COLEMAN PRIZE
Named in honour of the British Business Historian Donald Coleman, this prize is awarded annually by the Association of Business Historians to recognise excellence in new research in Britain. It is open to PhD dissertations in Business History either having a British subject or completed at a British University. All dissertations completed in the previous two calendar years of their submission are eligible (with the exception of previous submissions). It is a condition of eligibility for the Prize that shortlisted finalists will present their findings at the Association's annual conference.
COLEMAN PRIZE 2025
The ABH is pleased to announce that the 2025 Coleman Prize is open to PhD dissertations in Business History (broadly defined) having either a British subject or completed at a British university. All dissertations completed in the previous two calendar years (2023 and 2024) are eligible. In keeping with the ABH’s broad understanding of business history, applications are strongly encouraged from candidates in economic history, social history, labour history, intellectual history, cultural history, environmental history, the history of science and technology, the history of medicine, or any other subfield.
To apply for the Coleman Prize, supervisors are encouraged to nominate recent PhDs. Self-nominations are also strongly welcomed. Please send a PDF including the title of your PhD dissertation and a brief abstract (up to 2 double-spaced pages) to Dr Juan Jose Rivas Moreno at juanjose.rivasmoreno@eui.eu by 14 February 2025. The abstract should make clear the dissertation’s contribution to business history. Longlisted candidates will be requested to submit electronic copies of their dissertations 14 March 2025. Finalists will be notified by 9 May 2025. It is a condition of eligibility for the Prize that finalists will present their findings in-person at the Association’s annual conference.
In a new special series hosted by the New Books Network, Bernardo Bátiz-Lazo is interviewing prior Coleman Prize winners on their dissertations, some of which have already been published as monographs. More information on these interviews can be found at the link here: https://www.theabh.org/news/2023/8/22/coleman-prize-series-winners-podcast-by-bernardo-btiz-lazo
SPONSORS
The value of the prize is £500 and it is sponsored by Taylor & Francis Group. It is a scholarly publisher, which makes available original manuscript collections, rare printed books and other primary source materials in microform and electronic format. Also, shortlisted finalists will be entitled to apply for a Francesca Carnevali grant up to a maximum of £200 towards their expenses.
TONY SLAVEN DOCTORAL WORKSHOP
Named after one of the key founders of the Association of Business Historians and a distinguished international business historian, the aim of the Tony Slaven Doctoral Workshop is to further the future growth and development of the discipline of business history by supporting doctoral scholars to attend and present their work at the Association’s Tony Slaven Doctoral Workshop.
Each year £2,000 will be made available through the Francesca Carnevali grant and all Tony Slaven Doctoral Workshop presenters will be entitled to apply for this grant up to a maximum of £200 towards their expenses. The grants are designed to help these emerging scholars meet their travel, accommodation and registration costs of attending the workshop. A call for the Slaven Doctoral Workshop will be issued annually alongside the main ABH Annual Conference call for papers.
TONY SLAVEN DOCTORAL WORKSHOP 2024
Applications for the 2024 Tony Slaven Doctoral workshop should be no more than 4 pages sent together in a single computer file: 1) a one page CV; 2) one page stating the name(s) of the student’s supervisor(s), the title of the theses (a proposed title is fine), the university and department where the student is registered and the date of commencement of thesis registration; 3) an abstract of the work to be presented.
You may apply via email to Dr Michael Aldous at m.aldous@qub.ac.uk. Please use the subject line “Tony Slaven Workshop” and submit by the 24 March 2024.
FRANCESCA CARNEVALI GRANT
Named after one of the key members of the Association of Business Historians and was amongst the most talented of her generation of business and economic historians, who died on 18 May 2013. The aim of the Francesca Carnevali Grant is to further the future growth and development of the discipline of business history by supporting postgraduate students to attend and present their work at the Association’s Annual Conference. A total of £2,000 will be made available each year and will be divided by the number of students attending and presenting at the conference up to a maximum of £200. These grants are intended to contribute towards travel, accommodation and/or registration costs.
Students applying for a Francesca Carnevali Travel Grant should send their application form together with a one page abstract of their paper, a copy of their CV and an email/letter from their supervisor confirming they are currently enrolled as a PhD student to Karolina Hutkova, the ABH Treasurer. Closing date for applications is 10th June 2024. It is a condition of the Francesca Carnevali Travel grant that applicants must be fully paid up members of the ABH. Please note that this is a competitive process. Applicants will usually be informed of the outcome of their application by email within 4 weeks. Any queries should be directed to k.hutkova@lse.ac.uk
Successful applicants should send their receipts, together with a copy of the “acceptance email” and completed expense form to k.hutkova@lse.ac.uk .
THE CORLEY EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS’ PAPER DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP
The Corley Early Career Researchers’ Paper Development Workshop was a venture started at the 2019 annual conference. It is named in memory of the highly respected business historian Tony Corley and is supported in its first five years by an annual donation from the Henley Business School. The aim is to bring together early career researchers in business history with leading scholars in the field, including journal editors, to help develop working papers into publishable articles.