AWARDS AT THE 2012 ECONOMIC HISTORY ASSOCIATION MEETINGS
The following prizes were awarded at the seventy-second annual meeting of the Economic History Association, held in Vancouver, BC, September 21–23, 2012.
The Arthur H. Cole Prize for the outstanding article published in this JOURNAL in the September 2011 through June 2012 issues to Nikolaus Wolf of Humboldt University, Max-Stephan Schulze of London School of Economics, and Hans-Christian Heinemeyer of Humboldt University for “On the Economic Consequences of the Peace: Trade and Borders After Versailles,” which appeared in the December 2011 issue. The winner is selected by the editorial board.
The Columbia University Prize in American Economic History in honor of Allan Nevins for the outstanding dissertation in U.S. or Canadian economic history during 2011/12 to Daniel Immerwahr of Northwestern University for “The United States, Community Development, and the World, 1935–1965,” completed under the supervision of Dan Trelfer, Gustavo Bobonis, Gilles Duranton, and Dwayne Benjamin.
The Alexander Gerschenkron Prize for the outstanding dissertation in non-U.S. or Canadian economic history during 2011/12 to Christian Dippel, of University of California, Los Angeles, Anderson School of Management, for “Essays in International Political Economy,” completed under the supervision of David Hollinger, Robin Einhorn, and Peter Evans, at the University of Toronto.
The Alice Hanson Jones Biennial Prize for the outstanding book in North American (including Caribbean) economic history published in 2011–2012 to Alexander J. Field of Santa Clara University, for A Great Leap Forward: 1930s Depression and U.S. Economic Growth (Yale University Press, 2011).
The Jonathan R. T. Hughes Prize for excellence in teaching economic history to Eugene White of Rutgers University. The winner is selected by the EHA Committee on Education and Teaching.
Also announced at the meeting was The Larry Neal Prize for the best article appearing in Explorations in Economic History in the past year, which was Jan Luiten van Zanden and Bas van Leeuwen, “Persistent But Not Consistent: The Growth of National Income in Holland, 1347–1807” [49, 2 (Apr. 2012): 119–30].
THE 2013 ECONOMIC HISTORY ASSOCIATION MEETINGS
HILTON ARLINGTON HOTEL
ARLINGTON, VA
SEPTEMBER 20–22, 2013
ROBERT ALLEN, PRESIDENT
“Global Perspectives”
Economic history has gone global. The history of international trade, finance, migration, and long-run development attracts ever more attention. The global perspective is also transforming the study of individual countries. International comparisons provide a yard stick for gauging what is unique and important in a nation's history. What roles have internal factors like culture and institutions played in explaining differential development and how does their importance compare to the imperatives and opportunities presented by the international economy? What role has economic policy played in shaping the international economic order and in helping countries meet the challenges it presents? Can a country's economic history any longer be written from a purely national point of view or is a global perspective essential?
The Program Committee (Stephen Broadberry, London School of Economics (Chair), together with Chris Meissner, Peter Coclanis, and Carol Shiue) welcomes submissions on all subjects in economic history, though some preference will be given to papers that specifically fit the theme. Papers should be submitted individually, but authors may suggest to the Committee that three particular papers fit well together in a panel.
Papers should in all cases be works in progress rather than accepted or published work. Submitters should let the program committee know at the time of application if the paper they are proposing has already been submitted for publication. Individuals who presented or coauthored a paper given at the 2012 meeting are not eligible for inclusion in the 2013 program.
Papers and session proposals should be submitted online at the following website: http://www.eh.net/eha/meetings/submissions. The submission system will be available from October 15, 2012 onward. Paper proposals should include a 3–5 page précis and a 150-word abstract suitable for publication in The Journal of Economic History. Papers should be submitted by January 31, 2013 to ensure consideration.
Graduate students are encouraged to attend the meeting. The Association offers subsidies for travel, hotel, registration, and meals, including a special graduate student dinner. A poster session welcomes work from dissertations in progress. Applications for the poster session should be submitted online and are due no later than May 21, 2013: https://www.eh.net/eha/node/add/posters. The poster submission system will open on March 1, 2013. The dissertation session convened by Ian Keay (Queen's University) and Dan Bogart (UC Irvine) will honor six dissertations completed during the 2012–2013 academic year. The submission deadline is June 11, 2013. The Alexander Gerschenkron and Allan Nevins prizes will be awarded to the best dissertations on non-North American and North American topics respectively.
