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François-Valentin Clerc

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François-Valentin Clerc is a PhD candidate in Economic and Social History, and a teaching assistant at the Department of History, Economy and Society (DEHES) of the University of Geneva. He works under the supervision of Prof. Mary O’Sullivan and is also affiliated to the Paul Bairoch Institute of Economic History. In addition, he is a member of the editorial board of the French journal Regards croisés sur l'économie.

His doctoral thesis examines the global history of silk capitalism in the wave of globalisation of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when raw silk was one of the most internationally traded commodities. His research aims to explain the major shifts that occurred in the silk commodity chain, which connected raw silk producers in Japan to silk fabric producers in France and the United States, and the consequences for industrial development.

He holds a Master’s degree in Economics and Social Sciences from the Paris Sciences et Lettres University (PSL) and the Écoles des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), with a dissertation on Japanese managerial capitalism under the supervision of Prof. Sébatien Lechevalier.

Research Interests

  • Economic history of Japan, France, and the United States
  • Global history of capitalism
  • Multiple paths to industrialisation
  • Political economy of institutional change
  • Managerial capitalism

 

Teaching

  • Seminar: “Qualitative and Visual Methods” (in French), lectures by Prof. Claudine Burton-Jeangros, Prof. Mathilde Bourrier and Prof. Jean-François Staszak (since 2021)
  • Tutorial: “Economics, States, and Institutions” (in French), lectures by Prof. Bruno Amable (since 2021)
  • Tutorial: “Political Economy of Capitalism”, lectures by Prof. Bruno Amable (since 2021)
  • Tutorial: “Heterodox Economics”, lectures by Prof. Bruno Amble et Prof. Mary O’Sullivan (since 2022)
  • Tutorial: “History of Financial Crises”, lectures by Prof. Juan Flores Zendejas et Prof. Gianandrea Nodari (2021-2022)

 

 

Publications

Edited Issue

AMARD Pauline, CLERC François-Valentin & PERNET-COUDRIER Olivier (eds.), “Setting Prices, Creating Value”, Regards croisés sur l’économie, Vol. 32, Issue 1, 2023 (in French).
https://www.cairn-int.info/journal-regards-croises-sur-l-economie-2023-1.htm?contenu=toc

Article

CLERC François-Valentin & LECHEVALIER Sébastien, « Le Japon est-il toujours une puissance technologique ? », Diplomatie, n°56, mai-juin 2020, p. 39-42.
https://www.areion24.news/2020/07/02/le-japon-est-il-toujours-une-puissance-technologique/

Review

CLERC François-Valentin, “Panel: Botanical Exchange and the Horticultural Trade in the Age of Imperialism and Industrialization”, infoclio.ch, 2022 (in French).
https://www.doi.org/10.13098/infoclio.ch-tb-0263