The Gimon Conference on French Political Economy (1650-1850)

held on 17-19 April 2004

Location: the Bender Room, 5th Floor, Green Library, Stanford University

This international conference was organized by the Stanford University Libraries and the France-Stanford Center for Interdisciplinary Studies and inspired by the Gustave Gimon Collection of French Political Economy.

The conference offered a unique opportunity for dialogue among leading scholars working in the field of French political economy. Speakers came to Stanford from the United States, France, the United Kingdom, and Portugal. The Gimon Collection of French Political Economy contains works that address the scope of royal or government power, economic theory and international trade, religious theory and tolerance, colonial policies and slavery, utopian socialism and social engineering, and workers rights and labor practices. The timing of the conference coincided with the publication of an annotated catalogue of the collection. The conference was open to the public, and attendees were strongly encouraged to read the papers beforehand.

The conference organizers are grateful for the generous financial support of the Flora Family Foundation and the France-Stanford Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, and the additional sponsorship of the Stanford University Libraries Special Collections.

For additional information, please contact:
Isabelle Collignon, adminstrator, France-Stanford Center for Interdisciplinary Studies
Sarah Sussman, curator, French and Italian Collections, Stanford University Libraries

PAPERS. In order to have access to conference papers please contact Sarah Sussman who will put you in touch with authors.

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

BACKGROUND ON THE GIMON COLLECTION

French and Italian Studies, Stanford University Libraries
France-Stanford Center for Interdisciplinary Studies