This workshop is organized in the framework of the SNSF-funded project “Organised Business and Environmental Governance in Western Europe (1945–1995)”.
The workshop brings together scholars interested in integrating emotions into the history of capitalism and business history. It aims to foster reflection on the methodological challenges involved in researching emotions in economic contexts, while encouraging cross-disciplinary dialogue on relevant concepts, theories, and analytical approaches.
Participants are expected to read the four draft papers in advance to facilitate in-depth discussion and constructive feedback.
| 08:45-10:30 | Session 1 | |
| Alberto Gamboa (Graduate Institute, Geneva) | Feeling the Rolls: The Economics of Emotional Display in Post-Napoleonic Litigation Records | |
| Izabel Barros (University of Lausanne and UniDistance Suisse) | From Aristocrats and Military Officers to Enslavers: Exploring Emotions and Slavery from a Transimperial Perspective | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00 - 12:45 | Session 2 | |
| Michele Sollai (University of Basel) and Sabine Pitteloud (Unidistance Suisse) | When Environmentalism Made Business Emotional: Business Associations and the 1970s Green Reckoning | |
| Ai Hisano (University of Tokyo) | Creating Modern Sensations: The Structures of Feeling and Aesthetic Capitalism |
If you’d like to attend the presentations, please contact Prof. Dr. Sabine Pitteloud.
