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"Economic thinking proceeds both by accumulation and elimination. Elimination is not always for the best. The global financial crisis is a vivid example. Many discarded theories turned out to be relevant. More knowledge of history of thought would have prepared us better" (Olivier Blanchard).
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28th Annual ESHET Conference: TORINO, May 22-24, 2025
"It's the end of economics (as we know it)", or the changing status of economics from a historical perspective.
Website: https://www.eshet-conference.net/torino
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eshet2025/
Conference venue: Università di Torino, Campus Luigi Einaudi, Lungo Dora Siena 100A, 10153 Torino. Main sponsors: Dipartimento di Economia e Statistica "Cognetti de Martiis" (website) and Fondazione Luigi Einaudi, Torino
Proposals for papers or sessions on all aspects of the history of economic thought are welcome. As usual, participation in the conference is restricted to ESHET members. Renew your membership... or become an ESHET member.
Save the date! And note that there are at least 10 other good reasons to participate in the ESHET Conference in Torino.
We are eager to receive your thoughts about how ESHET2025 should be. Send us suggestions, and feel free to contact us for any inquiries.
Contacts: eshet2025@unito.it
27th Summer School on History of Economic Thought, Economic Philosophy and Economic History
"Capitalism, democracy and justice". Rome, 1-5 September 2025.
The 2025 ESHET Summer School in History of Economic Thought, Economic Philosophy, and
Economic History will take place in Rome, organised by the Department of Literature,
Philosophy and Art History of the University of Rome Tor Vergata and PHARE (University of Paris 1 - Panthéon-Sorbonne).
The Summer School is open to Ph.D. students and young scholars (Ph.D. degree obtained after
January 2023) in History of Economic Thought, Economic Philosophy, or Economic History.
Approximately 20 proposals will be selected for presentation.
Papers will be selected from extended abstracts in English of 750 to 1000 words, or full-paper
proposals of up to 7500 words.
The abstract submission deadline is May 31st, 2025.
Abstracts must be sent together with a CV and a letter of recommendation from a supervisor,
to paolo.paesani@uniroma2.it. Applications not including all of the required documents – abstract or full paper in English, CV, and a letter of recommendation – will not be taken into consideration.
Participants are expected to make their own travel arrangements and pay their travel costs.
The registration fee is 150€. Registration fees include accommodation in CampusX Roma Tor Vergata.
The Summer school will be held at the Department of Literature, Philosophy and Art History, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Columbia 1.
Notification of acceptance: June 30th, 2025
Submission of the final paper by August 18th, 2025
Registration and fee payment should be made by July 21st, 2025.
ESHET Research Grant Scheme - Call for Proposals
ESHET Research Grant Scheme - Call for Proposals
Following an announcement during the last General Assembly on the 10th of May 2024, ESHET is resuming its Research Grant Scheme with the aim of fostering innovative and small-scale research initiatives without the usual administrative and management costs associated with international competitive research programmes.
Applications are open to ESHET members and grants will usually be awarded to projects featuring early career scholars. An ‘early career scholar’ is defined as someone who has completed a PhD no more than seven years from the date of the deadline for the application. Scholars who in that period have been on parental leave or had other reasons for career breaks can ask for an extension of the seven-year period (an extension of one year per child is possible).
A small number (1 or 2) research projects annually will be funded up to an amount of € 2000.
The duration of each research project is typically one year, with the obligation to present a final report at the end of the project. The research projects should commence between 1 January 2025 and 30 June 2025. Projects must be completed by 30 June 2026.
The ESHET Executive Committee and Council invite proposals of up to 1500 words outlining the aims of the research project, a plan of implementation and a costing.
For further details of the requirements for proposals please read the full specification of the grant scheme on the ESHET website: https://www.eshet.net/public/
Research proposals will be judged by a three-person jury that will be composed after the closing date of the call. The jury reserves the right to not fund any projects in case that none of the proposals submitted are deemed worthy of funding. The assessment of the project proposals will be based on the quality, the scientific merit and the innovativeness of the project, as presented in the proposal.
The deadline for the submission of proposals is 15 December 2024.
Please address proposals to the ESHET General Secretary, Sylvie Rivot (email: rivot@unistra.fr)
The decision of the jury will be announced by 30 December 2024.
