. Reply date is December 15.\n\n* One dissertation-level fellowship\, carrying a stipend of $20\,000\, is tenable for nine consecutive months of residency from September 1\, 2008 to May 31\, 2009. It may also be divided between two scholars\, who would each receive $10\,000 for the periods between Sept. 1\, 2008 to December 15\, 2008 or December 15\, 2008 to May 31\, 2009.\n\n* Available to scholars at all levels\, four one-month fellowships\, carrying stipends of $2\,000 each\, are tenable for a month of research at the Library Company between June 1\, 2008 and May 31\, 2009.\n\nDeadline for receipt of one-month and dissertation fellowship applications is March 1\, 2008. Reply date is March 31.\n\nOne-month applicants should submit seven copies each of a brief résumé\, a two- to four-page description of the proposed research\, and one letter of recommendation. Long-term fellowship applicants should have two letters of recommendation sent to the address below\, and in addition submit seven copies each of a current résumé\, a short research proposal for the year of the award\, and a writing sample of no more than 25 pages. Applicants for a long-term award should state clearly which of the tenable periods they seek\, and whether they also wish to be considered for a short-term fellowship.\n\nPlease send all materials to:\nProgram in Early American Economy and Society\nThe Library Company of Philadelphia\n1314 Locust Street\nPhiladelphia\, PA 19107\n\nFor more information about PEAES and its fellowships please contact Cathy Matson\, Program Director\, at cmatson@udel.edu or visit http: //www.librarycompany.org/economics/ X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070922T132847Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220202Z DTSTAMP:20070922T132847Z UID:uuid1190467777511 SUMMARY:Application Deadline: Labor History Dissertation Prize PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070210 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070211 DESCRIPTION:Labor History Dissertation Prize\n\nTo encourage the study of labor\, Labor History is pleased to announce the second annual Dissertation Prize for labor studies\, broadly defined. In keeping with the journal's dedication to a multi-disciplined approach to the field\, and its commitment to chronological and geographical breadth\, the prize will be awarded to the best Ph.D. dissertation on a labor topic\, historical or contemporary\, in the US or worldwide\, regardless of discipline.\n\nWinners will receive an award of £750 / $1500\, and publicity in both the journal and the Labor History website.\n\nAll dissertations on labor topics completed in 2006 are eligible for the second annual Labor History Dissertation Prize. Please email your applications to me\, Craig Phelan\, at by 10 February 2007. Nominations in the first instance should be made by dissertation supervisors on behalf of the applicant and include:\n\n1. Name and full contact details of nominee\n2. Abstract and title of dissertation\n3. A letter of reference or a report that assesses the dissertation\n\nEntries will be judged according to the following criteria:\n\n1. Significance\, originality and quality of research\n2. Sophistication of methodology\n3. Clarity of presentation and cogency of arguments\n4. Contribution to the field of labor studies\n\nThe Labor History Editorial Board will act as the selection panel. The Editorial Board reserves the right not to award the prize in any given year.\n\nVisit http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/0023656X.asp for more information on this title.\n X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070922T133137Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220202Z DTSTAMP:20070922T133137Z UID:uuid1190467964510 SUMMARY:Application Deadline: EBHA (European Business History Association) Summer School PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070501 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070502 LOCATION:Umbria\, Italy DESCRIPTION:CALL FOR APPLICATIONS\n\n4th EBHA DOCTORAL SUMMER SCHOOL\nWRITING\, PRESENTING\, PUBLISHING: HOW TO MAKE THE BEST USE OF YOUR OWN RESEARCH.\n\nThe 4th edition of the EBHA (European Business History Association) Summer \nSchool will take place in Italy from September 5th to September 11th\, 2007.\nThe school aims at providing doctoral students with an overview of relevant \nresearch results and of innovative tools and methodologies in the field of \nBusiness History. It is organised jointly by the European Business History \nAssociation (EBHA)\, the Istituto per la Cultura e la Storia d‚Impresa Franco \nMomigliano (ICSIM) of Terni and the Italian Association for Business History \n(ASSI).\n\nStudents will spend the week in an Italian villa in the beautiful hills of \nUmbria (location: Villalago di Piediluco- Terni ˆ approximately one hour from \nRome by train) debating and discussing their research with leading \ninternational scholars. \n\nThe title of the school will be Writing\, Presenting\, Publishing: How to make \nthe best use of your own research. The school will focus on theoretical\, \nmethodological and practical issues which are of relevance for advanced \nresearch in business history. In this edition\, special attention will be put \non the issue of making the best use of a research project\, in terms of writing \nand argumentation\, presentation at conferences\, publication in academic \njournals. In the mornings\, invited scholars will give lectures and seminars on \nspecific topics. In the afternoons\, students have a chance to present their \nown research project and or preliminary findings. On Sunday\, an excursion to \nvisit the region will be organized.\n\nThe organisers will cover all local costs (accommodation and food)\, but \nparticipants are expected to pay their own travel to and from Terni. \nParticipation will be limited to 15-20 PhD students. \n\nThose interested in attending the summer school should send the following \ndocuments by e-mail to the academic organisers Prof. Andrea Colli \n(andrea.colli@uni-bocconi.it) and Dr. Francesca Polese \n(francesca.polese@unibocconi.it):\n\t1.) a half-page CV\;\n\t2.) a summary of their dissertation project\, not exceeding three pages\; \n\t3.) (if possible) an example of their work in progress\, e.g. a draft \nchapter or a working paper (in any language). \n\nThe new deadline for applications is May 1st\, 2007. A maximum of 20 \nparticipants will be selected from these applications and will be notified \nbefore the end of May 2007.