Organizational History Network The 2025 BHC Doctoral Colloquium (DC) in Business History will be held in Atlanta, Georgia on March 13th. The participants will be invited to a welcome dinner on March 12th in Atlanta. Typically limited to ten students, the colloquium is open to doctoral candidates who are pursuing dissertation research within the broad field of business history from any relevant discipline (e.g., from economic sociology, political science, cultural anthropology, or management, as well as history). Most participants are in year 3 or 4 or their degree program, though in some instances applicants at a later stage make a compelling case that their thesis research had evolved in ways that led them to see the advantages of an intensive engagement with business history. We welcome proposals from students working within any thematic area of business history. Topics may range from the early modern era to the present, and explore societies across the globe. Participants work intensively with a distinguished group of BHC-affiliated scholars (including the incoming BHC president), discussing dissertation proposals, relevant literatures and research strategies, and career trajectories. Applications (a statement of interest; CV; and a letter of support from the dissertation supervisor (or prospective supervisor)), and a three to five page presentation of the PhD project are due by December 9th, 2024, via email to Carol Lockman (clockman@Hagley.org). Questions about the colloquium should be sent to its director, Prof. Eric Godelier (eric.godelier@polytechnique.edu). Applicants will receive notification of the selection committee decisions by mid-January 2025. If they travel to Atlanta, all participants will receive a stipend that partially defrays travel costs to the annual meeting. If accepted, Colloquium participants have a choice of pre-circulating one of the following:
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Friday, 15 November 2024
Doctoral Colloquium 2025: Atlanta, Georgia
Tuesday, 12 November 2024
Launch Day!
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Wednesday, 6 November 2024
Being a Scholar in Trumpian times
Being a Scholar in Trumpian timesSome thoughts about doing the right thing as an academic in an autocracy
It’s only normal to be stunned, as the US just voted “yes” for authoritarianism and against democracy. Which was a yes for hate against immigrants and trans people, against climate action and reproductive healthcare access, and so on. We all understand the stakes. I’ve been trying to process this harm and connecting with friends who are at greater risk, trying to muddle on before figuring out how to move forward. In search of advice, funnily enough I just found inspiration from… myself? When Trump was elected eight years ago, I was more worried about how to navigate that new future. I ended up writing an opinion piece for the Chronicle of Higher Education entitled “Being a Scholar in Trumpian Times.” It was precisely about how we as academics need to move forward in authoritarian times. I gave it a re-read, and I think it’s more relevant now than ever. Curiously enough, while The Chronicle has full archive of my pieces that they’ve published, this is the one piece that somehow got memory-holed out of the archive. Not sure how much I should read into that. I can’t find the original piece online, but since The Chronicle doesn’t want it up anymore, I’ll take the liberty of republishing it here for you. I found it affirming and it showed some steel and sense of purpose that I had several weeks after the ill-fated election of 2016, which gives me hope that I’ll find it again in myself soon enough. Maybe it can give you a little hope, too. Here goes: As academics, our job responsibilities weren’t changed by the election of Donald Trump. But his presidency does promise to make our jobs more difficult — and our work more important than ever. Like free speech and freedom of the press, scholarly inquiry is an ingredient of a functional democracy. With our federal government careening toward an anti-intellectual autocracy — led by a science-denying president who panders to white male insecurities and prejudices — the open exchange of ideas is as essential as ever. I've given a lot of thought lately to how we as academics can carry on. And I've identified four responsibilities we face as members of the academic community.
As academics, our job is the same under a Trump administration: We research, we teach, we conduct outreach, and we build a supportive community. However, we must redouble our efforts, because with anti-intellectuals running the show, our work and our community service is needed now more than ever. If we isolate our teaching, research, and service within the walls of our universities, then we are complicit in the disregard for the value of our work. We must engage.
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