History of Recent Economics Conference

University of São Paulo, Brazil – March, 14-15 2016



Call for Contributions by Young Scholars



The tenth *History of Recent Economics Conference* (HISRECO) will be held
at the University of São Paulo on March 14-15, 2016. HISRECO, which was
launched in 2007 by an organizing committee comprised of Roger Backhouse,
Philippe Fontaine and Tiago Mata, brings together researchers from various
disciplines to study the history of economics in the postwar period. It is
the organizers’ belief that this period, which witnessed crucial changes
that helped establish economics as one of the dominant discourses in
contemporary society, is worth studying for its own sake. The increasing
availability of archival materials, along with the development of new
methods inherited from the larger history and sociology of knowledge, have
helped produce insightful contextual histories of the development of recent
economic ideas. In particular, this topic offers good opportunities to
young scholars who are interested in interdisciplinary approaches to the
history of economics but also want to address the current community of
economists.



This is why the History of Economics Society (HES), as part of its New
Initiatives program, is sponsoring a small number of young scholars who
would like to participate in the next HISRECO conference, and we are trying
to secure additional funds for young scholars, who will have their travel,
accommodation and meal expenses covered. Accordingly, we invite all PhD
students as well as researchers who have obtained their PhD over the past
two years (from July 2013 to September 2015) to submit by email a paper
proposal of no more than 500 words (as a pdf file, containing your current
affiliation and the university and year of your PhD, if this is the case)
to Pedro Duarte (pgduarte [AT] usp [DOT] br) by *September 30th*, 2015.
Selected participants will be informed by October 26th, 2015.



For those who want to know more about HISRECO, a list of past conferences
and contributors can be found at http://www.hisreco.org.



The organizers, Pedro Duarte (University of São Paulo) and Yann Giraud
(University of Cergy-Pontoise).