\n\n\n\nandrea colli\nistituto di storia economica\nuniversità l.bocconi\nmilano\, via sarfatti 25\nI-20136 X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070922T133324Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220202Z DTSTAMP:20070922T133324Z UID:uuid1190468109359 SUMMARY:EBHA (European Business History Association) Summer School PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070905 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070912 LOCATION:Umbria\, Italy DESCRIPTION:4th EBHA DOCTORAL SUMMER SCHOOL\nWRITING\, PRESENTING\, PUBLISHING: HOW TO MAKE THE BEST USE OF YOUR OWN RESEARCH.\n\nThe 4th edition of the EBHA (European Business History Association) Summer \nSchool will take place in Italy from September 5th to September 11th\, 2007.\nThe school aims at providing doctoral students with an overview of relevant \nresearch results and of innovative tools and methodologies in the field of \nBusiness History. It is organised jointly by the European Business History \nAssociation (EBHA)\, the Istituto per la Cultura e la Storia d‚Impresa Franco \nMomigliano (ICSIM) of Terni and the Italian Association for Business History \n(ASSI).\n\nStudents will spend the week in an Italian villa in the beautiful hills of \nUmbria (location: Villalago di Piediluco- Terni ˆ approximately one hour from \nRome by train) debating and discussing their research with leading \ninternational scholars. \n\nThe title of the school will be Writing\, Presenting\, Publishing: How to make \nthe best use of your own research. The school will focus on theoretical\, \nmethodological and practical issues which are of relevance for advanced \nresearch in business history. In this edition\, special attention will be put \non the issue of making the best use of a research project\, in terms of writing \nand argumentation\, presentation at conferences\, publication in academic \njournals. In the mornings\, invited scholars will give lectures and seminars on \nspecific topics. In the afternoons\, students have a chance to present their \nown research project and or preliminary findings. On Sunday\, an excursion to \nvisit the region will be organized.\n\nThe organisers will cover all local costs (accommodation and food)\, but \nparticipants are expected to pay their own travel to and from Terni. \nParticipation will be limited to 15-20 PhD students. \n\nMore information:\n\nandrea colli\nistituto di storia economica\nuniversità l.bocconi\nmilano\, via sarfatti 25\nI-20136\n\nandrea.colli@uni-bocconi.it X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070922T133951Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220202Z DTSTAMP:20070922T133951Z UID:uuid1190468444285 SUMMARY:Application Deadline: Alfred D. Chandler\, Jr.\, International Visiting Scholar in Business History Program PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070901 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070902 LOCATION:Harvard Business School DESCRIPTION:The Alfred D. Chandler\, Jr.\, International Visiting Scholar in Business History Program (spring and fall 2008). Harvard Business School announces the fourth year of the Alfred D. Chandler\, Jr.\, International Visiting Scholar in Business History Program which enables established scholars in business history based outside the United States to spend a period of time in residence at Harvard Business School. The primary activities of Alfred D. Chandler\, Jr.\, International Visiting Scholars are to interact with faculty and researchers\, present work at research seminars\, and conduct business history research. The program encourages research concerned to relate historical reality to underlying economic theories of business development. Each year\, $14\,000 will be available to support two visiting scholars (at $7\,000 each). Scholars will get office space\, an email account\, phone\, computer\, ID card\, and access to the University's libraries and the HBS Intranet. The program requires a two month minimum length of stay. Scholars may stay up to a maximum of six months. It is expected that the recipients will be in residence at HBS for the duration of their appointment and that they will be actively engaged in the intellectual life of the business history group. Applications for the spring and fall 2008 fellowships should arrive no later than September 1\, 2007. Please send (by post or by email) a cover letter\, CV\, and a description of the research you would like to undertake to the address below. Two letters of reference should be sent separately. Grants will be announced by the end of October 2007.\n\nGeoffrey Jones\nBaker Library 175\nHarvard Business School\nSoldiers Field\nBoston\, MA 02163\nUnited States\n\nEmail: gjones@hbs.edu X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070922T134118Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220202Z DTSTAMP:20070922T134118Z UID:uuid1190468518911 SUMMARY:Application Deadline: 2008 Alfred D. Chandler Jr. Travel Fellowships in Business History and Institutional Economic History PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071102 LOCATION:Harvard Business School DESCRIPTION:The 2008 Alfred D. Chandler Jr. Travel Fellowships in Business History and Institutional Economic History. These grants will range from $1\,000 to $3\,000 each and are considered taxable income. The total funds awarded in a given year will be approximately $15\,000. The purpose of the fellowships is to facilitate library and archival research in business history or institutional economic history\, broadly defined. The program will encourage research concerned to relate historical reality to underlying economic theories of business development. Three categories of applicants are eligible for the grants: 1. Harvard University graduate students in history\, economics\, business administration\, or a related discipline\, such as sociology\, government\, or law\, whose research requires travel to distant archives or repositories\; 2. Graduate students or nontenured faculty in those fields from other universities\, in the United States and abroad\, whose research requires travel to the Boston-Cambridge area (to study\, for example\, in the collections of the Baker\, Widener\, McKay\, Langdell\, Kress\, or Houghton libraries)\; 3. Harvard College undergraduates writing senior theses in these fields\, whose research requires travel away from Cambridge.