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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>As usually I’m forwarding the BHC call for papers. We’ve
organized SIGCIS panels in some previous years. This year should be a
particularly good fit – the theme is “knowledge” which
includes networks, tacit knowledge, the information economy, etc. Also note the
presence of Richard R. John and Matthias Kipping on the panel – the former
has studied the US Post Office as an information network, and the latter is
known for his work on management consulting. Both are familiar with the history
of technology and have some interest in IT.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>The conference is a little smaller than SHOT, fairly friendly,
and is held in conjunction (details below) an excellent doctoral student
symposium that several members of our community have taken advantage of
previously. Indeed it’s been an inspiration for the (rather more modest) “dissertations
in progress” session in our own workshop. Though the part where they
discuss “employment opportunities in business history” must require
some faith – my impression is that business history is getting much more
interesting and diverse intellectually but that business schools (with the
notable exception of Harvard) have been rather actively purging it from their disciplinary
makeup. Still, if you think of yourself as primarily a social or cultural historian
with an interest in topics related to business then you’ll be far less
marginal at the conference than you might suppose.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>As always feel free to use this list to seek contributions for
any panel proposals.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Tom<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Carol Lockman
[mailto:clockman@Hagley.org] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 29, 2010 2:48 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Carol Lockman<br>
<b>Subject:</b> BHC call for papers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Hi All: Just a reminder! Best for
the rest of the summer, C.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Carol Ressler Lockman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>BHC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Hagley Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>PO Box 3630<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Wilmington DE 19807<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:.5in'><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>CALL FOR PAPERS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:.5in'><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Business History
Conference (BHC), 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:.5in'><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>St. Louis, Missouri, 31
March 2011 to 2 April 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:.5in'><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Conference Theme:
“Knowledge”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>The history of business has for millennia been entwined with the
pursuit and acquisition of knowledge. Artisans have jealously guarded trade
secrets; merchants have networked to improve their access to information on
market trends; promoters have fostered business education; scientists and
engineers in corporate research and development laboratories have devised
innovative artifacts, techniques, and theories; management consultants,
journalists, and business academics have hailed the emergence of a “knowledge
industry”; business leaders, philanthropists, and academic administrators
have established universities and foundations to nurture innovation; and, most
recently, lawmakers and computer programmers have created an Internet that has
facilitated the creation of new kinds of knowledge that have transformed the
conduct of business, public affairs, and private life. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>In keeping with the recent expansion in the mandate of the
Business History Conference (BHC) to embrace not only the dynamics of business
decision-making, but also the relationship of economic institutions to culture,
politics, and society, our 2011 annual meeting takes “Knowledge” as
its theme. Knowledge embraces, but is not confined to, the human capital
generated and sustained by entrepreneurs, middle managers, and technical
professionals; the tacit knowledge of clerks and factory workers; the cultural
messages broadcast by advertisers and public relations professionals; the
learning paths of institutions that contribute to the generation, circulation,
and preservation of knowledge; the intellectual history of constructs like the
“knowledge economy”; and the relationship of knowledge-generating
economic institutions to government, the professions, and communications
networks. While we hope that many of the proposals could be fit under
this rubric, and in keeping with a venerable BHC tradition, the program
committee welcomes proposals on topics that are not directly related to the
conference theme. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>The BHC program committee for 2011 consists of the following
individuals: Mark R. Wilson (chair), University of North Carolina, Charlotte;
Teresa da Silva Lopes, University of York, Great Britain; Matthias Kipping,
York University, Canada; Jocelyn Wills, Brooklyn College; Richard R. John (BHC
President-elect), Columbia University. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Potential presenters may submit proposals for individual papers or
entire panels. Individual paper proposals should include a one-page (300 word)
abstract and one-page curriculum vitae (CV). Panel proposals should include a
cover letter stating the rationale for the panel and the name of its contact
person; a one-page (300 word) abstract and author’s CV for each paper (up
to three); and a list of preferred panel chairs and commentators with contact
information. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>The BHC awards the Herman E. Krooss Prize for the best
dissertation in business history by a recent Ph.D. in history, economics,
business administration, the history of science and technology, sociology, law,
communications, and related fields. A “recent Ph. D.” is defined as
a Ph. D. whose degree is less than three years old. If you wish to apply for
this prize, please send a letter to the Krooss Prize Committee expressing your
interest along with a one-page CV and one-page (300 word) dissertation
abstract. After the Krooss committee has reviewed the proposals, it will ask
semi-finalists to submit copies of their dissertations. Finalists will present
summaries of their dissertations at a plenary session of the 2011 BHC annual
meeting in St. Louis. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>The K. Austin Kerr Prize is awarded for the best first paper
delivered by a new scholar at the annual meeting of the BHC. A “new
scholar” is defined as a doctoral candidate or a Ph. D. whose degree is
less than three years old. If you wish to participate in this competition,
please notify the BHC program committee in your proposal. Proposals accepted
for the Krooss Prize are not eligible for the Kerr Prize. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>The Halloran Prize in the History of Corporate Responsibility is
awarded for a paper presented at the annual meeting of the BHC that makes a
significant contribution to the history of corporate responsibility. </span><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Corporate responsibility is understood
to embrace the many ways in which the firm relates to the political realm and
the wider society<span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>The deadline for receipt of all proposals is 1 October 2010.
Acceptance letters will be sent by 15 December 2010. Presenters are expected to
submit abstracts of their papers for posting on the BHC website. In addition,
presenters are encouraged to post electronic versions of their papers prior to
the meeting and to submit their papers for inclusion in the BHC’s on-line
proceedings, “Business and Economic History On-Line.” To offset
some of the costs of attending the conference, the BHC offers modest financial
grants to graduate students who are presenting papers; information will be sent
out once the program has been set. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Please send proposals for papers, panels, or the Krooss Prize to
BHC2011@Hagley.org. If you do not have access to the Internet, you may send
hard copies to Roger Horowitz, Secretary-Treasurer, Business History
Conference, P. O. Box 3630, Wilmington, DE 19807, USA. Phone: (302) 658-2400;
fax: (302) 655-3188. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>The Oxford Journals Doctoral Colloquium in Business History will
be held in conjunction with the BHC annual meeting. This prestigious workshop,
sponsored by BHC and funded by Oxford University Press, will take place in St.
Louis at the conference site Wednesday evening 30 March 2011 and all day
Thursday 31 March 2011. The colloquium is limited to ten students.
Participants work intensively with a distinguished group of BHC-affiliated
scholars that includes at least two BHC officers. The colloquium will discuss
dissertation proposals, relevant literatures and research strategies, and employment
opportunities in business history. This colloquium is intended for doctoral
candidates in the early stages of their dissertation projects. If you are
interested in being considered for this colloquium, please submit to Roger
Horowitz by 1 December 2010 (at the address listed above) a statement of
interest, a CV, a preliminary or final dissertation prospectus of 10-15 pages,
and a letter of support from your dissertation supervisor (or prospective
supervisor). All participants receive a stipend that will partially cover the
costs of their attendance at the annual meeting. The colloquium committee will
notify all applicants of its decisions by 10 January 2011.</span><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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