ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

Fourth STOREP European Summer School (SESS)
Bressanone /Brixen, 21-31 August 2008

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
The Summer School has a duration of 10 days. Two
main lectures by invited speakers are given in the morning of each
day. In
the
afternoons Young Scholar Seminars  will take place, in which Ph.D. and
Post-doc students will present and discuss their research
papers or projects with senior scholars.

Among the lecturers of the 2008 edition are:
Brad Bateman (Denison University, Granville, Ohio, USA)
Avi Cohen (York University, Toronto, Canada)
Jan Kregel (UNDESA, United Nations, New York , and Tallinn University of
Technology, Estonia)
Heinz Kurz (University of Graz, Austria)
Tony Lawson (Cambridge University, UK)
Bertram Schefold (J.W. Goethe Universitat, Frankfurt, Germany)

Among the topics of the 2008 edition:
- Predicting an Unexpected Future for the History of Economic Thought
- Issues in the Hayek/Knight Capital Controversy
- The Creation and Evolution of Post Keynesian theory
- Endogenous Growth, Old and New
- What is Wrong with Modern Economics?
- Max Weber as an Economist and an Economic Historian

The Organizers
SESS is organized by STOREP (the Italian Association for the History of
Political Economy) in collaboration with the University of Padova in
Bressanone/Brixen and is held at the Accademia Cusano/Cusanus Akademie,
Piazza Seminario 2. Bressanone/Brixen is a small South Tyrol city
located
in the valley of Isarc river and surrounded by the beautiful Dolomiti
mountains. The official language of SESS is English.

Direction and Coordination of the School
Prof. Ferdinando Meacci (University of Padova , SESS Director)
Prof. Salvatore Rizzello (Universit? del Piemonte Orientale, STOREP
Secretary)
Dr. Katia Caldari (University of Padova , SESS Secretary)
Dr. Anna Spada (Universit? del Piemonte Orientale, SESS Administrator)

The school is targeted to doctorate and post-doctorate students in
economics, economic history and related
disciplines and to young economists in general. Participants
will be selected on the basis of their CV and the information
provided in the application form, downloadable from website
http://storep.org/summerschool2008/index.htm

The deadline for applications is June 1, 2008.

Applications should be sent via e-mail to Dr. Katia Caldari, SESS
secretary.

Accepted candidates will be notified by June 15, 2008

Fees and Scholarships
SESS is funded partly by sponsors and partly by tuition fees. The
tuition
fee for the 2008 edition is ?350. The fee will cover registration and
full accommodation at the Accademia Cusano/Cusanus Akademie, Piazza
Seminario 2, Bressanone/Brixen (http://www.cusanus.bz.it/) plus
materials
and leisure activities. The fee must be paid in two instalments: 1st
instalment of ?200 by June 30, 2008; 2nd instalment of ?150 on arrival
at
the Accademia Cusano
A number of fellowships are available for qualified students on
demand.


Katia Caldari