\n\nFellowship recipients will be selected by a committee of three faculty members from Harvard University. Applications should be post-marked no later than November 1\, 2007. Grants will be announced by the end of December 2007\, and recipients may use their awards at any time during the calendar year 2008. For application\, see: http://www.hbs.edu/businesshistory/fellowships.html. Applications should be sent to:\n\nWalter A. Friedman\nRock Center 104\nHarvard Business School\nSoldiers Field\nBoston\, MA 02163\nUnited States\n\nEmail: wfriedman@hbs.edu X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070922T134438Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220202Z DTSTAMP:20070922T134438Z UID:uuid1190468763808 SUMMARY:Conference: International Corporate financing faced with Twentieth century economic changes PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070315 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070317 LOCATION:Paris\, France DESCRIPTION:International Conference\nParis\, March 15th - 16th 2007\n\nCorporate financing faced with Twentieth century economic changes\n\nFrom the second industrial revolution which \naffected industrialized countries starting in the 1870-1880s to the recent \"new economy\"\, different waves of technological and organizational revolutions produced the emergence of new branches and new industries\, transforming radically the economic structure. At the firm level\, these transformations have imposed new financial needs.\n\nFirst\, the new sectors of activity created since the beginning of the century are more capitalistic\; hence require larger capital resources\, especially long-term funds. On the contrary\, recent technological changes can alter this point of view.\n\nHow did these changes appear at the micro-economic level: how were financed the creation\, diversification\, internationalization of firms? Except for self-financing\, did the companies succeed in finding financial institutions in a position to help them meet the new challenges\, during high growth periods as well as during depression periods?\n\nThe conference will try to pinpoint how bank loans\, financial markets\, the State or even other firms operating in the same areas\, have provided funds for these firms. The organisers would like particularly to emphasize comparative approaches across European countries as well as countries that acquired an industrial development before the First World War (Europe\, USA\, Japan and Russia).\n\nThe conference will be organized in four parts\, corresponding to growth pace\, monetary issues and the levels of international integration\, as follows:\n\n1. From the 1880s to 1914\, from the first to the second industrial revolution\;\n2. 1914 -1950s\, the market economy in trouble\;\n3. 1950s - 1970s\, financing expansion\; \n4. 1975 -1990s\, crisis\, imbalances and financial markets development.\n\nA panel discussion between economists\, financiers and businessmen will close the colloquium. The proceedings of the conference will be published in 2008.\n\nScientific organisers:\n\nLaure Quennouëlle-Corre\, (CNRS\, Paris): laure.corre@noos.fr\nAndré Straus (CNRS\, Paris) : XStraus@aol.com\n\nAcademic committee:\n\nChristian de Boissieu (Université de Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne)\nPierre-Cyrille Hautcoeur (EHESS\, Paris)\nAlain Plessis (Université de Paris X Nanterre)\nPatrick Verley (Université de Genève\, Suisse) X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070922T134804Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220202Z DTSTAMP:20070922T134804Z UID:uuid1190468944156 SUMMARY:Application Deadline: Second Joint Summer School of the GlobalEuroNet Research Networking Programme and the Marie Curie Research Training Network PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070401 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070402 LOCATION:University of Tartu (Estonia) DESCRIPTION:Second Joint Summer School of the GlobalEuroNet Research Networking\nProgramme and the Marie Curie Research Training Network 'Unifying the\nEuropean Experience'\n\nWHY (NOT) EUROPE? SOURCES OF MODERN ECONOMIC GROWTH IN HISTORICAL\nPERSPECTIVE\n\nSupported by the European Historical Economics Society\n\nHosted by the University of Tartu (Estonia)\nMonday\, July 30 - Friday\, August 3\, 2007\n\nDEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: APRIL 1\, 2007\n\nLecturers:\n\nJoel Mokyr (Northwestern University)\nBart van Ark (University of Groningen)\nStephen Broadberry (University of Warwick)\nHerman de Jong (University of Groningen)\nAstrid Kander (Lund University)\nChris Meissner (University of Cambridge and NBER)\nChris Minns (LSE)\n\nThe school is targeted to doctorate and post-doctorate students in\neconomics\, economic history and related disciplines.\n\nFull information and application forms can be downloaded from the\nGLOBALEURONET web site: www.esf-globaleuronet.org\n\nApplications should be sent to Ms. Lidia Meras\, GlobalEuroNet Programme\nCoordinator\, at: esf-globaleuronet@uc3m.es.\nAlternatively\, forms can be sent by ordinary mail to the following address: \nGlobalEuroNet\, Department of Economic History and Institutions\,\nUniversidad Carlos III Madrid\, 28903 Getafe (Madrid)\, Spain.\n\nAccepted candidates will be notified by the first week of May\, 2007\n\nFees and Scholarships. Participants will be charged EUR 1\,000 covering\nregistration\, meals\, boarding and background material. However\, a number of\ngrants covering travel expenses and fee waivers will be available\, and we\nstrongly encourage all those interested in participating to apply.