Posted on 16 December 2015
The multidisciplinary research workshop “Alan Steele Milward: Historian, Economist and Political Theorist”, organised by the Max Weber Programme and the Alcide De Gasperi Research Centre, will take place on Wednesday 16 December 2015 at 17:00 in the Max Weber Common Room, Badia Fiesolana.
This workshop is addressed to the whole EUI community and intends to improve the understanding of key social science issues and methods through better knowledge of the work of Alan S. Milward (1935-2010). In his research Alan Milward dealt with a variety of problems at the core of the social science: What is the role of economic forces in wars? Do conquests pay? What are the drivers of economic development? What are the drivers of regional integration? He achieved accurate descriptions of economic realities in spite of the less developed means available in his time. Furthermore, he designed his historical research in a dialogue with political theories, eager to use existing theories, but also to develop theories of his own, drawn from his understanding of history.
The event will be introduced by Professor Federico Romero (HEC) and chaired by Emmanuel Comte (MWP). The invited speakers will be the main specialists on Alan S. Milward’s legacy: Professor Fernando Guirao, Jean Monnet Professor of History with an ad personam chair at Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona), and Doctor Frances Lynch, Reader in History at the University of Westminster (London). Guirao and Lynch have just published together, for Routledge, their second book on his legacy: Alan S. Milward and Contemporary European History, Collected Academic Reviews, which focuses on the practice of reviews, particularly important in Alan Milward’s research. Luc-André Brunet, researcher at the Max Weber Programme, will be the discussant.
Click here to download the full programme of the workshop.
To attend the event, please register online.