THURSDAY, 16 February 2012
12:30-13:30 Registration
13:30-15:00 Arndt Lecture Theatre 1
Session 1: Regional Integration (I)
Chair: Greg Mahony (University of Canberra, Australia)
Teofilo C. Daquila (National University of Singapore): ‘Regionalism in the Southeast Asian Region: Case of ASEAN’
Bogusława Drelich – Skulska (Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland): ‘Civilizational-cultural premises of regional processes in ASEAN and the European Union’
13:30-15:00 Arndt Lecture Theatre 2
Session 2: Asian Business History
Chair: Stephen Morgan (University of Nottingham, UK)
Doug Cumming (York University, Canada), Grant Fleming (Continuity Capital Partners, Australia) and Mai Takeuchi (Wilshire Private Markets, Hong Kong): ‘Barbarians, demons and Hagetaka: A financial history of leveraged buyouts in Asia 1980-2010’
Toby Daglish (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand) and Lyndon Moore (University of Melbourne, Australia): ‘The valuation of equity futures on the Tokyo Stock Exchange 1920-1923’
Villa Vilathong (Chulalonkorn University, Thailand): ‘Khu Khaeng Magazine, marketing knowledge, and lifestyle consumption in Thailand in the 1980s’
13:30-15:00 Arndt Tutorial Room 1
Session 3: Public Spending and Economic Crisis
Chair: Trevor Kollmann (LaTrobe University, Australia)
Muhammed N. Islam (Concordia University, Canada): ‘Economic growth and state expenditure in Asia Pacific (and Other) regions from historical perspectives’
Jun Sato (Hachinohe National College of Technology, Japan): ‘The Bank of England financial advisory missions to Latin America during the Great Depression: From the perspective of the periphery’
15:00-15:30 Tea-Coffee Break (Arndt foyer)
15:30-17:00 Arndt Lecture Theatre 1
Session 4: Australian Economic History: Crises and shocks
Chair: Chris Lloyd (University of New England, Australia and Helsinki University, Finland)
Jon Stanford (FINH Pty Ltd, Brisbane, Australia):‘The financial crisis of the 1890s in colonial Queensland’
Nigel Stapledon (University of New South Wales, Australia): ‘Revisiting Australia’s terms of trade shocks and their impact’
Xin Zheng (University of Sydney, Australia): ‘Revisiting economic growth and its immunity against energy crisis: Evidence from Australia, 1970-2010’
15:30-17:00 Arndt Lecture Theatre 2
Session 5: Living Standards in the Past (I)
Chair: John Wilson (University of South Australia)
Evan Roberts (University of Minnesota, USA), Kris Inwood (University of Guelph, Canada) and Les Oxley (University of Canterbury, New Zealand): ‘Height, weight and mortality in the past: New evidence from a late nineteenth century New Zealand cohort’
Stephen L. Morgan (University of Nottingham, UK), Shujuo Chen (National Natural History Museum of Taiwan) and Christopher Isett (University of Minnesota, USA): ‘Height and human welfare in early-to-mid Qing China (1680-1750)’
Martine Mariotti (Australian National University): ‘Living standards in South Africa’s former homelands’
15:30-17:00 Arndt Tutorial Room 1
Session 6: History of Welfare: Employment and Housing
Chair: Frank Cain (University of New South Wales, UNSW@ADFA)
Trevor M. Kollmann (La Trobe University, Australia): ‘Built with good intentions? An examination of public housing projects on local communities’
Sejung Park (Seoul National University, South Korea): ‘Analysis of Jeonse price determinants’
17:00-17:30 Free time
17:30-19:30 Conference reception and launch of the ANU Centre for Economic History (main foyer CBE Building, opposite the Arndt Building)
FRIDAY, 17 February 2012
9:00-10:30 Arndt Lecture Theatre 1
Session 7: Regional Integration (II)
Chair: Teofilo Daquila (National University of Singapore)
Greg Mahony and Chris Sadleir (University of Canberra, Australia): ‘Exploring limits to integration’