\n\nFor further information please contact:\nMs. Lidia Meras\nProgramme Coordinator\, GLOBALEURONET\nDepartment of Economic History and Institutions\nUniversidad Carlos III Madrid\n28903 Getafe\, Madrid\, Espana\nEmail: esf-globaleuronet@uc3m.es X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20070922T135158Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220202Z DTSTAMP:20070922T135158Z UID:uuid1190469193623 SUMMARY:Second Joint Summer School of the GlobalEuroNet Research Networking Programme and the Marie Curie Research Training Network PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070730 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070804 LOCATION:University of Tartu (Estonia) DESCRIPTION:Second Joint Summer School of the GlobalEuroNet Research Networking\nProgramme and the Marie Curie Research Training Network 'Unifying the\nEuropean Experience'\n\nWHY (NOT) EUROPE? SOURCES OF MODERN ECONOMIC GROWTH IN HISTORICAL\nPERSPECTIVE\n\nSupported by the European Historical Economics Society\n\nHosted by the University of Tartu (Estonia)\nMonday\, July 30 - Friday\, August 3\, 2007\n\nLecturers: \n\nJoel Mokyr (Northwestern University)\nBart van Ark (University of Groningen)\nStephen Broadberry (University of Warwick)\nHerman de Jong (University of Groningen)\nAstrid Kander (Lund University)\nChris Meissner (University of Cambridge and NBER)\nChris Minns (LSE)\n\nThe school is targeted to doctorate and post-doctorate students in\neconomics\, economic history and related disciplines.\n\nFor further information please contact:\nMs. Lidia Meras\nProgramme Coordinator\, GLOBALEURONET\nDepartment of Economic History and Institutions\nUniversidad Carlos III Madrid\n28903 Getafe\, Madrid\, Espana\nEmail: esf-globaleuronet@uc3m.es X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20071003T170205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220202Z DTSTAMP:20071003T170205Z UID:uuid1191430985741 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: Sxith World Congress of Cliometrics PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071115 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071116 LOCATION:Dalkeith Castle\, Edinburgh\, Scotland DESCRIPTION: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.\n\nAll 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.\n\nAs 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.\n\nAccommodations 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.\n\nA 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.\n\nGraduate 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.\n\nAdditionally\, 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.\n X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20071003T170342Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220202Z DTSTAMP:20071003T170342Z UID:uuid1191431146168 SUMMARY:Sixth World Congress of Cliometrics PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080717 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080721 LOCATION:Dalkeith Castle\, Edinburgh\, Scotland DESCRIPTION:For complete information on the Sixth World Congress of Cliometrics\, please visit:\n\nhttp://www.eh.net/Clio/WCC6/content.html X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20071010T170852Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220202Z DTSTAMP:20071010T170852Z UID:uuid1192036174739 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: Andre Gunder Frank's Legacy of Critical Social Science PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071102 LOCATION:University of Pittsburgh\, David Lawrence Hall DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers\nSubmission Deadline: November 1\, 2007\n\nAndre Gunder Frank's Legacy of Critical Social Science\n\nApril 11-13\, 2008\nUniversity of Pittsburgh\, David Lawrence Hall\n\nThis is to be a major\, international conference\, honoring the life and work of Andre Gunder Frank\, a pioneer in global analysis in history and social science. He died at age 76 in April 2005 after more than fifty years of prodigious output in economic and social analysis of global interaction. The conference will gather the major scholars with whom Frank has worked and debated\, to remember his contribution\, to take stock\, and to identify future directions of study. It also provides encouragement for scholars of all ages and disciplines to take the next steps in debate and documentation of these key social issues.\n\nFeatured Speakers: Giovanni Arrighi\, John Beverley\, Christopher Chase-Dunn\, Barry K. Gills\, Kenneth Pomeranz\, Anibal Quijano\, Kaoru Sugihara\, and Immanuel Wallerstein.\n\nConference Topics. The conference is organized with attention to (but not limited to) the following six topical areas of Gunder Frank's writings:\n1. Underdevelopment and dependency in Latin America.\n2. World accumulation and world system.\n3. 5000-year world system.\n4. East Asia in the World Economy.\n5. Social Movements.\n6. Contemporary political and economic analysis.\n\nDeadline for Proposals: November 1\, 2007.\n\nSubmit proposals electronically to AGFRANK@pitt.edu.\n\nForm of Proposals.\n* Author's name\, address (postal & e-mail)\, and institutional affiliation.\n* Paper title.\n* Abstract (250 words).\n* Author's biography (up to 150 words).\n* Options: feel free to suggest additional topics or panels\; proposals from graduate students are encouraged.\n\nContact. For all conference issues contact Conference Coordinator Robert Fagley at AGFRANK@pitt.edu.\n\nConference website: http: //www.worldhistorynetwork.org/dev/AGFRANK-conference.htm.\n\nConference Registration. Registration fee: U.S. $40 for general registration\; U.S. $20 for students. Certain plenary sessions will be open to the general public.\n\nTravel and Lodging. The Pittsburgh International Airport is served by USAirways and numerous other airlines. There is a direct and regular connection by city bus to the University of Pittsburgh campus and conference hotels. Lodging at moderate rates will be available at hotels close to the University of Pittsburgh campus.