General Information

The 2008 annual meeting of the Business History Conference (BHC) will take place April 10-12 in Sacramento, California, hosted by California State University at Sacramento and the California State Railroad Museum. Please see our announcement about the exciting special sessions planned.

"Expanding Connections" is both the theme and the goal of the 2008 Business History Conference annual meeting. Business-related activities pervade human affairs, yet scholars within business history and those in other disciplines often conceive the field narrowly. This conference will highlight scholarship that expands the field's connections across disciplines and perspectives.

Please use the navigation panel to the right to find the information you need about this year's meeting. We'll be updating the site frequently in the coming weeks, so please check back often. An innovation this year is our arrangement with ACTEVA, which allows us to handle on-line registrations and credit card payments. Please follow the Registration link to access ACTEVA. Although we hope many attendees will take advantage of the on-line system, it also remains possible to pay by check; to do so, complete the ACTEVA information, print it out, and mail to the address provided.

Presenters are expected to submit abstracts of their papers for posting on the BHC website, which can most easily be done via the Abstract Submission Form. In addition, presenters are encouraged to post electronic versions of their papers prior to the meeting, and to submit their papers for inclusion in our on-line proceedings publication, Business and Economic History On-Line.

The BHC offers grants to graduate students who are presenting papers to offset some of the costs of attending the conference. The see our Grants page for information about the Newcomen Society and Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., Travel Grants.

The Newcomen Dissertation Colloquium will be held in conjunction with the 2008 BHC annual meeting. This intensive workshop, sponsored by the BHC through the generous support of the Newcomen Society of the United States, will take place at the conference venue Wednesday afternoon and evening, April 9, and Thursday morning, April 10. Participants will work closely with a small, distinguished group of BHC-affiliated scholars, including at least two of its officers. The assembled scholars and students will review dissertation proposals, consider relevant literatures and research strategies, and discuss the business history profession. Limited to ten students, it is intended for doctoral candidates in the early stages of their dissertation projects. A grant from the Newcomen Society of the United States will provide each participant with a $400US honorarium.

Please send questions to Dr. Roger Horowitz, Secretary-Treasurer, Business History Conference, P. O. Box 3630, Wilmington, DE 19807, USA. Phone: (302) 658-2400; fax: (302) 655-3188; email: rh@udel.edu.