Bui Thi Lan Huong (French-Vietnamese Center for Management Education, Vietnam): ‘Open regionalism in the Asia-Pacific rim: The case of Vietnam during the 1990s’
Eko NM Saputro (Deakin University, Australia): ‘Financial regionalism in East Asia: Indonesian perspective’
9:00-10:30 Arndt Lecture Theatre 2
Session 8: Protectionism
Chair: Gordon Boyce (University of Newcastle, Australia)
John K. Wilson and Martin Shanahan (University of South Australia): ‘Trade talks and federation: An analysis of the composition of tariff policy’
Hochul Shin (Seoul National University, South Korea): ‘Trade protection and the performance of Korean industries: 1967-1993’
Eugene Beaulieu and Jevan Cherniwchan (University of Calgary, Canada): ‘Tariff structure, trade expansion and Canadian protectionism from 1870-1910’
9:00-10:30 Arndt Tutorial Room 1
Session 9: Tasman Worlds
Chair: Les Oxley (University of Canterbury and University of Waikato, New Zealand)
Keir Reeves (Monash University, Australia), Chris McConville (Victoria University, Australia), and Andrew Reeves (Monash University, Australia): ‘Trans-Tasman connections: Historical linkages between Central-Western Victoria, Australia and Otago, New Zealand and their legacy in the early 21st Century’
Brian Easton (Independent Scholar, New Zealand): ‘Five great stagnations’
Christopher Lloyd (University of New England, Australia and Helsinki University, Finland): ‘The lucky country syndrome in Australia: Resources, social democracy, and regimes of development in historical political economy perspective’
10:30-11:00 Tea-Coffee Break (Arndt foyer)
11:00-12:30 Arndt Lecture Theatre 1
Session 10: Statebuilding
Chair: Niv Horesh (University of Western Sydney, Australia)
Pauline Grosjean (University of New South Wales, Australia): ‘Conflict trap or state building? International wars, civil conflicts and social and political preferences’
Sri Rahayu Hijrah Hati and Aida Idris (University of Malaya, Malaysia): ‘The social movement and social enterprise development in the emergence of Indonesia, 1895-1945’
Benito J. Legarda Jr (Independent Scholar, Philippines): ‘The Spanish flag over an Anglo-Chinese commercial colony: The Philippines in the nineteenth century’
11:00-12:30 Arndt Lecture Theatre 2
Session 11: History of Australian manufacturing
Chair: Simon Ville (University of Wollongong, Australia)
Pierre van der Eng (Australian National University): ‘European integration and Australian manufacturing industry: The case of Philips Electronics, 1960s-1970s’
David Prentice (La Trobe University, Australia): ‘What delays the rise of an industry? The long slow birth of Lehigh Valley cement’
Jock Given (Swinburne University, Australia): ‘ Turning on the Wireless: Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) (AWA), 1913-46′
11:00-12:30 Arndt Tutorial Room 1
Session 12: Histories of Economic Thought and Accounting
Chair: Larry Lepper (Victoria University Wellington, New Zealand)
Kwangsu Kim (Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea): ‘Adam Smith: the historian’s method and practice’
Verhoef, Grietjie (University of Johannesburg, South Africa): ‘Economic integration through knowledge integration. The impact of IFRS on the globalisation of accounting firms and corporate business in South Africa’
12:30-13:30 Buffet Lunch (Arndt foyer)
13:30-15:00 Arndt Lecture Theatre 1
Session 13: Early Modern Economic History
Chair: Martine Mariotti (Australian National University)
Greg Barrett (University of Canberra, Australia): ‘An exploration of the role of Portugal in the economic integration of Asia and Europe with a focus on the pepper market’
Laura Panza (La Trobe University, Australia):‘Globalisation and the Ottoman Empire: A study of integration between Ottoman and world cotton markets’
13:30-15:00 Arndt Lecture Theatre 2
Session 14: Australian Business Archives
Chair: Lyndon Moore (University of Melbourne, Australia)
