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CALL FOR PAPERS: ESHET 2000 
 
Fourth Annual Conference 
of the 
European Society for the History of Economic Thought (ESHET) 
25-27 February 2000 
in 
Graz, Austria 
 
The fourth annual conference of the EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF 
ECONOMIC THOUGHT will be held at the University of Graz, Austria, 25-27 
February 2000. The conference will have both a thematic part and an open 
part. The theme will be: 
 
"Is there progress in economics?" 
 
Scholars who would like to attend and give a paper are asked to send a 
proposal and an abstract of not more than 500 words and full details of 
their affiliation by 31 August 1999, using preferably e-mail (or fax) to 
 
E-mail: [log in to unmask] 
Fax: ++43 316 351314 
 
Postal address: ESHET 2000, Department of Economics, University of Graz, 
Resowi-Zentrum F4, A-8010 Graz, Austria. Telephone: ++43 316 380 
3444/3457/3461. 
 
A scientific committee will screen the proposals. Notice of acceptance will 
be sent by 30 September 1999. The deadline for the submission of papers is 
15 December 1999. 
 
The abstracts will be included in a booklet distributed to all 
participants. Information about board, lodging, fellowships, and the final 
programme will be distributed in due course. 
 
Scientific committee: Heinz D. Kurz, Lars Magnusson, Bertram Schefold, Ian 
Steedman, Gianni Vaggi 
 
Local organising committee: Lutz Beinsen, Stephan Boehm, Christian  
Gehrke, Heinz D. Kurz, Gerald Schoepfer, Richard Sturn, Peter  
Teibenbacher 
 
Ph.D. Seminar, 23-24 February 2000 
 
Prior to the conference there will be a two-day seminar in which Ph.D. 
students can present their work to leading experts in their field of 
research, get comments and suggestions, and meet and discuss with other 
postgraduates. Ph.D. students are, of course, invited to stay on for the 
conference. Applications with supporting letters by their supervisors or 
other appropriate scholars and a brief proposal for a seminar presentation 
should be sent no later than 30 September 1999 to the above address 
(keyword: "Ph.D. Seminar"). A scientific committee consisting of Harald 
Hagemann, Heinz D. Kurz, Maria Cristina Marcuzzo, and Andrew Skinner will 
screen the proposals and inform applicants by 31 October 1999 if they are 
accepted. Postgraduates are asked to secure their own funding; however, 
there might be the possibility of a small number of bursaries. 
 
Bert Mosselmans 
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