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CALL FOR PAPERS 
 
Money, Power & Prose:  An Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Financial 
Revolution in the British Isles, 1688-1756 
 
Regina (Saskatchewan, Canada), 24-26 June 2004 Co-sponsored by Newbury 
College & the University of Regina 
 
 
During the sixty or so years following the Glorious Revolution of 1688, the 
British Isles witnessed a period of rapid innovation in the methods of 
public and private finance.  Ever-rising levels of public expenditure went 
hand in hand with increased public borrowing, and banks and stock markets 
became prominent features of everyday life.  The new arrangements disrupted 
established hierarchies and redistributed privilege and political power. 
 
Contemporary observers commented widely on this financial revolution, 
generating a rich and diverse body of work ranging from pedestrian 
pamphlets to scholarly treatises to engaging satires.  This literature has 
long been the subject of careful study.  But for the most part specialists 
have worked to their own disciplinary standards, unaware of developments in 
other fields.  The goal of this colloquium is to gather scholars from a 
range of disciplines to work together to improve our collective 
understanding. 
 
We invite proposals for papers considering any aspect of the contemporary 
response to the financial revolution.  We welcome work from any discipline, 
but expect participants to write for a general, interdisciplinary audience. 
Authors should seek to inform those working in other disciplines about the 
interpretive consensus, or important new developments, in their own fields. 
 
The colloquium will be organized as a series of workshop discussions of a 
common set of readings that will be circulated in advance. 
 
Early expressions of interest are strongly encouraged.  Formal proposals 
(1-2 pages in length) indicating topic, main propositions, and approach, 
must be received no later than 28 February 2004.  Proposals may be 
submitted to any of the three colloquium organizers:  Chris 
Fauske([log in to unmask]), Rick Kleer ([log in to unmask]), or Ivar 
McGrath ([log in to unmask]). 
 
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