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New position available: Senior Lecturer or Lecturer in Economic and Social History at the University of Glasgow

Senior Lecturer or Lecturer in Economic and Social History at the University of Glasgow with a focus on the United States (late 19th century to the late 20th century). Reference # 026636  Closing Date: 24 July 2019 College / Service COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES  Department SCHOOL OF SOCIAL & POLITICAL SCIENCES  Job Family Research And Teaching Position Type Full-Time Salary Range £43,266 - £50,132 / £45,630 - £58,089 To develop, lead and sustain research and scholarship of international standard and contribute to the delivery of an excellent student experience by delivering, organising and reviewing agreed teaching, assessment and administration processes to enhance learning and teaching in the Subject Area of Economic and Social History, in the School of Social & Political Sciences. The postholder will have a research focus on the United States within the period from the late 19th century to the late 20th century. Any specialism in economic and social history is w

Call for papers [closing soon]: 19th World Economic History Congress in Paris 2021

19th World Economic History Congress in Paris, July 25-30, 2021 Deadline for proposals:  June 30, 2019. The 19th World Congress in Paris will be held in Paris on July 25-30 2021. The Congress will address “resources” as one of the central challenges of the contemporary world. The Congress will consider sessions on all the categories of resources, that is natural, material, immaterial and human (work and skill): water, air, energy, food products, raw materials, labour, capital, patents etc. The panel will address the discovery, management and limitation of these resources, the impact their use has on territorial and social organizations as well as their significances in individuals’ eyes up for the world community at large. To submit a session proposal you need to login below and will then be able to submit your proposal in a file. You can access and modify your proposal until June 30, 2019. The Congress will host approximately 140 sessions, divided daily into four 90-minute ses

Call for Papers: VIII Congreso de Historia Ferroviaria

The Iberian Association of Railway History (ASIHF) will organize the VIII Railway History Conference between the 28 th and the 30 th of October 2020 in Lisbon.  Deadline for proposals: October 31st, 2019, to  secretario@asihf.org The event will be held at ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa with the support of the Universidade de Évora, the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, and the Scientific Committee that coordinates the proceedings and guarantees its academic quality. In this event we aim to receive and divulge the most recent works about history and heritage of railways in different political, geographical, and chronological contexts. For more information please visit  http://www.asihf.org/ La Asociación Ibérica de Historia Ferroviaria celebrará su VIII Congreso de Historia Ferroviaria los días 28, 29 y 30 de octubre en la ciudad de Lisboa.  Fecha límite de entrega de propuestas: 31 de Octubre a secretario@asihf.org El Congreso tendrá lugar en el ISCTE y cuenta con e

Call for Papers: Annual Conference 2019 of the Economic and Social History Society of Ireland

The Annual Conference of the Economic and Social History Society of Ireland will take place at University College Cork. When:  December 6-7, 2019. Deadline for abstracts is October 4th, 2019 . The conference is jointly organised by the Department of Economics and the School of History. Paper proposals relating to all aspects of economic and social history will be considered. The conference will be held in the former Cork Savings Bank branch on Lapp’s Quay in the heart of Cork City. This landmark building was constructed in 1842 and has recently been restored for the Cork University Business School.  This year’s Connell Lecture will be delivered by Morgan Kelly, Professor of Economics at University College Dublin. Abstracts of papers and proposals for panels should be sent to Dr Eoin McLaughlin (eoin.mclaughlin@ucc.ie) by Friday 4 October 2019.  Abstracts should be between 250 and 300 words. Panel proposals should include a session title, contact details for all sp

New PhD positions available: 2 Postdoctoral posititions (Call for Talent Grants attached to Research Institutes) at Institute for Advanced Research in Business and Economics (INARBE) of Universidad Pública de Navarra

The Institute for Advanced Research in Business and Economics (INARBE) of Universidad Pública de Navarra (Public University of Navarre, Spain) is seeking to appoint two (2) talented Postdoctoral Researchers to work for two (2) years in any of its research lines: Economic analysis of organisations and business strategies, Economic market analysis and Analysis of public policies The purpose of the talent grants is to reinforce and consolidate the research activity of the Research Institutes, focusing this activity towards excellence in research. They are therefore aimed at researchers with proven postdoctoral experience of at least two years. Interested applicants need to submit and defend a Research Project Proposal in line with the Institute's lines of research as a part of their applications. The Institute for Advanced Research in Business and Economics (INARBE) is a Research Institute whose objective is the analysis of the strategies and policies adopted by the different

New position available: Tenure-track Assistant Professorship in History at the Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy at Copenhagen Business School

Copenhagen Business School invites applications for a vacant tenure-track assistant professorship in History at the Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy (MPP). Closing date for applications is August 20th, 2019 . We seek applicants with excellent qualifications and expertise in business and/or economic history. The Assistant Professor will be affiliated with the Department’s Centre for Business History. Profile of the position: The assistant professorship is a non-tenured position of 4-6 years leading to a tenured position as Associate Professor, if the requirements are met. The requirements will be formulated in the context of appointment; the decision regarding tenure is taken between the fourth and the sixth year. In order to fulfill the teaching and research requirements of the position, the applicant chosen is expected to be physically present on a regular basis and actively participate in the teaching and research activities of the Department. The successful

