** APOLOGIES FOR ANY CROSS-POSTING ** *********** PLEASE FORWARD ********** European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE) 2008 Conference 6-8 November 2008 Rome, Italy 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 1 APRIL 2008. Notice of acceptance or rejection will be sent on or before 30 MAY 2008. Completed papers are due on 20 SEPTEMBER 2008. All proposals and requests for information should be sent to: Esther-Mirjam Sent <[log in to unmask]> Department of Economics Nijmegen School of Management University of Nijmegen PO Box 9108 NL-6500 HK Nijmegen The Netherlands Phone: +31-24-3611252 Fax: +31-24-3612379 http://www.emsent.nl Further information on the EAEPE 2008 conference can be found at: http://eaepe2008.eco.uniroma3.it/index.php/eaepe/ Esther-Mirjam Sent