EH.N: CfP: A Comparative Approach to Inequality and Development: Latin America and Europe

[Jeffrey Williamson]

CALL FOR PAPERS
A Comparative Approach to Inequality and Development: Latin America and 
Europe

Instituto Figuerola, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid
Programme for Comparative Latin American Studies May 8-9, 2009

Organizers:
Luis Bértola (Universidad de la República, Carlos III, and Instituto 
Figuerola)
Leandro Prados de la Escosura (Carlos III and Instituto Figuerola)
Jeffrey Williamson (Harvard University and University of Wisconsin)


This Mini-Conference will gather a group of leading scholars in the 
field of inequality and development. The main focus of the conference is 
to promote a comparative analysis of Latin American inequality: Has 
inequality really been a distinctive aspect of Latin American 
development for centuries? What form has its inequality taken? How has 
inequality been an important factor in explaining relative backwardness? 
Comparisons between European and Latin American experience since 
pre-industrial times will enrich our understanding of both. The 
conference will also favor papers comparing Europe and/or Latin America 
with other regions.

Abstracts of no more than 500 words must be sent to lebertola at gmail.com 
no later than January 7. The organizers will communicate the acceptance 
of the paper proposal by January 21. Completed papers must be delivered 
no later than April 1.

Accommodation in Madrid will be covered by the conference. While 
participants are encouraged to fund their own travel to Madrid, the 
organization will finance a number of airfares for deserving scholars. 
The conference is sponsored by the Fundación Areces, Global Euronet and 
the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science.