Maggie Shapley (Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University): ‘New acquisitions of business records at the Noel Butlin Archives Centre’
Katrina Dean (University of Melbourne Archives, Australia): ‘New acquisitions of business records at the University of Melbourne archives’
Monica Keneley (Deakin University, Australia): ‘Enhancing the accessibility of accounting and business archives: The role of technology in informing research in accounting and business’
15:00-15:30 Tea-coffee Break (Ardnt foyer)
15:45-17:15 Arndt Lecture Theatre 1
Keynote Noel Butlin lecture
Introduction and moderator: Martin Shanahan, President of the Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand
Price Fishback (University of Arizona, USA): ‘Coming out of economic crisis: What worked and what did not in Roosevelt’s New Deal’
17:15-18:15 Arndt Lecture Theatre 2
EHSANZ general meeting
17:15-19:00 Jazz in the Garden and pre-dinner drinks at Fellows Garden (University House)
19:00-22:00 Conference dinner at the Common Room (University House)
SATURDAY 18 February 2012
9:00-10:30 Arndt Lecture Theatre 1
Session 15: History of pastoral societies
Chair: Brian Easton (independent scholar, New Zealand)
Leo Dobes (Australian National University): ‘Sir Sidney Kidman: Australia’s cattle king as pioneer of adaptation to climatic uncertainty’
Simon Ville (University of Wollongong, Australia) and David Merrett (University of Melbourne, Australia): ‘Knowledge and communication in the global wool industry since 1890’
Edwyna Harris (Monash University, Australia): ‘The economic implications of law: Nineteenth century legal innovation in New South Wales, the case of the wool lien’
9:00-10:30 Arndt Lecture Theatre 2
Session 16: Living Standards in the Past (II)
Chair: Kris Inwood (University of Guelph, Canada)
John K Wilson (University of South Australia): ‘Using neonatal gender ratios to measure well-being – A first look’
Timothy J. Hatton (University of Essex, UK and Australian National University): ‘How have Europeans grown so tall?’
Ekaterina Sadetskaya (University of Canterbury, New Zealand) and Les Oxley (University of Canterbury and University of Waikato, New Zealand): An investigation of aggregate and regional mortality trends in New Zealand, 1858-1940
10:30-11:00 Tea-Coffee Break (Arndt foyer)
11:00-12:30 Arndt Lecture Theatre 1
Session 17: Money, Prices and Wages
Chair: Martin Shanahan (University of South Australia)
Ekaterina Sadetskaya and Les Oxley (University of Canterbury, New Zealand): ‘Analysing New Zealand provincial consumer price indices and real wages by occupation, 1885-1913’
Niv Horesh (University of Western Sydney, Australia): ‘Modes of coin production and circulation across Eurasia’
11:00-12:30 Arndt Lecture Theatre 2
Session 18: Industrial Organisation
Chair: Greg Barrett (University of Canberra, Australia)
Gordon Boyce, (University of Newcastle, Australia): ‘The development of commercial infrastructure for world shipping’
Wayne Geerling (La Trobe University, Australia) and Gary Magee (Monash University, Australia): ‘F.W. Taylor and the East German workplace’
11:00-12:30 Arndt Tutorial Room 1
Session 19: Themes in Australian Business History
Chair: Pierre van der Eng (Australian National University)
Brian Randall (State Library of Queensland, Australia): ‘The Queensland business leaders hall of fame’
Frank Cain (University of New South Wales/Australian Defence Force Academy): ‘Problems in governmental finances and banking in NSW during the Great Depression: Lack of local economic integration in Australia’
12:30-13:30 Buffet Lunch (Arndt foyer)
Conference ends
13:00-17:30 Optional Canberra City Tours (see Tours/Events in Canberra above)
SUNDAY 19 February 2012
9:00-17:00 Optional Canberra Region Cold Climate Winery Tour (see Tours/Events in Canberra above)
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