Business History / Studies

Call for Papers

The Long History of Modern Surveillance: Excavating the Past, Contextualizing the Present

International Communication Association (ICA) Preconference, Washington, DC, USA, 24 May 2019

Sponsor: ICA Communication History Division

Organizers: Josh Lauer, Nicole Maurantonio

Dear Colleagues,

The University of Glasgow Library Visiting Research Fellowships (https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/library/researchfellows/) might be of interest to scholars wanting to explore the African Lakes Corporation archives or any other collection related to Africa held in the University's Archives and Special Collections, which include the Scottish Business Archive.

One letter at a time: index typewriters and the alphabetic interface

Now available online: https://www.contextualternate.com/#ex01
 

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Duration: 17 September–30 October 2018
Venue: Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, University of Reading

Exhibition curated by Dr Vaibhav Singh, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow

Call for Papers

A Public Lecture with Dr. Jonathan Grant

Sponsored by Fordham University Press and 

the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience

Thursday, November 8, 2018

6:00 P.M.

Fordham University

FEATURED JOB

Probationary (Tenure-Track) Appointment, Department of Economics and Business

Huron University College

Established in 1863, Huron University College is the founding college of Western University and offers liberal arts and theological programs. Huron is distinguished by its small classes and teaching excellence in a personal, supportive community.

Organizers: Niccolò Mignemi (ERHIMOR), Vicente Pinilla (University of Zaragoza) and Alexia Blin (Université Paris 3 Sorbonne-Nouvelle)

Rural History 2019, September 10-13 2019, Paris, France

Deadline for paper proposals: February 1st, 2019

Call for Papers

Rural History 2019

Dreaming California: the myth of the “cornucopia” as a transnational model for innovations in agriculture (1860s-2010s)

Organizers: Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, the Eastern European Economic History Initiative, and the Contemporary Ukraine Studies Program, University of Alberta

The workshop aims to initiate interdisciplinary exchange on the economic elite of CEE and the Eastern European region from a comparative historical perspective. The influence of economic elite on politics, economy, social structures, and culture will be central to the workshop. The public perception of wealth and the power of the wealthy will also be discussed.

2018 FALL HAGLEY CONFERENCE

SEEING LIKE A CAPITALIST: HISTORIES OF COMMERCIAL SURVEILLANCE IN AMERICA

Thursday, November 8, 2018 to Friday, November 9, 2018

Hagley Library, 298 Buck Road, Wilmington, DE

Iowa State University's Department of History and Consortium for the History of Technology and Science invite proposals for a March 29-31, 2019 symposium on the History of Midwest Science and Technology. We define both "science" and "technology" broadly, to encompass topics including design, innovation, construction, the environment, agriculture, and more.