Forwarded from H-Teach by Ross B. Emmett ______________________________________________________________________ Date: Sat, 11 Nov 1995 13:26:05 EST From: Judith A Miller <[log in to unmask]> The Atlanta-based Seminar for the Comparative History of Labor, Industrialization, Technology and Society announces a conference to be held in Atlanta, on the Emory University campus, March 15-16, 1996. The eight panelists will present a cross-national examination of the relationship between political and economic change during the "long nineteenth century." This is an attempt to bring new methods and perspectives to bear on the development of capitalism in America, France, Germany and Great Britain. Any interested scholars are warmly invited to attend and to participate in discussion. "STATE AND ECONOMY: SHAPING CAPITALISM, 1750-1914" SESSION 1: NASCENT CAPITALISM, 1750-1850 (Friday, March 15, Afternoon Session) Jean-Pierre Hirsch (Lille, France) "Controlling Capitalism: The French State" Maxine Berg (Warwick, UK) "Small Producer Capitalism in Eighteenth-Century England" Michael Merrill (Rutgers) "The Capitalist State and the Anticapitalist Economy in the United States, 1750-1850" Discussion RECEPTION SESSION 2: MATURE CAPITALISM, 1850-1914 (Saturday Morning, March 16) Alan Dawley (Trenton State) TBA Peter Cain (Birmingham, UK) "Gentlmanly Capitalism, the City of London and Economic Policy, 1850-1914" Jean Quataert (SUNY-Binghamton) "Dynastic Loyalty and National Identity in Central Europe: The Role of Philanthropy in the Construction of the German State, 1770-1914" Discussion LUNCH SESSION 3: MAKING COMPARISONS OVER TIME AND SPACE Afternoon, Saturday, March 16 Jan Gross (NYU) Charles Maier (Harvard University) Discussion Conference Conclusion The Seminar for the Comparative History of Labor, Industrialization, Technology and Society (SCHLITS) is a joint program led by faculty from Georgia State University, The Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University. It sponsors a monthly roundtable where guests present recent research for discussion; an annual workshop; and a graduate seminar leading to a graduate certificate. For further information on the March 1996 conference or on the SCHLITS programs, please contact: by mail: Jonathan Prude Department of History Emory University Atlanta, GA 30322 by email: Nancy Koppelman [log in to unmask] or Judith Miller [log in to unmask] We will be happy to provide information on the program, conference lodging and meals, and other sights to see while visiting Atlanta.