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

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