26th ESHET Summer School. History of Economic Thought, Economic Philosophy and Economic History

"New Persectives in Economics, New Topics in History of Economics"

September 2-6, 2024
Room 2019 (Building 696)
Facultat d'Economia i Empresa
University of Barcelona

The ESHET Summer School has benefitted from the generous support of these institutions:

Programme [pdf]

Monday. September 2

12:00 – 13:00 | Registration (Room 2019)

13:00 – 14:15 | Lunch (Faculty Canteen)

14:15 – 14:30 | Welcom Adress. Antonio di Paolo, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business. Marc Prat, Vice-Head of the Department Economic History, Institutions, Politics and World Economy,  University of Barcelona

14:30 – 15:45 | Lecture 1. Joan Martínez Alier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona). "Land, Water, Air and Freedom. The Making of World Movement for Environmental Justice". Chair: André Lapidus

15:45 – 16:15 | Coffee Break

16:15 – 18:15 | Students' Presentations 1
Chair: Harald Hagemann

• Lucie Rondeau (CNS CIRED Paris): "'The indian fuel problem' under British rule: 'national question' and regional solutions" (discussed by Kai Brüggerman)
• Carlos Ezquerra (Generalitat de Catalunya): "Adolph Lowe's Political Economics: Towards an emergency economic science" (discussed by Victoriya Gvozdyeva)
• Katarzyina Klosowicz-Toborek (Krakow University of Economics): "The shape of the socio-economics after World War II in J.M. Keynes's concept" (discussed by Christina Christodoulidou)

19:00 | Welcome driniks. Col·legi Penyafort-Montserrat (Av. Diagonal, 639, Barcelona)

Tuesday, September 3

9:00 – 11:00 | Students' presentations 2
Chair: Paolo Pesani

• Kai Brüggerman (University of Hamburg): "The Keynes-Ramsey controversy: Tracing dividing lines in the analysis of time and uncertainity in 20th century economis" (discussed by Thomas Perronet)
• Lukas Starchl (Karl-Franzens-University Graz): "Ludwig von Mises and Ideas of Supranational Governance in 20th Century Vienna" (discussed by Thomas Irace)
• Andrés Oliva-Duarte (Universidad de Zaragoza): "Luis María Pastor on Banking. Ideas and Intellectual Sources" (discussed by Vincent Zanello)

11:00 – 11:45 | Coffee Break

11:45 – 13:00 | Lecture 2. Begoña Pérez (University of Zaragoza). "Flora Tristan and Romantic Socialism". Chair: Alfonso Sánchez Hormigo

13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch (Faculty Canteen)

14:00 – 16:00 — Students' presentations 3
Chair: Jean-Sébastien Lenfant

• Christina Christodoulidou (Panteion University Athens): "Kyriakos Varvaressos's Program 1945 and the critique" (discussed by Katarzyna Klosowicz-Toborek)
• Julie Audureau (University of Strasbourg): "Exploring Responsability: Luck-Egalitarianism and its Implications for Climate Justice" (discussed discussed by Tristan Ferreira)
• Krystian Fillippo Maria Bua (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna): "The Growth of Finance in the Long-Run" (discussed by Eva Jacob)

16:00 – 16:30 | Cofee Break

16:30 – 18:30 | Tutorials

20:30 | Dinner Scientific Committee. Restaurant L'Olive (Carrer de Balmes, 47, 08007 Barcelona)

Wednesday, September 4

9:00 – 10:15 | Lecture 3. Elodie Bertrand (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne). "Commodification studies: (how) do some markets endanger democracy and justice?". Chair: José Manuel Menudo

10:15 – 11:00 | Coffee Break

11:00 – 13:00 | Students' presentations 4
Chair: Çinla Akdere

• Vincent Zanello (BETA — Université de Strasbourg): "Understanding Consumer Sovereigntiy According to William H. Hutt" (discussed by Carlos Ezquerra)
• Eva Jacob (BETA — Université de Strasbourg): "The evolution of Basic Income research, a bibliometrical approach" (discussed discussed by Krystian Bua)
• Thomas Perronet (PHARE — Université Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne): "Economic Growth(s) and satiety in Harrod's thought (1924-1974)" (discussed by Andrés Oiva)

