Programme
Thursday, 26 June
17:00-18:15
Reception
18:15-19:45
Keynote Speech
Harold James (Princeton): Globalization, Empire, and Natural Law
20:00
Dinner
Friday, 27 June (Location: Bischofsvilla)
9:00-9:15
Opening Remarks
Christof Dejung/Niels P. Petersson
9:15-10:45
Panel 1: Legal Institutions
Jérôme Sgard (Paris): Against International Governance: Bankruptcy Laws and Globalisation, 1850-1930
Niels P. Petersson (Konstanz): Legal Unification, Arbitration and the Emergence of Private Transnational Orders in the World Economy
Chair: Christof Dejung (Konstanz)
Comments: Jan-Otmar Hesse (Göttingen)
10:45-11:15
Coffee
11:15-12:45
Panel 2: Information, Trust, and Trade
Rowena Olegario (Vanderbilt University): Credit Information, Institutions, and International Trade: The U.K., U.S., and Germany, 1850-1930
Christof Dejung (Konstanz): The Role of European Merchant Firms in the Indian Cotton Trade in the 19th and early 20th Century
Chair: Niels Petersson (Konstanz)
Comments: Harold James (Princeton)
13:00-14:15
Lunch and Coffee
14:15-15:45
Panel 3: Intellectual Property
David Gilgen (Bielefeld): Creation of an International Market for Innovations. International Patent Agreements and the Innovation Politics of the
United States and Germany in the Late 19th and Early 20th Century
Pierre-Yves Donzé (Kyoto): The International Patent System – A Path to the Globalization of the Technology Market? The Case of Japan (1880-1930)
Chair: Jürgen Osterhammel (Konstanz)
Comments: Monika Dommann (Zürich)
15:45-16:15
Coffee
16:15-18:30
Panel 4: Financial Markets
Bernard Attard (Leicester): The London Stock Exchange and the Colonial Market: a Case Study of Internationalisation, 1855-1930
Bernd-Stefan Grewe (Konstanz): The London Gold Market 1910-1931
Chair: Sven Beckert (Harvard)
Comments: Youssef Cassis (Geneva)
19:30
Dinner
Saturday, 28 June (Location: Bischofsvilla)
9:00-10:30
Panel 5: World War I
Philip Dehne (New York): The Surprising Resilience of Transnational Networks During the First World War: The Case of Bunge & Born in Argentina
Chair: Bernd Grewe (Konstanz)
Comments: Boris Barth (Konstanz)
10:30-10:45
Coffee
10:45-12:15
Panel 6: Non-State Actors and Organisations
Michele D’Alessandro (Milan): Between Governments and Private Actors: League of Nations’ Attempts at Stabilizing World Markets 1925-1931
Peter Fäßler (Dresden): International Cartels and Deglobalization (1919-1939)
Chair: Christof Dejung (Konstanz)
Comments: Jürgen Osterhammel (Konstanz)
12:15-13:00
Concluding discussion
Opening Remarks: Sven Beckert (Harvard)
Chair: Niels Petersson (Konstanz)