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> CONFERENCE / SEMINAR DIARY – > APRIL 2000 > > A) POST KEYNESIAN EVENTS > > APRIL 2000 > > POST KEYNESIAN ECONOMICS STUDY GROUP > MICROECONOMICS SEMINAR > Call for Participants > > Date: April 14, 2000 > Time: 2.00 – 6.15 p.m. > Venue:Manchester Metropolitan University, > Manchester Building: Geoffrey Manton > Building, Room: 230, Manchester > > Provisional Programme: > > 2.00-2.45 John McCombie (University of Cambridge), “What Do > Production Functions Tell Us? The Solow Residual and 'Technical > Change and the Aggregate Production Function' Revisited” > > 2.45-3.30 Bernard Vallageas (University of Paris-Sud), “The Circuit > Analysis, the Monetary Economy of Production and the > Multisectorial > Analysis: Proposals for a S.N.A. built on income-values” > > 3.30-4.00 Tea/Juice Break > > 4.00-4.45 Geoff Harcourt (University of Cambridge), “Teaching Post- > Keynesian Economics from 1960 to the Present Day” > > 4.45-5.30 Andrew Mearman and Peter Clarke (Lincoln School of > Management), “Teaching Economics: Explanatory critique or > constructive alternative?” > > 5.30-6.15 Roundtable Discussion: “Teaching Post > Keynesian/Heterodox > Economics to Students: Should it be done? If so, what is the > content?” > > Lead by Roy Rotheim (Skidmore College), Alfredo Saad Filho > (South Bank > University), and Fred Lee (De Montfort University). > > 6.15 Retire to pub (chosen by Bruce Philp) for further discussion > and > drinks. > > > Please note that travel expenses for graduate students may be > reimbursed. > > > Further information from: Fred Lee ([log in to unmask]), Department > of Economics, De Montfort University, The Gateway, Leicester LE1 > 9BH > > > MAY 2000 > > ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: THE ECONOMICS > OF THE THIRD WAY > Call for Participants > > Date: May 26, 2000 > Time: 10.30 – 18.00 > Venue:University of East London, Room A1016, > Conference Centre (Barking Campus), London > > Provisional Programme: > > 10:30 - 11:00 Arrival and Coffee > > 11:00 - 1:00 Europe I > > Introduction and Welcome: Philip Arestis (University of East > London) and Malcolm Sawyer (University of Leeds) > > > Paper 1: Illusion and Reality in the Policies of the Third Way > (Mike Rustin, University of East London) > > > Paper 2: Economics of the British New Labour: An > Assessment (Philip Arestis, University of East London, and > Malcolm Sawyer (University of Leeds) > > > Paper 3: European Employment Policies - Towards a New > Social Democratic Model? > (Euclid Tsakolotos, Athens University of Economics) > > > Paper 4: Distribution and Growth: Reflections on the > Experience of the Left Government in France (Pascal Petit, > CEPREMAP) > > > Paper 5: The Economic Politics of Centre Left Government: > The Case of Germany (Harald Hagemann, University of Stuttgart) > > > Paper 6: The Third Way: Italian Experiments > (Augusto Graziani, University of La Sapienza, Rome) > > 1:00 - 2:00 Lunch > > 2:00 - 4:00 Europe II > > Paper 7: Are the Netherlands Leading the Third Way? > Welfare State and Economic Reforms in the Netherlands > Compared (Ronald Schettkat, Utrecht University) > > > Paper 8: The Economic Policies of the Spanish Socialist > Government: 1982-1996 (Jesus Ferreiro and Felipe Serrano, > University of Bilbao) > > > Paper 9: Social Democratic Economic Economic Policies > in the Transition from Regulation to Globalisation: The Case of > Norway (Theo Schewe, Ostfold College) > > > Paper 10: The Greek Experiment with the Third Way > (Thanos Skouras, Athens University of Economics) > > > Paper 11 The Austrian Way: Economic and Social > |Partnership (Ewald Walterskirchen, WIFO) > > > 4:00- 4:30 Coffee/Tea > > 4:30- 6:00 Australia, Canada, South Africa, USA > > > Paper 12: Globalisation, Trade Policy and the Third Way - > The Australian Experience (Tim Harcourt, Australian Trade > Commission) > > > Paper 13: Economic Reality and Social Democratic Policy: > The Canadian Experience > (Jim Stanfold, Canadian Auto Workers) > > > Paper 