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Past Member

Arnaud Orain

Funding provided by the Florence Gould Foundation Fund

Affiliation

Social Science
Historical Studies

Field of Study

History of Economics, Economic History
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Arnaud Orain’s research explores older forms of economic knowledge that were influential before the emergence of “economics” in the eighteenth century: the dialogical discourse on commerce, economic fictions, the “oeconomy,” and alchemical science.

Dates at IAS

Member
School of Social Science
School of Historical Studies

Degrees

University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Ph.D.
2004
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Fontenay Saint-Cloud
M.A.
2000

Honors

2019
Best book Award for La Politique du Merveilleux - ESHET

Appointments

IAS School of Historical Studies
2020–2021
Member
Princeton University
2015–2016
Davis Fellow