Editors' Notes 1989 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ECONOMIC HISTORY ASSOCIATION The 1989 Annual Meeting of the Economic History Association will be held in Washington, D.C. on September 22-24, 1989. The 1989 Program Committee calls for papers emphasizing historical perspectives on current economic problems. The problems can include those we recognize (such as fiscal responsibility, international migration of people, third-world debt) as well as ones to which you would like to bring increased attention. The Committee also will consider papers on other topics and proposals for complete sessions on (almost) any topic. Session proposals should include potential authors, paper abstracts, and discussants. Abstracts of papers and session proposals should be sent to Professor Peter H. Lindert, Chair, EHA Program Committee, Department of Economics, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, by February 1, 1989. Notice of acceptance to the program will be mailed during March 1989. Graduate students expecting to receive their Ph.D. in the academic year 1988-1989 should consider applying to make a presentation at the dissertation session at the annual meeting. Completed dissertations must be received no later than May 31, 1989; notification will be made by July 31, 1989. Conveners of the dissertation session are Professor Roger L. Ransom, Department of Economics, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521 and Professor Philip T. Hoffman, HSS 228-77, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125. Dissertations on North American economic history should be sent to Professor Ransom; those covering the rest of the world should be sent to Professor Hoffman. Dissertations on American economic history will be eligible for the Allan Nevins prize; those on topics in the rest of the world are eligible for the Alexander Gerschenkron prize. The preliminary program will appear in the June issue of the JOURNAL. AWARDS AT THE 1988 E. H. A. MEETING At the 1988 Annual Meeting of the Economic History Association, held in Ann Arbor-Dearborn, on September 23-25, the following prizes were awarded: The Arthur H. Cole Prize for the outstanding article published in the JOURNAL in the September 1987 through June 1988 issues, to Robert A. Margo of Colgate University and Georgia C. Villaflor of San Diego State University for their article, "The Growth of Wages in Antebellum America: New Evidence," which appeared in the December 1987 issue. The Cole Prize recipient is selected each year by the JOURNAL'S editorial board. The Allen Nevins Prize for the outstanding dissertation in United States or Canadian economic history completed during 1987/88, to David C. Wheelock, of the University of Texas, for his "The Strategy and Consistency of Federal Reserve Monetary Policy, 1919-1933," completed at the University of Illinois under the guidance of Larry Neal. The Alexander Gerschenkron Prize for the outstanding dissertation in non-United States or Canadian economic history completed during 1987/88, to Timothy Guinnane, who is currently at the Population Studies Center of the University of Pennsylvania, for 908 Editors' Notes 909 his "Migration, Marriage, and Household Formation: The Irish at the Turn of the Century," completed at Stanford University under the guidance of Paul David. The recipients of the Nevins Prize and Gerschenkron Prize are selected each year by the conveners of the dissertation session at the annual meeting. INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC HISTORY ASSOCIATION CONGRESS The Tenth World Congress of the International Economic History Association will be held in Leuven, Belgium on 20-24 August 1990. To obtain a brochure, please write to: Tenth International Economic History Congress, Postbox 74, B-3000 Leuven 3, Belgium. At the present time the list of C-Sessions is as follows. "Archeological Contributions to Pre- and Protohistoric Economy with Special Respect to Early Recycling Processes." Organizer: W. Janssen (FRG). "Medieval South Indian Trade." Organizer: M. Abraham (India). "The Economic Depression of the Renaissance Revisited: Paradox of Italian Renais- sance." Organizers: B. Kedar (Israel) and H. Miskimin (USA). "L'Antimercantilisme en Europe aux XVIe et XVIIe siecles." Organizer: M Echevarria Bacigalupe (Spain). "Peasant Production and Social Division of Labour in Sixteenth-Century Europe: Rival Models." Organizers: J. Soderberg (Sweden) and J. Myrdal (Sweden). "New Ways to Think about the Industrial Revolution." Organizer: J. Komlos (USA). "Economic Policy of the Habsburgs in the 17th and 18th Centuries." Organizers: G. Heskenast (Hungary) and A. De Maddalena (Italy). "Salt and Capitalism." Organizer: S. A. M. Adshead (New Zealand). "Financial Crises from the late Middle Ages to the 18th Century." Organizer: M. Steele (UK). "New Research on the History of Taxation since the Late Middle Ages." Organizer: E. Brownlee (USA). "Metrologie et histoire 6conomique." Organizers: J.