EH.N: CfP: 2009 Economic History Society Annual Conference

[Maureen Galbraith]

Economic History Society Annual Conference
3 - 5 April 2009
University of Warwick

Call for Academic Papers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* A brief non-technical summary of your paper for the 'Media 
Briefings' section of the Society's website (by 5 January 2009).
* An abstract of the paper for inclusion in the conference booklet 
and website (by 5 January 2009).
* An electronic copy of your full paper, or a web address where the 
paper is available for consultation (by 2 March 2009).

It is the normal expectation that speakers who submit a proposal for 
a paper to the Conference Committee should be able to obtain 
independent financial support for their travel and conference 
attendance. However, a very limited support fund exists to assist 
overseas speakers who are unable to obtain funding from their own 
institution or from another source. Details of this fund and an 
application form can be obtained from the Society's administrative 
secretary, Maureen Galbraith (ehsocsec at 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.