CFP-ESHET 16th Annual Conference in St Petersburg

The 16th Annual Conference of the European Society for the History of
Economic Thought (ESHET) will be held at St. Petersburg State
University of Economics and Finance (Russia), May 17-19, 2012.
(Conference web site: http://eshet2012.ru). The Conference will be
organized by the Department of Economics of St. Petersburg State
University and the Leontief Centre.

ESHET 2012 welcomes papers and proposed sessions in all areas of the
history of economic thought. To submit a proposal please send an
abstract of about 400 words for a paper and/or a proposal of about 600
words for a session (together with the abstracts of the session
papers) no later than the 15th December 2011. The Conference will host
a special theme:

Institutions and Values in Economic Thought

The standard view of economists that economics is a value-free science
independent from political and social institutions has changed
significantly. Even positive economics is value-laden in choosing its
subject-matter, methods, concepts and scientific criteria.
“Institutions matter” in economics, and there are many ways of
studying institutions in different schools of economic thought. Though
mainstream economics has neglected institutions, there remain
important questions for historians of economics: What is the place of
institutions in the different economic schools (Mercantilism,
Classical political economy, the Cambridge school, Marxism, Austrian,
Post-Keynesian and Evolutionary economics, and others)? Why were
institutions neglected for so long in modern economic theory? What are
the accomplishments of institutional thinking in economics? Can
bridges be built between Old and New Institutional economics? What are
the cultural and national traditions of economic thought regarding
institutions?
 Topics for discussion could include:
•	Institutions in economic thought
•	Old and New institutional economics
•	National traditions and evolution of economic thought regarding institutions
•	Various economic schools on the role of institutions in the economy
•	Is economics a value-free or value-laden science?
•	Role of institutions in shaping economic thought
•	Institutions and economic performance
•	Institutions and values in Transitional/Emerging/Developing markets

Keynote Speakers
•	Geoffrey Hodgson, Research Professor in Business Studies at the
University of Hertfordshire,
Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Institutional Economics
•	Viktor Polterovich, Professor at the New Economic School

A selection of papers from all areas of the conference will be
published in the Special Issue of the European Journal of the History
of Economic Thought.

Scientific Committee: Irina Eliseeva, St. Petersburg State University
                                      John Davis, Marquette University
                                      Harald Hagemann, University of Stuttgart
                                      Danila Raskov, St. Petersburg
State University
                                      Amos Witztum, London
Metropolitan University and London School of Economics

Organising Committee: Irina Eliseeva, Danila Raskov
                                         Irina Karelina, Leontief Centre
                                         Harald Hagemann, Amos Witztum
                                         Andrey P. Zaostrovtsev, Leontief Centre


Important Dates

December 15,  2011	Deadline for abstract submission
January 30, 2012	Notification of accepted/rejected abstracts
March 7, 2012	Last Date for Early Registration
April 2, 2012	Deadline for visa application at local
Consulates/Embassies of Russia
April, 23	Deadline for registration for the Conference
April 16, 2012	Deadline for sending full papers
May 18, 2012	Conference Dinner & Boat Trip
May 17-19, 2012	ESHET 2011 Conference
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