\n\nConference Committee and Sponsorship. Patrick Manning (University of Pittsburgh)\, Director\; Barry K. Gills (University of Newcastle)\, Co-Director\; John Beverley (University of Pittsburgh)\; Thomas Rawski (University of Pittsburgh)\; Salvatore Babones (University of Pittsburgh)\; Robert Fagley\, Conference Coordinator.\n\nThe conference is supported by a GAP (Global Academic Partnership) grant from the Global Studies Program at the University of Pittsburgh. On Andre Gunder Frank: for biographical and bibliography\, see www.rrojasdatabank.org/agfrank/. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20071010T171058Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220202Z DTSTAMP:20071010T171058Z UID:uuid1192036350403 SUMMARY:Andre Gunder Frank's Legacy of Critical Social Science PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080411 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080414 LOCATION:University of Pittsburgh\, David Lawrence Hall DESCRIPTION:Andre Gunder Frank's Legacy of Critical Social Science\n\nApril 11-13\, 2008\nUniversity of Pittsburgh\, David Lawrence Hall\n\nThis is to be a major\, international conference\, honoring the life and work of Andre Gunder Frank\, a pioneer in global analysis in history and social science. He died at age 76 in April 2005 after more than fifty years of prodigious output in economic and social analysis of global interaction. The conference will gather the major scholars with whom Frank has worked and debated\, to remember his contribution\, to take stock\, and to identify future directions of study. It also provides encouragement for scholars of all ages and disciplines to take the next steps in debate and documentation of these key social issues.\n\nFeatured Speakers: Giovanni Arrighi\, John Beverley\, Christopher Chase-Dunn\, Barry K. Gills\, Kenneth Pomeranz\, Anibal Quijano\, Kaoru Sugihara\, and Immanuel Wallerstein.\n\nConference Topics. The conference is organized with attention to (but not limited to) the following six topical areas of Gunder Frank's writings:\n1. Underdevelopment and dependency in Latin America.\n2. World accumulation and world system.\n3. 5000-year world system.\n4. East Asia in the World Economy.\n5. Social Movements.\n6. Contemporary political and economic analysis.\n\nContact. For all conference issues contact Conference Coordinator Robert Fagley at AGFRANK@pitt.edu.\n\nConference website: http: //www.worldhistorynetwork.org/dev/AGFRANK-conference.htm.\n\nConference Registration. Registration fee: U.S. $40 for general registration\; U.S. $20 for students. Certain plenary sessions will be open to the general public.\n\nTravel and Lodging. The Pittsburgh International Airport is served by USAirways and numerous other airlines. There is a direct and regular connection by city bus to the University of Pittsburgh campus and conference hotels. Lodging at moderate rates will be available at hotels close to the University of Pittsburgh campus.\n\nConference Committee and Sponsorship. Patrick Manning (University of Pittsburgh)\, Director\; Barry K. Gills (University of Newcastle)\, Co-Director\; John Beverley (University of Pittsburgh)\; Thomas Rawski (University of Pittsburgh)\; Salvatore Babones (University of Pittsburgh)\; Robert Fagley\, Conference Coordinator.\n\nThe conference is supported by a GAP (Global Academic Partnership) grant from the Global Studies Program at the University of Pittsburgh. On Andre Gunder Frank: for biographical and bibliography\, see www.rrojasdatabank.org/agfrank/. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20071010T171905Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220202Z DTSTAMP:20071010T171905Z UID:uuid1192036805263 SUMMARY:Application Deadline: GLOBALEURONET Visiting Fellowships Program PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071105 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071106 DESCRIPTION:Call for Applications: GLOBALEURONET Visiting Fellowships Program\n\nGLOBALEURONET\, a Research Networking Programme in European economic\nhistory funded by the European Science Foundation (ESF)\, offers up to\n15 short-term residential Visiting Fellowships to be spent during the\nyear 2008 at any University involved in the activities of the network.\nThis Visiting Fellowships Program offers scholars ranging from PhD\nstudents and recent doctoral graduates to senior faculty\, the\nopportunity to integrate their research into a wider scheme that aims\nto promote excellence\, increase exposure to scientific assessment and\nenhance the creation of international research teams.\n\nResearch areas. Positions are open to scholars with research interests\nin the following areas of European economic history covered by the\nGLOBALEURONET programme:\n- Long-run economic growth and convergence\n- Historical national accounting\n- Energy and economic growth in the long run\n- Firms\, technological innovation and growth\n- Human capital\, inequality and living standards\n- Historical business cycles\n- Historical economic geography\nFor detailed information about the Programme's research areas as well\nas past and current scientific initiatives please visit the Programme's\nwebsite: www.esf-globaleuronet.org\n\nHost institutions. Fellowships can be spent only in institutions\nlocated in a European country other than the applicant's country of\norigin. Eligible host institutions are Departments\, Institutes and\nResearch Centres active in the GLOBALEURONET Programme:\n-Universidad Carlos III Madrid\, Instituto Laureano Figuerola/Department\nof Economic History and Institutions (Spain)\n-Johannes Kepler Universität Linz\, Department of Social and Economic\nHistory (Austria)\n-Katholieke Universiteit Leuven\, Centre for Economic Studies (Belgium)\n-University of Tartu\, History Department (Estonia)\n-University of Helsinki\, Department of Social Science History/Economic\nand Social History (Finland)\n-Universität Tübingen\,Wirschaftswissenschaftlichte Fakultät\, Lehrstuhl\nfür Wirtschaftsgeschichte (Germany)\n-Corvinus University of Budapest\, Department of Economic and Social\nHistory (Hungary)\n-Trinity College Dublin\, Department of Economics and Institute for\nInternational Integration Studies (Ireland)\n-University of Groningen\, Faculty of Economics\; and N.W. Posthumus\nInstituut (Netherlands)\n-Norwegian School of Management\, Centre for Business History\, Oslo\; and\nNorwegian School of Economics and Business Administration\, Department\nof Economics\, Bergen (Norway)\n-Lund University\, Ekonomisk-historiska Institutionen/Department of\nEconomic History (Sweden)\n-Universität Zürich\, Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung\n(Switzerland)\n-Bogazici University\, Ataturk Institute for Modern Turkish History\,\nDepartment of Economics (Turkey)\n\nAward amount. Fellowships include an allowance of 1\,600 Euros per month\nplus reimbursement of travel expenses up to a maximum of 500 Euros.