Colleagues may be interested in the following:
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From: Fusaro, Maria [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 02 December 2008 13:01
To: Evelyn Welch
Subject: Call for Papers
The Organising Committee appointed by the International Maritime Economic
History Association is organising a panel for the 15th World Economy History
Congress (Utrecht, 3-7 August 2009)
MARITIME HISTORY AS GLOBAL HISTORY
Maritime History in the broadest sense is global economic, business, social,
urban and political history. From an economic perspective, maritime
historians examine long-distance sea trade that links centres of production
and consumption across national borders. On the business side, they look at
the multinational maritime businesses that transcended frontiers. As social
historians, they analyze the factors of production, ships and seamen, and
technology and knowledge transfers. Maritime business historians study the
role of port cities, the gateways of the ocean highways, and the multiple
economic and social consequences for these urban places and their
hinterlands from environmental, disease and consumption perspectives. As
political historians, they study the importance of the sea for the
formation, development and destruction of maritime empires. Our goal in this
session is to highlight maritime history as a main agent for broad global
exchange focusing on the interdependences that fostered connections on the
local, national and global levels from the 15th to the 20th centuries.
To properly follow the developments of these phenomena from the medieval
period until today the session will be divided into two sections: one
dedicated to the late medieval and early modern period (1400-1700), the
other on the modern period (1700-2000).
We welcome proposals for papers (of 15 minutes in length) especially from
young researchers. Proposals with abstracts (maximum 250 words), up to five
key-words, a brief CV (no more than one page), and a brief discussion of the
aims, theoretical framework, sources and empirical focus of the paper should
be sent by 2 March 2009 to Maria Fusaro ([log in to unmask]) or Amélia
Polónia ([log in to unmask]). Papers will be selected by Monday 30
March 2009, and we will require the full text of the contribution (maximum
10,000 words including notes and other scholarly apparatus) by Tuesday 30
June 2009. The papers will appear in an edited volume in the series Research
in Maritime History.
For further information, please contact the session organizers at the e-mail
addresses above.
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