HELVHET Workshop - Current Research in the History of Economics in Switzerland and Beyond

HELVHET Workshop

‘Current Research in the History of Economics in Switzerland and Beyond’

October 22, 2021 - Anthropole 5033

University of Lausanne, Switzerland

PROGRAM:

10:45 -11:00am Welcome and Introduction

11:00 – 11:50am Theresa Steffestun (University of Lausanne/Cusanus University) Psyche and Power - The Problem and Principle of Association in the work of Friedrich Wieser.

11:50 – 12:10am Coffee break

12:10 - 1:00pm Alexandra Quack (University of Zurich) Probing Narrative as a De-idealizing Strategy – ’Superstar Firm’ Models in Economics as a Test Case.

1:00 - 2:30pm Lunch

2:30 -3:20pm Eva-Maria Muschik (University of Vienna) A Global Consensus? Following the Shock Doctrine from La Paz to Warsaw in the Long 1980s.

3:20 - 4:10pm David Sarech (University of Lausanne) Lost in transition: Charles Bettelheim and the other socialist calculations.

4.10 - 4:40pm Coffee break

4:40 - 5:30pm Federico D’Onofrio (University of Vienna) The intentional spread of farm accounting offices in Europe (1870-1950). 

5:30 - 6:20pm Cléo Chassonnery-Zaïchouche (Cambridge University) Contested Rational Decisions: Economic Expertise in the Comparable Worth Controversy, 1979-1989.

7:15pm Dinner

Location:

The workshop will take place at the University of Lausanne, in the Anthropole building, Room 5033.

A Covid-19 QR code will be asked on entering the room. You will also be requested to wear a mask during the presentations.

Organization and Contact:

Harro Maas (University of Lausanne): harro.maas@gmail.com

Catherine Herfeld (University of Zurich): catherine.herfeld@uzh.ch

Verena Halsmayer (University of Lucerne): verena.halsmayer@unilu.ch

For details about livestream access, please contact the local organizer Harro Maas (harro.maas@gmail.com).