[Grad_history_students] FW: Call for Papers: Economies of Empire

[Grieves, Holly]

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Holly Grieves
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History/Religious Studies Departments and Catholic Studies Program
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-----Original Message-----
From: Green-Givens, Onie 
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 12:23 PM
To: Grieves, Holly
Subject: FW: Call for Papers: Economies of Empire


-----Original Message-----
From: Eva Wilhelm [mailto:ewilhelm at uchicago.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 12:18 PM
To: 'Eva Wilhelm'
Subject: Call for Papers: Economies of Empire

The Nicholson Center for British Studies at the University of Chicago is
pleased to present a

 

Call for Papers

 

Economies of Empire:  British Political Economy and Modernization

 

February 8 - 9, 2007

The University of Chicago

An interdisciplinary conference sponsored by the Nicholson Center for
British Studies, The University of Chicago.

 

Keynote Speakers: 

Manu Goswami (New York University): Title TBA

Joel Mokyr (Northwestern University): "Access, Knowledge, and
Production: the Everyday Origins of the Industrial Revolution"

 

British imperial expansion was a transformative experience for both
colonized and colonizer, and this conference will explore those
transformations through a fresh examination of economic modernization.
The Nicholson Center invites proposals for papers that address aspects
of the following questions:

 

* How did British imperial expansion shape the development of colonial
economies and post-colonial economic nationalism? 

 

* To what extent did Britain's great economic transformation result from
smaller changes in information dissemination, taste, styles of
production, and methods of distribution? 

 

* How, when, and why did Britain's economic changes manifest themselves
in the economic identity of Britons? 

 

* When and why did they see themselves participating in a national
economy, an imperial or Atlantic economy, and/or a global economy? 

 

The Nicholson Center welcomes proposals from both faculty and graduate
students.  Proposals should include both a 750-word prospectus of the
paper and a curriculum vitae.  Submit proposals to Eva Wilhelm at
ewilhelm at uchicago.edu by October 1, 2006.

 

This conference is sponsored by a generous grant from the Andrew W.
Mellon Foundation.

 

Questions about this or any other Nicholson Center event may be
addressed to Eva Wilhelm at 773-834-3403 or ewilhelm at uchicago.edu.

 

 

 

 

Eva Wilhelm

Administrator

Nicholson Center for British Studies

Judd 325

773-834-3403

ewilhelm at uchicago.edu