ESHET Awards 2025 - Call for Nominations
The ESHET Council invites nominations for the Awards that will be announced at the next annual Conference in Torino, Italy, 22-25 May 2025.
1/ The BEST MONOGRAPH AWARD is for the best book (not necessarily written in English) in the history of economic thought published during 2023 or 2024. The author can be from any part of the world. The winner will be invited to attend the Society Conference that follows the announcement of the prize to deliver the Jérôme-Adolphe Blanqui Lecture. Note that, in supplement, the Council can also give a BEST SCHOLARLY EDITION AWARD.
2/ The HISTORY OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AWARD is for the best article (not necessarily written in English) in the history of economic thought, published in the issue of a scientific journal during 2023 or 2024. Candidates can be from any part of the world. The winner will be invited to attend the Society Conference that follows the announcement of the prize, and will receive 500 euro.
3/ The ESHET YOUNG RESEARCHER AWARD. This prize recognizes scholarly achievements of historians of economic thought at an early stage of their career. The prize is awarded to scholars below the age of 40 at the time of the annual conference in recognition of outstanding publications in the history of economic thought. It consists of 1,000 euro and a waiving of the conference fee when the prize is awarded.
4/ The GILLES DOSTALER AWARD is an award created in the memory of Gilles Dostaler, thanks to the generosity of his widow Marielle Cauchy. This prize recognizes scholarly achievements of young research fellows working on one of Gilles Dostaler’s many fields of interest — e.g., Marx and Classical political economy, Keynes, Hayek, critical approaches to free markets theories, relationships between economics, politics, philosophy and ethics, etc. It is awarded to scholars below the age of 35 at the time of the annual conference in recognition of an outstanding article not necessarily already published or published within the two previous years. It consists of 500 euro and a waiving of the conference fee when the prize is awarded.
Nominations should be sent as soon as possible, but not later than 30 December 2024 to the Chair of the relevant panel:
1/ Best Book Award & Scholarly Edition Award: Renee Prendergast (r.prendergast@qub.ac.uk)
2/ Best Article Award: Nathalie Sigot (nathalie.sigot@univ-paris1.fr
3/ Young Researcher Award: Carlo Zappia (carlo.zappia@unisi.it)
4/ Gilles Dostaler Award: Michel Zouboulakis (mzoub@uth.gr)
Please note also the following points.
1/ Self-nominations are not accepted for any of the prizes.
Nominations for the book and article prizes should include:
(i) Full bibliographic details of the book or article.
(ii) A short statement (in English) of why the book or article merits being considered for a prize.
(iii) An electronic copy of the book or article, if this is available.
2/ Nominations for the Young Researcher Award should include:
(i) A short resume stating the achievements of the candidate.
(ii) A CV with list of publications.
Subsequently each nominee will be asked to submit to the Council three publications on which s/he wishes to be judged.
The final decision on each of the prizes will be made by the Council of ESHET in Torino.
Rules for Awards
- No current member of the Council, Executive Committee or Senate is eligible for an academic prize or grant awarded by ESHET.
- Nobody can receive more than one award of the Society for the same work.
- Any member of an awarding committee needs to declare the extent of his/her institutional connections and/or extent of collaboration with the persons eligible for academic prizes.
Honorary Member: Tony Aspromourgos
The ESHET Council offers honorary membership to distinguished scholars in the field of the history of economic thought. The list of Honorary Members is at https://www.eshet.net/honorary-members/.
Tony Aspromourgos (University of Sydney, Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA)) has been nominated Honorary Member in 2024, and will give his lecture at the ESHET Annual Conference in Torino.
Mauro Boianovski
Mauro Boianovsky recently passed away.
Former ESHET President Hans-Michael Trautwein recalls Mauro's qualities and research achievements in a tribute.
President and Executive Committee: Election results
Members of the Executive Committee (2024-2026):
Newsletter: A year of activities
This Newsletter provides summary information on the activities undertaken by ESHET in 2023. It is an invitation to members of ESHET, and those currently not members, to become better acquainted with the major programs of this academic society – aimed at the development of the history of economic thought as an essential field of study and the strengthening of the community of history of economic thought scholars, committed to sharing the results of its research with a broader audience.
A joint X account for HES and ESHET
Did you know? HES and ESHET have a joint account on X. Contact Valentina Erasmo to share any event related to our community, like seminars, conferences, new issues, calls for papers, scholarships, etc.