All sessions will be in English. Please note that although contributions on Nordic and Baltic economic, social and business history are particularly encouraged, all topics are welcome.
Paper proposals should include:
• The title of the paper
• Contact details for the author/speaker
• A 200-word paper abstract
• An indication of whether you wish to be considered for the Scandinavian Economic History Review fast track (see below).
Paper proposals should be submitted only online here no later than 4 September 2022.
Notification of acceptance will be given by 12 September 2022, with a provisional program announced at the end of September.
The conference fee will be 650 DKK (350 DKK for graduate students), and you will need to be a member of one of the Nordic societies to participate. Membership of the Danish Society for Economic and Social History costs 150 DKK. Lunches and refreshments will be provided, and there will be a conference dinner, all included in the price.
The Scandinavian Economic History Review is offering the possibility for participants at the conference to submit their papers for fast track consideration for publication. All contributions should be based on original research and will be subject to the normal peer-review process. Please remember to note that you are submitting for the fast track when you apply for the conference. The authors will be required to submit a full version through the SEHR online submission platform two weeks before the conference at the latest. The submissions will then be presented at “fast track sessions”, where an editor will be present and will subsequently provide feedback on your work. The authors of the very best submissions will then be invited to revise their papers based on these comments within three weeks, and, if judged to be of sufficient quality, the resubmissions will then be subject to the usual peer review process, with an initial decision made by the end of February 2021 (and no guarantee of publication). Please note, that the fast track does not in any way preclude other papers from being submitted to the Review.
At the meeting, we will award the first annual “Heckscher Prize” of €400 for the best article published in the Review in the previous year. This award is named after Scandinavia’s perhaps most famous economic historian, Eli Heckscher, an article by whom was posthumously published in the first issue of the Review.
Since 2015 the annual Danish Society for Economic and Social History (DFØSH) meeting has provided an arena for economic and social historians in Denmark and around the world. We are happy to extend the reach of the meeting through collaboration with the 2nd meeting of the Scandinavian Society for Economic and Social History.
The Scandinavian Society for Economic and Social History is an umbrella organization of the national Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish associations. It has published the Scandinavian Economic History Review (SEHR) since 1953. The journal publishes articles and reviews in the fields of economic, business and social history with a particular focus on the Nordic countries and the Baltic region. The journal also publishes contributions from closely related fields, such as demographic and labour history, as well as articles dealing with theoretical and methodological issues. The editors aim to reflect contemporary research, thinking and debate in these fields, within Scandinavia and throughout the world. Authors are therefore expected to place their work within the context of the wider international literature on economic, business and social history. The journal thus comprises a broad variety of aspects and approaches, ranging from macroeconomic history to business history, from quantitative to qualitative studies.