\n\nEligibility. Fellowships may be awarded to PhD students (Junior\nFellows)\, doctoral graduates who obtained their PhD in the last four\nyears˜i.e. after September 2003 (Postdoc Fellows) and permanent faculty\n(Senior Fellows). -Junior and Postdoc Fellowships are open to PhD and\npostdoc students from any European country member of the ESF.\nPreference may be given to students from GLOBALEURONET contributing\ncountries (Austria\, Belgium\, Estonia\, Finland\, Germany\, Hungary\,\nIreland\, Netherlands\, Norway\, Spain\, Sweden\, Switzerland\, Turkey)\, but\nwe strongly encourage any interested student to apply irrespective of\nhis/her nationality and academic affiliation. Fellowships are awarded\nfor up to three months and can be renewed in subsequent years. -Senior\nFellowships are open exclusively to faculty affiliated to universities\nand research centres located in GLOBALEURONET contributing countries\n(Austria\, Belgium\, Estonia\, Finland\, Germany\, Hungary\, Ireland\,\nNetherlands\, Norway\, Spain\, Sweden\, Switzerland\, Turkey). They are\nawarded for up to one month and are not renewable.\n\nRequirements. Grantees are required to be in residence at the host\ninstitution for the entire duration of the fellowships. They will\nparticipate in the academic activities of the host institution and will\nbe given full access to its facilities. However\, fellowships are\nincompatible with any teaching or administrative commitment at the host\ninstitution. Grantees will return to the institution of origin upon\ntermination and will acknowledge GLOBALEURONET and the ESF in\npublications resulting from their work in relation with the Fellowship.\n\nApplications. The deadline for applications for fellowships between\nJanuary and December 2008 is November 5\, 2007. Applicants should send:\n-a curriculum vitae\, including most recent publications\;\n-a project proposal (about 1000 words) outlining the proposed research\nproject. Proposals must be consistent with the research areas covered\nby GLOBALEURONET\, as indicated above. The application will also specify\nthe preferred host institution(s) and month(s) of tenure. Applications\ncan be sent electronically to the following email address:\nesf-globaleuronet@uc3m.es\nOnly in the case of Junior and Postdoc Fellowships\, one confidential\nletter of recommendation should be sent by the same deadline to:\nMs Lidia Meras\, GLOBALEURONET Programme Coordinator\nL.Figuerola Institute/Economic History and Institutions\nUniversidad Carlos III Madrid\n28903 Getafe (Madrid) Spain\nEnquiries about applications should be directed to Ms Lidia Meras\,\nGLOBALEURONET Programme Coordinator: esf-globaleuronet@uc3m.es\n\nAssessment and selection. Selections are competitive and based on the\nlikelihood of positive interactions between the Visiting Fellows and\nthe host research team\, and the degree to which both parties will\nbenefit from the visit. The GLOBALEURONET Executive Committee will be\nresponsible for the assessment of proposals and selection of grantees\nin consultation with the scientific coordinators of research areas and\nhost institutions. Applicants will be notified no later than November\n30\, 2007. In case of successful application\, grantees will receive also\nfull instructions about acceptance and reporting procedures.\n\nStefano Battilossi\nChair\, GLOBALEURONET\nDepartment of Economic History and Institutions\nUniversidad Carlos III Madrid\nEmail: stefano.battilossi@uc3m.es X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20071010T172159Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220202Z DTSTAMP:20071010T172159Z UID:uuid1192036977310 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: IX Congress of the Spanish Historical Economics Society PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070215 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070216 LOCATION:Murcia\, Spain DESCRIPTION:IX Congress of the Spanish Historical Economics Society\nMurcia\, Spain (September 2008)\n\nSession: \"Local Institutions\, Market and Economic Development in Mediterranean Europe\, 1500-1900\"\nCall for papers\n\nCo-organizers:\n\n* Bartolomé Yun (European University Institute of Florence\, Department of History and Civilisation)\n\n* Fernando Ramos (Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla)\, Economics\, Quantitative Analysis and Economic History Department. E-mail: fcrampal@upo.es or fernando.ramos.palencia@gmail.com\n\n\nThis session would deal\, from an interdisciplinary and comparative perspective\, with the question of whether institutions were a necessary and sufficient condition for the economic development of the countries on the Mediterranean. The session has a double aim. On the one hand\, and based on some of the budgets of the New Institutional Economy\, we are interested in studying how the local institutions affected Economic Development (more than the specific evolution of the grain budgets or medieval alcabala sales taxes in one single place\, to give one example). The second objective is to see if there is an \"alternative\" to one institutional current (North or\, more recently\, Acemoglu\, Johnson and Robinson) which emphasized the efficiency of the Anglo-Saxon institutions over the institutions of the Mediterranean World. This question is all the more relevant given that in recent years there has been an important revision of the Institutional History of Castile\, which mentions a \"Negotiated Absolutism\" and which states the existence of local institutions with highly autonomous powers and which are quite decentralized. Recent studies have gone so far as