14: Which Way for Growth, Employment and > Redistribution in South Africa? (Jonathan Michie, Birkbeck College > London and Vishnu Padayachee, University of Natal) > > Paper 15: Anatomy of Clintonomics (Robert Pollin, University > of Massachusetts, Amherst) > > > Please note that travel expenses for graduate students may be > reimbursed. > > Further information from: Philip Arestis ([log in to unmask]; Tel.: > 0208 223 2122; Fax: 0208 223 2849), Department of Economics, > University of East London; or Malcolm Sawyer > ([log in to unmask]; Tel: 0113 233 4484; Fax 0113 233 4465), > Leeds University Business School, Economics Division, Leeds LS2 > 9JT. > > > > JUNE 2000 > > SIXTH INTERNATIONAL POST KEYNESIAN WORKSHOP > Call for Papers and Participants > > Date: June 22-28, 2000 > Venue:Knoxville, Tennessee > > The general topic of the workshop is POST KEYNESIAN > ECONOMICS IN THE 21ST CENTURY with sessions on topics > such as Global Unemployment, Global Monetary Policy, a session > to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Michal Kalecki and > much much more. For this workshop, the ‘Center for Full > Employment and Price Stability’ is offering scholarships to attend > the Post Keynesian Workshop. These scholarships will be offered > to advanced graduate students and young assistant professors and > will be chosen by the ‘Center for Full Employment and Price > Stability’. > > If you would like to present a paper or have suggestions for > sessions, etc. please advise us as soon as possible. For further > information please contact Louise Davidson. > > Further information from: Louise Davidson ([log in to unmask]), > Editorial Office Manager, Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, > University of Tennessee, Economics Department - 521 SMC, > Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-0550 > > > ASSOCIATION FOR HETERODOX ECONOMICS > The Other Economic Conference > > Call for Participants > > Date: June 27-28, 2000 > Venue:Open University Conference Centre, 344-354 Gray's Inn > Road, London WC1x 8BP (200m from King's > CrossRailway Station) > > The Conference consists of 3 parallel tracks totalling 21 sessions > over two days. There are two plenary sessions. The Conference > will start at 9.00 a.m. and go to 8.00 p.m. on June 27, 2000 and > start at 9.00 a.m. on June 28, 2000 and end by 6.30 p.m. There will > be a conference fee of 30.00 pounds (and 15 pounds for post- > graduate students). > > > Further information from: Fred Lee ([log in to unmask]), Department > of Economics, De Montfort University, The Gateway, Leicester LE1 > 9BH > > > B) OTHER EVENTS > > > APRIL 2000 > > ASSOCIATION FOR INSTITUTIONAL THOUGHT (AFIT) ANNUAL > MEETING > In conjunction with the 42nd Annual Conference of the Western > Social Science Association (WSSA) > > Call for Participants > > Date: April 26-29, 2000 > Venue: Town and Country Resort and Convention Center, > San > Diego, California > > The year 2000 marks an importing milestone in the history of > economics > (and the human race), the commencement of the second century of > Institutional Economics. AFIT, a national organization dedicated to > advancing the discipline of economics from an Institutional > Economics > perspective, thus will have as its primary theme for this years > conference: 1) accessing the first hundred years of Institutional > Economics (successes and failures); and 2) directions for the > future. > Moreover, as Institutionalists are, by and large, a practical lot > (except when it comes to arranging dinner reservations at > conferences) > interested in policy questions, particular emphasis will be placed on > the policy aspects of the past and future of institutional economics. > There will be a particular emphasis on poverty issues, but of course > other topics are welcome. > > Another aspect of the practicality of Institutional Economics relates > to the question of how best to present Institutional Economics to > our > students, and once again we would like to organize some