-Cl. Hocquet (France) and [ ] Withoft (FRG). "Ecological History." Organizers: K. Blaschke (GDR) and C. Pfister (Switzerland). "Sectoral Changes in Industry after World War II." Organizer: W. Falk (GDR). "Methodology of Quantitative Studies on Large Sea Ports." Organizers: J. Heffer (France) and K. Veraghtert (Belgium). "Comparative Study of Economic Development of Russia and Japan." Organizers: A. Fursenko (USSR) and T. Nakamura (Japan). "Life Cycle of Firms in the 19th and 20th Centuries." Organizer: Ph. Jobert (France). "Landarbeit unter dem Einfluss moderner Landtechnik 19-20. Jahrhundert." Orga- nizer: H. Winkel (FRG). "The Structure and Meaning of Work in Industrial Society: Japan, the U.K. and the U.S." Organizers: W. M. Fruin (USA), R. Okayama (Japan), P. Fridenson (France). "Health Economies and Demography: Health, Sickness and Death." Organizer: J. Riley (USA). "Economy of Private Households: Household Accounts as a Source." Organizers: T. Pierenkemper (FRG) and R. Spree (FRG). "L'Integration e'conomique de l'Afrique du XVe siecle a nos jours: Bilan et perspectives." Organizers: T. Olela (Zaire), G. Metinhoue (Benin), E. Pangeti (Zim- babwe). "Regions of New Development." Organizer: V. Aleksejew (USSR). "Industrialization of the Ruhr, in the Area of the Lower Rhineland." Organizer: K. Hardach (FRG). "Persistence of Old Technologies." Organizer: K. Inwood (Canada). 910 Editors' Notes "Education and Careers of Business Managers, 19th-20th Centuries." Organizer: E. P. Duggan (USA). "Problems of Business Archives." Organizer: O. Dascher (FRG). "Contemporary Monetary History." Organizer: F. Capie (UK). "History of Tourism." Organizer: F. Welvaart (Belgium). "The Role of Banks in the Interwar Economy." Organizers: H. James (USA), A. Teichova (UK), H. Lindgren (Sweden). "Agrarian Reforms and Economic Growth in Developing Countries." Organizer: K. K. N. Kurup (India). "Banks as Multinationals." Organizer: G. Jones (UK) and K. Ullenhag (Sweden). "The Dynamics of the Intra-Asian Market Economy and the Japanese Industrializa- tion." Organizer: A. J. H. Latham (UK). "The Economic Implications of Technical Transfer as an Agent of Development in Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries." Organizer: O. Checkland (UK). "The Social Expression of Urban and Rural Space." Organizers: G. Granasztoi (Hungary) and F. Walter (Switzerland). "Protective Labour Legislation for Women." Organizers: G. Hagemann (Norway), J. Lewis (UK), U. Wikander (Sweden). "Factory Work and Workers in Textiles: A Cross-National Comparison." Organiz- ers: L. Carlson (USA) and T. Terrill (USA). "Business Managers' and Owners' Behaviour in Expansive and Contractive Phases." Organizer: P. Schybergson (Finland). "The Metamorphases of the Heavenly City of the Economic Historian: The Role and Function of Economic Theories in the Rationalization of the Courses of Economy." Organizers: A. Madarasz (Austria) and L. Fekete (Hungary). "Emigration from Northern, Central and Southern Europe, 1900-1939." Organizers: A. Brozek (Poland) and J. Puskas (Hungary). "Ocean Resources Industries and Rivalries since 1880." Organizer: H. N. Scheiber (USA). "Urbanisation and Public Health in Historical Perspective." Organizers: C. Nelson (Sweden) and W. R. Lee (UK). "La Crise e'conomique 1873-1879." Organizer: J. Purs (Czechoslovakia) will furnish organizer. "L'Effet de Industrialisation sur la transmission et la repartition des fortunes." Organizer: P. Janssens (Belgium). "Charity, the Poor and the Life-Cycle: The Rowntree Hypothesis Reassessed." Organizers: J. Henderson (UK) and R. Wall (UK). "L'Office comme source des revenus aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siecles." Organizers: A. Maczak (Poland) and A. Wyczanski (Poland). "The Political Economy of Regional Inequalities in Developing Economies: A Comparison of Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century Cases." Organizer: D. K. Good (USA). Possible session: "Industrialization of Latin America." SECOND WORLD CONGRESS OF CLIOMETRICS The Second World Congress of Cliometrics will be held in Santander, Spain, on June 24-28, 1989. For further information, write The Cliometric Society, c/o Department of Economics, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056; telephone 513-529-2850. Editors' Notes 911 HISTORY OF ECONOMICS SOCIETY MEETING The History of Economics Society will hold its 1989 meeting on June 10-14, at the University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia. A selection of papers presented at the conference will be published in the series on Perspectives on the History of Economic Thought. For further information, write Professor William J. Barber, Department of Economics, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06457. CALLS FOR PAPERS The Economic and Business Historical Society, which encourages interdisciplinary scholarship in economic history, will hold its 14th annual meeting at the Radisson Francis Marion Hotel in Charleston, SC, April 27-29, 1989. Members and nonmembers are invited to submit papers, to offer their services as session chairs and discussants, and to make program suggestions. Please send a two-page abstract with proposals for papers to: Professor Jack Blicksilver, President and Program Chair, EBHS, Department of Economics, Georgia State University, University Plaza, Atlanta, GA 30303. The Gulf Coast History and Humanities Conference will hold a conference in Mobile, AL March 9-11, 1989, on "The Maritime History of the Gulf Coast." Scholars are invited to submit papers and suggestions for individual sessions to Dr. George Daniels or Dr. Michael Thomason, Department of History, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36688. The Social Science History Association is scheduled to hold its 1989 meeting on November 16-19 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. Those interested in participating should send a short description of their proposed papers to Joel Mokyr, Department of Economics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 if it is on an economic history topic. Proposals in other fields of history can be sent to Carole