EH.N: CfP: Second call for session proposals, XVth World Economic History Congress

[Jessica Dijkman]

XVth World Economic History Congress
Utrecht, the Netherlands, 3-7 August 2009

Second call for Session Proposals
(March 2008)

The International Economic History Association (IEHA) will hold its 
fifteenth World Economic History Congress in Utrecht, the 
Netherlands, from the 3rd to the 7th of August 2009. The scientific 
programme of the congress will comprise approximately 100 sessions. 
Following the first call for session proposals the Executive 
Committee of the IEHA has so far approved of 51 sessions to be 
included; a preliminary programme is available on the congress 
website (www.wehc2009.org). This is the second call for session 
proposals. From submissions received before the 1st of October 2008, 
the Executive Committee of the IEHA 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. There will be no distinction between 
sessions submitted in reply to the first or second call for papers. 
However scholars who are already in the preliminary programme as 
organizer of two sessions, cannot be accepted as organizer of a third 
session.

The Congress will last for five days. Each day will be divided into 
four time blocks of 90 minutes each (two before lunch and two after 
lunch). Each session organizer will be given two consecutive time 
blocks. No extra time blocks will be allocated; organizers wishing to 
extend their session have to submit a proposal for a second session. 
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.

Session organizers are expected to present a preliminary list of 
participants in their proposal, but are also encouraged to publish an 
open call for papers for their session once it has been selected for 
the programme. For all sessions 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.

More information on the Utrecht Congress, including the preliminary 
programme based on the session proposals accepted in the first round 
and some further guidelines to session organizers, is available on 
the congress website: www.wehc2009.org.


Submission of proposals

Proposals can be submitted via the session registration form on the 
congress website 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. The deadline 
for submissions is October 1, 2008.

Reception of session proposals will be acknowledged by e-mail. 
Organizers will be informed of the acceptance or rejection of their 
proposal in November 2008.


If selected, organizers of sessions will be asked to take on the 
following responsibilities:

(1)  Communicate as requested with the Secretary General of the 
Association and the Congress organizers in Utrecht as the programme 
takes shape.

(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.

(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.

(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.

(5)  Provide or raise whatever funding may be necessary for the 
proposed session and associated activities before and after the 
Congress.


Jessica Dijkman, congress secretary
Utrecht University
Department of History and Art History
Drift 10
3512 BS UTRECHT
Tel. +31 30 253 6460
Fax. +31 30 253 6391
e-mail: WEHC2009 at let.uu.nl