This conference brings together graduate students and distinguished faculty in the field of American history who see capitalism as an important category of analysis and a topic for inquiry in its own right. Professor Richard White of Stanford University will deliver the keynote address. Five panels will present exciting new research and discuss central themes such as business and politics, property relations, legal regimes, capital and entrepreneurship, and ideological challenges to capitalism. With this conference, we aim to help revitalize the study of capitalism by historically-minded scholars, reflect on the present state of this subfield and its place within American history, and delineate directions for future research.

October 27-28, 2006
Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge

The conference is free and open to the public, but registration is strongly recommended. For further information and to register, please visit our website at:
www.fas.harvard.edu/polecon/conference