As historical narratives on international politics of development and modernization are now consolidate, a genuinely European perspective, that considers the multiplicity of governmental and non-governmental actors, still seems to be missing. This conference aims to understand to what extent a politically integrated Europe might be understood as the result of practices of development policies within Europe and its (semi-)colonial periphery during the past two centuries.

Organizer: Prof. Dr. Heinrich Hartmann/Dr. Margot Lyautey (Helmut-Schmidt-Universität Hamburg); Dr. Hugo Canihac (SAGE – Université de Strasbourg); Prof. Dr. Philipp Müller (Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung)
Venue: Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung
Location: Hamburg
Country: Germany
Takes place: In Attendance
Period: 19-21.03.2025

Proposals

Papers in this axis are expected to explore different dimensions and contexts of this re-circulation processes. Of particular interest in this regard are the mediations allowing for this re-circulation to take place (for instance transnational communities of experts or international organizations). Likewise, we welcome papers investigating how the ideas, knowledge and instruments of development were transformed in the circulation process – for instance how ‘local’ knowledge gathered on the ground by development experts eventually altered ‘general’ ideas about development in Europe. Paying attention to this two-ways process of export-import will thus open new avenues to understand the entanglements of national, transnational and international processes in the history of European integration.

Please send proposals consisting of a title, an abstract (max. 300 words), names, affiliations as well as a short biographical description of authors until February 29th 2024 to: lyauteym@hsu-hh.de. The preliminary program will be available in March 2024 and all applicants will be notified.

Contact (announcement)
Margot Lyautey (lyauteym@hsu-hh.de)

More details and information are in the call for papers