Shammas, Department of History, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201. Deadline is February 15, 1989. FELLOWSHIPS The Hagley Museum and Library announces the availability of fellowships for 1989/ 90. Advanced research fellowships, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, support independent study in Hagley's fields of interest at its Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society. Scholars working in the humanities or in those aspects of the social sciences that employ historical or philosophical approaches are encouraged to apply. Fellow- ships are offered for six to twelve months' work, with a maximum stipend of $27,500. These fellowships are restricted to individuals pursuing advanced research; awards will not be made to degree candidates or to persons seeking support for work leading to a degree. Endowment guidelines specify that applicants must be American citizens or have been resident in the United States for three years immediately preceding the term of fellowship. Completed applications must be received by February 15, 1989; awards will be announced by April 1, 1989. Short-term grants-in-aid are also offered for the calendar year 1989. These support two to eight weeks' research in Hagley's imprint, manuscript, pictorial, and artifact collections. They are available to both degree candidates and advanced scholars. Applications will be accepted throughout the year; awards in 1989 will not exceed $750 per month of study. For additional information, please write Executive Administrator, Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society, Hagley Museum and Library, P. O. Box 3630, Wilmington, DE 19807. 912 Editors' Notes The National Research Council offers postdoctoral fellowships and grants for doctoral studies to minority scholars. For information regarding the 1989 competition and applications, please write: Fellowship Office, National Research Council, 2101 Constitution Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20418. LABOR ARCHIVES TRAVEL FUNDS AVAILABLE The Walter P. Reuther Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs at Wayne State University offers up to $700 to cover travel and expenses related to research for scholars using the Archives. The Archives' holdings include the papers of nine major unions, worker and social reform organizations, and individuals active in these groups, as well as extensive material relating to urban and international affairs, social welfare organi- zations, women's and black history, radical movements, and civil rights. The grants are intended primarily to aid graduate students working on their doctoral dissertations and junior faculty needing financial assistance to pursue research projects. For further information and application forms, please contact: Philip P. Mason, Director, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, telephone (313) 577-4024. BERKSHIRE CONFERENCE BOOK AND ARTICLE COMPETITION The Berkshire Conference of Women Historians will award its annual prizes for the best book and the best article on any historical subject written by an American woman and published during 1988. Three copies of the book or two copies of the article are required. Final deadline for submission is February 1, 1989. Send book award submissions to: Jean Christie, 34 Bellingham Lane, Great Neck, NY 11023. Send article award submissions to: Toby L. Ditz, Department of History, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218. HISTORICAL DICTIONARY A Historical Dictionary of American Industrial Language edited by William H. Mulligan, Jr., is now available from Greenwood Press, Box 5007, Westport, CT 06881. The dictionary is designed to make the specialized industrial vocabulary of earlier eras understandable and accessible. IN MEMORIAM The untimely loss of Gyorgy Ranki (1930-1988) follows closely the equally shocking deaths of Franklin Mendels and of Eduard Marz, the American-educated Austrian historian of the Creditanstalt. The Hungarian economic historian died after a brief illness earlier this year, at the apex of his career. Born in the twilight of that cultural milieu of Budapest which produced such prominent thinkers as Gyorgy Lukacs and John von Neumann, Rinki accommodated himself to many academic cultures on several continents. He wrote over a dozen books on the economic development of Hungary and the European periphery, many of which are translated into all the major languages. At the time of his death he served as director of the Historical Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Educated during what were, for Hungary, the worst years of the Stalin era, Ranki transcended the limitations of this world view. In the 1960s he was among the handful of historians who brought western ideas and social-science methods to a "socialist" country. That he published in this JOURNAL as early as 1964 demonstrates his ability to measure up to standards established outside his native land and its ruling paradigm. Editors' Notes 913 Eschewing dogmatism, he believed deeply in a scholarly community bridging national boundaries and political systems, and, above all, in the value of positive actions. R&nki had boundless energy. Active in international organizations, he hosted the 1982 meeting of the International Economic History Association (8th Congress). He wrote hundreds of articles, directed research, gave television interviews, taught in Blooming- ton, Indiana, as well as in Hungary. A month before- his death he led an official delegation to Jerusalem. He will certainly be missed by us all.