to claim that the Spanish institutions \"looked\" quite a lot more than could be imagined like the Dutch ones. To sum up\, there would be many slight differences to be taken into account with regard to the relations established between Absolutism and Economic Development\, which call for\, at the very least\, certain caution. For these reasons\, two basic central themes for study are proposed. First\, when did the regional economic differences in Spain start\, before or after the industrialization of the 19th century? And second\, from a comparative perspective: Degree of efficiency in Mediterranean\, Anglo-Saxon and Northern European local institutions. Why do certain groups with power not always put their weight behind economic development? Why did Portugal\, Italy and Spain \"fail\" (in terms of comparison with Great Britain\, Germany and the United States) in trying to adopt the new technologies which would have increased their per capita income levels?\n\nThose interested in taking part in the session must submit a title\, an abstract of no more than 500 words\, and the contact address to the address below. The deadline for receipt of all proposals is 15 February 2007. The abstract should summarize the argument of the paper and the sources on which it is based. Notification of acceptances to the authors will be sent by May 2007. The submission deadline for the final version of the papers will be 30 May 2008.\n\n\nContact address: \n\nFernando Ramos\nDepartamento de Economía\, Métodos Cuantitativos e Historia Económica Facultad de CC. Económicas Empresariales Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla\nCarretera de Utrera\, km. 1\nSevilla 41013\nSpain\n\nPhone number: ++34 954 34 9187\ne-mail: fcrampal@upo.es or fernando.ramos.palencia@gmail.com X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20071010T172629Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220202Z DTSTAMP:20071010T172629Z UID:uuid1192037248736 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: Business History\, Special Edition: Putting Social Capital to Work PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070318 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070319 DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers\nBusiness History\nSpecial Edition in September 2008\nPutting Social Capital to Work\nEdited by Pamela Walker Laird\, Charles Harvey\, and John Wilson\n\nDoing business is a profoundly social process. Social capital and its dynamics\, therefore\, are inescapable components of every interaction. Among other things\, they affect group cohesiveness and functionality\, and they give advantages or disadvantages to some individuals and groups relative to others. This special issue of Business History will explore the research and analytical opportunities in putting social capital to work.\n\nAlthough the concept of social capital itself has only begun to enter historical analysis\, both scholarly and everyday discourses energetically engage the language of networks. Networks are the conduits through which social capital operates and through which information and influence flow. Economic transactions and functions are of necessity embedded within social networks characterized by varying degrees of intimacy\, loyalty\, hierarchy\, and expectations for reciprocity. The connections that make up networks are assets that individuals and groups can hold\, invest\, waste\, or grow. Moreover\, like the other assets that affect our prosperity\, social capital is distributed unevenly through populations\, and these disparities have enormous consequences.\n\nMost scholarly applications of the concept of social capital have come out of the social sciences\, which pioneered the concept. In 2000\, political scientist Robert Putnam popularized the century-old but obscure phrase \"social capital.\" Sociologists Ronald Burt (2005)\, Mark Granovetter (1976)\, and Robert Waldinger (1996)\, among others including economists\, have linked the sizes and types of networks to entrepreneurial success\, as well as jobs\, wages\, and promotions. Francis Fukuyama (1995) looked at the importance of trust in building prosperity through personal relationships. In management studies\, especially on organizational behavior and entrepreneurship\, discussions of networks\, mentors\, and gatekeepers abound\, such as in the work of Gerald R. Ferris. Pamela Laird (2006) applied social science and management studies in her analysis of the effects of social capital on individual and group success across three centuries of American history.\n\nPapers might offer theoretical innovations\, or they might apply some aspect of social capital analysis to their empirical research\, possibly reframing evidence to demonstrate insights and explanations obscured by previous failures to apply the concepts and lexicon of social capital. Research conducted specifically to uncover the social capital dynamics of an historical period\, process\, or case in business history will be especially attractive.\n\nTopics that lend themselves to a social capital analysis include biography\; corruption\; crime\; firms' internal dynamics\, such as hiring and promoting\; firms' external interactions\, such as seeking or letting contracts\, negotiating deals\, or working with a government\; labor pools among various ethnicities or communities\; immigration\; entrepreneurial interactions with political bodies or communities\; public relations as exercises in building social capital\; the value of trust in business interactions\; business-to-business and retail selling\; product and advertisement design\; and the impacts of class\, ethnic\, racial\, gender on individuals' or groups' types and styles of business activities\, as well as on their opportunities or constraints.\n\nThe editorial team intends that the articles featured in \"Putting Social Capital to Work\" will extend our understandings both of how social capital operates within business and of how social capital can serve as an analytical tool to enrich scholarship. We encourage contributions from a variety of countries and areas of expertise.