The University of Sydney- June 2023
The University of Sydney held a public lecture by Emeritus Professor Tony Aspromourgos, that examined Adam Smith in the context of his role as one of the great founding figures of the modern social sciences.
The 16th of June 2023 marked the tercentenary of the known birthdate of Adam Smith. 300 years on a crowd gathered at the University of Sydney Social Sciences Building for a public lecture by Emeritus Professor of Economics, Tony Aspromourgos.
It is important to mark the tercentenary for two reasons. One, the founding of economic science, as Smith is often characterized as the founder of economics, or political economy, as it was then called. Secondly, Smith was a key figure in the intellectual history of liberalism. Connecting the dimension of social science and politics can lead to distortions and parodies of the man and his thought. Against this, Professor Tony Aspromourgos aims to recover the genuine voice and thought of the historical Adam Smith.
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300 years on, Adam Smith still draws a crowd
— Uni of Sydney Economics (@USydneyEcon) June 21, 2023
Thanks to Prof Tony Aspromourgos & A/Prof Graham White for a fitting #Sydney celebration of key economic figure Adam Smith@USydneyEcon @ArtSS_Sydney @Sydney_Uni @GarryFBarrett @heterodox_econs#adamsmith300 #tercentenary pic.twitter.com/J5uVu5nntj
.@USydneyEcon has collaborated with @UofGlasgow and a global network of leading institutions to celebrate the tercentenary of economic figure #AdamSmith. Learn about our recent lecture with Prof Tony Aspromourgos and our #globalcollaboration https://t.co/FptahTRayY@UofGAsbs pic.twitter.com/45iWyLW7w1
— Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (@ArtSS_Sydney) July 25, 2023