Announcement
It is common to refer to regional or national traditions in the history
of economics. Whether one speaks of the Austrian school, the Chicago
school, the fight between the two Cambridges, or Swedish economics, there
is an implied suggestion that specific locations play a significant role
in the making of economic discourse. While its effects and manifestations
are widely acknowledged and often taken for granted, the process itself is
rarely investigated.
The purpose of this conference will be to explore the geographies of
economics throughout time. Potential areas that might be examined include,
but are by no means limited to, the following:
- How have local, regional and national spaces shaped the theoretical
work of economics?
- How does economic science acquire universality? And how does
globalization of knowledge influence the making of economics at the
local, regional and national levels?
- What difference does it make for economic science to be produced in
different spatial settings such as, for example, a laboratory,
university office, salon, research center, classroom, library or at
home?
- How important are the various spaces in the reception (acceptance or
rejection) of ideas and more generally in the diffusion of knowledge?
- How is scientific endeavor influenced by geographical displacement?
Programme
THURSDAY,
19 October
8:00
pm
Pre-conference dinner (Swann et Vincent)
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FRIDAY,
20 October
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10:00
am
Opening lecture
Simon Naylor (University of Bristol)
Place in the History of Knowledge
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11:30
am
Loïc Charles (Université de Paris 2) and Christine Théré (INED)
The Writing Workshop of François Quesnay and the Making of Physiocracy
Discussant: Margaret Schabas, University of British Columbia and London School of Economics
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2:30
pm
António Almodovar and Maria de Fátima Brandão (CEMPRE/Universidade do Porto)
Political Economy in Context: Portugal, 1803-1911
Discussant: José Luís Cardoso (Technical University of Lisbon)
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3:30
pm
Roger Backhouse (University of Birmingham and London School of Economics)
Nationality, Place and Identity: Locating the English (Irish?) Historical School
Discussant: Harro Maas (University of Amsterdam)
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8:00
pm
Conference Dinner (Paradis Thaï) |
SATURDAY,
21 October
10:00
am
Maria Cristina Marcuzzo, Nerio Naldi, Eleonora Sanfilippo (Università di Roma 'La Sapienza') and Annalisa Rosselli (Università di Roma 'Tor Vergata')
Cambridge as a Place in Economic Science
Discussant: Guido Erreygers (University of Antwerp)
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11:30
am
Tiago Mata (University College London)
The Importance of Being Cambridge: Old School, New School and Cambridge Journal in the 1970s
Discussant: Roger Backhouse (University of Birmingham and London School of Economics)
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2:30
am
Sandra J. Peart (Baldwin-Wallace College), David Levy (George Mason University), and Robin Hanson (George Mason University)
The Rise and Preservation of the Virginia School of Political Economy
Discussant: Steve Medema (University of Colorado at Denver)
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3:30
pm
Closing lecture
David N. Livingstone (Queen's University Belfast)
Science, Site and Speech: Darwinism and the Spaces of Rhetoric
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List
of participants
Almodovar, António (CEMPRE/Universidade do Porto)
Backhouse, Roger (University of Birmingham and London School of Economics)
Bauvert, Joanna (Université de Lausanne)
Cardoso, José Luís (Technical University of Lisbon)
Charles, Loïc (University of Paris II)
Cherrier Béatrice (University of Paris X)
Erreygers, Guido (Universiteit Antwerpen)
Fátima, Brandão, Maria de (CEMPRE/Universidade do Porto)
Fleury, Jean-Baptiste (University of Paris X)
Fontaine, Philippe (Ecole normale supérieure de Cachan)
Giraud, Yann (University of Paris X)
Guillou, Laurent (University of Paris X)
Hanson, Robin (George Mason University)
Leonard, Robert (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Levallois Clément (University of Paris X)
Levy, David (George Mason University)
Livingstone, David (Queen's University Belfast)
Marcuzzo, Maria Cristina (Università di Roma 'La Sapienza')
Maas, Harro (University of Amsterdam)
Mata, Tiago (University College of London)
Medema, Steven (Univeristy of Colorado at Denver)
Naldi, Nerio (Università di Roma 'La Sapienza')
Naylor Simon (University of Bristol)
Peart, Sandra J. (Baldwin-Wallace College)
Rosselli, Annalisa (University of Roma Tor Vergata)
Sanfilippo, Eleonora (Università di Roma 'La Sapienza')
Schabas, Margaret (University of British Columbia and London School of Economics)
Théré, Christine (Institut national d'études démographiques)
Tomas Rangil, Maria Teresa (EconomiX)
Zappia, Carlo (University of Siena)
Organising
Committee
José
Luís Cardoso (Technical University of Lisbon),
Philippe Fontaine (Ecole normale supérieure de Cachan),
Robert Leonard (Université du Québec à Montréal)
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