Money Talks: Futures for the Economic Humanities In brief Dates - 28 and 29 MayVenue - University of EdinburghFormat - Two keynote talks, panels discussions, and an innovative “Laboratory of Economic Concepts" series of workshopsKeynote speakers - Dr Devin Singh (Dartmouth College) and Dr Rachel O’Dwyer (National College of Art and Design, Dublin) Call for PapersOver the past decade, growing numbers of researchers in the arts and humanities have turned their attention to questions of money, finance, and the economy. At the same time, social scientists have increasingly drawn on humanities-based methodologies in their analyses of economic phenomena.“Money Talks: Futures for the Economic Humanities” is a landmark conference dedicated to mapping this emerging interdisciplinary space and charting its multiple potential futures. The organisers, Professor Paul Crosthwaite (School of Literatures, Languages, and Cultures) and Professor Rachel Muers (School of Divinity) are now seeking submissions for panel discussion topics.Scholars can be from across a range of arts, humanities, and social science disciplines, and creative or practice-based presentations are also welcomed. Contributions are invited on topics ranging from economic knowledge and power to financial histories, spaces and temporality, and envisaging the future.In addition to keynote lectures and panel presentations, the conference will experiment with an innovative “Laboratory of Economic Concepts,” consisting of workshops focused on keywords from the economic lexicon, and drawing on participants’ varied disciplinary and intellectual perspectives to illuminate the terms’ genealogies, meanings, and potential reinventions.Please send proposals for individual papers (max. 250 words) or three-paper panels to the organisers by Friday 28 March 2025. Notifications of acceptance will be issued by Friday 4 April. Visit the project blog for more details about the CfP Submit your papers to the conference organisers Are you interested in a PhD in English Literature?We offer two PhDs: one in English Literature; and one in Creative Writing. Our interdisciplinary environment brings together specialists in all periods and genres of literature and literary analysis. Working with colleagues elsewhere in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) and across the wider University of Edinburgh, we are also able to support research which crosses further boundaries between disciplines and/or languages. Tags English and Scottish Literature May 28 2025 - May 29 2025 Money Talks: Futures for the Economic Humanities A two-day conference co-hosted with the School of Divinity and featuring keynote talks from Dr Devin Singh (Dartmouth College) and Dr Rachel O’Dwyer (National College of Art and Design, Dublin), this event will explore the place of finance within the humanities. University of Edinburgh Visit the project blog for more details about the CfP
Money Talks: Futures for the Economic Humanities In brief Dates - 28 and 29 MayVenue - University of EdinburghFormat - Two keynote talks, panels discussions, and an innovative “Laboratory of Economic Concepts" series of workshopsKeynote speakers - Dr Devin Singh (Dartmouth College) and Dr Rachel O’Dwyer (National College of Art and Design, Dublin) Call for PapersOver the past decade, growing numbers of researchers in the arts and humanities have turned their attention to questions of money, finance, and the economy. At the same time, social scientists have increasingly drawn on humanities-based methodologies in their analyses of economic phenomena.“Money Talks: Futures for the Economic Humanities” is a landmark conference dedicated to mapping this emerging interdisciplinary space and charting its multiple potential futures. The organisers, Professor Paul Crosthwaite (School of Literatures, Languages, and Cultures) and Professor Rachel Muers (School of Divinity) are now seeking submissions for panel discussion topics.Scholars can be from across a range of arts, humanities, and social science disciplines, and creative or practice-based presentations are also welcomed. Contributions are invited on topics ranging from economic knowledge and power to financial histories, spaces and temporality, and envisaging the future.In addition to keynote lectures and panel presentations, the conference will experiment with an innovative “Laboratory of Economic Concepts,” consisting of workshops focused on keywords from the economic lexicon, and drawing on participants’ varied disciplinary and intellectual perspectives to illuminate the terms’ genealogies, meanings, and potential reinventions.Please send proposals for individual papers (max. 250 words) or three-paper panels to the organisers by Friday 28 March 2025. Notifications of acceptance will be issued by Friday 4 April. Visit the project blog for more details about the CfP Submit your papers to the conference organisers Are you interested in a PhD in English Literature?We offer two PhDs: one in English Literature; and one in Creative Writing. Our interdisciplinary environment brings together specialists in all periods and genres of literature and literary analysis. Working with colleagues elsewhere in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) and across the wider University of Edinburgh, we are also able to support research which crosses further boundaries between disciplines and/or languages. Tags English and Scottish Literature May 28 2025 - May 29 2025 Money Talks: Futures for the Economic Humanities A two-day conference co-hosted with the School of Divinity and featuring keynote talks from Dr Devin Singh (Dartmouth College) and Dr Rachel O’Dwyer (National College of Art and Design, Dublin), this event will explore the place of finance within the humanities. University of Edinburgh Visit the project blog for more details about the CfP
May 28 2025 - May 29 2025 Money Talks: Futures for the Economic Humanities A two-day conference co-hosted with the School of Divinity and featuring keynote talks from Dr Devin Singh (Dartmouth College) and Dr Rachel O’Dwyer (National College of Art and Design, Dublin), this event will explore the place of finance within the humanities.
