The History of Economics Society is accepting nominations for its annual prize for the Joseph Dorfman Best Dissertation Award. The winner will receive a stipend of $500 plus travel expenses up to $500 to attend the presentation at the HES 2009 conference. Further details are at http://historyofeconomics.org/awards/dorfman.htm.
All dissertations in the history of economic thought and methodology in English completed during the previous academic year (September 2007 to August 2008) are eligible. To nominate a dissertation, contact the 2008-089 chair of the committee, Robert W. Dimand, at the address below by March 20, 2009. Please also send a copy of the dissertation (pdf preferred).
The selection committee is: Robert W. Dimand (Chair) (dimand@brocku.ca), Jérôme de Boyer des Roches and Geoff Harcourt.