Cap-Hist Lab Doctoral Summer School (IHEPB)
The core mission of the European Laboratory Project 鈥淗istory of Capitalism鈥� () is to听comprehensively re-evaluate the history of capitalism. To that end, its members (听听(EHESS/-PSE),听听() and the听Paul Bairoch Institute of Economic History听(玉美人传媒) seek to foster a collective reflection on the state of economic history and the evolution of capitalism from an international and multidisciplinary perspective. The听CAP-HIST Lab is structured around four main lines of research: north-south economic relations and the听global history of Latin capitalisms; the history of inequality; business and financial history; and political听economy, institutions, and ideologies. Over the coming years, the CAP-HIST Lab is organising three听biennial workshops/summer schools designed to provide a forum for PhD students and emerging and听senior scholars to discuss and dissect critical themes and methodologies in the history of capitalism.听听
The inaugural workshop/summer school, entitled Conflicts in the History of Capitalism: Themes,听Approaches, Methods, will be held in early June 2025 by the Paul Bairoch Institute of Economic History听at the Geneva School of Social Sciences, 玉美人传媒.
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Doctoral Summer School
Conflicts in the History of Capitalism:
Themes, Approaches, Methods
European Laboratory CAP-HIST 鈥淗istory of Capitalism鈥�
June 2鈥�6, 2025 | 玉美人传媒
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Venue: The doctoral summer school will alternate between two locations. Participants are kindly asked to pay attention to the location of each activity.听The venues are:听the听Ancienne听脡cole de 惭茅诲别肠颈苍别 (玉美人传媒) and the Villa "Les D茅lices", whose access has been generously granted to the Summer School by the Maison de l'Histoire听of the 玉美人传媒.
Organizing & Scientific听Committee:听Fran莽ois-Valentin Clerc (UNIGE),听Elisa Grandi (Paris Cit茅 鈥� PSE),听L茅a Meyer (UNIGE),听Jamieson Myles (UNIGE),听Pilar Nogues-Marco (UNIGE),听Sabrina Sigel (UNIGE).
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*** Members of the public are welcome to attend the three keynote speeches (Monday, Tuesday & Friday) ***
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Monday, June 2
Location: Ancienne 脡cole de 惭茅诲别肠颈苍别, Rue de l'Ecole-de-惭茅诲别肠颈苍别 20, 1205 Geneva, Room 74
14:00鈥�14:30 听听 Welcome 鈥� Opening Remarks 鈥� Presentation Round
Thematic Block 1: How Has Conflict Shaped Capitalist Systems?
14:30鈥�16:00听 听Opening Keynote by Prof. Geoffrey Hodgson (Loughborough 玉美人传媒)
What is Capitalism?
16:00鈥�16:15 听听 Coffee Break
16:15鈥�17:00 听听 Juliette Fran莽oise (UNIGE / Paris 1)
Conflicts Over Liquidity and Credit in the Colonies in the Age of Imperial Warfare and Commercial Capitalism
Discussant: Laura Bonino
17:00鈥�17:45 听听 Ra煤l Wildbolz Gallego (UNIGE / UniDistance)
Relentless Capitalism: The Case of the Turrettinis and the Pictet Bank
Discussant: Pierre Brassac
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Tuesday, June 3
Location: Les D茅lices, Rue des D茅lices 25, 1203 Geneva
09:00鈥�09:15 听听 Welcome 鈥� Opening Remarks
09:15鈥�10:00 听听 Nicol谩s Varela (UC3M)
After the Institutions, Franco? Steering Monetary Policy in an Autocratic Regime (Spain, 1939鈥�1975)
Discussant: Daniel S谩nchez-Ordo帽ez
10:00鈥�10:45 听听 Rowaida Moshrif (PSE)
Land Reforms and Postcolonial Redistribution of Political Power: Evidence from Egypt
Discussant: Ignacio Narbondo Allende
10:45鈥�11:00 听听 Coffee Break
11:00鈥�11:45 听听 Fran莽ois-Valentin Clerc and Guillaume Dreyer (UNIGE)
Capitalism, Alone? Trends in Dominant Classes' Income Composition in the Neoliberal Era (1970鈥�2020)
Discussant: Fernanda Conforto de Oliveira
11:45鈥�12:15 听听 General Discussion
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Keynote Location: Ancienne 脡cole de 惭茅诲别肠颈苍别, Rue de l'Ecole-de-惭茅诲别肠颈苍别 20, 1205 Geneva, Room 74听
17:30鈥�19.00听听 Keynote by Prof. Vanessa Ogle (Yale 玉美人传媒)
Golden Secrets: Tax Havens and the Gold Trade in the 20th and 21st Century
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Wednesday, June 4
Location: Les D茅lices, Rue des D茅lices 25, 1203 Geneva
Thematic Block 2: How Has Conflict Been Managed Within Capitalist Systems?
