HETSA 2011 Call for papers

The Twenty-Fourth Conference of the History of Economic Thought Society of Australia - HETSA 2011 - is being hosted by the School of Economics,Finance and Marketing in the College of Business at Melbourne’s RMIT University.
The Conference will be held 5-8 July 2011 in RMIT’s historic Emily Macpherson Building.
There will be two major themes in this conference, the first being the role of the history of economics within economics itself and then, secondly, a Retrospective and Prospective on Keynes to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the publication of his General Theory in 1936.
The distinguished Keynesian scholar and immediate past President of the European History of Economics Association, Maria Cristina Marcuzzo, will give the keynote address.
Papers dealing with any aspect of the history of economic thought are welcome.
Papers that deal with either of the two major themes of theconference would, however, be particularly welcome.
The formal deadline for submission of abstracts is March 2011.
Abstracts may be sent to steve.kates@rmit.edu.au
Registration information will be posted in due course.
For problems or questions about the conference, contact the HETSA President, Alex Millmow at a.millmow@ballarat.edu.au