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Call for papers: 8th World Congress of CliometricsWe invite you to submit a paper to the 8th World Congress of Cliometrics that will take place in Strasbourg, France, July 4-7, 2017: http://www.cliometrie.org/en/conferences/world-congress-of-cliometricsThe World Congress is designed to provide extensive discussion of new and innovative research in economic history, with an expected 90-100 papers to be selected for presentation and discussion.Those wishing to present a paper should provide an abstract and a 3-5 page summary of the proposed paper. Submissions will be accepted only in electronic form: http://www.cliometrie.org/en/paper-submission. At least one author of an accepted paper must be a member of the Cliometric Society. You may join the Cliometric Society at: http://cliometrics.org/membership.htmWe particularly encourage paper proposals from graduate students. A grant from the National Science Foundation provides competitive support for travel and accommodations for students on the program.A 45 minute session is devoted to each paper, in which authors have 5 minutes to make an opening statement and the rest of the session (40 minutes) is dedicated to discussion among all conference participants in the spirit of the annual cliometric conferences.All sessions will be held at the Strasbourg Convention Centre.Calendar:- Proposals due: January 29, 2017- Authors notified of acceptance of paper: March 1, 2017- Due date for accepted papers: April 21, 2017- World Clio Meeting in Strasbourg: July 4-7, 2017Questions? Please contact clio2017@hawaii.edu and/or cdiebolt@unistra.fr