Message from the president [2002, Vol. 25, no. 2]

              Message From the President
Now that my presi­dency
is about to end, I
am looking back at the
year's events and for­ward
to the Academy's
future. Perhaps the
most significant to our
organization is the con­tinued
improvement in
The Accounting Histo­rians
Journal. The progress has
occurred over time and over sev­eral
editorships, resulting in a
high-quality publication. The
most recent issues of AHJ are
testimony to its scholarship.
Thanks goes to many for the
academic quality now reflected
in the journal, but particular rec­ognition
should go to Steve
Walker for his editorship, and to
his reviewers and the recent au­thors
for their contributions.
Since the fall of 2001, I have
attended several international
conferences on accounting his­tory
and have learned that ac­counting
history is actively and
passionately being conducted
globally. Academy members,
especially those in the United
States, ought to consider partici­pating
in international confer­ences
simply for the opportunity
for lively interaction with others
who share a love for accounting
history. I found this to
be true in Cardiff,
Wales, at the annual
Accounting, Business
and Financial Account­ing
History Conference
(held in September
each year) and at the
Accounting and Man­agement
History Con­ference
in France (held in the
spring each year—2002 in Poit­iers,
2003 in Paris). When the
9th World Congress of Account­ing
Historians met in Melbourne,
Australia, at the end of July
2002, there was also an out­standing
experience. More than
one-hundred folks gathered from
around the globe to share their
research passion for accounting
history.
The Academy-sponsored events,
the research conference in Santa
Fe, New Mexico, in November,
2001, and the research workshop
in San Antonio, Texas, in Au­gust,
2002, were special because
they drew not only scholars with
international reputations, but
also young researchers who
benefited from advice, feedback,
encouragement and constructive
criticism from sharing, generous,
experienced scholars. These ac-
The Accounting Historians Notebook, April 2002
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