NETWORKS OF HISTORIANS OF ECONOMICS: FIFTY YEARS OF HISTORY OF ECONOMICS SOCIETY CONFERENCES

The History of Economics Society (HES) is neither the oldest nor the largest academic society of historians of economic thought. 1 However, no one would deny—certainly not when celebrating its fiftieth anniversary—the vital role the HES has had in establishing and shaping the field of history of economics. The goal of this paper is to go beyond mere favorable impressions to an evidence-based history grounded in analyzing the attendees of the exploratory conference in 1973 and the fifty annual HES meetings that followed.