Economics Network

Social Science History Association

Network Coordinators:
Tom Maloney, University of Utah

(maloney@economics.utah.edu)

John Murray, University of Toledo

(john.murray@utoledo.edu)

2005 Social Science History Association Meetings

Portland, November 3-6

DEADLINES EXTENDED

The deadline for submitting an individual paper is now February 16. The deadline for submitting a complete panel is now March 1.

The 2005 SSHA meetings will be held at the Hilton Portland Hotel in Portland, Oregon. You can find the complete “call for papers” here. This year’s theme is “Big Social Science History.” The program committee is particularly interested in scheduling panels that will explore “the practice, prospects, and results of large collaborative research projects within and across disciplines active in SSHA.” Networks are being encouraged to develop panels that will consider what sort of “big social science history” projects we would like to carry out if we had a multi-million dollar grant. Further details can be found on the CFP linked above.

While we hope to propose some panels related to this theme, we also hope to get proposals for panels on the usual wide range of topics of interest to economic historians. In addition, we want to encourage the submission of panels focusing on the US West, since this is the first time that SSHA has met in the western US.

The economics network meeting at the 2004 SSHA in Chicago generated a number of proposed panel topics. A list of these topics is below. In some cases, session organizers are listed. If you are interested in participating as a presenter, discussant, or chair in any of these sessions, please contact the listed person, or contact the network coordinators (Maloney and Murray) if no one is listed. We are of course interested in submissions on other topics as well. Session proposals and individual paper proposals can be made through the SSHA web site at www.ssha.org. If you have a paper or two and are looking for a few others to complete a session, send a message to the network coordinators, and we will list information about your session on this page and in subsequent mass mailings.

When preparing panels, keep in mind that we generally prefer to have four papers in a proposed panel, in order to insure against the unforeseen withdrawal of a participant. Also, please note the usual SSHA customs when preparing panels: session participants should represent more than one discipline and institution; panels that include material from more than one place or time are particularly welcome; and individuals may present no more than one paper and participate in no more than two sessions.

Finally, note that travel grants are available for graduate student participants. Application forms will eventually be posted here. The deadline for travel grant applications is March 7, 2005.

PLEASE CHECK BACK HERE OCCASSIONALLY FOR UPDATED SESSION LISTS AND CONTACT INFORMATION.

Potential Session Topics for the 2005 SSHA Meetings

Social Insurance Programs in History – contact John Murray, University of Toledo, john.murray@utoledo.edu

East Asian Economic History – contact John Murray

Human Capital, Innovation, and Technology – contact David Mitch, University of Maryland – Baltimore County, mitch@umbc.edu

Taxation and Economic Growth – contact Tommy Bengtsson, Lund University, Tommy.Bengtsson@ekh.lu.se

Interdisciplinary Collaboration in “Big Social Science History” Research – contact Philip Hoffman, Caltech, pth@hss.caltech.edu

The Rise of the Western US – contact Scott Carson, carson_s@utpb.edu

Financial Institutions and Growth

What I Know Now That I Wish I’d Known Then – Challenges Encountered and Lessons Learned from Big Social Science History Projects

Water Policy in the US West

Sports Markets in History

Science, Technology, and Economic History

The Economic History of the Pacific Rim

Global Development and Convergence

The Reinterpretation of 19^th Century Living Standards

New Sources of Evidence on Prices and Wages in History

Last Updated 2/6/04