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The
Organization of the IEHA
The work of the International Economic History Association is coordinated
by the following two bodies:
General
Assembly
The General Assembly is the supreme authority of the Association.
The General Assembly consists of one representative from each member
organization of the Association and an alternate. The General Assembly
meets at least once every three or four years on the occasion of
the world congress. Among other things, the General Assembly is
responsible for:
- Approval of reports
from the Executive Committee
- Approval of the accounts
of the IEHA
- Election of the Executive
Committee and its Officers
- Authorisation of
all changes in the Statutes of the IEHA
Executive
Commitee
The Executive Committee is responsible for executing the decisions
of the General Assembly and for ensuring the realization of the
aims of the Association. This includes the drafting of the scientific
program of every World Congress, the overall responsibility for
each World Congress, and the preparation of possible changes in
the Statutes of the IEHA.The Committee meets once every year to
discuss all issues relating to the IEHA. The committee currently
consists of seventeen members:
Jan
Luiten van Zanden, president
Grietjie Verhoef, vice president
Riitta Hjerppe,
honorary president
Luis Bértola, treasurer
(first term)
Joerg
Baten, secretary general (second term)
Beverly
Lemire (second term)
Bozhong
Li (second term)
Phillippe
Minard (second term)
Yuri Petrov (second term)
Leandro
Prados de la Escosura (second term)
Kaoru
Sugihara (second term)
Franco
Amatori (first term)
Price V.
Fishback (first term)
Salomón
Kalmanovitz (first term)
Thirthankar
Roy (first term)
Catherine
Schenk (first term)
Martin
Shanahan (first term)
Besides the above mentioned
executing bodies, the IEHA is also represented by:
Former
Honorary Presidents
Kristof Glamann
Jean-Francois Bergier
Peter Mathias
Herman van der Wee
Gabriel Tortella
Roberto Cortes Conde
Richard Sutch
Local
Organizing Committee
The Local Organizing Committee is responsible for the entire organization
of the world congress, with the exception of the scientific program
which is drafted by the Executive Committee. The vice-president
of the IEHA chairs the organizing committee. Please check the webpage
of the Stellenbosch 2012
Congress for more details.
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