Call for papers for the symposium in Amsterdam/Leiden, 23-24 may 2002

Convenors: International Institute of Social History (IISH), Amsterdam and the National Collection of Coins and Medals (KPK: Koninklijk Penningkabinet), Leiden (in cooperation with ALabour 1500-2000)

Money in the form of coins can be used for many purposes. The literature tends to concentrate on their use in trade. But there are good reasons to assume that coins have been essential for wage payments for thousands of years. On the basis of an exploratory study into the situation in the Netherlands between 1200 and 2000 (see article) the workshop wants to bring together specialists from all parts of the world to examine on the basis of concrete case studies to what extent the arguments set out here and elaborated for the Netherlands cut any ice, and above all whether a refined set of hypotheses can be developed from this work.

Proposals for papers (around 500 words) may be submitted to the convenors by 1 October 2001. Responses to the submissions will be made within several weeks of the closing date. Accepted proposals should be worked up into papers by 1 May 2002, and will then be distributed to symposium participants.

More information:
- Call for papers (MS Word-document, 37 Kb) at:
http://www.iisg.nl/research/currencycall.doc

- Article 'Wage payments and currency circulation in the Netherlands 1200-2000' (MS Word-document, 146 Kb) at:
http://www.iisg.nl/research/currencyart.doc

- Schemes going with the article (in Dutch, PDF-document, 70 Kb)
http://www.iisg.nl/research/currencyschem.pdf

Contact: Jan Lucassen (on behalf of the IISH) at or Arent Pol (on behalf of the National Collection of Coins and Medals, KPK) at