ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

This is the third annual conference of the Indian Society for the History of Economic Thought (ISHET). ISHET has been established to revive teaching and research in the sub-field of history of economic thought (HET) in India.

ISHET 2026 will be held at the Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Thiruvananthapuram on 10th and 11th of October 2026.

We welcome papers on all HET topics. An illustrative list is provided below.

1) Economic thought of individuals

Kautilya, Khaldun, William Petty, Richard Cantillon, Mary Wollstonecraft, Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Harriet Taylor Mill, Augustin Cournot, Alfred Marshall, Karl Marx, Dadhabhai Naoroji, B. R. Ambedkar, Wassily Leontief, Piero Sraffa, Krishna Bharadwaj 

2) Thematic concerns

Feminist, Ecological, Labour, Caste, Finance, Money, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Econometrics, Inequality, Mathematics in economics

3) Regional economic thought

Indian economic thought, Kerala economic thought, Japanese economic thought, Russian economic thought, French economic thought, African economic thought, American and Latin American economic thought, British economic thought

4) Teaching HET

Integrating HET in micro and macro, pluralism and HET, HET and critical pedagogy

5) Methods in HET

Archival strategies, internalist approach, externalist approach, textual analysis, historical reconstruction, oral history

For sample articles in HET journals, see here: https://sites.google.com/view/ishet/resources/journals 

TBD

  • Deadline for submitting abstracts: 30 June 2026
  • Notification of acceptance: 15 July 2026
  • Deadline for paying the registration fees: 15 August 2026
  • Deadline for submitting full papers: 30 September 2026
  • Pre-ISHET conference workshop: 9 October 2026
  • ISHET Conference: 10, 11 October 2026

Please submit your abstracts here.

MORE INFORMATION TO FOLLOW.

These are being collected to partially defray the costs of food, venue and conference collateral. In the event of a surplus, it will be transferred to ISHET’s fund. 

  • Associate Professors & Professors: Rs. 4000
  • Assistant Professors & Working Professionals: Rs. 3000
  • PhD candidates & Retired academics: Rs. 2000
  • BA/MA students: Rs. 1000
  1. Sheetal Bharat (Vidyashilp University, Bengaluru, Karnataka)
  2. Srihari Chikoti (PhD candidate, University of Siena)
  3. Alex M. Thomas (Azim Premji University, Bengaluru, Karnataka)
  4. Limakumba Walling (University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana)
  1. Vinoj Abraham (CDS)
  2. Thair Ahmad (ISHET)
  3. Mohammed Anfas (CDS)
  4. Shonima Nelliat (CDS)
  5. Alex M. Thomas (ISHET)

For any information or assistance regarding ISHET’s annual international conference 2026, please write to <ishet2026@gmail.com>.