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The British Association for Canadian Studies invites proposals for its 2013 meeting with a particular interest in the theme ‘Crediting Canada: Canada as an Economic World Leader’. The conference will take place in London 3-5 April at the refurbished Canada House on Trafalgar Square and the Eccles Centre of the British Library. Proposals should be sent by December 31 to: Jodie Robson, BACS Administrator bacs@canadian-studies.org. Conference theme: Canada was widely credited with avoiding the worst of the (ongoing) 2008 sub-prime recession by virtue of a prudent and robust banking system. A further combination of factors has led to booming demand for resource exports and the Canadian dollar has risen noticeably against weaker currencies. In this conference we seek to examine the deeper roots of –… Read More »Call for Papers – Crediting Canada: Canada as an Economic World Leader at the British Association for Canadian Studies – 3-5 April 2013 in London

As a co-sponsor of the 7th World Congress of Cliometrics in Honolulu Hawaii, USA, June 18-21 2013, the Canadian Network for Economic History (CNEH) is pleased to announce a call for proposals for a Canadian Junior Scholar Travel Award. Consideration for this award is open to all pre-tenure scholars employed at a Canadian institution; doing research on a Canadian topic; and/or holding Canadian citizenship. The award will be used to help defray the winning applicant’s costs to travel to the 2013 World Congress. To be considered for this award applicants should clearly indicate their interest when they submit their proposal to the World Congress programme committee (information available at: http://cliometrics.org/conferences.htm). After being selected for inclusion on the programme, the CNEH Executive will consider all applicants before… Read More »Call for Proposals for Canadian Junior Scholar Travel Award – 7th World Congress of Cliometrics

The next annual meeting of the Economic History Association (EHA) will be held in Washington, D.C., on September 20-22, 2013, with a theme of “Global Perspectives. Call for papers information is available at .

The 7th World Congress of Cliometrics will be held in Honolulu, Hawai‘i, USA from June 18-21, 2013. The Congress will be hosted and supported by the University of Hawai‘i-Mānoa. All sessions will be held at the Imin Conference Center on the campus of the East-West Center (adjacent to the University of Hawai‘i-Mānoa campus). All are invited to attend. Conference information is available on the 7th World Conference on Cliometrics website.

The Canadian Network for Economic History (CNEH) is pleased to announce that it will be sponsoring two sessions on Saturday 9th of June at the 46th Meetings of the Canadian Economics Association (CEA) at the University of Calgary, Alberta. The CNEH wishes to extend an invitation to all those at this year’s CEA to come to the CNEH sessions. Session CNEH I is titled Trade, Transport, Manufacturing and Wealth During the Golden Age of Globalization. Session CNEH II is titled The Role of Government in Economic History. Further details are available on the CNEH at the CEA page.

Alan Green died on November 3 2010, in Kingston, Ontario, at the age of 78. In his memory, and on behalf of Alan’s family, friends, colleagues and students, the Department of Economics at Queen’s University has established the Alan G. Green Memorial Fund to support research and teaching in economic history. More information …