CfP: EH.N: CfP: Session, "Automation and Mechanisation of Financial Services, " XVth World Economic History Congress

[Bernardo Batiz-Lazo]

CfP: Panel for the World Economic History Congress (2009) entitled 
"Automation and Mechanisation of Financial Services" 
(http://www.wehc2009.org/programme.asp?sid=25)

This is a pre-conference announcement for those willing to take part 
in the above mentioned panel.

PANEL ORGANISERS

Bernardo Batiz-Lazo (Leicester, UK)

Carles Maixe-Altes (A Coru~a, Spain)

Paul Thomes (Aachen, Germany)


AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

The aim of this session is to explore the business, economic and 
social dimensions of technological change in financial service 
organizations. We hope to bring together economic historians, 
business historians, accounting historians, gender historians and 
historians of technology from different parts of the world. The 
session aims to be cross disciplinary and also aims to attract 
management scholars from a critical perspective and sociologist 
researching social aspects of technological change in financial 
services.

We aim to discuss questions which, first, deal with the diffusion of 
automation amongst similar financial service organizations (such as 
banks, savings banks, mortgage specialists, stock exchanges, etc) in 
a comparative perspective.

--Secondly we intend to analyze the interaction of financial service 
organisations and the manufactures of information and 
telecommunications technologies in the creation, use and difussion of 
new applications (such as ATM and EFPOS but also software to trade 
new instruments such as stock market platforms or derivative trading).

-- Thirdly we ask questions dealing with the impact of automation 
(including computerization) on the management of the money supply.

-- Fourthly, explore the links between technological innovation 
(particularly computer applications) and the development of internal 
management and accounting systems.

Papers that consider the above questions within the context of 
technological change, gender studies, accounting history, emerging 
markets and globalization would be especially welcomed. Also any 
other discussion that includes issues about institutional setting, 
staff and gender, the process of technological innovation and change 
reshaping existing management and control systems (with particular 
attention to the accounting function), division of labour, gender 
division of labour, etc.

-- Finally, our aim is to go beyond a simple panel presentation and 
invite accepted submissions to join as multi-authored monograph. This 
will be offered to a publishing house of international repute. With 
this aim in mind, contributions will be subjected to a blind 
refereeing process as part of that leading to the panel presentation 
at WEHC 2009.

HOW TO CONTRIBUTE?

Attendance to the pre-conference meeting and the World Congress panel 
is exclusively by invitation.Should you wish to be considered, on a 
first instance, please email a long abstract (250 to 500 words) which 
includes reference to source material.

The pre-conference meeting will be hosted by Sciences Po Bordeaux. 
There is a possibility that accommodation will also be provided by 
the host.However, attendees will be responsible for their own travel 
to Bordeaux (2008) as well as travel and conference fees for Utrecht 
(2009).

ADDRESS ALL CORRESPONDENCE TO:

Bernardo Batiz-Lazo (b.batiz-lazo at le.ac.uk)

KEY DATES:

2008

April 15: Deadline for abstracts

May 15: Deadline first full draft

May 30: Notification of acceptance to pre-conference meeting

June 27-28: Pre-conference meeting (Bordeaux, France)

October 30: Deadline second draft

2009

January 31: Distribution of referees' comments and notification of 
acceptance to attend WEHC (Utrecht). At this point attendees are 
expected to register through WEHC's website.

May 15: Deadline third draft

May 31: Deadline registration for WEHC.

August 3-7: World Economic History Congress (Utrecht, The Netherlands).


[to be advised: post congress meeting (Aachen, Germany)]

WEBSITES:

Pre-conference host: Sciences Po Bordeaux
http://www.sciencespobordeaux.fr/

World Congress
http://www.wehc2009.org

Computers in banking list http://sigcis.org/mailman/listinfo/comban

Special Interest Group in the History of Computing
http://www.sigcis.org/

Sub-SIG Computers in Banking
http://banking.sigcis.org