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The Montréal Summer School in the History of Science and Economics
Montréal, July 14-19, 2015
Sponsored by the History of Economics Society, and hosted by the Interuniversity Centre for Research in Science and Technology (CIRST) and the Economics Department at ESG-UQAM
At several points in the history of science, economists have been significant players in shaping the landscape of research. Specifically, during World War II and the Cold War, economic rationality became a major benchmark of the transformation of the institutions of science. Historians of science have increasingly acknowledged the complex role played by economists and their ideas, just as historians of economics increasingly connect their narratives to larger developments in the sciences in general. This 5 full-day summer school, with established scholars from both fields, will provide students in the history of science with the knowledge necessary to contextualize the tradition of economics, and students in the history of economics with a larger knowledge of general topics in recent history of science.
Hunter Heyck (The University of Oklahoma): The Natural and the Artificial in Economics
Judy Klein (Mary Baldwin College): The Mathematical Invasion of Policy Space, 1940-1975
Thomas C. Leonard (Princeton University): Eugenic Influences on Economics in The Progressive Era
Ted Porter (University of California, Los Angeles): The Economy of Numbers
Thomas Stapleford (University of Notre Dame): Economic Statistics and the Historical Epistemology of Economics
E. Roy Weintraub (Duke University): McCarthyism and the Mathematization of Economics
Admissions and Scholarship
Applications are open for all PhD and post-doc students in the history of science, history of economics and neighbouring fields. Applications by Master’s students will also be considered. Given that the intention is to encourage significant interaction, the number of participants is limited to 20. Applications should include a letter of motivation outlining the applicant’s graduate research project (1-2 pages) and one short reference letter. Students will have the opportunity to present their research projects. There is no participation fee. Students will provide for their accommodation and travel expenses. All students can apply for (limited) travel funding.
Deadline for applications is March 1st, 2015.
Local Organizers: Till Düppe, Alessandro Barattieri, Juan Carvajalino, and Yves Gingras.