sessions > on > Pedagogical issues. We also encourage AFIT members to send > examples > of their course syllabus that reflect the use of Institutional > Economics in their classes (these will be collected for wide > distribution among members). As always, other topics in > Institutional > Economics are welcome. > > > Further information from: Charles M. A. Clark, VP AFIT > ([log in to unmask]), Department of Economics, St. John's > University Jamaica, New York 11439, USA, Phone: > 718 990 7343. > > > JUNE 2000 > > > 27TH HISTORY OF ECONOMIC SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING > Call for Papers and Participants > > Date: June 30 – July 3, 2000 > Venue: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., > Canada Open > > > > Further information from: John Davis ([log in to unmask]), > David Straz Hall, PO Box 1881, Marquette University, Milwaukee, > WI 53201-1881, Fax 414-288-5757, or check out the web-site on: > http://www.eh.net/HisEcSoc/Conferences/2000.shtml. > > > JULY 2000 > > SOCIETY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SOCIO-ECONOMICS > 2000 MEETING > Sponsored by the Association for Social Economics > > Call for Papers and Participants > > Date: July 7-10, 2000 > Venue: London School of Economics, UK > > The Call for Papers for the SASE 2000 meeting is now available on > the SASE website. The website also includes forms for proposing > sessions and papers and for registering for the meeting. The > website will be updated as new information becomes available. > > Further information from: Society for the Advancement of Socio- > Economics ([log in to unmask]), PO Box 39008, Baltimore MD > 21212, Fax: +1410 377 7965, Phone: +1 410 435 6617, Web Site: > www.sase.org > > > AUGUST 2000 > > TENTH WORLD CONGRESS OF SOCIAL ECONOMICS > Sponsored by the Association for Social Economics > > Call for Papers and Participants > General Theme: “Social Economics speaks to contemporary > human issues” > > Date: August 2-6, 2000 > Venue: Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, UK > > > Further information from: Edward J. O'Boyle > ([log in to unmask]; 318/396-5779), Mayo > Research Institute, 1217 Dean Chapel Road, West Monroe, > Louisiana > 71291 USA. > > > 2000 IAFFE CONFERENCE > Sponsored by the International Association for Feminist > Economics Call for Papers and Participants > > Date: August 15-17, 2000 > Venue: Istanbul, Turkey > > > The IAFFE in ISTANBUL - 2000 Conference aims to bring together > new and innovative insights from various disciplines to contribute to > the development of feminist approaches to economics. It will > promote the breakdown of traditional disciplinary barriers in order to > understand the economic interrelations and structures that > constitute and change the lives of men and women. > > > Further information from: Barbara Krohn ([log in to unmask]), > IAFFE, 100C Roberts Hall, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA > 17837; also Registration information is available on the IAFFE web > site (http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/jshackel/iaffe). > > > THE SOCIETY FOR WORLD SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT > (SWSD) WORLD CONGRESS > Call for Papers and Sessions > > Date: August 17-22, 2000 > Venue: Kananaskis Village > > The World Congress on Managing and Measuring Sustainable > Development will take place at the Kananaskis Village, a centre for > conferences and for outdoor recreational activities in the Canadian > Rockies, 116 KMs West of Calgary. The theme of the World > Congress is Global Community Action 1: Ensuring a Sound Future > for Earth; and Managing and Measuring Sustainable Development. > > Further information from: Germain Dufour > ([log in to unmask];tel. 1-403-265-3404), > Chairman Organizing Committee, The Society for World > Sustainable Development, #308, 920-9 Avenue S.W. Calgary, > Alberta, Canada T2P 2T9. > > > > SEPTEMBER 2000 > > HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT CONFERENCE > Call for Papers and Sessions > > Date: September 7-9, 2000 > Venue: Groningen University, Netherlands > > This is what is often called the UK Autumn conference, but it is > outside the UK this year. Please note that there is a direct train > connection between Schiphol Airport and Groningen (less than > 2hrs. 30 mins). An early registration (or intention to without full > commitment at this stage) will be appreciated in view of the number > of rooms available at the University guesthouse. > > Further information from: Evert Schoorl ([log in to unmask]), > Research School SOM, PO Box 800, 9700 AV Groningen NL, Tel.: > +31.50.3634527; Fax: +31.50.3633720 > > > 2ND INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON INSTITUTIONAL > ECONOMICS > Call for Papers and Participants > > Date: September 7-8, 2000 > Venue: University of Hertfordshire, Hertford Campus, UK > > > The aim of the workshop is to have an in-depth discussion on key > questions in institutional economics. These questions concern both > theory and application. The cost of the workshop will be 60GBP and > 20GBP for students and others on low incomes. This conference > fee includes coffee, lunch and dinner on the Thursday, and coffee > and lunch on the Friday. The workshop will address the following > themes: > (a) The nature of socio- economic structures and institutions; (b) > The relationship between the new and old institutionalism and other > approaches in economics and social theory; (c) Applications of the > new and old institutionalism to the study of major institutions - > particularly business firms - and to problems of economic > transformation and development. Please send draft or complete > papers by email to by 1 May 2000. > > > Further information from: Geoff Hodgson > ([log in to unmask]); Research Professor University of > Hertfordshire; web > (http://www.herts.ac.uk/business/esds/hodgson.htm) > > > SIXTH WORKSHOP ON ALTERNATIVE ECONOMIC POLICY IN > EUROPE > Organised by the working group European Economists for an > Alternative Economic Policy > > Call for Participants > > Date: September 29- October 1, 2000 > Venue: Free University, Brussels > > > The agenda of the workshop, as it has been discussed at the > previous > one in Oct. 1999, will be divided in three main parts, namely: 1. > discussion of current economic policy problem of the EU; 2. > discussion > and adoption of a memorandum on "Alternative Guidelines for > Economic > Policy of the EU" and 3. discussion of the links and inconsistencies > between macroeconomic and microeconomic policies in Europe. > > > Further information from: Prof. Dr. Jörg Huffschmid (huffschm@uni- > bremen.de), University of Bremen, FB7-Department of Economics, > Wilhelm-Herbst-Str. 1A, D-28359 Bremen, Tel.: +49-(0)421-218- > 3072; Fax: +49-(0)421-218-4597; web page > http://www.barkhof.uni-bremen.de/kua/memo/europe/europe.htm > > > DECEMBER 2000 > > 4TH ANNUAL EUROPEAN NETWORK ON INDUSTRIAL POLICY > (EUNIP) CONFERENCE > Call for Papers and Sessions > > Date: December 7-9, 2000 > Venue: Tilburg University, Netherlands > > > Theoretical and applied papers are solicited in all areas of > industrial policy, including the following: Competition and Antitrust > Policy, Regulation of Financial Markets (including Bancassurance; > Electronic Services), Regulation of Network and Utility Industries, > Corporate Governance Policy, Technology Policy (including Science > Parks), Patent and Copyright Policy, Policy towards SMEs, > Regulation of E-commerce. Please note send 2 copies of your 1- > page abstract before June 1, 2000. Selected papers may qualify for > publication with Routledge or in the International Journal of the > Economics of Business. > > > Further information from: Professor Hans Schenk > ([log in to unmask]), > TUDIP or Professor Eric Van Damme ([log in to unmask]); > CentER, Center for Economic Research, Tilburg University, Tilburg > University, PO Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, the Netherlands; %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%