Universität KonstanzExzellenzcluster „Kulturelle Grundlagen von Integration“

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)

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