EH.N: CfP: Reminder -- 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 
states. 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)



Dr. Jeremy Black

Dr. Black, an Established Chair (Professor) of History at the University 
of Exeter, UK, is the leading scholar in comparative military history 
and the history of international relations and economics. He has 
published widely on post-1500 military history, eighteenth-century 
British history, international relations, cartographic history and 
newspaper history. Dr. Black has written extensively on issues 
concerning the hegemonic competition between states, the great 
transformations in military history, and the economic and military role 
of Great Britain in the world.  His most notable contributions to the 
field of military and world history entail his research on the emergence 
of total war in the 19th century and role of great powers in world 
conflicts over several centuries. For example, his most recent book, 
Great Powers and the Quest for Hegemony (Routledge, 2007) outlines many 
of these themes, as does The Age of Total War, 1860-1945 (Praeger 
Publishers Inc, 2006). He is commonly recognized as the leading scholar 
in this field, and has received numerous honors and awards for his 
scholarship. Dr. Black also has extensive experience in supervising and 
mentoring students at various levels.

Representative Recent Publications:

•	Great Powers and the Quest for Hegemony, Routledge, 2007.
•	The Age of Total War, 1860-1945 (Studies in Military History & 
International Affairs), Praeger Publishers Inc, 2006.
•	George III: America's Last King (Yale English Monarchs), Yale 
University Press, 2006.
•	The English Seaborne Empire, Yale, 2004.
•	World War Two: A Military History, Routledge, 2003.

Professor Black is the founder and editor of several publication series, 
including: British History in Perspective (Macmillan); British Studies 
series (Macmillan); European History in Perspective (Macmillan); Brief 
Histories (Arnold); Globalities (Reaktion); Studies in Modern History 
(Manchester University Press); Warfare and History (Routledge), among 
others. He has also held numerous appointments and has lectured widely 
in USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, France, Germany, Italy, 
Denmark etc. He is a member of many prestigious international 
professional organizations and editorial boards.