IMPERIAL AND COLONIAL CURRENCIEs

Monetary supply, policy, and circulation, 16th-20th centuries

On 7 June 2024, the Sciences Po Centre for History (Paris) will host a one-day workshop in collaboration with the Center for History and Economics in Paris (CHEP), the Université Paris 1 Panthéo-Sorbonne (Institut d'Histoire économique et sociale, IHES), and the University of Geneva (with th Institut d'Histoire économique Paul Bairoch, IHEPB and the Department of History, Economics and Society, DEHES). The workshop will bring together young and advanced scholars to discuss the role of money in the building and working of empires.

Organizers

• Hugo Carlier (Centre d'histoire de Sciences Po, hugo.carlier@sciencespo.fr)

• Juliette Françoise (Université de Genève / Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne), juliette.francoise@unige.ch)

Scientific committee

• Patrice Baubeau (Université Paris Nanterre)
• Anne Conchon (Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)
• Catherine Desbarats (McGill University)
• Jérôme Jambu (Université Le Havre Normandie)
• Karin Pallaver (Università di Bologna)
• David Todd (Sciences Po, Centre d'histoire et CHEP)

Applications

To apply, please submit a short CV and an abstract of no more than 500 words of your communication in Franch or in English by no later than 10 December 2023 to imperial.colonial.currencies@gmail.com. We will inform the selected participants by 31 January 2024.

Fundings

Participation is free of charge and refreshments (lunch/diner/coffee breaks/snacks) will be covered. We can provide travel and accomodation stipends. Please indicate in your application wether you would like to apply for travel and/or accomodation support. For more information contact the organizers at  imperial.colonial.currencies@gmail.com.

u Scientific argument in french and in english