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Call for Papers "Diciottesimo Secolo" nr. 11, 2026
Money in the eighteenth century
Edited by Giovanni Iamartino and Conrad Brunstrom
James Gillray, John Bull ground down, London, 1795 (Courtesy of the Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University)
This special journal issue will consider competing understandings of money in the eighteenth-century. What was money? What made money real? What was the relationship between money and national identity? The eighteenth-century debated these topics using all available media. The great stock market crashes that shocked Paris and London in the 1720s created new forms of uncertainty regarding the very nature of commercial exchange and the remainder of the eighteenth century was marked by endless debates regarding laws of supply and demand. This special issue invites paper submissions not only on economic history but also on more poetic and emotionally charged descriptions of money and the hopes and fears that money provokes. Any paper that addresses exchange value in the long eighteenth century will be considered.
The deadline for submissions is 31 January 2026.
«Diciottesimo Secolo» is the official international open access journal of the Società Italiana di Studi sul Secolo XVIII (SISSD). It is committed to hosting critical debates covering a full range of eighteenth century subjects: from literature to history, from law to religion, from philosophy to science, from anthropology to the fine arts, from linguistics to ethics, from theatre to music. It is also intended as an instrument for providing updated information about current Italian research in eighteenth-century studies. Published annually and double blind peer reviewed, the journal is divided into three sections: “Essays”, “Critical Notes” and “Reviews”.
Editors-in-Chief:
Andrea Gatti, Università di Bologna, Italy
Rolando Minuti, Università di Firenze, Italy
ISSN ONLINE 2531-4165
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