The eighth Accounting History International Conference: “Accounting’s history in diverse industries and other settings”

Ballarat, Australia, 19–21 August 2015

Sponsored by: The Business School, University of Ballarat, Australia and Accounting History Special Interest Group of the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand

While papers will be accepted across the full range of accounting history topics and methodological and theoretical perspectives, authors are encouraged to address topics relevant to the conference theme: “Accounting’s history in diverse industries and other settings”. This involves studying accounting in the distinctive business and non-business contexts in which it is situated and may include, but is not limited to, historical studies of:

Accounting innovation within particular industries;

Industry specific accounting rules, standards and related regulations;

The role of accounting in enabling or inhibiting the growth of particular industries;

Transfers of accounting technology between industries;

Adaptations to accounting technology made within particular industries;

Industry specific textbooks and educational programmes;

Unique accounting issues within particular industries;

Accounting in distinctive non-industrial settings, such as religious orders, hospitals, not-for-profit entities, and government and public sector institutions

Submission and Review of Papers: Papers written in the English language and complying with the Accounting History manuscript style should be submitted in Word format no later than 8 February 2015 to ballarat.ahic@rmit.edu.au. All papers will be subject to a double-blind refereeing process and will be published on the Conference website, as refereed conference proceedings, unless otherwise advised. A special issue of the journal on the conference theme is scheduled to be published following the event.

Notification of Acceptance: Notification of papers accepted for inclusion in the conference programme will be made by 10 April 2015.

An Emerging Scholars’ Colloquium will be held immediately prior to the conference.

Inquiries may be directed to the Conference Convener, Brian West, Business School, University of Ballarat at the following email address: b.west@ballarat.edu.au

About Ballarat

The historical Australian city of Ballarat is situated just over an hour by rail or road to the west of the state capital of Melbourne. Ballarat was founded during the gold rush of the 1850s and is often identified as the birthplace of Australian democracy. The city’s rich history – both literally and figuratively – is preserved in its historic buildings, streetscapes and art gallery. The Sovereign Hill theme park recreates the era of the gold rush, while the Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka celebrates the gold miners’ 1854 rebellion and houses the original Eureka flag. Other notable tourist attractions include the Gold Museum, a wildlife park, botanic gardens and the scenic Lake Wendouree. Further information about visiting Ballarat can be found at http://visitballarat.com.au/