3rd History of Economics Winter School in Latin America. A YSI pre-HES Event.

As a collaboration between the Latin American Association for the History of Economic Thought (ALAHPE), the History of Economics Society (HES) and Young Scholars Initiative (YSI), the 3rd History of Economics Winter School in Latin America will take place at the Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago de Chile, on 12-14 July, 2024, as a pre-HES Conference meeting, which will take place at the same venue on 14-18 July. The topic of the Winter School is “HET research in Latin America: present consolidation and future challenges”.

After two previous Latin American History of Economics Summer Schools (Bogotá, 2015 and Ouro Preto, 2017), the Winter School intends to bring together young scholars interested in expanding their knowledge of the history of economics and in improving their research skills. As the initiative is part of a Latin American effort to strengthen the HET community, the Winter School will emphasize regional and national traditions of economic thought, as well as the interplay between ideas and policy in Latin American countries. The target audience, however, is not supposed to be restricted to the region. Quite the opposite; the objective is to include scholars, both young and senior, from many different parts of the world. The same applies to the academic topics to be covered. The idea is to encourage debates not only on Latin American issues in a restricted sense, but on interconnections and processes of dissemination. In other words: on articulations between Latin America and the rest of the world.

Besides promoting productive interactions between the new generation of Latin American scholars and the broader international community, represented by the members of the HES, there are two other reasons for organizing the Winter School in Chile. First, the city of Santiago de Chile has a symbolic meaning in the history of Latin American economic thought. As the home city of the headquarters of the Economic Commission of Latin America (ECLAC/CEPAL), Santiago was the place where 20^th-century economists such as Raúl Prebisch and Celso Furtado elaborated and discussed the foundations of theoretical reflections inspired by the Latin American economic reality. A potential collaboration between the ECLAC and the Winter School is currently underway. Second, colleagues from the Faculty of Economics and Business of the Universidad del Desarollo (UDD) agreed to host the initiative, assuring that the Winter School will benefit from the modern infrastructure and organizational expertise of a high-level academic institution such as the UDD.