Deadline extended till Friday 14th of March: Call for Papers and sessions for the First Conference of the European Society of Historical Demography



Dear Colleagues,

Due to the amount of emails that we have received asking for some more time for presenting papers and complete sessions, we have decided to extend the deadline till Friday the 14th of March. Thanks to all the many contributions received till now.

The conference will take place in Sassari/Alghero, Sardinia, Italy September 25-27, 2014

The NEW deadline for Submissions: 14th March 2014

Plenary sessions for the First Conference of the European Society of Historical Demography (ESHD) are now available on the web: www.eshd.eu as well as all the information bellow.

Instructions for Submitting a Paper

1. Submissions are made via the Online submissions at www.eshd.eu web page. The process for submitting papers is as follows: All authors are asked to submit both: a) a short abstract (max. 300 words) and b) either an extended abstract (2-4 pages, including tables) or a completed paper.

2. Extended abstracts must be sufficiently detailed to allow the session organizer to judge the merits of the paper, including a description of the topic to be studied, the theoretical focus, the data and research methods, and the expected findings. Alternatively, authors may submit completed papers for the organizer to review. If your submission is accepted in a regular session, you must upload the full paper by July 31, 2014. All papers will be available on PDF format at www.eshd.eu before the Conference to allow fruitful discussion.

3. The author making the submission must provide the full names, affiliations, and email addresses of all co-authors for each submission.

4. You can also propose a complete session. An organizer has to gather four speakers who will each present a paper on a related topic, a discussant who will start the discussion with a prepared comment on the papers and a chair. The roles of session organizer, chair and discussant can be fulfilled by the same or different persons.  Every speaker should fill out the web pre-registration form. You should say YES to the question "Does your paper belongs to a complete session proposal?" and add please the session title at the end of your short abstract.  Please submit them as soon as possible but before March 14.

5. At the ESHD 2014 only one submission as a first author is allowed; participants may however co-author other papers. Names and other details of Co-authors can be allocated on the extended abstract. Once registration is open, those attending the Conference will be able to register individually.

Important Dates

• March, 14, 2014 (Friday). Deadline for paper and sessions submission.
• March, 2014. Authors are notified of papers accepted. Preliminary Program. Registration will be open.
• June, 2014 . Deadline for Conference Registration. Late registration will have extra charges.
• July, 31, 2014 (Thursday). Deadline for sending completed papers.
Final Program.
• September, 25-27, 2014. I ESHD Conference in Alghero/Sassari, Sardinia, Italy.

If you have questions, please contact conference@eshd.eu or secretary@eshd.eu .

Please feel free to forward/pass this information to other colleagues.

Best Wishes

Secretary