International Workshop – Call for papers
Improving Mountain Agriculture? Debates and Reform Projects (1750–1850)
7-8 June 2027
Laboratorio di Storia delle Alpi, USI-Accademia di architettura, Mendrisio, Switzerland
In eighteenth-century Europe, agriculture became a central political and intellectual concern. This has attracted considerable scholarly interest. Mountains, however, have received comparatively little attention as places where ideas and projects for agrarian improvement were devised. This workshop examines how crop cultivation, livestock farming, and forestry were debated in mountain regions between 1750 and 1850.
The full call for papers here: https://www.labisalp.usi.ch/it/eventi-notizie/improving-mountain-agriculture-debates-and-reform–42816
Organisation: Aris Della Fontana (Università della Svizzera Italiana – Swiss National Science Foundation Fellowship). With the support of the Laboratorio di Storia delle Alpi.
Accommodation costs will be covered for participants without institutional funding.
Proposals in English or French, including an abstract of 200-300 words and a short biography, should be sent to aris.della.fontana@usi.ch by 31 December 2026.
Applicants will be notified about the outcome of their submission by 15 January 2027.