09:00鈥�10:30 听听 Lecture by Prof.听Juan Flores Zendejas (UNIGE)
10:30鈥�10:45 听听 Coffee Break
10:45鈥�11:30 听听 Laura Bonino (PSE)
Italian Economists and the Colonial Question
Discussant: Juliette Fran莽oise
11:30鈥�12:15 听听 Gaia Valenti (UNIGE)
Housing Conflict in Interwar Switzerland: The Politics and Economics of Rent Control
Discussant: Antoine Jourdan
12:15鈥�13:45 听听 Lunch Break
13:45鈥�14:30 听听 Pierre Brassac (UC3M)
Taxing Wealth and Enrichment: Lessons From the 1945 French 鈥楴ational Solidarity Levy鈥�
Discussant: Gaia Valenti
14:30鈥�15:15 听听 Antoine Jourdan (PSE) 听听听听听听听听听听听
Conflict Resolution Through Concertation: The Political Economy of Post-War French Planning
Discussant: Nicol谩s Varela
15:15鈥�15:30 听听 Coffee Break
15:30鈥�16:15 听听 Mirek Tobi谩拧 Ho拧man (Paris Cit茅 / UniBo)
Patching Up Bretton Woods: The Emergence of Concessional Lending and the Reinvention of Development Finance in the 1960s
Discussant: Oluwaseun Otosede Williams
16:15鈥�17:30 听听 Fernanda Conforto de Oliveira (Graduate Institute)
Who Gets a Program? IMF Sentiment Towards Argentina and Brazil, 1956鈥�64
Discussant: Guillaume Dreyer
17:30鈥�18:00 听听 General Discussion
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Thursday, June 5
Location: Les D茅lices, Rue des D茅lices 25, 1203 Geneva
Thematic Block 3: In What Ways Has Capitalism Itself Been a Source of Conflict?
09:00鈥�10:30 听听 Lecture by Prof. Emiliano Travieso (UC3M)
10:30鈥�10:45 听听 Coffee Break
10:45鈥�11:30 听听 Daniel S谩nchez-Ordo帽ez (PSE)
Development and Conflict: Exploring the Relationship Between Violence and Coffee in Colombia (1870鈥�1960)
Discussant: Mirek Tobi谩拧 Ho拧man
11:30鈥�12:15 听听 Ignacio Narbondo Allende (UC3M)
Land Rent in Uruguay: Disputes Over Appropriation and Distribution (1870鈥�1955)
Discussant: Francesca Martens
12:15鈥�13:45 听听 Lunch Break
13:45鈥�15:15 听听 Lecture by Prof. Jean-Yves Grenier (PSE / EHESS)
15:15鈥�15:30 听听 Coffee Break
15:30鈥�16:15 听听 Oluwaseun Otosede Williams (Graduate Institute)
Colonial Cattle Capitalism and Conflicting Framings of Humaneness
Discussant: Rowaida Moshrif
16:15鈥�17:00 听听 Francesca Martens (Graduate Institute)
Land Dispossession During the Chilean Dictatorship: The Role of Capitalism in Advancing Colonial Projects
Discussant: Ra煤l Wildbolz Gallego
17:00鈥�17:30 听听 General Discussion
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Friday, June 6
Location: Ancienne 脡cole de 惭茅诲别肠颈苍别, Rue de l'Ecole-de-惭茅诲别肠颈苍别 20, 1205 Geneva, Room 74
10:00鈥�11:30 听听 Closing Keynote by Prof. Jane Humphries (All Souls College, Oxford)
Care and Capitalism
11:30鈥�12:00 听听 Closing Remarks
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