The twelfth History of Recent Economics Conference (HISRECO) will be held at the Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS) of the University of Cergy-Pontoise on October 5-6, 2018. Since 2007 HISRECO has brought together researchers from various backgrounds to study the history of economics in the postwar period. It is the organizers’ belief that this period, during which economics became one of the dominant discourses in contemporary society, is worth studying for its own sake. The increasing availability of archival materials, along with the development of new perspectives inherited from the larger history and sociology of knowledge, has helped to provide insightful histories of the development of recent economic practices, ideas, and techniques. In particular, this area of research offers good opportunities to young scholars who are interested in interdisciplinary approaches to the history of economics.

We invite researchers in all related fields to submit a paper proposal of no more than 500 words. Even though the organizers are open to a wide range of approaches to the history of economics, paper proposals that address the interface between this field and the history and sociology of science, or cultural and science studies will be particularly appreciated.  Proposals should be sent electronically (as a pdf file) to Béatrice Cherrier (beatrice [DOT] cherrier[AT] gmail [DOT] com) by April 15, 2018. Successful applicants will be informed by May 31, 2018.

Thanks to financial support from the Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of Cergy and FIPE (The Institute of Economic Research Foundation, Department of Economics, USP, Brazil), HISRECO has limited funds to partially cover travel and accommodation for a number of young scholars (PhD students or researchers who have obtained their PhD over the past two years or so, from October 2015 to January 2018). Young scholars should include in their proposal their current affiliation and the university and year of their PhD, if this is the case. Those needing more information about funding are welcome to approach the organizers.

For those who want to know more about HISRECO, a list of past conferences and contributors can be found at http://www.hisreco.org.

The organizing committee: Cléo Chassonnery-Zaïgouche (University of Lausanne), Béatrice Cherrier (University of Cergy-Pontoise), Pedro Duarte (University of São Paulo), Jean-Baptiste Fleury (University of Cergy-Pontoise) and Yann Giraud (University of Cergy-Pontoise).