XLIV Settimana di Studi

Prato Prato, PO, Italy

XLIV Settimana di Studi Assistenza e solidarietà in Europa secc. XIII-XVIII. • Social Assistance and Solidarity in Europe from the 13th to the 18th centuries Prato, 22-26 aprile 2012 PROGRAMMA Domenica 22 aprile 17.30, Sala Maggiore del Palazzo Comunale Saluti …

XLV Settimana di Studi

Prato Prato, PO, Italy

XLV Settimana di Studi Schiavitù e servaggio nell'economia europea, secc. XI-XVII • Serfdom and Slavery in the European Economy, 11th-18th Centuries Prato, 14-18 aprile 2013 PROGRAMMA Domenica 14 aprile 17.30, Sala Maggiore del Palazzo Comunale Saluti Roberto Cenni, Sindaco di …

XLVI Settimana di Studi

Prato Prato, PO, Italy

XLVI Settimana di Studi Il commercio al minuto. Domanda e offerta tra economia formale e informale / Retail trade. Supply and demand in the formal and informal economy Prato, 4-7 maggio 2014 PROGRAMMA Domenica 4 maggio 17.30, Sala Maggiore del …

XLVII Settimana di Studi

Prato Prato, PO, Italy

XLVII Settimana di Studi Le crisi finanziarie. Gestione, implicazioni sociali e conseguenze nell'età preindustriale - The financial crises. Their Management, their Social Implications and their Consequences in Pre-industrial Times. Prato, 10-13 maggio 2015 PROGRAMMA Domenica 10 maggio 17.30, Sala Maggiore …

“Prices and Standards of Living”

Prato Prato, PO, Italy

Call for papers: The focus of the seminar are prices and their influence on standards of living in past economies and societies. Its aim is to investigate the influence of prices on living conditions. Attention will be devoted to the influence of prices on incomes, inequality, poverty and then everyday living standards both in the short and long run; without any chronological constraint.

XLVIII Settimana di Studi

Prato Prato, PO, Italy

XLVIII Settimana di Studi I prezzi delle cose nell'età preindustriale • The prices of the things in Pre-industrial Times Prato, 8-11 Maggio 2016 PROGRAMMA Domenica 8 maggio 17.30, Sala Maggiore del Palazzo Comunale Paolo Malanima (Catanzaro), Prolusione: I prezzi delle …

XLIX Settimana di Studi

Prato Prato, PO, Italy

XLIX Settimana di Studi Gestione dell’acqua in Europa (XII-XVIII secc.) - Water Management in Europe (12TH-18TH Centuries) Prato, 14-17 Maggio 2017 PROGRAMMA Domenica 14 maggio Salvatore Ciriacono (Padova), Prolusione Lunedì 15 maggio Aula Magna - Polo Universitario Pratese (PIN) 09.00-13.00 …

“Natural Resources and Environment”

Prato Prato, PO, Italy

Call for papers: The focus of the 2017 seminar is the exploitation of Natural Resources and Environment in past and modern economies and societies. Its aim is to investigate the influence of natural resources and environmental changes on the economy of past and present societies. Attention was devoted to the exploitation of land, mineral resources, energy carriers, water and to climatic changes both in the short and long run.

L Settimana di Studi

Prato Prato, PO, Italy

L Settimana di Studi Reti marittime come fattori dell'integrazione europea - Maritime Networks as a Factor in European Integration Prato, 13-17 Maggio 2018 PROGRAMMA Domenica 13 maggio 18.00, Sala Maggiore del Palazzo Comunale • APERTURA DEI LAVORI: Saluto del Sindaco …

“Global Exchanges and Maritime Trades”

Prato Prato, PO, Italy

Call for papers: The focus of the 2018 seminar is the formation and development of maritime exchanges. Its aim is to investigate the influence of trades and connections by sea on the integration of past and present economies, societies and cultures. Attention will be devoted to the exchanges, their techniques, institutions, periods of growth and decline and their geography. Papers could cover any period from Antiquity till today.

LI Settimana di Studi

Prato Prato, PO, Italy

Disuguaglianza economica nelle società preindustriali: cause ed effetti - Economic inequality in pre-industrial societies: causes and effects

“Income, Wealth, Inequality”

Prato Prato, PO, Italy

Call for papers: The focus of the 2019 seminar is the level, structure, evolution of income and wealth and their distribution among social classes, families, individuals and among nations. Its aim is to investigate the structure of income and wealth in past and present societies and the inequalities both within and between countries. Attention is be devoted to the forms of income (wages, interests, profits, rents) and wealth (both real and financial assets), their changes in time and the influence of the institutions on their distribution.

Annullato “Consumption”

Prato Prato, PO, Italy

Call for papers: The focus of the 2020 seminar is consumption. The aims are: consumption by households, its share in total income, its structure and the role of fashion and cultures in shaping it; in addition, the commercial strategies employed to sell luxury products and how these stimulated demand; so as Taste, distinction, habit, and peer pressure as these provide an opportunity to discuss ideas about personal and social capital in history. Finally questions about the importance of durable and non-durable goods addressed together with geographical differences in consumption and the underlying causes.

LII Settimana di Studi

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La moda come motore economico: innovazione di processo e prodotto, nuove strategie commerciali, comportamento dei consumatori • Fashion as an economic engine: process and product innovation, commercial strategies, consumer behavior

LIII Settimana di Studi

Prato Prato, PO, Italy

L'economia della conoscenza. Innovazione, produttività e crescita economica, secc. XIII-XVIII - The knowledge economy. Innovation, productivity and economic growth, 13th to 18th century

“Economic Innovations”

Prato Prato, PO, Italy

Call for papers: The 2022 Datini-Ester seminar deals with Economic Innovations; that is the effects on the productivity and efficiency of the economic system deriving from changes in the mix of the inputs. Our purpose is to clarify the role of technical and institutional changes in different economies and discuss the possibility of measuring their effects on gross product.

LIV Settimana di Studi

Prato Prato, PO, Italy

Mezzi di scambio non monetari. Merci e servizi come monete alternative nelle economie dei secoli XIII-XVIII - Alternative currencies. Commodities and services as exchange currencies in the monetarized economies of the 13th to 18th centuries

“Economic Exchanges”

Prato Prato, PO, Italy

Call for papers: The 2023 Datini-Ester seminar deals with Economic Exchanges. The aims are encourage research on the exchange of goods and services, on the role of markets, monies, trade, transaction costs and institutional contexts, which might foster market integration or, alternatively, constrain economic performance. Purpose is to clarify the role of the economic exchange and market in past economies.

LV Settimana di Studi

Prato Prato, PO, Italy

La mobilità sociale nelle società preindustriali: tendenze, cause ed effetti (secc. XIII-XVIII) • Social Mobility in pre-industrial societies: tendencies, causes and effects (13th-18th centuries)

“Social and geographic mobility”

Prato Prato, PO, Italy

Call for papers: The 2024 Datini-Ester seminar deals with Social and geographic mobility. The aims are encourage research on social and socio-economic mobility (both upward and downward) in different historical contexts, as well as on geographic mobility, that is migration (short- or long-distance). As is well known, across human history geographic mobility has often played a major role in shaping patterns of socio-economic mobility. Purpose is to clarify the determinants, the extent and the final consequences of mobility in different periods, across entire societies or regarding specific social groups.