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"The Economic Agent: Theory and History" 
 
Paris 
Carré des Sciences- 1, rue Descartes 
30th January - 1st February 2003 
  
Conference Website: http://phare.univ-paris1.fr/ESHET/index.html 
 
CALL FOR PAPERS 
 
The 7th Annual Conference of the European Society for the History of 
Economic Thought (ESHET) will be held at the Carré des Sciences and the 
Université of Paris-I, in Paris, during the period January 30 - February 1 
2003. 
 
Starting with a lecture in the evening of Thursday January 30, the 
Conference will end after the Annual General Meeting to be held on the 
afternoon of Saturday February 1. The Conference has both a thematic and an 
open part, however, the scientific committee intends to give particular 
attention to the propositions related to the thematic part. As announced in 
the previous ESHET Newsletter, the theme is: the Economic Agent.  
 
As a matter of fact, the economic agent is a central feature in economics: 
Capitalists, Landlords, Labourers and Legislators in Classical and Marxian 
economics; Consumers, Producers, Firms, and Representative Agents in 
Marginalist and Neoclassical economics. 
 
Some more specific lines of enquiry might be suggested. In particular: 
 
The emergence of the concept of economic agent  
The way it is related to various forms of rationality  
The connections between economic agents and institutions  
Comparative approaches to economic and other types of agents -- political 
or sociological agents  
 
Scholars wishing to present a paper are asked to submit a proposal and an 
abstract (no more than 1000 words) and full details of their affiliation by 
30 September 2002, preferably by e-mail, to the following Conference 
address:  
 
PHARE - Colloque ESHET 
Université de Paris X -- Nanterre 
200 avenue de la République 
Bâtiment K 
92001 Nanterre Cedex 
FRANCE 
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Prior to the Conference, a Ph.D. sminar will be held on January 30 during 
which Ph. D. students are encouraged to present their lines of research in 
order to benefit from comments and suggestions by a small number of senior 
scholars. Applications with supporting letters by their supervisors or 
other appropriate scholars and a proposal should be sent to the scientific 
committee. Accommodation costs will be borne by the local organising 
committee. 
 
A scientific committee will screen the proposals. Notice of acceptance will 
be sent by 4 November 2002. Deadline for the submission of final abstracts 
to be included in a booklet distributed to all participants is 15 December 
2002. 
 
Scientific Committee : 
A. Béraud, P. Bridel, D. Diatkine, P-L. Porta, P. Steiner and E. 
Streissler. 
 
Local organising committee: 
A. Béraud, D. Diatkine 
  
 
 
 
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