From 22 to 25 June 2016, the project closed its project meeting cycle and returned to Aarhus University. The theme of the VELUX project, to connect intellectual history with political history, was the overall theme of the 4th International Conference of the Association for Political History, which built the framework for the final dissemination of the project findings – and an international platform to inspire and begin new research projects in the field.
From 20 to 22 March 2016, the Social Science Center Berlin and AU, Arts organized a conference entitled "More Roads from Mont Pelerin". It connected the VELUX project with the major authors on the theme of linking economic thought with politics and a social vision. Participants have prepared articles for the follow-up publication of the pathbreaking "The Road from Mont Pelerin" book from 2009 (edited by Dieter Plehwe and Philip Mirowski).
Author's workshop organized in conjunction with the Social Science Center Berlin (WZB) Rule of Law Center. The workshop was held in Berlin on January, 15th and 16th 2015.
Contributors to this volume explore the changing concepts of the social and the economic during a period of fundamental change across Asia. Case studies show how adopting Western words reflected regional concepts of economy and society. Overall, contributors challenge accepted explanations of how Western knowledge spread through Asia and show how versatile Asian intellectuals were in introducing European concepts and in blending them with local traditions.
The conference held on October 19th and 20th 2012 dealt with the issue of transnational (neo-)liberalism from a variety of angles, mainly due to the focus on different countries and organisations as well as their respective relevant actors. Though many presentations took their departure in a national point of view, the transnational character of liberalism after WWII was stressed and presented convincingly. Certain protagonists featured prominently in the presentations as well as the discussions among them Friedrich August von Hayek, Ludwig van Mises, Milton Friedman and Wilhelm Röpke. The conference was characterised by a highly concentrated and respectful atmosphere and gave room for a lot of discussion, which enabled the participants to engage in-depth with the various outlooks on liberalism. Papers were sent to all participants in advance, which also contributed to the well-informed and sophisticated character of the discussions.
