ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

3rd STOREP European Summer School (SESS), Bressanone/Brixen (Italy), September 6-16, 2007.
SESS is organized by STOREP, the Italian Association for the History of Political Economy (www.storep.org) in Bressanone/Brixen and is held at the Accademia Cusano/Cusanus Akademie, piazza Seminario n. 2. Bressanone/Brixen is a small South Tyrol bi-lingual city located in the valley of Isarc river near the Austrian-Italian border and surrounded by the beautiful Dolomiti mountains.

General Description
The main aims of the STOREP European Summer School are:
- to provide advanced training for postgraduate students in economics of any orientation and field of specialization;
- to broaden the horizons of young economists on the relevance of the history of political economy for a better comprehension and further advancement of contemporary economics;
- to allow young economists to meet fellows and scholars from different countries with different backgrounds and aspirations but with the same research interests in the wide field of political economy or related disciplines.

Programme of the 2007 edition
The 2007 edition has a duration of 9 days. Two main lectures by invited speakers will be given in the mornings. Special Sessions will take place in the afternoons when PhD and Post-doc students present and discuss their research work or thesis with senior scholars.

Lecturers:
Geoff Harcourt (University of Cambridge, UK)
Jan Kregel (UNDESA, United Nations, New York, and Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia)
Axel Lejonhufvud (University of California at Berkeley, USA)
Tamotsu Nishizawa (Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, Japan)
Andrea Salanti (University of Bergamo, Italy)
Ulrich Witt (Max Planck Institute and University of Jena, Germany

Topics:
Post-Keynesian Theories of Accumulation
Theory and Institutions of Equity Markets
20th Century Transformations of Microeconomics
Alfred Marshall and the Historical School
A Post-Mortem on Keynesian Economics
Laws and Models in Economic Theory

Direction and Coordination:
Prof. Ferdinando Meacci (Universit??? di Padova, SESS Director)
Prof. Salvatore Rizzello (Universit??? del Piemonte Orientale)
Dr. Anna Spada (Universit??? del Piemonte Orientale)
Dr. Katia Caldari (Universit??? di Padova, SESS Secretary)

Scientific Board
Prof. Aldo Montesano (Universit??? Bocconi, Milano, Presidente Storep)
Prof. Roberto Ciccone (Universit??? di Roma Tre)
Prof. Terenzio Cozzi (Universit??? di Torino)
Prof. Marco Dardi (Universit??? di Firenze)
Prof. Franco Donzelli (Universit??? Statale di Milano)
Prof. Roberto Marchionatti (Universit??? di Torino)
Prof. Maria Cristina Marcuzzo (Universit??? di Roma)
Prof. Ferdinando Meacci (Universit??? di Padova)
Prof. Salvatore Rizzello (Universit??? del Piemonte Orientale)
Prof. Alessandro Roncaglia (Universit??? di Roma)
Dr. Anna Spada (Universit??? del Piemonte Orientale)
Prof. Margherita Emma Turvani (Istituto Universitario di Architettura, Venezia)

Applications deadline: May 31, 2007. Applications shall be sent to Dr. Katia Caldari, SESS Secretary, [log in to unmask] Early applications are welcome. Participants will be selected on the basis of their CV, the information provided in the application form (downloadable from the SESS webpage: http://www.storep.org/summerschool2007/index.htm) and the letter of presentation. Accepted candidates will be notified by June 15th 2007.

Fees and Scholarships. Participants will be charged EUR 450 covering registration fees, full board at the Accademia Cusano/Cusanus Akademie, materials and leisure activities. A number of grants covering travel expenses are available for qualified students from distant countries.


Salvatore Rizzello