>               Dear Colleague,
> 
>               Below is a call for papers for a conference on the
> history of heterodox economics in the 20th century.
> 
>               Fred Lee
>               John King
> 
> 
> 	
> CALL FOR PAPERS
> 
>                             CONFERENCE ON THE HISTORY OF HETERODOX
> ECONOMICS IN THE 20TH CENTURY
> 
>                                                       Date:  26 - 28
> September 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.
> 
>               Please send a 250 word abstract (either by e-mail or
> hard copy) to both
> 
>               Fred Lee
> John King
>               Department of Economics
> Deparetment of Economics and Finance
>               211 Haag Hall
> La Trobe University
>               University of Missouri-Kansas City
> Bundoora, Victoria  3086
>               Kansas City, Missouri  64110
> Australia
>               United States
> 
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> 
>               Deadline for submission:   Friday, 7 December 2001 
> 
>               Notification:                     Friday, 11 January
> 2002
> 
>               Conference Fee:              $120.00 (Includes lunches,
> tea/coffee/juice, and conference dinner)