First Call for Sessions for WEHC2021 closes soon: June 30th, 2019

19th World Economic History Congress in Paris, July 25-30, 2021 Deadline for proposals: June 30, 2019. The 19th World Congress in Paris will be held in Paris on July 25-30 2021. The Congress will address “resources” as one of the central challenges of the contemporary world. The Congress will consider sessions on all the categories of resources, that is natural, material, immaterial and human (work and skill): water, air, energy, food products, raw materials, labour, capital, patents etc. The panel will address the discovery, management and limitation of these resources, the impact their use has on territorial and social organizations as well as their significances in individuals’ eyes up for the world community at large. To submit a session proposal you need to login below and will then be able to submit your proposal in a file. You can access and modify your proposal until June 30, 2019. The Congress will host approximately 140 sessions, divided daily into four 90-minute sess

2nd call for applications of 2019: Hagley Museum and Library Grants

Hagley Exploratory Research Grants.  Next deadline is  June 30, 2019. These grants support one-week visits by scholars who believe that their project will benefit from Hagley research collections, but need the opportunity to explore them on-site to determine if a Henry Belin du Pont research grant application is warranted. Priority will be given to junior scholars with innovative projects that seek to expand on existing scholarship. Applicants should reside more than fifty miles from Hagley, and the stipend is $400. Henry Belin du Pont Research Grants.  Next deadline is June 30, 2019. These research grants enable scholars to pursue advanced research and study in the collections of the Hagley Library. They are awarded for the length of time needed to make use of Hagley collections for a specific project. The stipends are for a maximum of eight weeks and are prorated at $400/week for recipients who reside further than fifty miles from Hagley, and $200/week for those within fi

Harvard Business School Business History Fellowships, Call open between August 1, 2019 and October 15, 2019

HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL BUSINESS HISTORY FELLOWSHIPS Call opens August 1st, 2019 . Deadlines: October 15th and November 5th, 2019. The Harvard-Newcomen Postdoctoral Fellowship in Business History . To be awarded for twelve months’ residence, study, and research at Harvard Business School. The fellowship is open to scholars who, within the last ten years, have received a Ph.D. in history, economics, or a related discipline. The fellowship has two purposes: The first is to enable scholars to engage in research that will benefit from the resources of Harvard Business School and the larger Boston scholarly community. A travel fund and a book fund will be provided. The second is to provide an opportunity for the fellow to participate in the activities of Harvard Business School. Application and related materials are due by October 15, 2019. The Thomas K. McCraw Fellowship in U.S. Business History . The Thomas K. McCraw Fellowship seeks applicants who are established scholars from aro

Call for Papers on 'Diversity and Business Storytelling'

[reposting from the Organizational History Network blog] Call for Papers on 'Diversity and Business Storytelling' As part of the series “A World Scientific Encyclopedia of Business Storytelling" (edited by David Boje and Regents Professor), contributions are sought for a proposed volume on Diversity and Business Storytelling . The deadline to submit the articles is January 15, 2021.  In the words of David Boje, the overall series seeks “to extend new theories of prospective sensemaking, quantum storytelling (how humans are connected to the environment, not separate), and the relation of narrative-counter narrative dialectics to dialogic webs of multiplicity.” To that end, the series seeks “new business story paradigms that go beyond mere social constructivism, short-term shareholder wealth maximization, and disembodied textual narratives to the work in embodiment, critical accounts for the voiceless and marginalized, socioeconomic storytelling for socially responsi

New books published in 2019 in business and economic history [Spring issue]

Dear subscribers to The Exchange, The following list contains newly published books in business and economic history. If your publication has not been included in this list, or you wish to add titles to this or future lists, please contact the blog editor. [My apologies for the incomplete list of books that went out last Friday 5/31] Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers, They Were Her Property. White Women as Slave Owners in the American South , Yale University Press. To learn more about this publication, an interview with the author is available as part of Yale University Press podcast . Also, John David Smith reviews the book in the publication Datebook .  Bill Maurer (editor), A Cultural History of Money . Volumes 1-6. Bloomsbury Academic. Brent Goldfarb and David A. Kirsch, Bubbles and Crashes: The Boom and Bust of Technological Innovation,   Stanford University Press. Philip T. Hoffman, Gilles Postel-Vinay, and Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, Dark Matter Credit: The Development of Peer-t

Digital resource and forum: Commodity History

From the Commodity History website : "Commodity Histories is a public forum for research postings, news and information about the history of commodities. Our aim is to raise public awareness of the rich histories and cultures of Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Latin America via their crucial role in the growing of crops and the production of commodities that have become an indispensable aspect of people’s daily lives throughout the world. The food we eat, the clothes we wear, the energy that powers our modes of transport all contain complex histories that connect and open doors to a wider world. The study of commodities such as sugar or coffee, cotton or oil offers an exciting way of approaching global history by highlighting the various peoples and productions grounded in specific localities and environments. This burgeoning field has also enabled the flowering of a genuine multidisciplinarity revealing not only economic, social and political transformations, but also ecologi