EH.N: Reminder! Deadline for 2009 EHA Meetings Submissions is January 31, 2009

[Jari Eloranta]

Reminder! The deadline for submissions is January 31, 2009!

CFP: The 2009 Economic History Association Meetings

Hosted by University of Arizona, Loews Ventana Canyon Resort Tucson, 
Tucson, Arizona

September 11-13, 2009

Richard Steckel, President

"Human Welfare: Measurement, Analysis and Interpretation"

The Program Committee-Michael Haines, Colgate University (Chair);Jeremy 
Atack, Vanderbilt University; Brooks Kaiser, Gettysburg College; and 
Trevon Logan, Ohio State University-welcomes proposalsfor individual 
papers, as well as for entire sessions. Papers should in all cases be 
works in progress rather than accepted or published work. Submitters 
have a responsibility to let the program committee know if the proposed 
paper has been submitted for publication. Submissions for entire 
sessions should include no more than 3 papers and each proposal should 
be submitted separately. The committee reserves the right to determine 
which papers will be included in those sessions that are accepted.

As is the rule, papers on all subjects in economic history are welcome, 
but a number of sessions will be devoted to the theme "Human Welfare: 
Measurement, Analysis and Interpretation."

The ultimate goal of economic historians is to illuminate the
evolution of human welfare. This year's theme promotes efforts to
unify and to find common denominators in diverse approaches to
understanding this central aspect of our past. Measurement is a
central concern, even in modern studies of this complex subject. Among 
the issues to consider are the variety of approaches and how they 
compare. What was the contribution of improvements in health? Of 
emancipation or freedom? Of the right to vote? Of moderating the 
business cycle, or reducing bank failures? Can we estimate the social 
cost of inequality or crime, and of war, epidemics and other calamities? 
Of consumer surplus from trade? By how much did technological change 
improve welfare by making home and market production, as well as travel, 
easier and safer? What was the cost of isolation, or alternatively the 
benefit of cheap communication? What are the counterfactuals most 
suitable for addressing these types of questions? Of course, these ideas 
are merely suggestions, and we have at our disposal a growing array of 
economic theories and empirical methods to estimate how "progress" 
translates into human welfare.

Papers and session proposals should be submitted online at:
http://www.ehameeting.com/submissions. Paper proposals should include a 
3-5 page précis and a 150-word abstract suitable for publication in the 
Journal of Economic History. The due date is January 31, 2009.

Graduate students are encouraged to attend and the Association offers 
subsidies for travel, hotel, registration, and meals, including a
special graduate student dinner. A poster session welcomes work from 
dissertations in progress (application due date April 30, 2009).

The dissertation session convened by John Murray (University of
Toledo) and Steven Broadberry (University of Warwick, UK) will honor six 
dissertations completed during the 2008-2009 academic year. The 
submission deadline is May 31, 2009. The Alexander Gerschenkron and 
Allan Nevins prizes will be awarded to the best dissertation on 
non-North American and North American topics.

For further information, check http://eh.net/eha/, which also includes
information on travel options to Tucson, the EHA meetings page
(www.ehameeting.com), or contact Meetings Coordinator Jari Eloranta at 
elorantaj at appstate.edu.

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Jari Eloranta, Ph.D
Meetings Coordinator, Economic History Association
Assistant Professor of Comparative Economic and Business History,
Appalachian State University, Department of History, 325 University Drive,
Old Library Building, Boone, NC 28608, USA
Phone: +1-828-262 6006, email: elorantaj at appstate.edu
http://www.appstate.edu/~elorantaj/