Economic History Association

Graduate Students interested in disseminating preliminary results from their thesis work may apply to participate in the poster session at the Annual Meetings. Those accepted receive the following support:

• Travel subsidies up to $500 for domestic flights or train fare, up to $800 for international flights.
• Complimentary hotel rooms (double occupancy, shared with another graduate student) for up to 3 nights.
• 60 percent discount on the registration fee
• 80 percent discount on the Saturday Presidential Banquet
• Free dinner with other graduate students Friday night. Applicants, who must be members of the Association, should send by email a 100 word abstract along with a one page CV to Professor Michael Haines(mhaines@mail.colgate.edu) chair, Program Committee.

Deadline: April 30, 2009. Awards announced by May 31, 2009.

Graduate students who have presented a poster are eligible for the dissertation session in a subsequent year, but may not participate in the poster session two years in a row.

Graduate students interested in attending the annual meeting but not participating in the poster session are eligible, depending on funding availability, for up to three nights' complimentary hotel room (double occupancy, shared with another graduate student). Send requests to Jari Eloranta (elorantaj@appstate.edu). Applicants must be members of the Association. Deadline: July 7, 2009. Awards announced by July 31, 2009.

Ph.D. recipients selected for the dissertation session will receive a $250 travel subsidy. See procedures for applying for the Nevins or Gerschenkron prizes.