ISHET - ISHET 2024

This will be the first annual conference after the formal establishment of the Indian Society for the History of Economic Thought (ISHET). ISHET has been created to revive teaching and research in the field of history of economic thought (HET) in India.

KEYNOTE LECTURES

To mark the formal establishment of ISHET and to deliver the inaugural keynote lectures, we will be joined by two distinguished historians of economic thought: Rebeca Gomez Betancourt (University of Lyon) and Richard van den Berg (University of Kingston).

Betancourt was the first president of The Latin American Society for the History of Economic Thought (ALAHPE) and van den Berg is a former president of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought (ESHET). Betancourt’s current research is in the area of feminist economic thought and van den Berg works on 18th century French and British economic thought.

CALL FOR PAPERS

We welcome papers on all HET topics. An illustrative list is provided below.

1) Economic thought of individuals

Kautilya, William Petty, Richard Cantillon, Mary Wollstonecraft, Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Harriet Taylor Mill, Augustin Cournot, Alfred Marshall, Karl Marx, Dadhabhai Naoroji, B. R. Ambedkar, Wassily Leontief, Piero Sraffa, Krishna Bharadwaj

2) Thematic concerns

Feminist, Ecological, Labour, Caste, Finance, Money, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Econometrics, Inequality, Mathematics in economics

3) Regional economic thought

Indian economic thought, Japanese economic thought, Russian economic thought, French economic thought, African economic thought, American and Latin American economic thought, British economic thought

4) Teaching HET

Integrating HET in micro and macro, pluralism and HET, HET and critical pedagogy

5) Methods in HET

Archival strategies, internalist approach, externalist approach, textual analysis, historical reconstruction, oral history

For sample articles in HET journals, see here: https://sites.google.com/view/ishet/resources/journals

YSI PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP

A one-day pre-conference workshop will be hosted by YSI History of Economic Thought working group on 27th October 2024.

How to write HET theses (with Alex M. Thomas, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru)
How to write and publish HET journal articles (with Richard van den Berg, University of Kingston and Rebeca Gomez Betancourt, University of Lyon)
How to work with archival material (with Scott Carter, University of Tulsa)
How to publish books in HET (with editors from Cambridge University Press, Palgrave Macmillan and Routledge)

30 young scholars will be selected

Travel stipends available

More details at the YSI site (including how to apply): https://ysi.ineteconomics.org/event/ysi-pre-ishet-conference-workshop/

YSI PANELS ON FEMINIST ECONOMIC THOUGHT

This year at ISHET 2024, YSI Gender and Economics Group will host two panels and one keynote lecture by Rebeca Gomez Betancourt (University of Lyon) under the common theme of feminist economic thought. Each panel will be 90 minutes long and have 3 presenters each. The duration of each presentation will be approx. 20 minutes with 10 minutes for discussion and Q&A. The presenters can also expect to get feedback from Rebeca on their proposed work. Rebeca is a Professor of Economics at the University of Lyon and was the first president of The Latin American Society for the History of Economic Thought (ALAHPE). She has also been associated with the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) and the European Society for the History of Economic Thought (ESHET). Her current research is in the area of feminist economic thought.

An illustrative list of themes for the panels is provided below:

The evolution of social reproduction theory
The History of Time Use Surveys and their contribution to measuring women’s work and welfare
The history of women’s movements in the Global South in relation to labour, leisure, family
The contribution of individual women and women economists (like Devaki Jain, Vina Mazumdar, Krishna Bharadwaj, and others) to economic thought and the evolution of policy discourse in India

Travel stipends available

More details at the YSI site (including how to apply): https://ysi.ineteconomics.org/event/ysi-panels-on-feminist-economic-thought-ishet-2024/

IMPORTANT DATES

Deadline for submitting abstracts: 30 June 2024

Notification of acceptance: 15 July 2024

Deadline for paying the registration fees: 1 August 2024

Deadline for submitting full papers: 1 October 2024

ISHET Conference: 28, 29 October 2024

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

Link to submit the abstracts

REGISTRATION FEES

These are being collected to partially defray the costs of food, venue and conference collateral. In the event of a surplus, it will be transferred to ISHET's fund.

Assistant Professor & above: Rs. 3000

PhD candidates/working professionals: Rs. 2000

BA/MA students: Rs. 1000

ACCOMMODATION

Some rooms will be reserved for ISHET conference participants at the guest house located in the university. If you choose this option, we will reserve the room (single room @ Rs. 900; 2 people can stay in one room), and you have to pay the charges upon check-out. If the rooms get filled up or if you prefer staying outside, you may book a hotel located close to the University of Hyderabad (Google Map).

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

R. Ashwath (YSI)

Tanisha Hiremath (YSI)

Limakumba Walling (University of Hyderabad)

Alex M. Thomas (Azim Premji University, Bengaluru)

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Thair Ahmad (Sai University, Chennai)

Sharmin Khodaiji (Jindal Global University)

Alex M. Thomas (Azim Premji University, Bengaluru)

Limakumba Walling (University of Hyderabad)