The 2009 Economic History Association Meetings

Human Welfare:
Measurement, Analysis and Interpretation

Hosted by University of Arizona
Loews Ventana Canyon Resort Tucson
Tucson, Arizona
September 11-13, 2009
Richard Steckel, President


Graduate Students

Poster Session

Graduate students will be disseminating preliminary results from their thesis in the poster session. The deadline for applications to the poster session has passed.

Those accepted receive travel and hotel subsidies. For more information see, eh.net/eha/grants/travel-hotel.

Graduate Student Incentives

All students are eligible for free hotel accommodation. The EHA will pay for 3 nights (double occupancy only). To apply, send an e-mail by July 5, 2009 to Jari Eloranta, elorantaj@appstate.edu, and include your name, school, and advisor’s e-mail address. For assistance with roommate matching, include your gender and smoking/non-smoking preference.

Students presenting papers or posters will receive travel subsidies as well as free hotel accommodation. The EHA will reimburse up to $500 for domestic flights and $800 for international flights.

  • Free graduate student dinner Friday night.
  • Priority for the poster session.
  • Discounted registration and banquet tickets.

Dissertation Awards

Dissertations chosen for presentation at the annual meetings are finalists for these annual awards.

Allan Nevins Prize for the best dissertation in U.S. or Canadian Economic History

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: June 1, 2009

The Allen Nevins Prize in American Economic History is awarded annually by the Economic History Association on behalf of Columbia University Press for the best dissertation in U.S. or Canadian economic history completed during the previous year. The 2009 prize will be awarded at the Economic History Association's annual meeting in Tuscon in September 2009.

Scholars submitting a dissertation to the Nevins Prize competition should not in the same year submit a proposal to the general program that is part of or derived from the dissertation.

Please send submitted dissertations to:

Professor John Murray
Department of Economics
4110 University Hall
University of Toledo
2801 W. Bancroft St.
Toledo, OH 43606-3390
email: jmurray@uoft02@utoledo.edu

Alexander Gerschenkron Prize for the best dissertation in the economic history of an area outside of the United States or Canada

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: June 1, 2009

The Alexander Gerschenkron Prize in Economic History is awarded annually by the Economic History Association for the best dissertation in the economic history of an area outside of the United States or Canada completed during the previous year. The 2009 prize will be awarded at the Economic History Association's annual meeting in Tuscon in September 2009.

Scholars submitting a dissertation to the Gerschenkron Prize competition should not in the same year submit a proposal to the general program that is part of or derived from the dissertation.

Please send submitted dissertations to:

Professor Steven Broadberry
Department of Economics
University of Warwick
Coventry CV4 7AL
United Kingdom
email: s.n.broadberry@warwick.ac.uk