FROM
SCOTLAND TO THE SOUTH OF THE MEDITERRANEAN.
THE
THOUGHT OF ADAM SMITH THROUGH EUROPE AND BEYOND
International
Conference
History
of Economics Society and
University
of Palermo, Sicily (Italy)
6-7
July 2017
CALL
FOR PAPERS
Adam
Smith is one of those authors who have left a very profound sign in the history
of ideas. An influence that has contributed to model not only the culture but
also the institutions and the policy of the modern society and that can be
explained by observing the international spread of his thought, which reached
every corner of the world in a short lapse of time.
Yet,
the reception of Smithian ideas was not a unique and uniform process, equal for
every country, because different regional contexts conditioned it. Smith's
works made entry through institutional, cultural, linguistic, religious, and
political filters which were not neutral and which affected the reading,
understanding and use of them.
Europe
and the Mediterranean are two geographical areas - but not the only - to
observe the spread of Smithian thought because of the rich pluralism
characterizing their regions and nations. With reference to this prospective,
the University of Palermo – supported by the History of Economics Society (HES
New Initiatives Fund) – invites proposals for papers and/or sessions along the
lines listed below or on others relevant to develop this prospective of
inquiry.
The
thematic directions suggested are:
•Adam
Smith, the Scottish Enlightenment and the European Enlightenment: similarities,
differences in methods and analysis, influences, intellectual disagreements;
•The
intellectual link between Smith’s teaching and the development of a national
style of economics in the various countries from the 18th century to the 19th
and 20th centuries;
•The
reception of Smithian thoughts in different religious frameworks: Catholic,
Protestant, Orthodox, Muslim and Jewish;
•Smithian
liberalism as an intellectual source of the liberal revolutionary phase that in
the 19th century changed the political and economic face of Europe and the
Mediterranean;
•The
works of Adam Smith: language, style, translations.
Official
language: English
The
Scientific Committee:
Christopher
Berry (University of Glasgow)
Maria
Pia Paganelli (Trinity University)
Sandra
Peart (University of Richmond)
Fabrizio
Simon (University of Palermo)
Craig
Smith (University of Glasgow)
The
Organizing Committee:
Fabrizio
Simon
Anna
Li Donni
Cristina
Guccione
Anna
Rita Panebianco.
Scholars
planning to participate should submit a 500-word abstract for a paper or a
1000-word abstract for a session, specifying in the following abstract form:
the title of their presentation and the conference theme, their full name and
institutional affiliation, and an e-mail address for correspondence.
Deadlines
to remember:
Submission
of abstracts No later than 8 January 2017
Notification
of acceptance 28 February 2017
Registration
No later than 30 April 2017
Sending
of paper No later than 31 May 2017
For
further information on the conference (venue, registration, accommodation) see
the conference website at:
