Histories of Trade as Histories of Civilization

Conference in Pisa, 23-24 September

MONDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2019 ● 16:00-19:00
16:00-16:15 Francesco Marcelloni
Rector’s delegate for Internationalization, Università di Pisa
Welcome Address
16:15-16:45 Antonella Alimento
Università di Pisa
Introductory Remarks
„„SESSION 1
Chair: Marco E.L. Guidi · Università di Pisa
16:45-17:15 Arnaud Orain Université Paris 8 Saint-Denis
L’économie Antique, modèle ou contre-modèle pour le
siècle des Lumières? «L’histoire du commerce» chez les
pédagogues jansénistes du XVIIIème siècle
17:15-17:45 Aris Della Fontana Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa
Ancient Rome as a field of tension. Antonio de Torres’
Memoria apologetica del commercio e coltura dei
romani (1788-91) versus Francesco Mengotti’s Del
commercio de’ Romani dalla prima guerra punica a
Costantino (1787)
17:45-18:30 Discussion

TUESDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2019 ● 9:00-19:00
„„SESSION 2
Chair: Ere Nokkala · University of Helsinki
9:00-9:30 Koen Stapelbroek Erasmus University Rotterdam and
University of Sydney
The history of trade and the legitimacy of the Dutch
Republic
9:30-10:00 Paul Cheney University of Chicago
Doux Commerce and Dependency: Montesquieu and
Early Modern Globalization
10:00-10:30 Discussion
10:30-10:45 Coffee Break

„ SESSION 3
Chair: Paul Cheney · University of Chicago
10:45-11:15 Arnault Skornicki Université Paris Nanterre
«Un grain de bled est le germe des sceptres et des
couronnes». La contribution physiocratique à la
philosophie de l’histoire
11:15-11:45 Jenny Mander Newnham College, University of Cambridge
Forging a civilized modern society: Raynal’s temporal
interpretation of the frivolity of the French nation
11:45-12:45 Discussion
12:45-14:30 Lunch Break
„„ SESSION 4
Chair: Arnault Skornicki · Université Paris Nanterre
14:30-15:00 Alida Clemente Università di Foggia
Between coeval models and the glories of antiquity.
Commerce, power, and institutions in the “histories”
of the Genovesi’s school
15:00-15:30 Pasquale Matarazzo Università degli Studi di Napoli
Federico II
Michele De Jorio: histoire et science du commerce à
Naples à la fin du XVIIIe siècle
15:30-16:00 Discussion
16:00-16:30 Coffee Break
„„ SESSION 5
Chair: Arnaud Orain · Université Paris 8 Saint-Denis
16:30-17:00 Antonella Alimento Università di Pisa
Re-employing sources to reflect on civilisation: The case
of the Dissertazione Storica sopra il commercio (1751)
17:00-17:30 Ere Nokkala University of Helsinki
August von Schlözer’s General History of Trade and
of Seafaring (1758): The Idea of Trade as primus
motor of Civilization
17:30-18:00 Monica Lupetti, Marco E. L. Guidi Università di Pisa
Grammar, Translation, Trade and Empire: Jacob
Nicolas Moreau’s L’Observateur Hollandais (1757-
58) as a chronicle of trade and rivalry, its Portuguese
translation, and Pombal’s Reforms
18:00-19:00 Concluding Discussion

Università di Pisa
Palazzo alla Giornata
Lungarno Pacinotti 43
Sala Pro Rettori