Friday 9 March
9-9.30Welcome and opening of the Conference: Sandra Bott (University of Lausanne)
Opening speech: Catherine R. Schenk (University of Glasgow)
Morning - Chair: Sébastien Guex (University of Lausanne)
9.30-10.30Stefano Ugolini (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa)
The Bank of England in the London Bullion Market, 1860-191410.30-11.30Michele Blagg (Centre for Contemporary British History at King's College, London)
The end of the rainbow, the demise of gold refining in London11.45-12.45Steven Topik (University of California)
How the Gold Standard Acted in Latin America: Brazil and Mexico at the Beginning of the Twentieth CenturyAfternoon - Chair: Olivier Feiertag (University of Rouens and University of Geneva)
14.15-15.15Georges Gallais-Hamonno (Université d'Orléans), Thi Hong Van Hoang (Montpellier Business School)
Gold in France 1803 to date: from a currency to a financial asset15.15-16.15Rachel Harvey (Columbia University)
Maket Status/Status Markets : The London Gold Fixing in the Bretton Woods Era16.30-17.30Janick Marina Schaufelbuehl (University of Lausanne)
Gold as a diplomatic tool. How the gold trade shaped political relations between the United States and the European Community, 1958-1968Saturday 10 March
Morning - Chair : Thomas David (University of Lausanne)
9.15-10.15Catherine R. Schenk (University of Glasgow)
The Hong Kong Gold Market during the 1960s10.15-11.15Bernd-Stefan Grewe (University of Education, Freiburg)
The Golden Route to India: India's Gold Control Policy and the Illegal Import of Gold (1960-1992)11.30-12.30Sandra Bott (University of Lausanne)
Gold at the heart of the competition between the Zurich and London financial markets, 1945-1975