For further information, check the website http://eh.net/eha/meetings/2013-meeting, which also includes information on travel options to the Washington DC area; or contact Meetings Coordinator Jari Eloranta at elorantaj@appstate.edu.
EHA GRANT AND FELLOWSHIP AWARDS
The Committee on Research in Economic History (CREH) of the Economic
History Association is charged with administering the association's project of assisting young scholars as a way of strengthening the discipline of economic history. The CREH made three types of awards for 2012: fellowships to graduate students writing their dissertations; travel/data grants to graduate students in the early stages of research; and Cole Grants to recent Ph.D.s.
Sokoloff Fellowship Recipients
Yannay Spitzer of Northwestern University for “Why Did They Wander? The Jewish Migration from the Pale of Settlement to the United States, 1899–1914.” Advisor, Joel Mokyr.
Theresa Gutberlet of University of Arizona for “Mechanization and Industry Agglomeration in the German Empire, 1875 to 1907.” Advisor, Price V. Fishback.
Dissertation Fellowship Recipients
Yu Hao of University of California, Davis for “Elite Persistence and the Limits of Mass Education: China from Imperial to Modern Times.” Advisor, Gregory Clark.
Joshua Hausman of University of California, Berkeley for “Boom and Bust in the U.S. Economy: 1933–1941.” Advisor, Barry Eichengreen.
Stephan Werner of London School of Economics for “Quantitative Performance of Reinsurance Companies During the Interwar Period.” Advisor, Albrecht Ritschl.
Exploratory Grant Recipients
Laura Salisbury of Boston University for “Women's Income and Marriage Markets in the United States: Evidence from the Civil War Pension.” Advisor, Robert Margo.
Paige Glotzer of Johns Hopkins University for “Building Suburban Power: Roland Park and the Making of a Political Economy of Space, 1891–1967.” Advisor, Mary Ryan.
Amanda Gregg of Yale University for “Commercial Law, Property Rights, and Industrialization in Late Imperial Russia.” Advisor, Timothy Guinnane.
Rodrigo Parral Duran, University of Arizona for “Contractual Commitments in New Spain.” Advisor, Price V. Fishback.
Silvi Karin Berger of University College Dublin for “Residential Segregation in Metropolitan Dublin at the Turn of the Twentieth Century: Tiebout versus Schelling.” Advisor, Patrick Paul Walsh.
Jose-Antonio Espin-Sanchez of Northwestern University for “Sequential Water Auctions in Southern Spain.” Advisor, Joel Mokyr.
Ellan Spero of Massachusetts Institute of Technology for “Production and Place-Making: Wine in a Technological Landscape.” Advisor, Anne McCants.
Marlous van Waijenburg of Northwestern University for “African Welfare Development from a Long-Run Global Perspective.” Advisor, Joel Mokyr.
David Pinzur of University of California, San Diego for “Valuation and Manipulation: A Comparison of Early Futures Trading at the Chicago Board of Trade and New Orleans Cotton Exchange.” Advisor, Akos Rona-Tas.
Arthur H. Cole Grants-In-Aid
Rowena Gray of University of Essex for “Immigrants and Housing Rents in New York City, 1880–1910”
Christopher Colvin of European University Institute for “What Can Prison Inmates Tell Us about Ireland in the Nineteenth Century?”
Karen Maguire of Oklahoma State University for “Land Run: Oklahoma Becomes a State”
Susan Gaunt Stearns of Mary Baldwin College for “Streams of Interest: The Mississippi River in the Political Economy of the Early Republic, 1783–1803”
The association is grateful to the members of the CREH for their work in selecting the award winners. Aldo Musacchio of Harvard Business School chaired the committee. He was assisted by Carole Shammas of University of Southern California, John Brown of Clark University, Kerry Odell of Scripps College, William Collins of Vanderbilt University, and Mary Hansen of American University.
