The 41st Annual UK History of Economic Thought Conference, sponsored 
by the Hallsworth Foundation for the Study of Political Economy, will 
be held at Chancellors Hotel and Conference Centre, University of 
Manchester, 2-4 September, 2009. The provisional programme is as follows.


Samuel Hollander (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev): "Marx and 
Engels on Economic Organization, Income Distribution and the Price 
Mechanism."  (Hallsworth Distinguished Speaker)

Lin Cheng (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics): "Current 
work on the History of Chinese Economic Thought." (Hallsworth 
Distinguished Speaker)

Roger Backhouse (University of Birmingham) (with Philippe Fontaine): 
"The History of Economics as History of Social Science."

Ivan A. Boldyrev (Moscow State University): "Ontology of Economics: 
an Interpretive Perspective."

Luis Francisco Carvalho (ISCTE, Lisbon): "John Ruskin's Critique of 
Classical Political Economy."

Fred Day (Manchester Metropolitan University):  "Hodgskin and Godwin."

Andy Denis (City University): "Methodological Individualism: some 
notes on orthodox and heterodox views."

Christopher Godden: (University of Manchester): "Popular Economic 
Opinion and the History of Economic Thought."  (Young Scholars 
Session, sponsored by The Hallsworth Foundation.)

Willie Henderson (University of Minnesota, Duluth): "Adam Smith's 
Stadial Theory: story-telling and analyses."

Toshiaki Hirai (Sophia University, Tokyo): "On Hawtrey's Unpublished 
Book, 'Right Policy': his social philosophy."

Margaret Moussa (University of Western Sydney): "Evolution or 
Mechanics? Marshall's Principles of Economics interpreted in the 
light of J.S. Mill's empiricist philosophy of science."

Nerio Naldi (University of Rome): "Rhetorical Influences on the 
Analysis of Value and Prices in The Wealth of Nations."

Joao Rodrigues (University of Manchester): "Are Markets Everywhere? 
Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek and Karl Polanyi."   (Young 
Scholars Session, sponsored by The Hallsworth Foundation.)

Daniel Schiffman (Ariel University) (with Robert Leeson): "Pigou's 
Theory of Unemployment: A Reassessment."



Evert Schoorl (Emeritus, University of Groningen) (with Henk 
Plasmeijer):  "Self-taught teachers: the first generations of Dutch 
economics textbooks and their authors
(19th and early 20th century)."

Richard van den Berg (Kingston University): "The Art versus the 
Nature of Commerce: The different perspectives of Malachy 
Postlethwayt and Adam Smith."

Julian Wells (Kingston University) (with Alain Alcouffe): "Marx, 
Maths and MEGA II."


The conference will begin with lunch on 2 September and will close 
after lunch on 4 September. The Fee is GBP 280, inclusive of 
registration, accommodation and all meals (including the conference 
reception and formal dinner).  Further details, including the booking 
form, are available by following this link: 
http://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/disciplines/economics/events/hetc/.

In due course it is hoped that the conference papers will be 
available to download.  This facility will be password-protected and 
restricted to conference participants, who will be issued with a 
username and password on or after registration.

The number of conference places is strictly limited and will be 
allocated on a 'first-come-first-served' basis. Bookings should be 
made before August 1st.

I take this opportunity to thank the many colleagues who offered 
expressions of support for the conference.  The Call for Papers 
elicited a bountiful number of offers and it is with regret that many 
could not be accepted, even with the expedient of abandoning the 
traditional 'afternoon of rest' on the second day. However, past 
experience testifies that a successful conference depends greatly on 
the contributions of participants, and I hope that colleagues who 
could not be included on the programme will give serious thought to 
attending, and enhancing, what promises to be an enjoyable and 
intellectually stimulating event.




Terry Peach
Conference Organiser
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