================= HES POSTING ================= CALL FOR PAPERS: ESHET 2000 Fourth Annual Conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought (ESHET) 25-27 February 2000 in Graz, Austria The fourth annual conference of the EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT will be held at the University of Graz, Austria, 25-27 February 2000. The conference will have both a thematic part and an open part. The theme will be: "Is there progress in economics?" 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 31 August 1999, using preferably e-mail (or fax) to E-mail: [log in to unmask] Fax: ++43 316 351314 Postal address: ESHET 2000, Department of Economics, University of Graz, Resowi-Zentrum F4, A-8010 Graz, Austria. Telephone: ++43 316 380 3444/3457/3461. A scientific committee will screen the proposals. Notice of acceptance will be sent by 30 September 1999. The deadline for the submission of papers is 15 December 1999. The abstracts will be included in a booklet distributed to all participants. Information about board, lodging, fellowships, and the final programme will be distributed in due course. Scientific committee: Heinz D. Kurz, Lars Magnusson, Bertram Schefold, Ian Steedman, Gianni Vaggi Local organising committee: Lutz Beinsen, Stephan Boehm, Christian Gehrke, Heinz D. Kurz, Gerald Schoepfer, Richard Sturn, Peter Teibenbacher Ph.D. Seminar, 23-24 February 2000 Prior to the conference there will be a two-day seminar in which Ph.D. students can present their work to leading experts in their field of research, get comments and suggestions, and meet and discuss with other postgraduates. Ph.D. students are, of course, invited to stay on for the conference. Applications with supporting letters by their supervisors or other appropriate scholars and a brief proposal for a seminar presentation should be sent no later than 30 September 1999 to the above address (keyword: "Ph.D. Seminar"). A scientific committee consisting of Harald Hagemann, Heinz D. Kurz, Maria Cristina Marcuzzo, and Andrew Skinner will screen the proposals and inform applicants by 31 October 1999 if they are accepted. Postgraduates are asked to secure their own funding; however, there might be the possibility of a small number of bursaries. Bert Mosselmans [log in to unmask] ============ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]