Eighth Conference of the European Historical Economics Society, Geneva, 3-6 September 2009

Ph.D. candidate Seamus Taggart has sent in the following note about an upcoming conference of great interest to the HPI section:

"From Sept 3rd-6th 2009, the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies will host in conjunction with the European Historical Society, the Eighth Conference of the European Historical Economics Society in the Villa Barton. The conference is being organized under the tireless direction of Prof. Marc Flandreau. The key speaker will be Barry Eichengreen of the University of California, Berkeley. The conference is hoping to attaract substantial student attendance. A prize of 1,000 euros named after Gino Luzzatto will be awarded by the European Historical Economics Society to the best Ph.D. Dissertation on any subject relating to economic history written by a young European scholar coming from any university and defended duringthe period August 2007 to June 2009. Also a limited number of subsidies in the form of discount on registration fees will be made available to graduate students."

The Conference main page can be found here. The registration page is here, logistical information is here, and important deadlines to abide by are here (information on the call for papers is here.)

Mark your calendars now, and venez nombreux!