13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch (Faculty Canteen)

14:00 – 15:15 | Lecture 4. Estrella Trincado (University Complutense of Madrid). "New Perspectives in HET on the Interdisciplinary betweeen Science, Innovation and Economics". Chair: Herrade Igersheim

15:15 – 17:15 | Tutorials

18:00 | Guided Visit Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC), Palau Nacional, Parc de Montjuïc, s/n, Sants-Monjuïc, 8038 Barcelona

9:00 – 11:00 | Students' presentations 5
Chair: Nathalie Sigot

• Tristan Ferreira Rocha (Universitat de Barcelona): "Is Walrasian liberal socialism a project of political philosophy? A rereading of the first social question" (discussed by Lukas Starchl)
• Thomas Irace (Université Lumière Lyon 2 — TRIANGLE): "Governing the Commoed: the Colonial Office, primary products policy and the beginnings of devolopment economics in Britain" (discussed discussed by Alexey Upravitelev)
• Clara Sarasa (Universidad de Valencia): "Political Elite in 18th Century Spain: A Systematic Analysis (1701-1808)" (discussed by Jason Lesne)

11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:45 | Lecture 5. Giacomo Benati and Sergi Lozano (Universitat de Barcelona). "The Network Structure of the Urban Revolution". Chair: Javier San Julián

13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch (Faculty Canteen)

14:00 – 16:00 | Tutorials

17:00 | Guided Visit Ajuntament de Barcelona, Pl. Sant Jaume, 1, 08001 Barcelona

20:30 | Social Dinner. Restaurant Ca la Nuri, Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 08003 Barcelona

Divendres, 6 de setembre

9:00 – 11:00 | Students' Presentations 6
Chair: Michel Zouboulakis

• Jason Lesne (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne): "Adam Smith's Critique of the East India Company's Sovereignity: Analyzing the Additions in the Third Edition of the The Wealth of Nations" (discussed by Clara Sarasa)
• Vitoriya Gvozdyeva (University of Lausanne): "Mihailo Tuhan-Baronovsky's work on cooperation theory and policies" (discussed discussed by Lucie Rondeau)
• Alexey Upravitelev (University of Trento): "Mechanisms of Persistence in Historical Economy" (discussed by Julie Auderau)

11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:45 | Lecture 6. Alfonso Herranz (University of Barcelona). "60 years after Fogel's social savings: Can we really measure the impact of railways on economic growth?"

12:45 – 13:30 | Concluding session

13:30 – 15:00 | Farewell Lunch (Faculty Canteen)

Local Organizing Committee
Guillermo Antuña Martínez (PhD Student, University of Barcelona)
Tristan Ferreira Rocha (PhD Student, University of Barcelona)
Alfonso Herranz Loncán (Professor, University of Barcelona)
Marc Prat Sabartés (Associate Professor, University of Barcelona)
Javier San Julián Arrupe (Associate Professor, University of Barcelona)
Nathalie Sigot (Professor, Université Paris 1)
Marta Serra (Administration, University of Barcelona)

Scientific Committee
Çinla Akdere (Middle East Technical University, Turquey)
Richard Arena (Université de Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, France)
José Luís Cardoso (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)
Harald Hagemann (Universität Hohenheim, Germany)
Herrade Igersheim (Université de Strasbourg, France)
André Lapidus (Université Paris 1, France)
Jean-Sébastien Lenfant (Université Paris 1, France)
Paolo Paesani (Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy)
Javier San Julián Arrupe (University of Barcelona, Spain)
Nathalie Sigot (Université Paris 1, France)
Michel Zouboulakis (University of Thessaly, Greece)

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