Labnet: CfP: International Conference of Economic and Social History, Rethymno , Crete, December 2008

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From: Katerina Papakonstantinou <katerina_papakonstantinou at yahoo.gr>


International Conference of Economic and Social History:  New
Perspectives in Theory and Empirical Research

Rethymno, Crete, December 2008

Economic and social history have given great impetus in the Greek
historical studies during the 1970s and 1980s and have contributed to
the renewal of thematic, research and methodology that has built on
heated discussions and has resulted in an upsurge of production of
studies. Although a remarkable production of scholarly research on a
Greek and international level has continued during the 1990s and to the
present day, the academic dialogue among scholars on Greek economic and
social history has not been systematic and the interrelations between
empirical research and theory has weakened. 
The Greek paradigm, despite the different and isolated attempts, has not
been explored in its totality and has not been integrated in the
international academic dialogue.

In order to overcome this situation, a group of historians, economists
and social scientists, that publishes in the internet the Electronic
Bulletin of Economic History (Hlektroniko Deltio Oikonomikis Istorias)
with the acronym HDOISTO (http://www.hdoisto.gr), and organizes since
September 2005, a biweekly Open Seminar of Economic and Social History,
has decided to put together the first International Conference of
Economic and Social History. The aim is to give the opportunity to Greek
scholars and their colleagues abroad to participate in the exchange of
ideas in economic and social history among historians, economists and
researchers from different fields.

This conference is open to scholars involved in the Economic and Social
History of Greece in modern and contemporary times. The languages of the
Conference are Greek, English and French and papers will be accepted on
the following three fields:

Economic and Social History
Business History
History of Economic Thought and Social Theory

Please complete the participation form and send it to the Organizing
Committee by 15 March 2008. The proposals will be assessed by the
Academic Committee of the Conference. Papers accepted will have to be
delivered end of October 2008, in order to be distributed among
participants. All papers will be commented by commentators and we plan
to allocate more time to discussion than to presentation.

Five proposals of young colleagues will be selected whose participation
cost (travel and accommodation) will be covered by the Conference. The
organizing committee hopes to publish the Proceedings of the Conference.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

Socrates D. Petmezas (University of Crete/Institute of Mediterranean
Studies-Institute of Technology and Research) and Gelina Harlaftis
(Ionian University)

Secretariat: Katerina Papakonstantinou (Piraeus University) and Andreas
Lyberatos (Institute of Mediterranean Studies- Institute of Technology
and Research)

Communication:

Socrates Petmezas
Institute of Mediterranean Studies-Institute of Technology and Research
Melissinou & Nikiforou Foka 130, Mail Box 119, Rethymno 74100
tel.: 28310 25146, 56627 / fax : 28310 25810
e-mail: petmezas at uoc.gr

Academic Committee:

Christina Agriantoni, University of Thessaly Stavros Thomadakis,
University of Athens Vassilis Kardasis, University of Crete Kostas
Kostis, University of Athens/ EHESS Ioanna Minoglou, Economic University
of Athens Olga Katsiardi-Hering, University of Athens Christos
Hadziiossif, University of Crete, IMS/ITR Maria-Christina Chatziioannou,
Institute of Neohellenic Research-NFR Michalis Psallidopoulos,
University of Athens

Languages of the Conference:

Greek, English, French

Deadlines:

Deadline for proposals: 15 March 2008
Announcement of acceptance: 20 April 2008 Deadline of submission of
final paper for commentators and conference
participants: 30 October 2008. Conference: December 2008

Participation Form

First name & Last name:
Date of Birth:
University or Research Institute:
Academic status: (Academic staff, PhD candidate etc) Personal address:
Phone number:
Fax number:
Mobile:
Office address:
Office Telephone number:
Office Fax number:
E-mail:
Title of paper:
Summary (up to 250 words):

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