Call for Papers, deadline – 13 September 2024
Proposals for papers, or for panels of papers, are solicited for the annual conference of the Economic and Social History Society of Ireland, which will be held at Queen’s University Belfast on Friday 29th and Saturday 30th November 2024.
Abstracts of papers and proposals for panels should be sent to Dr Ciarán McCabe (ciaran.mccabe@qub.ac.uk) by Friday 13 September 2024.
Abstracts should be between 250 and 300 words and include a title and speaker bio. Panel proposals should include a title, contact details for all speakers and abstracts for all papers to be included in the session.
Proposals relating to all aspects of Irish economic and social history, from medieval to modern to contemporary history, will be considered. In particular, the conference organisers welcome papers that speak to the following themes:
- Kin and networks of care
- Migration and minorities
- Labour history
- Street cultures and urban environments
- Health, medicine and welfare
- Social and economic impacts of technological developments
- Household structure and labour participation
- Entrepreneurship and investment
- Patterns of inequality
- National development policies
Proposals from doctoral and early career researchers are particularly welcome, and we are pleased to announce that the Economic and Social History Society of Ireland will once more be awarding a ‘New Researchers Prize’ for the best paper presented to the annual conference by a graduate student. Details of previous winners can be found on the ESHSI website and presenters wishing to be considered for the prize should indicate this clearly when submitting a proposal.
This year’s K. H. Connell Lecture, on the Friday evening of the conference, will be delivered by Professor Mary O’Sullivan (Université de Genève, Switzerland). The conference proceedings will also include a roundtable discussion on Raymond Gillespie’s legacy on Irish economic and social history.
Further details about this conference will be announced on the ESHSI website, www.eshsi.org.