[Posted on behalf of Scott Newton. Please contact him with questions!
Ross B. Emmett]



A conference is planned to discuss the historical impact of the life, work
and influence of J.K. Galbraith, to be held in Cardiff University in
September 2008.

This conference aims to explore and analyse Galbraith's contribution from
the perspective of the historian. The focus will not be so much on an
assessment of Galbraith as an economist but on questions about his role in
influencing the development of economics over time, about why his
perspective generated (and still generates) controversy, about the
philosophies and traditions it draws upon, about his part in the Keynesian
revolution and the development of a post-Keynesian analysis, about the value
of his work in assisting our understanding of advanced capitalist societies
in the second half of the twentieth century, and about his relationship with
Liberalism and the Left in the USA and the UK. 

Our intention is to explore these issues by bringing together contributions
from a group of leading contemporary historians, as well as economists,
political scientists ands sociologists who have worked in areas of study
influenced by Galbraith's research and publications. The value of the
project has been recognised by Past and Present: its editorial board has
agreed to associate this distinguished journal with the conference.  The
full programme can be found at:

http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/hisar/newsandevents/history/galbraith-conference.html

Speakers: Anthony Badger (Cambridge), Roger Backhouse (Birmingham), Michael
Dietrich (Sheffield), James Foreman-Peck (Cardiff), Giuseppe Fontana
(Leeds), Matthew Hilton (Birmingham), Roger Middleton (Bristol), Richard
Parker (Harvard), Noel Thompson (Swansea). The conference will conclude with
a discussion led by Alan Milward (LSE and EUI) and Jim Tomlinson (Dundee).

Dr Scott Newton
Reader in Modern British and International History
Cardiff School of History and Archaeology
Humanities Building
Cardiff University
Colum Road
CARDIFF CF 10 3EU
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