----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- CALL FOR PAPERS REMINDER CONFERENCE ON THE HISTORY OF HETERODOX ECONOMICS IN THE 20TH CENTURY Date: 3 - 5 October 2002 Place: Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology adjacent to University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, Missouri United States In the last 15 years, economists have started to distinguish between the history of economics and history of economic theory--that is, roughly, between the intellectual history and the social history of economics. Consequently, there have been an increasing number of books and articles on the history of economics in various universities and the history of mainstream economic associations. On the other hand, very little has been written about the history of heterodox economics. In fact most mainstream economists who work in the area of the history of economics do not believe that such a history is at all interesting. Rather they see heterodox economics as simply a reaction to but still tied to neoclassical economics with no independent life of its own. To suggest otherwise is to upset their world view of economics and supremacy of neoclassical economic theory. This conference aims to challenge this view by showing that there is a separate history of heterodox economics. Proposals on any aspect of the history of heterodox economics in the 20th century are invited. By heterodox economics, we mean Marxism, institutionalism, Social Economics, Post Keynesian Economics, Sraffian Economics, Feminist Economics, Georgist Economics, Evolutionary Economics, Historical Economics, and Austrian Economics. Suggested topics for papers include but are not restricted to: 1. the history of college and university economic departments vis-a-vis the teaching of heterodox economic theory. 2. history of heterodox academic and non-academic economic journals. 3. history of heterodox economic associations and other kinds of communities and groups of academic and non-academic heterodox economists. 4. discrimination against the hiring and retaining of heterodox economists at academic institutions as well as at government and other non-academic organizations. 5. discrimination against the publishing of heterodox papers and books. 6. the use of state power to silence heterodox economic views and heterodox economists, such as McCarthyism in the United States, military regimes in Latin America, and the suppression of dissendents in Stalinist Eastern Europe and in China. 7. biographical histories of well-known and not-so-well-known heterodox economists and their contributions towards building a community of heterodox economists. 8. the teaching of Marxism, Georgist Economics, and other heterodox economics to workers and the general public at schools and institutes outside of colleges and universities. 9. the role of historical events in promoting interest in heterodox economics and the establishing communities and groups of heterodox economics--such as the rise of the New Left, Vietnam War, and the Great Depression. 10. discrimination and sectarian behavior within heterodox economics and its impact on developing a community of heterodox economists. Please send a 250 word abstract (either by e-mail or hard copy) to both Fred Lee Department of Economics 211 Haag Hall University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, Missouri 64110 United States E-mail: [log in to unmask] John King Department of Economics and Finance La Trobe University Bundoora, Victoria 3086 Australia E-mail: [log in to unmask] Deadline for submission: Friday, 7 December 2001 Notification: Friday, 11 January 2002 Conference Fee: $120.00 (Includes lunches, tea/coffee/juice, and conference dinner) ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask] ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]