Graduate Students
Poster Session
A poster session will run concurrently with the other sessions. Posters are a great way to invite feedback on preliminary research results. The poster session is open to everyone except those who gave a poster last year. If your poster is accepted you must be a member of the Economic History Association to present it. Simply send a 100 word abstract by July 1, 2006 to:
William Collins
Department of Economics
Vanderbilt University
Box 351819-B
Nashville, TN 37235
Email: william.collins@vanderbilt.edu
All files should be submitted in Word format. More information about the logistics of the session will be available on the EHA Meeting website as details become available. Please be sure to look at our dissertation session and prize information page. Graduate students are particularly encouraged to attend. To ease the financial burden, the EHA provides the following:
- Travel subsidies of at most $500 for domestic flights, $800 for international flights or train fare for participants presenting a paper or a poster
- Complimentary hotel rooms (with double occupancy) for up to 3 nights for participants presenting a paper or a poster
- 60% discount on the registration fee
- 80% discount on Saturday’s banquet meal
- Free dinner Friday night with other graduate students
If you would like to attend the conference but are not prepared to participate in the Poster Session, please send an email to the Meetings Coordinator, Carolyn Tuttle, to receive the meal subsidies and complementary room. Please state your name, affiliation, advisor email address, roommate preference if any, and number of the days you plan to stay in Pittsburgh. In order to receive the complimentary room the request must be receive by August 15, 2006 to:
Carolyn Tuttle
Meetings Coordinator
Economic History Association
Email: tuttleeha@lfc.edu
We will include information about each poster in the program booklet and in the registration packet. We must have a 100-word abstract from each participant. The word limit is firm. We also need the name of your main advisor and his/her email address.
To ease travel complications, we will provide the poster board. We intend to purchase Hunt Sturdy Board™ QuickStick© Foamboard 20” x 30”, White, (Office Max Item #11067061). It claims to have “pressure sensitive adhesive.” Just in case, we will also bring tacks and tape.
As you prepare your poster please remember that “Less is More.” Think of your poster as an advertisement of your paper, not as the paper itself. Your goal is to engage people in conversation and encourage them to take a copy of your paper home with them. Those who are looking at a poster want to quickly know what question you are asking, why that is an interesting question and what answer you propose. You want people to be able to see everything on your poster from a comfortable distance. That means you will want to large font (minimum 12 pt.). And remember, a picture is worth a thousand words: graphs tell a story much more effectively than words. Is there a graph that captures the puzzle addressed in your paper?
You will want to bring along approximately 25 copies of your paper which interested people can take with them. Be sure to include your name, your affiliation, email address, and a date on your title page. If you have business cards, bring those too.
The posters will be displayed in the foyer where our coffee breaks are held. This will give you maximum exposure in a minimum amount of time. There will be designated times when the poster presenters are asked to be with their posters.