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The Excesses of the State
Administrative control or political transparency? 17th -19th century Europe
Published on Thursday, April 03, 2014
Abstract
A one day workshop sponsored by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Centre de Recherches Historiques (CRH-EHESS) with the support of the journal Histoire & Mesure.
Announcement
Programme
9.30. Registration – tea/coffee
10.00. Welcome and introduction
10.15-11.30. Session 1.
- Daniel Baugh, Cornell University Public and Parliamentary Concern, and Unconcern, about British Naval Spending in the Eighteenth Century, 1689-1789’.
- Anne L. Murphy, University of Hertfordshire The performance of public credit during the late eighteenth century
Break
11.45-13.00. Session 2
- Rafael Torres-Sanchez, University of Navarra The relief of the vassals. Absolutism and fiscal transparency in eighteenth-century Spain.
- Alberto Feenstra, University of Amsterdam Excesses of which state? The sovereign province of Groningen’s failed experiment with the free capital market in Holland, 1660-1761.
Lunch
14.00-15.15. Session 3
- Mathieu Marraud, EHESS-CRH (Paris) Reducing guilds’ debt in 18th century Paris: royal publicity, liberation and coercion.
- Jérome Loiseau, University of Besancon Knowing as a means of controlling: financial knowledge and its circulation at the end of the Ancien Régime in some French provincial estates
Tea/Coffee
15.45-17.00. Session 4
- Patrik Winton, University of Uppsala Sweden 1750–1830: parliamentary control, public discussions and royal autonomy
- Joel Felix, University of Reading The long march towards public accountability in Europe: hurdles and leaps.
Practical details
- Venue: University of Reading, Palmer Building 103
- Bursaries: a limited number of travel bursaries are available to PG students
- Booking: There is no fee to attend this event, but places are limited; you are kindly requested to register by emailing Mrs Amanda Harvey (a.h.harvey@reading.ac.uk)
- Directions: http://www.reading.ac.uk/about/find/about-findindex.aspx
- Full details and abstracts http://blogs.reading.ac.uk/economic-history/2014/03/10/4th-april-2014-the-excesses-of-the-state-administrative-control-or-political-transparency-17th-19th-century-europe/
A one day workshop sponsored by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Centre de Recherches Historiques (CRH-EHESS) with the support of the journal Histoire & Mesure.
Subjects
- Europe (Main category)
- Society > History > Economic history
- Society > Economics > Political economics
Places
- University of Reading, Palmer Building 103 - Whiteknights
Reading, Britain (RG6 6AH)
Date(s)
- Friday, April 04, 2014
Keywords
- contrôle financier, transparence financière
Contact(s)
- Joel Felix
courriel : j [dot] m [dot] felix [at] reading [dot] ac [dot] uk
Reference Urls
Information source
- Joel Felix
courriel : j [dot] m [dot] felix [at] reading [dot] ac [dot] uk
License
This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.
To cite this announcement
« The Excesses of the State », Study days, Calenda, Published on Thursday, April 03, 2014, https://calenda.org/281922