\n\nThe special issue will be edited by Pamela Walker Laird as guest editor\, and Charles Harvey and John Wilson as executive editors of the journal. All articles will be between 6\,000 and a maximum of 8\,000 words\, including notes.\n\nProposals of not more than 500 words should be sent to the Business History Editorial Office\, Professor John Wilson\, Institute of International Business\, Lancashire Business School\, Greenbank Building\, University of Central Lancashire\, Preston\, PR1 2HE 01772 894788\, United Kingdom. Additionally\, e-mail proposals to all three editors: \n\nPamela.Laird@cudenver.edu\nCharles.Harvey@strath.ac.uk\njfwilson@uclan .ac.uk\n\nProposals should give the details of (a) proposed title of article\; (b) author names and affiliations\; (c) full details of research on which the article is to be based\; (d) content of the article.\n\nThe timetable for the special issue is as follows: \n\nDecember 2007 - Issue Call for Papers\n18 March 2007 - Deadline for receipt of Proposals\nApril 2007 - Articles commissioned\n31 October 2007 - Reminder to authors of approaching deadline for manuscripts\n30 November 2007 - Deadline for receipt of first draft manuscripts\n10 February 2008 - Completion of refereeing process & editorial reports\n28 February 2008 - Issue reports to authors with requests for revisions\n30 April 2008 - Deadline for submission of revised drafts\n31 May 2008 - Return manuscripts to authors for final revisions\n30 June 2008 - Deadline for submission of final articles\nSeptember 2008 - Publication\n\nGuidance Notes\n\n1.\tArticles should be based upon original research and/or innovative analysis. 2.\tThe main findings of the research and analysis should not have been published elsewhere. 3.\tProposals will be welcome from individuals or teams whose empirical research is already at an advanced stage. 4.\tThe editors expect articles to be theoretically informed and explicitly to address novel interpretations of history. 5.\tAuthors who wish to implement social science or managerial instruments of analysis should consider how to adapt them to historical interpretation\, explaining change across time rather than the description of static conditions.\n X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20071010T172918Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220202Z DTSTAMP:20071010T172918Z UID:uuid1192037427727 SUMMARY:Application Deadline: Doctoral Fellowships\, Paris School of Economics PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070215 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070216 LOCATION:Paris School of Economics PSE Jourdan Economics department DESCRIPTION:The Paris School of Economics PSE Jourdan Economics department invites applications for various full-time doctoral fellowships in economic history financed by the European Union's Marie Curie actions under the Research Training Network\, \"Unifying the European Experience.\"\n\nFellowships will be given to doctoral students in economic history (either from economics or history departments) working in universities outside France whose research would benefit from a stay at Paris School of Economics and whose presence would benefit other students and scholars there. Applications for any duration from 3 to 24 months\, starting January 2008 as the latest\, will be considered.\n\nPSE-Jourdan\nThe Jourdan-located department of economics of the Paris School of Economics is one of the leading research and education institutions in economics in France. The faculty consists in about 40 full professors (or equivalent)\, 25 assistant professors (or equivalent) and 20 regular visiting professors. The PdD program involves classes of 60 Master students\, among which about 10 per year engage in a PhD cursus. The economic history group includes 4 professors and around 10 other faculty members having published recently in economic history.\n\nMore information on the Paris School of economics economics department: http://www.pse.ens.fr/presentation/index-en.html\nMore information on the Paris School of economics economic history group: http: //www.paris-jourdan.ens.fr/reche/simiand/simiand_eng.php\nMore information on the RTN is available at: http: //www.cepr.org/research/Networks/EHRTN/\n\nDescription of the position\nThe purpose of the doctoral fellowships is to allow young researchers to develop their research in a stimulating environment. They will participate in research activities\, seminars\, workshops and conferences\; they will interact with other PhD students. They will have no teaching obligations. They should devote one day per week to research projects defined by the organizers.\n\nSalary\nDoctoral fellows will be fully funded by the RTN. The gross salary if 2665 euros per month (including social security benefits)\, to which one can add some travel\, mobility and research allowances.\n\nEligibility\n* Candidates should be nationals of an EU Member/Associated State other than France\, unless they have been active in research in a Third country for at least four of the last five years\n* At the start of their fellowship/activity\, candidates may not have resided or carried out their main activity (work\, studies\, etc) in France for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the reference deadline for eligibility. Short stays such as holidays are not taken into account.\n* Candidates should be in the first 4 years (full-time equivalent) of their research activity\, including the period of research training\, and not hold already a doctoral title.\n\nHow to apply\nIf you meet the criteria above and are interested in applying\, please forward your CV\, the names of three referees and a personal statement (description of the research projects and any information considered as relevant) in support of your application (precising the reasons for your application and the period you would like to stay) both to Paris School of Economics (seitz@pse.ens.fr) and to CEPR (at rtnrecruitment@cepr.org) before February 15th\, 2007. X-LIC-ERROR:No value for STATUS property. Removing entire property: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20071010T173900Z LAST-MODIFIED:20081203T220202Z DTSTAMP:20071010T173900Z UID:uuid1192037988468 SUMMARY:CfP Deadline: Asia-Pacific Eco