EH.N: EHS annual conference 2010: call for papers

[Economic History Society]

Economic History Society Annual Conference

26 – 28 March 2010
University of Durham

Call for Academic Papers

The 2010 annual conference of the Economic History Society will be hosted by the University of Durham from 26 to 28 March.  Accommodation and some meetings will be located in Collingwood College and the majority of sessions in two adjacent buildings on the Science Site.  The College is a 10-minute walk from the Science Site and shuttle buses will be provided at certain times of the day.

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 completed, 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 (preferably by e-mail) a brief c.v. and a short abstract (including name, postal and e-mail addresses) of 400-500 words to:

Maureen Galbraith
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

For full consideration, proposals must be received by 14 September 2009.  Notices of acceptance will be sent to individual paper givers by 16 November 2009.

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

1. An abstract of the paper for inclusion in the conference booklet (by 14 December 2009).
2. A brief non-technical summary of your paper for the ‘Media Briefings’ section of the Society’s website (by 1 February 2010).
3. An electronic copy of your full paper (for the conference website) or a web address where the paper is available for consultation (by 1 March 2010).

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 committee for the September deadline.  Only in exceptional circumstances will later applications for support be considered.
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Economic History Society
Dept of Economic & Social History
University of Glasgow
Lilybank House, Bute Gardens
Glasgow   G12 8RT
Scotland UK
Tel: +44 (0) 141 330 4662
Fax: +44 (0) 141 330 4889
Email: ehsocsec at arts.gla.ac.uk
Web: www.ehs.org.uk