it was the most interdisciplinary conference I've ever seen

是我见过学科跨度最大的会议
because we had professors from the Art History,

因为与会者包括艺术史
Comparative Literature, Finance, Economics, and Psychology.

比较文学金融学经济学及心理学教授
We had scholars from all over the world who knew

还有来自世界各地研究1720年股灾的学者
about the year 1720, including a lot of Dutchmen who were here.

其中包括不少这里的荷兰人
Anyway, the highlight of it was--one highlight for me was,

不论怎样这会议之所以吸引我
it had a--we saw a picture of an option from this time--

是因为我看到了一张当年期权合约的照片
an option contract to buy stocks from Amsterdam.

一份阿姆斯特丹市场上的股票看涨期权
It showed it was a printed form;

合约是印刷品
they had printed forms back then, at least in Holland they did.

那时候的荷兰已经有了印刷品
So, a printer had printed up with blanks to fill in.

那份印制的合约保留了几处待填写的空白
There's a place to fill in the exercise price and the exercise date.

有一处空白用来填写执行价格与行权日