Deadline for proposals is January 15, 2011.

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This is to remind you that we are organizing on behalf of the H2S 
(History of Social Science) group, Economix (CNRS FRE 2357) and THEMA 
(CNRS UMR 8184), the third workshop on “history of ‘economics as 
culture’ (Histoire culturelle des savoirs économiques)” to be held 
Friday, April 8th, 2011 at the University of Cergy-Pontoise (near Paris, 
France). Our intention is to bring together scholars from different 
disciplines to discuss from an historical vantage point, the place of 
economics in our culture. Below are some suggestions of topics that 
exemplify what will be at issue:

- To consider the interactions between art, literature and economics;

- To discuss the interactions between cultural or artistic objects such 
as magazines, books, maps, photographs, paintings, graphs and economic 
thinking and to consider economic texts as cultural items and to reflect 
upon the consequences their physical form had on their reception.

- To consider economics as part of cultures (political, commercial, 
scientific, etc.) of past (including very recent past) societies; in 
particular, to discuss the economic representations (or culture) of 
specific social groups such as merchants, workers, businessmen, etc.

The workshop will comprise of 5 or 6 papers containing genuine 
unpublished research. If you have an interest in these topics, please 
send us a proposal of no more than 1000 words or a draft paper of what 
you want to present before January, 15 at the following address: 
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If you are interested in the subject but are unable to send a proposal, 
feel free to contact us at the same address for further 
discussion/information. Also, last year program is available here: 
http://economix.u-paris10.fr/fr/activites/colloques/?id=113

Loïc Charles (INED / University of Reims) and

Yann Giraud (THEMA / University of Cergy-Pontoise)