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European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE) 2002 
Conference 
7-10 November 2002 
Aix-en-Provence, France 
 
Institutional History of Economics Research Area 
 
CALL FOR PAPERS 
 
 
EAEPE's Institutional History of Economics Research Area invites paper 
proposals that contribute to one of its following seven theoretical 
perspectives: 
 
(1) The approach to analysis is based on an evaluation of relevant 
tendencies and linkages in actual economics - instead of a methodology that 
sanctifies fictions and diverts attention from the difficult task of 
analyzing the practice and culture of economics. 
 
(2) The analysis is open-ended and interdisciplinary in that it draws upon 
relevant material in psychology, anthropology, politics, and history - 
instead of a definition of history of economics in terms of a rigid method 
that is applied indiscriminately to a wide variety of economic approaches. 
 
(3) The conception of economics is of a cumulative and evolutionary process 
unfolding in historical time in which economists are faced with chronic 
information problems and radical uncertainty about the future - instead of 
approaches to theorizing that focus exclusively on the product of this 
process. 
 
(4) The concern is to address and encompass the interactive, social process 
through which economics is formed and changed - instead of a theoretical 
framework that takes economists and their interests as given. 
 
(5) It is appropriate to regard economics itself as a social institution, 
necessarily supported by a network of other social institutions - instead 
of an orientation that takes economics itself as an ideal or natural order 
and as a mere aggregation of individual economists. 
 
(6) It is evaluated how the socio-economic system is embedded in a complex 
ecological and environmental system - instead of a widespread tendency to 
ignore ecological and environmental considerations or consequences in the 
history of economics. 
 
(7) The inquiry seeks to contribute not only to history of economics but 
also to economics - instead of an orthodox outlook that ignores the 
possibility of such cross-fertilization. 
 
Preference will be given to original accounts, based on detailed archival 
or other research, aimed at yielding rich, sophisticated, understandings. 
Hence, papers that "do it" instead of those that "talk about doing it" are 
favored. 
 
To participate, please submit a proposal containing 600-1000 words and 
indicating clearly the sense in which the paper contributes to one of the 
theoretical perspectives of the research area. 
 
The deadline for the submission of paper proposals is 30 MARCH 2002. Notice 
of acceptance or rejection will be sent on or before 30 APRIL 2002. 
Completed papers are due on 31 AUGUST 2002. 
 
All proposals and requests for information should be sent to: 
 
Esther-Mirjam Sent 
Department of Economics 
University of Notre Dame 
Notre Dame, IN 46556 
USA 
 
Tel: +1-219-631-6979 
Fax: +1-219-631-8809 
 
E-mail: [log in to unmask] 
Web-site: http://www.nd.edu/~esent 
 
Further information on the EAEPE 2002 conference can be found at: 
http://eaepe.tuwien.ac.at/ 
 
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