Call for Papers: University of Glasgow & University of Tübingen PhD Summer School, 3-5 July 2024, Glasgow, Scotland.

Business History Beyond Boundaries: Fourth International Summer School 

The Centre for Business History in Scotland at the University of Glasgow, together with the University of Tübingen’s Institute for Modern History once again provides funding for an intensive three-day event aimed at PhD students, early-career researchers and practitioners undertaking archival based research in business history or economic history working on any topic that addresses issues and questions related to the period 1850-2000.

Students will benefit from the experience of academics and archivists from Glasgow, Tübingen and beyond. Funding will cover flights and/or trains (up to an agreed limit, to be reimbursed after the school), accommodation, lunches, and the conference meal for up to twelve students. There may also be limited space for applicants who wish to self-fund or who have received funding from their own institution. 

Those interested in attending the summer school should e-mail the following documents to the organisers, Dr Christopher Miller (Christopher.Miller@glasgow.ac.uk) and Dr Daniel
Menning (Daniel.Menning@uni-tuebingen.de)

1.    a brief CV (two pages maximum); 

2.    a summary of their PhD (two pages maximum); and 

3.    a title and abstract for their desired presentation topic, which should incorporate one or more major themes of the student’s PhD (one page maximum). 

The deadline for applications is 26 April 2024. A maximum of 12 funded applicants will be selected and notified shortly afterwards.

We will accept applications from anyone working on a PhD in business history or a cognate field, or anyone whose PhD was awarded on, or after, 1 Jan 2022. Additionally, we also welcome applications from those working professionally in related fields, including archivists and journalists, so long as they are undertaking significant pieces of archival- based research.