Member Announcements

(Current BHC members only)

Prize or Grant Announcement

Looking for anyone who has an interest in Switzerland for possible grant and research proposal opportunity.

Contact:  Ken Lipartito  lipark@fiu.edu

 

Call For Papers

We are looking to put together a panel of papers that examine the enterprise of the death business broadly. This can include, but not limited to:

  • funeral homes
  • monuments
  • popular culture associated with mourning (jewlery, dress, social mores)
  • funeral rites
  • changes in burial process
  • financial schemes and hucksters associated with it

If you are interested, please send over a brief proposal, or note your interest in being a discussiant or chair no later than October 22 to rahimaschwenkbeck[at]gmail.com


 

Panel Proposal

I am looking for 2-3 presenters and a discussant for a panel on the economic, financial, and business history of the Japanese Empire. My paper will focus on Japan’s debt financing and currency controls between the home islands and the colonies during the Pacific War. I am seeking proposals for papers on the economic, financial, and business history (broadly defined) of the Japanese Empire from the 1890s to the 1940s. The paper may focus on Japan’s home islands and/or its colonies (Taiwan and Korea) as well as the collaborationist regimes within the yen bloc.

Panel Proposal

We are looking for 1-2 presenters to round out a session proposal for the Business History Conference Annual Meeting, to be held on March 13-15, 2025, in Atlanta, GA (USA). The current papers will look at elements of fraud in American capitalism in the 19th and 20thc., especially considering the sale of faulty goods, false advertising, and deceptive services / scams.

Looking for other presenters interested in joining up for a panel about advertising, marketing, and/or public relations.