CFP-ESHET 16th Annual Conference in St Petersburg

The 16th Annual Conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought (ESHET) will be held at St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance (Russia), May 17-19, 2012.
(Conference web site: http://eshet2012.ru).
The Conference will be organized by the Department of Economics of St. Petersburg State University and the Leontief Centre.

ESHET 2012 welcomes papers and proposed sessions in all areas of the history of economic thought. To submit a proposal please send an abstract of about 400 words for a paper and/or a proposal of about 600 words for a session (together with the abstracts of the session papers) no later than the 15th December 2011.

The Conference will host a special theme:
Institutions and Values in Economic Thought

The standard view of economists that economics is a value-free science independent from political and social institutions has changed significantly. Even positive economics is value-laden in choosing its subject-matter, methods, concepts and scientific criteria.
"Institutions matter" in economics, and there are many ways of studying institutions in different schools of economic thought. Though mainstream economics has neglected institutions, there remain important questions for historians of economics: What is the place of institutions in the different economic schools (Mercantilism, Classical political economy, the Cambridge school, Marxism, Austrian, Post-Keynesian and Evolutionary economics, and others)? Why were institutions neglected for so long in modern economic theory? What are the accomplishments of institutional thinking in economics? Can bridges be built between Old and New Institutional economics? What are
the cultural and national traditions of economic thought regarding institutions?

Topics for discussion could include:
. Institutions in economic thought
. Old and New institutional economics
. National traditions and evolution of economic thought regarding institutions
. Various economic schools on the role of institutions in the economy
. Is economics a value-free or value-laden science?
. Role of institutions in shaping economic thought
. Institutions and economic performance
. Institutions and values in Transitional/Emerging/Developing markets

Keynote Speakers
. Geoffrey Hodgson, Research Professor in Business Studies at the University of Hertfordshire, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Institutional Economics
. Viktor Polterovich, Professor at the New Economic School

A selection of papers from all areas of the conference will be published in the Special Issue of the European Journal of the History of Economic Thought.

Scientific Committee:
Irina Eliseeva, St. Petersburg State University
John Davis, Marquette University
Harald Hagemann, University of Stuttgart
Danila Raskov, St. Petersburg State University
Amos Witztum, London Metropolitan University and London School of Economics

Organising Committee:
Irina Eliseeva, Danila Raskov
Irina Karelina, Leontief Centre
Harald Hagemann, Amos Witztum
Andrey P. Zaostrovtsev, Leontief Centre

Important Dates

December 15, 2011 Deadline for abstract submission
January 30, 2012 Notification of accepted/rejected abstracts
March 7, 2012 Last Date for Early Registration
April 2, 2012 Deadline for visa application at local Consulates/Embassies of Russia
April, 23 Deadline for registration for the Conference
April 16, 2012 Deadline for sending full papers
May 18, 2012 Conference Dinner & Boat Trip
May 17-19, 2012 ESHET 2011 Conference Companies Act 2006 : http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/companyinfo