As part of the 80th anniversary
celebrations of the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University
of Chile, the Faculty is hosting an International Conference on the
Economic and Business History of Latin
America to be held on December 12, 2014 in its premises in
Santiago, Chile. The conference invites contributions in English or
Spanish in all areas associated to the themes of the conference. A
selection of the participating papers will be invited
to be published in a special issue of the journal Estudios de Economía with Bernardo Bátiz-Lazo (Bangor
University) as guest editor. The conference is organized with the
sponsorship of Universidad de Santiago
de Chile.
The conference is also
organizing a posters session open to undergraduate and postgraduate
students undertaking their thesis in any field relevant to the
conference. The best posters will be awarded a prize. The deadline for submitting contributions and posters is October 19,
2014.
An extended abstract of up to 1000 words explaining the research
question, the data and methods employed and the main results and
conclusions should be sent to ebhla2014@fen.uchile.cl. The deadline for sending complete versions
of the papers is December 1, and the deadline for submitting the final, revised versions of the papers to be published in Estudios de Economía is January 18, 2015. The special issue will be published in May 2015.
Scientific Committee
Bernardo Bátiz-Lazo (Bangor University)José Díaz (ClioLab, Universidad Católica de Chile)Bernardita Escobar (Universidad Diego Portales)Manuel Llorca (Universidad de Santiago de Chile)Mario Matus (Universidad de Chile)Javier Núñez (Universidad de Chile)César Yáñez (Universidad de Barcelona & Universidad de Valparaíso)