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The format of the Winter Games will be that of a low threshold workshop. The aim is to bring together scholars as well as PhD and master level students to help each other to develop research ideas and paper drafts on their way to publication. We therefore welcome submissions of both paper drafts and outlines of future research projects. Although designated commentators will be assigned each paper/research ideas, all participants are expected to read the papers of others and contribute to discussions.
Regarding scope, the Winter Games are intended as a broad arena. We apply a broad understanding of economic history and welcome also submissions from business history and other, neighbouring fields (i.e. historical political economy, social history, labour history, historical demography etc).
Contributions from master students and junior researchers are as valuable as those from established scholars. “Norwegian” is understood in a most liberal way, i.e., scholars either based in Norway or working on a topic related to it, independent of nationality. Moreover, as a low threshold arena, papers in all stages of preparation are welcome, from your roughest draft to highly polished gems.
Please forward a short abstract (up to 300 words) for consideration to: norwegianeconhist@gmail.com Abstracts deadline: October 16 2023 Successful applicants will be notified by November 2.
Deadline for submission of papers is January 5 2024.
Location: The Winter Games will be held on the University of Oslo campus in Niels Treschows Hus (UiO campus map). The campus is accessible by T-Bane/Metro 4 or 5 (Forskingsparken) or Trikk/Tram 17 or 18 (Universitetet Blindern). Most of the sessions, including both plenaries and lunch and coffee breaks, will be held on the 12th floor, with some parallel sessions in Håndbiblioteket on the 5th floor. Dinner after the Winter Games (at participants' own expense) will be at Villa Paradiso (Majorstua, map).
Program: An updated program is attached to this email. Note that some of the discussant-paper pairings have changed since the previous version circulated before Christmas. The papers are available here. Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns, or if any co-authors are missing.
Presentations: The Winter Games is a text-focused low-threshold workshop. Please note that we only expect presenters to give the necessary context for their papers during the Winter Games, not full ‘presentations’. Discussants are expected to give constructive feedback to help authors towards publication. We expect all participants to read the papers in the sessions they attend to facilitate a fruitful discussion.
For the paper discussions (35 minutes total per paper), we ask that you use the following timings:
Brief summary by presenter: 5–7 minutes
Comments from discussant: 5–7 minutes
Questions, comments, and discussion with the audience: 20–25 minutes
Panel Discussion on “The Roots of the Industrial Revolution”: with Professor emeritus Kristine Bruland and Professor Terje Tvedt, both of whom have recently published books addressing aspects of the Industrial Revolution. Bruland’s books is titled Den industrielle revolusjon Kapitalisme, industri og teknologi, and Tvedt’s book is titled Historiens hjul og vannets makt da England og Europa vant, og Kina og Asia tapte.
The discussion will be moderated by Professor Einar Lie.
Organizer: History of Capitalism