Welcome to the first ESHET-HES joint conference (Nice, 2026)
We are glad to invite you to the first-ever joint conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought (ESHET) and the History of Economics Society (HES), set to take place in city of Nice from May 26th to 29th, 2026.
This event will be hosted by the Université Côte d'Azur and the GREDEG (Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Économie et Gestion). It will take place at the Campus Saint-Jean d'Angély (Rue du 22ème B.C.A., 06300 Nice) at the graduate school of economics and management.
The conference will revolve around the theme, "Economists under Pressure and the Political Limits to Economics" In a global context of rising geopolitical tensions and authoritarian rule, this conference will examine from a historical perspective how political pressures have shaped, constrained or transformed the production of economic knowledge
Distinguished keynote speakers:
- Verena Halsmayer (Universität Luzern), Blanqui Lecture
- Harro Maas (Université de Lausanne), Honorary member
- TBA, Distinguished Fellow HES
- TBA, Thematic Plenary
Submit your proposal
All the necessary information to submit a paper is available in the Proposals and Submissions format section. You can make four types of submissions:
- Individual paper
- Session
- Poster
- Young Scholar Program
This year, we are introducing a new format for sharing your work: the scientific poster presentation. A scientific poster is a visual summary of a scientific production that will be displayed in the common areas with the author present. Posters allow for more direct and informal one-on-one interaction, fostering extended conversations and detailed questions. This can be a great opportunity for researchers and young scholars to interact more deeply with others about their work by using posters as a conversation starter. Furthermore, posters provide a flexible platform for contributions that may not fit a standard paper format, such as research project proposals, presentation of digital platforms, exploratory work and results, or databases and data repositories.
Poster presentations may be submitted in addition to individual papers.
Local Organizing Committee:
Nicolas Brisset, Université Côte d’Azur
Nicolas Camillotto, Université Côte d’Azur
Muriel Dal-Pont Legrand, Université Côte d’Azur
Raphaël Fèvre, Université Côte d’Azur
Guilhem Lecouteux, Université Côte d’Azur
Thomas Mueller, Université Côte d’Azur
Alexandre Truc, Université Côte d’Azur
Scientific Committee:
Nicolas Brisset, Université Côte d’Azur
Katia Caldari, Univierstità degli Studi di Padova
Nicolas Camilotto, Université Côte d’Azur
Muriel Dal Pont Legrand, Université Côte d’Azur
Raphaël Fèvre, Université Côte d’Azur
Sandye Gloria, Université Côte d’Azur
Guilhem Lecouteux, Université Côte d’Azur
Steve Medema, Duke University
Thomas Mueller, Université Côte d’Azur
Ludovic Ragni, Université Côte d’Azur
Alain Raybaut, Université Côte d’Azur
Alexandre Truc, Université Côte d’Azur
Jim Wibble, University of New Hampshire
Carlo Zappia, Univierstità degli Studi di Siena
Joint Initiative Committee:
David Andrews, State University of New York at OswegoKatia Caldari, University of Padova
Muriel Dal-Pont Legrand, Université Côte d’Azur
Maxime Desmarais-Tremblay, Université de Lorraine
Amy Hardy, HES's office manager
Cristina Marcuzzo,Università di Roma
Steve Medema, Duke University
Rivot Sylvie, Université de Haute-Alsace
Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak, American University of Paris