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The (Japanese) Society for the History of Economic Thought 
[provided by Aiko Ikeo, member HES Editorial Board] 
 
The Society for the History of Economic Thought was established in April 
1950 mainly for two purposes; (1) to promote the study of the history of 
economics, and the history of social and economic thought, and (2) to 
foster the international and internal exchange for its members. It holds 
the annual nationwide meeting and several local meetings in four regional 
branches, Tohoku, Kanto, Kansai and Seinan. The Society gives open 
lectures, and keeps contact with the HET societies abroad. 
 
The _Annals of the Society for the History of Economic Thought_  have been 
issued since 1963, carrying refereed articles (in Japanese or English 
submitted by its members); commissioned papers, surveys, book reviews, and 
communications (in Japanese); and a bibliography of journal articles 
abroad for the previous year.  It carries the news of active study groups 
on a variety of themes such as Ludwig A. Feuerbach, David Hume, John 
Maynard Keynes, Thomas Malthus, John Stuart Mill, Thomas More, Robert 
Owen, Adam Smith, Max Weber, the history of French socio-economic thought, 
German history, the history of Japanese economic thought, the history of 
economic thought, the history of economic theory, the history of political 
economy, the modern history of economic thought, evolutionary economics, 
methodology, and etc.  The Newsletter has been issued since 1992. 
 
The Society has published six monographs in Japanese so far: _The Study of 
the History of Economic Thought in Japan: A Ten Year History of the 
Society for the History of Economic Thought_ (1961), _The Formation of "Das 
Kapital"_ (1967), _The Formation of "The Wealth of Nations"_ (1976), _A 
Thirty Year History of the Society for the History of Economic Thought_ 
(1980), _Japanese Economics: Tracking the Economic Thinking of Japanese_ 
(1984), and _The History of Economic Thought: Surveys and Problems 
(1992). 
 
The JSHET e-mail list has been evolutionarily developing.  It was 
officially approved in November 1996.  It conveys official information, 
announcement of local meetings, call for papers, discussions and etc.  
Most messages are conveyed in Japanese. It is closed to its members for 
the time being.  The Society has been constructing its home page. 
 
JSHET's membership totaled 836 in June 1996.  The annual membership dues 
are 8,000 yen (from 1997). 
 
The incumbent President for 1995-6 is Hiroji Nakamura, Kumamoto Gakuen 
University.  Contact to Nakamura's Office, Faculty of Economics, Kumamoto 
Gakuen University, 2-5-1 Oe, Kumamoto-shi, Kumamoto 862.  Fax: 
+81-96-363-0702. (until March 1997) The President for 1997-8 is Takashi 
Negishi, Aoyama Gakuin University.  Contact to Negishi's Office, School of 
International Politics, Economics and Business, Aoyama Gakuin University, 
4-4-25 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150, Japan.  Fax: +81-3-5485-0782.  
(From April 1997 till March 1999)   
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