The theme of this conference is "Revisiting the Transportation Revolution" The Program Committee has selected papers on all subjects in economic history, though some preference will be given to papers that specifically fit the above theme.

If the global economic and financial crisis has a silver lining, it is that recent events have heightened awareness among policy makers and the general public of the importance of economic history. Crises – economic, financial, social, demographic, environmental, and political, to name only a...

The subject of the conference is Thinking Comparatively: Economic and Historical Perspectives on Places, Periods, and Institutions. The Program Committee welcomes submissions on all subjects in economic history, though some preference will be given to papers that specifically fit the theme.

As is the rule, papers on all subjects in economic history are welcome, but a number of sessions will be devoted to the theme "Human Welfare: Measurement, Analysis and Interpretation." The ultimate goal of economic historians is to illuminate the evolution of human welfare. This year’s theme...

The Economic History Association will sponsor two sessions at the ASSA meetings in New Orleans, Louisiana, January 4-6, 2008. The program committee consists of Lee Alston (Colorada) and Zorina Khan (Bowdoin). Authors interested in presenting a paper should send a one-page proposal, including an...

The Program Committee welcome proposals for individual papers and for entire sessions. As is the rule, papers on all subjects in economic history are welcome, but a number of sessions will be devoted to the theme of “Space and Place in Economic History” chosen by President Paul...