First International Symposium on the History of Economic Thought (ISHET):
"The Integration of Micro and Macroeconomics from a Historical Perspective"

3-5 August 2009

Department of Economics (School of Economics, 
Business Administration, and Accounting - FEA)
University of São Paulo (USP)
São Paulo, SP, Brazil


   The Department of Economics at the University 
of São Paulo is very pleased to organize the 
first international symposium on the history of 
economic thought, which is open and free of 
charge to anyone who wishes to attend it. The 
symposium aims to bring together renowned 
international and local scholars in the field of 
history of economics to discuss historical 
aspects of the integration between micro and macroeconomics.

   International speakers include Robert Gordon, 
Michel De Vroey, Wade Hands, Kevin Hoover, Bruna 
Ingrao, Robert Leonard, and Philip Mirowski. 
Meanwhile, discussants include a host of renowned 
local scholars from several Brazilian universities.

   It is very likely that the symposium will be 
both streamed live on internet and recorded (in 
order to make the videos freely available on 
internet afterwards). For further information on 
this (to be posted later) and for further 
details, please check the symposium webpage at:

<http://www.usp.br/feaecon/ishet/>http://www.usp.br/feaecon/ishet/

   Sincerely,

Pedro Garcia Duarte & Gilberto Tadeu Lima
Organizers