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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>FYI (below). The theme “Business History: Debates, challenges and opportunities” could fit with any doctoral students aiming to integrate issues from IT history with business history methodologies.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tom<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><o:p> </o:p></a></p><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'></span><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Carol Lockman [mailto:clockman@Hagley.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 10, 2017 9:07 AM<br><b>To:</b> Carol Lockman <clockman@Hagley.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Call for application: EBHA Doctoral Summer School<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#203864'>Dear BHC members: Submitted by BHC member, Andrea Schneider…call for applications for the EBHA Doctoral Summer School….Best for the weekend! C.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#203864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#203864'>Carol Ressler Lockman<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#203864'>Business History Conference<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#203864'>Manager, Hagley Center<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#203864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#203864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#203864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#203864'>CALL FOR APPLICATIONS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#203864'>9th EBHA DOCTORAL SUMMER SCHOOL BUSINESS HISTORY: DEBATES, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#203864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#203864'>The 9th edition of the EBHA (European Business History Association) Summer School will take place in Ancona (Italy) from Monday, September 4th to Saturday, September 9th, 2017. The school aims at providing doctoral students with an overview of relevant research results and of innovative tools and methodologies in the field of Business History. It is organised jointly by the European Business History Association (EBHA), the Università Politecnica delle Marche and the Italian Association for Business History (ASSI). Students will be accommodated in the beautiful town of Ancona debating and discussing their research with leading international scholars. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#203864'>The title of the school will be Business History: Debates, challenges and opportunities. The school will focus on theoretical, methodological and practical issues which are of relevance for advanced research in business history. The main aim of the school is to provide students with a full understanding of the newest trends in research in the field and to provide a friendly atmosphere in which to discuss their preliminary findings with leading scholars as well as among their peers. In this respect, the program features both lectures and seminars given by faculty and student presentations of their research projects. Each student will have 20 minutes maximum to present her/his project, stressing especially: research questions and goals, methodology, sources, challenges and provisional outcomes. After her/his presentation, each student will receive questions and comments from other students and from faculty members (approx 15-20 minutes). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#203864'>The organisers will cover all local costs (accommodation in a double or triple room and food), but participants are expected to pay their own travel expenses. Participation will be limited to 15-20 PhD students.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#203864'>Those interested in attending the summer school should send the following documents by e-mail to the academic organiser Dr. Veronica Binda (<a href="mailto:veronica.binda@unibocconi.it">veronica.binda@unibocconi.it</a>): 1) a brief CV (not exceeding one page); 2) a summary of their dissertation project (not exceeding three pages); 3) (if possible) an example of their work in progress, e.g. a draft chapter or a working paper (in any language). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#203864'>The deadline for applications is May 14 th , 2017 . A maximum of 20 participants will be selected from these applications and will be notified by June 4th, 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>