Call for Papers
Accounting History International Conference 2028
Tokyo, Japan | 13–15 September 2028
Conference Theme
Accounting, Authority, and Accountability through Time
Call for Papers
The Accounting History International Conference 2028 invites scholars, researchers, and emerging academics to submit full papers that investigate the historical relationships between accounting, authority, and accountability. The conference provides an international platform for rigorous historical inquiry into how accounting has functioned as a mechanism through which authority is exercised, challenged, legitimised, and transformed.
The conference will take place from 13 to 15 September 2028 at Meiji Gakuin University (Shirokane Campus), Tokyo, Japan. The conference is preceded by the Accounting History International Emerging Scholars’ Colloquium on 12 September 2028, hosted at the Marunouchi Campus of Tokyo Metropolitan University. Together, these events aim to support scholarly exchange across generations and methodological traditions.
The theme, “Accounting, Authority, and Accountability through Time,” encourages participants to consider accounting not simply as a technical or administrative practice, but as a historically embedded social institution. Contributors are invited to explore how accounting practices have interacted with political authority, professional expertise, organisational control, and social responsibility in different historical contexts.
Topics of Interest
- Accounting, Authority, and Governance
- Accounting as a foundation of authority in states, empires, and governments
- Public sector accounting, regulation, and policy-making in historical perspective
- Accounting and legitimacy during periods of institutional reform and crisis
- Accountability, Transparency, and Responsibility
- Historical evolution of accountability and reporting practices
- Accounting, transparency, and public trust
- Accountability in non-profit, charitable, and religious organisations
- Professional Authority and Expertise
- Professionalisation and jurisdictional struggles in accounting
- Education, training, and the authority of accounting knowledge
- Auditing, expert judgment, and professional accountability
- Accounting in Times of Change and Disruption
- Accounting in wartime, occupation, and post-war reconstruction
- Accounting responses to economic crisis and financial instability
- Technological change and institutional adaptation
- Transnational and Comparative Perspectives
- Cross-border transfer of accounting practices and institutions
- Accounting and colonial and post-colonial governance
- Comparative studies of accounting systems and regulation
Emerging Scholars’ Colloquium
The Accounting History International Emerging Scholars’ Colloquium will be held on 12 September 2028. Doctoral candidates and early-career researchers are invited to submit papers for detailed discussion and feedback from senior scholars and journal editors.
Important Dates (Indicative)
- Full paper submission deadline: 31 March 2028
- Emerging Scholars’ Colloquium submission deadline: 31 May 2028
- Notification of acceptance: Mid-June 2028
- Revised full paper submission: 31 July 2028
- Emerging Scholars’ Colloquium: 12 September 2028
- Conference dates: 13–15 September 2028