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

[elorantaj at appstate.edu]

CALL FOR PAPERS

Appalachian Spring: Fourth 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 
area. We have already hosted three 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. Jeremy Black from the University of 
Exeter, UK, a world-renowned scholar of comparative military history and 
the history of international relations and economics.

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 Military and Economic Competition.

The conference will take place on April 18, 2009, on the Appalachian 
State University campus, Boone, in the beautiful North Carolina 
mountains. Those interested in participating should let the organizers 
know by February 27th, 2009. 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 March 31st, 
2009. There is no registration fee. The organizers may be able 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):
• Jari Eloranta, Assistant Professor (Appalachian State University, 
Department of History)
phone: 1-828-262-6006
email: elorantaj at appstate.edu
• David Johnson, Assistant Professor (Appalachian State University, 
Department of History)
phone: 1-828-262-6007
email: johnsonda at appstate.edu
Supporting Committee:
• George Ehrhardt, Assistant Professor (Appalachian State University, 
Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice)
phone: 1-828-262-3085
email: ehrhardtgc at appstate.edu
• Timothy Perri, Professor (Appalachian State University, Department of 
Economics)
phone: 1-828-262-2251
email: perritj at appstate.edu
• Dorothea Martin, Professor (Appalachian State University, Department 
of History)
phone: 1-828-262-6022
email: martinda at appstate.edu
• Anatoly Isaenko, Associate Professor (Appalachian State University, 
Department of History)
phone: 1-828-262-6028
email: isaenkoa at appstate.edu)