CHORD invites submissions to its 2027 on-line seminars on ‘Retailing and Distribution History’: we invite papers on any aspect of retailing and / or distribution history and on any period or geographical area.
Further information can be found here:
https://retailhistory.wordpress.com/2026/10/07/cfp2027/
We welcome both experienced and new speakers, including students and / or speakers without an institutional affiliation. Potential speakers are very welcome to discuss their ideas with the organiser before submitting their proposal (please see contact details below).
We invite both 20-minute papers and 10-minute ‘work in progress’ presentations. All papers will be followed by 10 minutes for questions and discussion. Seminars will take place online, and we anticipate that each seminar will include three or four papers. To facilitate international, as well as UK, participation, three of the seminars will take place between c. 10.00 and 12.00 UK time and two between c. 14.00 and 16.00 UK time.
The proposed 2027 dates are:
(please note the switch from Mondays to Tuesdays)
Tuesday 23 February 2027 – 10.00 and 12.00 UK time
Tuesday 16 March 2027 – 14.00 and 16.00 UK time
Tuesday 27 April 2027 – 10.00 and 12.00 UK time
Tuesday 25 May 2027 – 14.00 and 16.00 UK time
Tuesday 22 June 2027 – 10.00 and 12.00 UK time
To submit a proposal, please send title and abstract of c.300 to 400 words, specifying your preferred dates and whether you are proposing a 10 or a 20 minute presentation (as a Word or similar file. Please do not submit a pdf file) to Laura Ugolini, at [email protected] by Friday 8 January 2027.
Seminar contributors will be invited to submit posts based on their contributions to the CHORD blog. You can read previous blogs here:
https://retailhistory.wordpress.com/category/conference-blogs/
For further information, please e-mail Laura Ugolini at: [email protected]
Image credit: Detail of ‘The Pottery Seller’, c. 1745, Capodimonte Porcelain Manufactory. Gift of Douglas Dillon, 1982, Courtesy of The Met Museum.