3rd International Conference of the AHEC - The History of Investment in the Caribbean

3rd International Conference of the AHEC - The History of Investment in the Caribbean

Veranstalter
The Caribbean Economic History Association (AHEC) & The University of the West Indies (UWI)
Veranstaltungsort
The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus
Ort
St. Augustine
Land
Trinidad and Tobago
Vom - Bis
04.11.2015 - 08.11.2015
Deadline
15.05.2015
Von
Dr. Christian Cwik

Opening Speaker:
Sir Hilary McDonald Beckles
(The University of the West Indies)

Conference papers and panels will consider the evolution of investment in the Caribbean from the 15th century to the present; the movement of capital flows into and out of the greater region; and the incorporation of the Caribbean into global economies and markets over the past centuries.

The Conference will also consider panels and papers on the flow of investments, its sources and destinations and the impact of these flows on the region’s economy and society, in micro and macro terms.

The AHEC invites researchers and members of the academic community interested in participating to submit an unpublished paper under one of the following themes:
- Systems of production, individuals and institutions as economic agencies, free and forced systems of labour and commerce; public and private regimes of investments and enterprises
- Production and exports of raw materials (principal lines of production and services; plantations and other agrarian histories)
- Exploitation of raw materials and the impact on the environment
- Tourism and service sectors
- International commerce and/or other international trade networks
- Banking and financial systems in the Caribbean
- Shareholders, multi-national corporations and capital markets
- Foreign direct investment and foreign debt in the Caribbean
- Financing of colonization and/or colonial ventures in the Caribbean
- Military and defence investments and their impact on local economies
- Evolution of economic thought and theory
- Development of economic historiography

Programm

1. The deadline for submission of paper or panel proposals is May 15 2015. Interested participants may submit individual or panel proposals based on of the above themes in the following format:

Individual Paper Presentations:
Name and Institutional Affiliation of Presenter
Title and Abstract of Paper Presentation (max. 100 words)
Brief CV

Panel Presentations:
Title and Abstract of Panel (max. 250 words)
Name and Institutional Affiliation of Chair and Discussant along with brief CV

For each presenter within the panel: Name and Institutional Affiliation; Title and Abstract of Paper Presentation (max. 100 words); Brief CV

2. Interested participants should send their proposals in Spanish or English by email to the following three addresses:

jose.piqueras@uji.es
jvon@mora.edu.mx
christian.cwik@sta.uwi.edu

Kontakt

Christian Cwik

Department of History, St. Augustine Campus

001868 662-2002 83058
001868 663-9684
christian.cwik@sta.uwi.edu

http://ahec.uji.es/es/ahec/noticias/2014/11/24/iii-congreso-internacional-de-la-ahec-1