The XVIth World Economic
History Congress
#wehc2012WEHC 2012 now has a presence on both Twitter and Facebook. Follow us and like our pages for frequent updates on session proposals and registration deadlines, and details of sponsorships. You will also find frequent Economic History-related links and interesting pointers related to the discipline and the congress. Twitter fans, if you post something related to the congress, please use the hashtag #wehc2012. Let’s spread the message!Session Calls for PapersA number of our session organisers have issued Calls for Papers for their sessions. Please click here to see these Calls. If you are a session organiser and you would like us to publicise your Call, please contact Kristen at the WEHC 2012 Programme Secretariat here.Call for Sessions DeadlineThe deadline for the 2nd round of the Call for Sessions is quickly approaching! Submit a session proposal here by 31 July. Please click here for complete details on the Call for Sessions. Contact Kristen at the WEHC 2012 Programme Secretariat here if you have any questions.Colonial Data WorkshopThe Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) Economic History group will host a workshop this year and we are pleased to announce that a very special guest speaker, Robert Allen from Oxford University, will be participating. Bob has written several books, but is especially well known for his excellent work on the Industrial Revolution. For this he worked extensively with colonial data, compiling his own data sets. Bob will present some of his work at the workshop, and will also facilitate a discussion on colonial data and brainstorm research that could be possible using the data. The dates to save are 2-4 November 2011 and the workshop will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa. A Call for Papers will be issued in August.Calls for Posters and Dissertations Don’t forget that the WEHC 2012 also includes a Call for Posters and a Call for Dissertations. These present a great opportunity for young researchers in the field to showcase your work to an international audience.Submit a poster proposal here by 1 March 2012.See the instructions for submitting your dissertation summary here.
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KEY DATES |
Second Call for
Sessions deadline
31 July 2011
Call for Dissertations deadline
1 September 2011
Registration Opens
Q3 2011
Call for Posters deadline
1 March 2012
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