==================== HES POSTING ===================== The (Japanese) Society for the History of Economic Thought [provided by Aiko Ikeo, member HES Editorial Board] The Society for the History of Economic Thought was established in April 1950 mainly for two purposes; (1) to promote the study of the history of economics, and the history of social and economic thought, and (2) to foster the international and internal exchange for its members. It holds the annual nationwide meeting and several local meetings in four regional branches, Tohoku, Kanto, Kansai and Seinan. The Society gives open lectures, and keeps contact with the HET societies abroad. The _Annals of the Society for the History of Economic Thought_ have been issued since 1963, carrying refereed articles (in Japanese or English submitted by its members); commissioned papers, surveys, book reviews, and communications (in Japanese); and a bibliography of journal articles abroad for the previous year. It carries the news of active study groups on a variety of themes such as Ludwig A. Feuerbach, David Hume, John Maynard Keynes, Thomas Malthus, John Stuart Mill, Thomas More, Robert Owen, Adam Smith, Max Weber, the history of French socio-economic thought, German history, the history of Japanese economic thought, the history of economic thought, the history of economic theory, the history of political economy, the modern history of economic thought, evolutionary economics, methodology, and etc. The Newsletter has been issued since 1992. The Society has published six monographs in Japanese so far: _The Study of the History of Economic Thought in Japan: A Ten Year History of the Society for the History of Economic Thought_ (1961), _The Formation of "Das Kapital"_ (1967), _The Formation of "The Wealth of Nations"_ (1976), _A Thirty Year History of the Society for the History of Economic Thought_ (1980), _Japanese Economics: Tracking the Economic Thinking of Japanese_ (1984), and _The History of Economic Thought: Surveys and Problems (1992). The JSHET e-mail list has been evolutionarily developing. It was officially approved in November 1996. It conveys official information, announcement of local meetings, call for papers, discussions and etc. Most messages are conveyed in Japanese. It is closed to its members for the time being. The Society has been constructing its home page. JSHET's membership totaled 836 in June 1996. The annual membership dues are 8,000 yen (from 1997). The incumbent President for 1995-6 is Hiroji Nakamura, Kumamoto Gakuen University. Contact to Nakamura's Office, Faculty of Economics, Kumamoto Gakuen University, 2-5-1 Oe, Kumamoto-shi, Kumamoto 862. Fax: +81-96-363-0702. (until March 1997) The President for 1997-8 is Takashi Negishi, Aoyama Gakuin University. Contact to Negishi's Office, School of International Politics, Economics and Business, Aoyama Gakuin University, 4-4-25 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150, Japan. Fax: +81-3-5485-0782. (From April 1997 till March 1999) ============ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]