EH.N: CfP Reminder: Appalachian Spring: Third Annual Conference in World History and Economics

[Jari Eloranta]

REMINDER! CALL FOR PAPERS

Appalachian Spring: Third Annual Conference in World History and Economics


This 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 two of these meetings in the past, 
which have been very successful. 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. Peter Lindert from the 
University of California, Davis, a world-renowned 
scholar of the economics and history of 
government spending and globalization. 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 Government and Progress: A World of 
Experience.

The conference will take place on April 26, 2008, 
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, 2008. A one-page 
abstract describing the scholar's proposal should 
be submitted to the organizers by that date. A 
full paper will be expected by the organizers by 
April 2nd, 2008. There is no registration fee. 
The organizers might provide funding for 
accommodations (pending on funding), but not for 
travel expenses. We will offer meals to the 
participants during the meeting at no cost.


Organizers (contacts for paper proposals and practical matters):

* David Johnson, Assistant Professor (Appalachian 
State University, Department of History): phone: 
1-828-262-6007, email: johnsonda at appstate.edu

* Jari Eloranta, Assistant Professor (Appalachian 
State University, Department of History): phone: 
1-828-262-6006, email: elorantaj at appstate.edu


Additional details can be found from the conference website:

http://www.history.appstate.edu/WorldHistoryConference.html


On behalf of the organizers,

Jari Eloranta

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Jari Eloranta, Ph.D
Meetings Coordinator, Economic History Association
Assistant Professor of Comparative Economic and 
Business History, Appalachian State University, 
Department of History, Old Library Building, 
Boone, NC 28608, USA
Phone: +1-828-262 6006, email: elorantaj at appstate.edu
http://www.appstate.edu/~elorantaj/