Provisional "A" Themes for the Twelfth World Congress
of the International Economic History Association
Seville, Spain August 24 (Monday) - 28 (Friday), 1998
The Executive Committee of the IEHA recently concluded its annual
meeting, this year in Buenos Aires, where it decided on the "A"
and "B" themes for the next World Congress in 1998. "C" sessions
will be decided in May 1996 when the Committee next meets. Rules
for the "D" sessions (Dissertation Sessions) were also approved.
The Committee advocated five A themes (two more than were
presented last year in Milan) and 17 B themes (there were 17 in
Milan).
The A themes selected are listed below along with a contact
address if you would be interested in more information or wish to
offer to participate. Following the list is a description of how
A themes should function. Separate postings on B themes, the
procedures for submitting C-session proposals, and the rules for
submitting dissertations for the D-session will be made to EH-
NEWS later today.
A Themes (listed in no particular order):
THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF EMPIRES
Organizers: Leandro Prados de la Escosura (Spain) and
Patrick K. O'Brien (UK)
Address: Prof. Leandro Prados de la Escosura,
Departamento de Economia, Universidad Carlos III,
28903 Getafe, Madrid, Spain
THE LEGACY OF WESTERN EUROPEAN FISCAL AND MONETARY
INSTITUTIONS IN THE NEW WORLD: THE SEVENTEENTH TO THE
NINETEENTH CENTURY
Organizers: Michael Bordo (USA) and Roberto Cortes
Conde (Argentina)
Address: Prof. Michael Bordo, Department of Economics,
Rutgers University, New Jersey Hall, Hamilton
Street, PO Box 5055, New Brunswick, New Jersey
08903, USA
THE COURT AS AN ECONOMIC INSTITUTION
Organizers: Maurice Aymard (France) and M. Romani
(Italy)
Address: Prof. Maurice Aymard, Maison des Sciences de
l'Homme, 54 Boulevard Raspail, 75006 Paris, France
POPULATION DYNAMICS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: LONG-TERM
PERSPECTIVES ON CHANGING INTERACTION
Organizers: Tommy Bengtsson (Sweden), Akira Hayami
(Japan), and D. Reher (Spain)
Address: Prof. Tommy Bengtsson, Department of Economic
History, Lund University, PO Box 7983, S-220 07
Lund, Sweden
THE BIOLOGICAL STANDARD OF LIVING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT:
NUTRITION, HEALTH AND WELL BEING IN HISTORICAL
PERSPECTIVE
Organizers: John Komlos (Germany) and S. Coll (Spain)
Address: John Komlos, University of Munich,
Ludwigstrasse 33-IV, 80539 Munich, Germany
A themes are meant to focus attention upon a major subject of
research in economic history that has attracted world-wide
attention and that seems ripe for review, debate, and possibly
synthesis. Organizers of A themes are obligated to host a "pre-
conference" in 1997 at which substantial papers on the topic will
be presented and debated. At the Seville Congress several
"reporters" will attempt to review the issues raised, engage in
critical debate, and propose lines of future research. A
sessions are typically very well attended and stimulate a great
deal of discussion from the floor. Following the Congress, the
papers will be revised and published in a separate volume.
Since the A theme organizers will be making plans for the pre-
conference it is not too soon to contact the individual listed if
you wish to contribute to one of these topics.
Richard Sutch
University of California, Berkeley
Member of the Executive Committee