CFP: Economic History of Globalization

Papers are invited for an "International Workshop on the Economic History of Globalization," to be held in Leuven, Belgium, on October 20-21, 2011. The workshop is organized jointly by the International Network for Economic Research, the Leuven Centre for Irish Studies, the Institute for Economic and Social History at Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, and the Research Group on Globalization, Innovation, and Competition at Hogeschool Universiteit Brussel, with the support of the History Department at Ghent University and the University of Antwerp.
   Only full papers may be submitted, preferably in pdf format. Papers should be submitted to Jan Van Hove, director for economic research at the Leuven Centre for Irish Studies, via e-mail to econ-history@globalization.be; the deadline is June 1, 2011.
  As keynote speakers, the workshop organizers have secured Jeffrey Williamson (Harvard University and University of Wisconsin), Cormac O’Grada (University College Dublin), Ulrich Pfister (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster), Nikolaus Wolf (Humboldt-Universität Berlin), and Herman Van der Wee (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven).
   For complete information about submission and for registration and accommodation details, please see the full announcement.