CALL FOR PAPERS Association of Business Historians 2008

CALL FOR PAPERS
Association of Business Historians 2008 - ‘Business History after Chandler’
4-5 July 2008
University of Birmingham
www.busman.qmul.ac.uk/abh
On the 4-5 July 2008 the Association of Business Historians will hold their annual meeting at the University of Birmingham.
‘Business History after Chandler’.

Keynote speaker: Professor Leslie Hannah - ‘American Whigs and the Business History of Europe’
The primary aim of this conference is to provide a forum to reflect on the contribution of Alfred DuPont Chandler Jr. (1918-2007) to the development of business history. We welcome in particular papers that engage explicitly and constructively with the Chandlerian paradigm, including specific country and firm studies. Submissions of papers and sessions of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Big business and family firms
- Markets versus firms
- Firms and the State
- Professionalisation of Management
- Comparative Corporate Governance
- The theory of business history
- Business history as story
- Entrepreneurs, strategy and structure

Organizers also welcome papers on any topic related to business history, even where it does not focus on the conference theme, and on any time period or country. Proposals are welcomed for either individual papers or entire sessions (each of normally one-and-a-half hours). Each paper proposal should include a one page abstract, a list of 3 to 5 keywords, and a brief CV (one side of A4). Proposals for sessions should also include a cover letter containing a title, and one-paragraph of session description. If you have any questions please contact the local organizer Francesca Carnevali (f.carnevali@bham.ac.uk)
The deadline for submissions is 30 December 2007.
Please send these to:

Francesca Carnevali
Department of Modern History
University of Birmingham
Birmingham B15 2TT
0121 414 6635
f.carnevali@bham.ac.uk