Dear colleagues,

As is customary, ALAHPE (Latin American Association for the History of
Economic Thought) and the History of Economic Thought Working Group of the
Young Scholars Initiative will organize a workshop on the eve of this
year’s ALAHPE conference taking place at Universidad de Antioquia,
Medellín, Colombia, on November 16–18th, 2023. The title of the 2023 YSI
Pre-Conference Workshop at ALAHPE is "*Challenges, prospects, and pitfalls
of doing research on recent topics in the History of Economics*." The
workshop will be an in-person event.

As the title suggests, this workshop aims to further discussions on themes
and questions such as:
* What are the characteristics of contemporary economics in terms of
subject-matter, diversity of actors and institutions, geographical
distribution, modes of scientific discourse, modes of intervention,
shifting centers of power and knowledge production, etc.?
* Accounting for these changes, what are the difficulties of studying the
topics, events, and actors of contemporary economics?
* What are the most promising sources of information for the study of these
topics, events, and actors?
* Which methods, either qualitative or quantitative, better serve
researchers to approach these sources of information? Do these methods
require specialized training in a technique or a shift in our
historiographic approaches?
* What are the prospects for the combination of these methods and sources
of information? How do they contribute to our understanding of contemporary
economics? Are there any possible pitfalls or limitations? Could these
pitfalls be avoided?

The workshop will take place over the whole day (November 15th), including
both seminars by senior scholars and presentations by young scholars where
they discuss the problems and questions encountered in their own research.
Senior scholars will participate not just to address some of these issues
from their own perspective but to discuss the problems and questions
introduced by the young scholars. The intention is to foster extensive
debate among all participants.

With the support of YSI, funding for participating young scholars will be
offered to cover the cost of the accomodation for the duration of the
workshop and the ALAHPE conference (November 14–19th, 5 nights, 6 days).
The day of the workshop (November 15th), a frugal catering service, lunch
and dinner are included. Furthermore, young scholars participating in the
workshop who are not registered in the ALAHPE conference can benefit from
free entrance to the event. Travel expenses in Medellín for the day of the
workshop will be fully covered, whereas travel expenses to Medellín may be
partially funded, depending on budget.

To encourage extensive debate among attendees, funding is limited to six
young scholars interested in the history of recent economics or in related
methodological and historiographical questions. Accordingly, prospective
participants must:
1) Qualify as young scholars (Master’s students, PhD candidates, Post-Docs,
Junior professors, etc.).
2) Submit the application form before April 15th, 2023. The application
form is available in the "Apply Now" button found here
<https://ysi.ineteconomics.org/project/63c9a4619ed97f3757976fee/event/63d6bba28595f72c2af69520>
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See you in Medellín!

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Best regards,
Victor Cruz e Silva
Adjunct Professor - Department of Economics
Federal University of Paraná, Brazil.
Site <https://sites.google.com/view/victorcruzesilva>