EH.N: CfA: European Business History Association's Doctoral Summer School

[francesca.polese at unibocconi.it]

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

5th EBHA DOCTORAL SUMMER SCHOOL
Writing, Presenting, Publishing: How to Make the Best Use of Your Own 
Research

The 5th edition of the EBHA (European Business History Association) 
Summer School will take place in Italy from Monday, August 31st to 
Sunday, September 6th, 2009.

The school aims at providing doctoral students with an overview of 
relevant research results and of innovative tools and methodologies in 
the field of Business History. It is organised jointly by the European 
Business History Association (EBHA), the Istituto per la Cultura e la 
Storia d’Impresa Franco Momigliano (ICSIM) of Terni and the Italian 
Association for Business History (ASSI).

Students will spend the week in an Italian villa in the beautiful hills 
of Umbria (location: Villalago di Piediluco- Terni – approximately one 
hour from Rome by train) debating and discussing their research with 
leading international scholars.

The title of the school will be Writing, Presenting, Publishing: How to 
make the best use of your own research. The school will focus on 
theoretical, methodological and practical issues which are of relevance 
for advanced research in business history. In this edition, special 
attention will be put on the issue of making the best use of a research 
project, in terms of writing and argumentation, presentation at 
conferences, publication in academic journals. In the mornings, invited 
scholars will give lectures and seminars on specific topics. In the 
afternoons, students have a chance to present their own research project 
and or preliminary findings. On Sunday, an excursion to visit the region 
will be organized.

The organisers will cover all local costs (accommodation and food), but 
participants are expected to pay their own travel to and from Terni.

Participation will be limited to 15-20 PhD students.

Those interested in attending the summer school should send the 
following documents by e-mail to the academic organiser Dr. Francesca 
Polese (francesca.polese at unibocconi.it) :
1.) a half-page CV;
2.) a summary of their dissertation project, not exceeding three pages;
3.) (if possible) an example of their work in progress, e.g. a draft 
chapter or a working paper (in any language).

The deadline for applications is May 1st, 2009. A maximum of 20 
participants will be selected from these applications and will be 
notified before the end of May 2009.

I thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Best regards,

Francesca Polese

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Francesca Polese, PhD
Assistant Professor
ISE-DAIMAP
Universita' Bocconi
Via G. Roentgen, 1
20136 Milano
Italy
Room A1-03 (3rd floor)
tel: +39.02.58365526
francesca.polese at unibocconi.it