----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- CALL FOR PAPERS The 6th Annual Conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought (ESHET) will be held at the University of Crete, in Rethymno, between the 14th and the 17th of March 2002. It will begin with a lecture and a reception in the evening of 14 March 2002 and will end after lunch on 17 March 2002. The conference will have both a thematic part and an open part. The theme will be: The definition and causes of the wealth of nations are at the heart of the origin of history of economic ideas. The search for the causes of the rise, and sometimes fall, of nations has been a key issue of eighteenth century economics and has inspired modern growth theories. Capital accumulation and investment and more recently human and social capital, R&D, externalities and increasing returns are some of the recurring issues in modern development theory. Development economics has largely evolved from pure growth models to a wider analysis of social change. Nowadays the analysis of the evolution of societies and of their rise and decline include problems like population, democracy, freedom, governance, location, which link up with other social sciences: demography, geography, political science. History of economic thought has been largely instrumental in producing some of these changes. The evolution in the reading of Smith since the mid nineteenth-sixties and the many episodes, from Malthus to Marx, from the Austrian school to Schumpeter and the neo-keynesian theories of growth, testify of the constant attention of the economists to the problem of development as a wide ranging social phenomenon. --------------------------------------------------------------- The thematic part will include invited lectures. 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 30 September 2001 using preferably email (or fax) to the following Conference Address: George Stathakis, Head of the Department Department of Economics University of Crete Rethymno, Crete, Greece 74100 Tel: +30 831 77407 Mob. Phone: 0944764646 Fax: +30 831 77406 e-mail: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A scientific committee will screen the proposals. Notice of acceptance will be sent by 31 October 2001. The deadline for the submission of papers is 15 January 2002. The abstracts, as revised by 15 January 2002, will be included in a booklet distributed to all participants. Scientific Committee: W. Eltis, C. Perotta, P.L. Porta (co-ord), B. Schefold, G. Stathakis, P. Steiner, G. Vaggi Local organizing committee: G. Stathakis, D. Mylonakis, C. Baloglou Scheduled parallel events of the conferences will include: 1. Visits to Knossos and Eletherna (under Guidance of professor Stambolidis, Dept. of Archaeology). 2. Tour in Rethymno and the surrounding villages. 3. Cultural events. Information about the island of Crete and the University as well as details about the Conference can be found at the following internet address: http://www.soc.uoc.gr/eshet2002/tinfo.htm ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]