Exploring The Dark Side Of The Moon: The History Of Economics In The Global
SouthHistory Of Economics In The Global South

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October 15 - December 15

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Online

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*Call for Presentation for an Online Webinar Series and book chapters*

With the support of the Institute of New Economic Thinking
<https://www.ineteconomics.org/>’s Young Scholars Initiative
<https://ysi.ineteconomics.org/> and Globalisation and Economy in a
long-term perspective
<https://www.disei.unifi.it/vp-539-globalizzazione-ed-economia-in-una-prospettiva-di-lungo-termine-globec.html>,
we are hosting a series of webinars that bring together historians of
economic thought from around the world who work on the History of economics
of the Global South.

The History of economic thought is predominantly centered on Europe and the
United States. Now that technology and economic interdependence have made
the planet a single venue for struggles of interests and ideas, such bias
has become untenable. The exchange of ideas and cultures has always been
strong, irrespective of administrative boundaries and country-specific
institutional frameworks, that have led to national reconstructions of
economic thought in those countries.

A modern approach to the History of economics needs to include more ideas,
theories, and practices debated beyond national or specific regional
traditions. This is particularly relevant for a detailed study of the
economic thought of the Global South. India, Latin America, China, and
Africa – just to provide a few examples – have long-established traditions
concerning a different understanding and management of economic categories
and systems. Many such ideas once controlled vast geographic areas,
populations, and economies of the Global South, sometimes even spilling
over the North. These traditions need to be recognized and better studied.

The History of economic thought is a history of societies; with their rich
and plural ideas and practices. If it is true that some have emerged as
dominant in particular historical ages, we should not forget other
approaches to economics that have meanwhile been forgotten, neglected, and
sometimes even completely ignored.

Ideas that traveled from East to West and from South to North without
political, geographical, or ideological barriers. Ideas have also traveled
from South to South. These movements equally included categories that are
unknown to most economic literature, like food, culture, language,
vocabulary, music, science, mathematics, home organization, domestic
economy, etc. Recent contemporary economic literature has started
acknowledging and recognizing their importance and presenting economic
thought as the wealth of the human species rather than a singular product
of the European Renaissance (without reducing its significance to the world
of ideas and economics).

The proposed webinar and book project aim to encourage scholars
(particularly from the Global South, but not only) to present ideas
discussed in the other half of the world, concerning persons, events,
institutions, and/or theories, possibly focusing on transnational
contaminations and cross-fertilization. When we interpret historical ideas,
we must acknowledge that cultural, linguistic, and informational barriers
may limit our understanding. As a result, the existing documentation of
economic thought from the Global South is often incomplete or even
stereotypical. This webinar workshop and book aim to fill the gap and
encourage the history of economics literature to be more pluralist.

Our ambition, coherent with recent activities also pursued by other
scholars in the attempt to go beyond localized and countries-specific
histories of economic thought (Cambodia INET’s Young Scholars Initiative
workshop
<https://ysi.ineteconomics.org/event/virtual-program-southeast-asias-economic-research-and-development-conference/>,
Association for Latin American Economic Thought ALAHPE
<https://alahpe.org/en/>, Indian Society for the History of Economic
thought ISHET, etc.), is: to raise a methodological issue, provide a venue
for academic discussions, and encourage further studies along this line. We
would include some contributions in a collective publication. We also hope
the webinars will support the development of materials that could be used
for teaching the history of economics courses and seminars around the world.


*Organization:* The seminars will be held online at a variety of different
times to give the greatest opportunity for public attendance. Seminars will
be moderated by Sattwick Dey Biswas (one of the coordinators of INET’s
Young Scholars Initiative) and Rebeca Gomez-Betancourt (University of Lyon
2 – ALAHPE <https://alahpe.org/en/>).

*Important dates and process:*

   1. Submission of proposals for workshop presentations: *please send an
   abstract of a maximum of 500 words by May 30th, 2024* to Sattwick Dey
   Biswas at [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>, and/or Rebeca
   Gomez-Betancourt [log in to unmask], Fabio Masini
   [log in to unmask], Alexandre Reichart
   [log in to unmask]
   2. *Acceptance of proposals* for workshop presentation: acceptances will
   be communicated to their authors on *June 15, 2024*.
   3. *Submission of drafts* for discussion in the workshop: drafts must be
   shared by *September 15th**, 2024*. Participants will be invited to
   deposit drafts into an online folder. Details to be provided.
   4. The *virtual workshop* will take place from *October 2024*.

*Organisers:* *Rebeca Gomez Betancourt
<https://triangle.ens-lyon.fr/spip.php?article1356>, Sattwick Dey
Biswas, Fabio Masini
<https://www.uniroma3.it/persone/aWUxdWxqWmtjMjh6ekFoS2QzRklWZzlDOVZtZzJMR29nSGJ6STEzMkU2cz0=/>,
Alexandre
Reichart
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandre-reichart-9588b65/?originalSubdomain=cn>*

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Rebeca GOMEZ BETANCOURT <http://triangle.ens-lyon.fr/spip.php?article1356>

Adjunct Professor at La Trobe University
<https://scholars.latrobe.edu.au/rgomezbetanc>, Melbourne, Australia

Professor of Economics at the University of Lyon 2, France

Researcher at TRIANGLE UMR 5206
<https://triangle.ens-lyon.fr/spip.php?rubrique115>

Université Lumière Lyon 2, Triangle-MSH

14 Avenue Berthelot. 69007. Lyon, FRANCE.

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