The Latin American Society for the History of Economic Thought (ALAHPE) is an non-profit academic organization dedicated to promoting teaching, research and the dissemination of knowledge related to the history of economics in Latin America. On this webpage, you will find information on the structure and functioning of ALAHPE and the events promoted by the association, as well as a series of useful electronic resources related to the history of economics.
Since its creation in 2015, ALAHPE has been dedicated to the pursuit of three main goals: 1) to promote teaching, research and the dissemination of knowledge about the history of economics in Latin America; 2) to encourage cooperation with other scientific organizations that share an interest in the history of economics; and 3) to foster communication and the exchange of ideas between professionals dedicated to the history of economics.
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ALAHPE runs a mailing list for the dissemination of information and discussion of subjects relevant to the history of economics. Use the link below to join the conversation.
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Doutoranda em Economia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais e Université Paris 8
jumarchevski@gmail.com
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Senior Researcher, CONICET; Assistant Professor, U. Nacional de San Martín, Argentina
robertolampa@gmail.com
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Professor Associado, Depto. Economia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brasil
felipe.almeida@ufpr.br
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Professor do Cedeplar, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brasil
luizfelipelfbc@cedeplar.ufmg.br
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Associate Professor, Cedeplar, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brasil
cesuprinyak@gmail.com
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Full Professor of Economics, Université Lyon 2 - Triangle, France
rebeca.gomez-betancourt@univ-lyon2.fr
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Professor do Cedeplar, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brasil
alexandre@cedeplar.ufmg.br
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Investigador Asociado, IIS, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
mataripierre@gmail.com
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Profesorx, Facultad de Economía, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
jihurtad@uniandes.edu.co
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Investigadora Adjunta, CONICET; Profesora Adjunta, Univ. de Buenos Aires, Argentina
florencia.sember@gmail.com
Montevideo, April 20-22, 2022
MoreSome documents related to the founding of ALAHPE
The Latin American Association for the History of Economic Thought (ALAHPE) was created in November 2015, in Santiago, during the activities of the 5th Latin American Conference on the History of Economic Thought – ESHET Chile 2015. The event was part of a series Latin American conferences promoted since 2011 with the support of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought (ESHET), with previous editions in Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, and Brazil. These conferences played a fundamental role in reinforcing the sense of community among professionals dedicated to the history of economics who shared multiple ties, both personal and academic, with Latin America.
As this spirit matured, the decision was made, in Santiago, to create an autonomous association dedicated to cultivating a common space for the Latin American community of historians of economics. The founding document of ALAHPE was signed by 37 participants at the Santiago meeting, with the express support of 65 other professionals, together representing ten different Latin American countries.
Since then, ALAHPE has been working to put into practice the different aspects of its institutional mission. Its main instruments, so far, are the academic events organized by the association. Every two years, ALAHPE promotes the Latin American Conference on the History of Economic Thought, which quickly established itself as the main forum for academic exchange between scholars working in the region. The association is also responsible for organizing HESSLA, a summer school dedicated to young researchers with an interest in the field. Finally, we also manage an electronic mailing list, which provides a space for disseminating news, publications, works in progress, and other relevant discussions.
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One of the aims and interests behind the creation of a Latin American association for the history of economic thought was to attract attention to ideas and authors coming from the periphery. From the beginning, our society aimed to improve diversity in the history of economic thought by giving more space to scholars who come from the global South, especially Latin America. It also purported to strengthen the history of economic thought community within the region.
We know, however, that much remains to be improved regarding diversity and inclusion within ALAHPE. The challenges are even greater considering the particularities of this region: great income inequality and high discrimination toward certain groups and minorities. This is why the first Executive Committee has already created a diversity and inclusion sub-committee responsible for studying and addressing related issues.
We are committed to advancing the approval of a code of conduct and a guide for scientific events at our forthcoming Montevideo conference. Moreover, the diversity and inclusion committee has begun to elaborate some initiatives that could be put in practice already for the Montevideo conference. These initiatives aim to identify the current situation of ALAHPE concerning diversity and inclusion, and consider means to improve it. These and other related contents will be uploaded to this space once they are available.
The current diversity and inclusion committee is composed of Julia Fleider Marchevsky and Rebeca Gomez Betancourt. Please feel free to contact us.
The ALAHPE Executive Committee
May 21, 2021
The 8th Latin American Conference on the History of Economic Thought will be organized by the Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Administración, Universidad de la República, in Montevideo (Uruguay), between April 20 and 22, 2022.
The theme chosen for the conference is ‘Doing Research on the History of Economics from Latin America: Of Superiorities, Empires and All the Rest’. We seek to encourage scholars dedicated to the study of economic ideas in Latin America to connect the literatures on imperialism and the superiority of economists — expanding, criticizing or enriching them, and also assessing their implications for theoretical, empirical, multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research. The conference thus wishes to stimulate reflection on the peculiarities of HET research carried out from Latin America. Papers that address the broad spectrum of topics associated with the history of economics will also be welcome.
The organizing committee considers several possible conference arrangements (face-to-face, virtual or a combination of both), depending on the evolution of sanitary conditions. This decision will be communicated to interested participants well in advance.
Universidad de la República is the main public university in Uruguay, and its Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Administración is the oldest and most prominent center for the training of economists in the country.
Gabriel Bucheli (Universidad de la República)
Luis Cáceres (Universidad de la República)
Pablo Messina (Universidad de la República)
María Inés Moraes (Universidad de la República)
Andrés Rius (Universidad de la República)
Andrea Vigorito (Universidad de la República)