The Cachan History of Social Science Group
2nd Annual Workshop

Friday, 9 April 2010
École normale supérieure de Cachan
Cournot Building, Room C315/C317/C319

History of Economics as Culture
(Histoire des savoirs économiques)

: To launch the discussion

Friday, 9 April 2010
École normale supérieure de Cachan
Cournot Building, Room C315/C317/C319

History of Economics as Culture
(Histoire des savoirs économiques)

Programme

9:45-10:00 am: Welcome

10:00-11:00 am
Roberta J. Pokphanh (University of Kansas – Department of Art History)
Taking Stock: Money Weighing and Account Keeping in Mid-Seventeenth Century Dutch Painting

11:00-12:00pm
Yann Giraud (University of Cergy-Pontoise – Department of Economics) and Loïc Charles (University of Reims – Department of Economics)
Economics for the Masses: The Visual Display of Economic Knowledge in the United States, 1921-1945

12:00-2:00pm: Lunch

2:00-3:00 pm
Charles R. Sullivan (University of Dallas - Department of History)
Adam Smith's "History of Astronomy" and the Development of Auguste Comte's Conception of Spiritual Power

3:00-4:00 pm
Robert Leonard (UQAM - Department of Economics)
Social Science and Modernism: The Case of Karl Menger

4:00-4:30 pm: General discussion