(OPE-L) icape, call for papers etc

From: OPE-L Administrator (ope-admin@ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu)
Date: Tue May 06 2003 - 10:08:47 EDT


----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee, Frederic" <leefs@umkc.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 9:40 AM
Subject: icape, call for papers etc


Dear Colleagues,

This is again a long e-mail with most but not all the material in the
text. If you cannot get the attachments, send me an e-mail and I will
send you the material as part of an e-mail.  The e-mail has the
following parts:

1. ICAPE CONFERENCE - THE FUTURE OF HETERODOX ECONOMICS

2. ICAPE CONFERENCE - INVITATION TO DISPLAY MATERIAL

3. TEACHING MARXIST ECONOMICS

4. CALL FOR PAPERS

5. ECONOMICS AT UTAH

6. POSSIBLE JOURNAL FOR HETERODOX ECONOMISTS

Fred Lee

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ICAPE CONFERENCE - THE FUTURE OF HETERODOX ECONOMICS

The Conference program is now available--see the attachment or go to
http://www.econ.tcu.edu/econ/icare/schedule.pdf.  In addition also
attached is info about attending the conference.  Excuse my Americanism
but this conference is going to be one hell of a conference.  The paper
presenters are the WHO's WHO in heterodox economics--these are the
people that will make heterodox economics in the 21st Century.  They
come from all over: Ireland, United Kingdom, Canada, Sweden, Brazil,
France, Japan, Australia, Netherlands, Germany, Taiwan, Belgium,
Austria, Italy, and United States. And the paper topics are diverse and
very interesting (even when not dealing with heterodox micro theory).
More importantly, the papers as a whole will set the agenda for
heterodox economics for the next 20 years.  If you want to be where it
is happening, talk with and influence and upcoming movers and shakers of
heterodox economics who as a collective will be taking heterodox
economics into the future you must attend this conference.  GRADUATE
STUDENTS are especially invited to attend and it should be noted that
there will be 2 sessions on "Graduate Student Perspectives on Heterodox
Economics".  MARK YOUR CALENDAR, PULL OUT THOSE CREDIT CARDS, BOOK YOUR
HOTELS, SEND IN YOUR CONFERENCE FEE, AND START SINGING:

I'M GOING TO KANSAS CITY, KANSAS CITY HERE I COME
YES, I'M GOING TO KANSAS CITY, KANSAS CITY HERE I COME
 WITH MY HETERODOX ECONOMICS AND A DESIRE TO TALK ECONOMICS ALL THE TIME

See you in Kansas City.

> **********************************************************************
>
ICAPE CONFERENCE - INVITATION TO DISPLAY MATERIAL

Anybody wanting to disseminate information at the conference (such as
book flyers, announcements) please send me 150 copies or 1 copy plus
$15.00 (dollar checks made out to UMKC-Economics; or you can pay me at
the conference).  Also we invite all ICAPE members as well as other
heterodox economics associations to send me modest quantities of their
wares (flyers, books, journals etc) which can be put on display.  Send
all the material to the address below:

Dr. Frederic S. Lee
Department of Economics
211 Haag Hall
University of Missouri-Kansas City
5100 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, Missouri  64110
USA

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> TEACHING MARXIST ECONOMICS
>
> Attached below is the C&C article I mentioned in the last e-mail about
"Why Marxist economics should be taught but probably won't be!"  I found
the article very interesting.  If you like the article join the
Conference of Socialist Economists and subscribe to Capital and Class.
>
> ******************************************************************
>
> CALL FOR PAPERS
>
> 1. SCIENCE AND SOCIETY - SPECIAL ISSUE
>
> THE DEEP STRUCTURE OF THE PRESENT MOMENT
> The terror attacks of September 11, 2001 brought the question of the
nature of the current state of the world painfully to the forefront.  On
a slightly longer time frame,  the 1989-91 demise of the Soviet Union
and most of its affiliated regimes represents a crucial turning point.
The post-bipolar world is in a state of flux, containing what most
people sense as unprecedented dangers, and (less obviously)
opportunities.>
> The situation clearly requires a bottom-to-top reexamination of
fundamentals SS the theory of imperialism; the nature and present stage
of capitalist accumulation, class formation and nationhood; the politics
of race and gender; the sources and significance of the new polarization
and concentration of wealth, both within capitalist states and
internationally; the probable shape of international power and alliances
in the near future; the nature and significance of the new social
movements addressing globalization; the changing role of religion, both
in regions of the world with strong precapitalist elements and in
advanced capitalist societies; new processes of ideology formation,
especially with regard to the unprecedented commodification of social
sites and the rise of the Internet.  The list is not intended to be
complete; only indicative.
> We clearly both want and need a diversity of views, and do not expect
> to
arrive at settled conclusions.  There are two guiding general
constraints. First, the issue cannot and should not duplicate the
current reportage available in many publications that appear much more
frequently than S&S and have much shorter lead times to publication.
The focus must be on the general and structural aspects of a Marxist
understanding of the world at the beginning of the 21st century.
Second, we recognize that the sought-for creativity and theoretical
transformation represents an ambitious goal; that a useful tension will
exist between continuity and novelty in this effort; and that the
projected synthesis must strive to avoid both mindless repetition, on
the one hand, and careless rejection, on the other, of categories
inherited from the various Marxist and critical traditions in social
theory.
> The Guest Editor for the issue is Dr. Renate Bridenthal, Professor of
History (Emerita), Brooklyn College (CUNY) and member of the S&S
Editorial Board.  Send two hard copies of proposals and papers, one to
Dr. Bridenthal (440 Riverside Drive, #87, New York, NY 100270), and one
to the Editor, S&S (445 W. 59th St., New York NY 10019).  Inquiries may
go to rbriden1@juno.com or to dlaibman@jjay.cuny.edu.  Deadline for
papers is January 1, 2004, with projected publication in Fall 2004
(Volume 68, Number 3).
>
> SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION FOR SCIENCE AND SOCIETY CAN BE FOUND AT
www.scienceandsociety.com.  REMEMBER SUPPORT YOUR PREFERRED HETERODOX
JOURNAL
>
>
> 2. REVIEW OF RADICAL POLITICAL ECONOMICS - SPECIAL ISSUE
>
> CALL FOR PAPERS IN SPECIAL ISSUE ON HISTORY OF RADICAL (HETERODOX)
ECONOMICS
>
> Throughout its 35-year history, the Union for Radical Political
> Economics has provided a voice to economists who oppose the
> neoclassical paradigm
and
> to those who wish to develop a compelling alternative analysis of the
> economy.  Yet, much of the modern history of radical political
> economics
is
> located in personal memory and, on occasion, conveyed via the oral
> tradition of storytelling.  It remains largely unwritten, much less
> critically analyzed.  It is with this in mind that the Review of
> Radical Political Economics announces a special issue on the History
> of Radical (Heterodox) Economics.
>
> This broad topic includes many different themes. Articles may be on
> the history of radical economics departments within and outside of the
> United States. Articles may be on the history of URPE and RRPE and
> their relationships with related groups.  Articles may be on the
> history of fields of inquiry within contemporary radical thought.  In
> particular we wish to explicitly encourage organizational histories
> and personal
accounts
> that are embedded in the history of ideas and in the development of
> particular research programs in political economy.
>
> Articles should be sent to the editor of RRPE by July 1, 2004,
> specifying their consideration for the special issue on History of
> Radical
(Heterodox) >
> Economics.  Therefore, send four copies of any article in this area
> to: Hazel Gunn, Editor, RRPE
> Dept of City and Regional Planning
> 106 W. Sibley Hall
> Cornell University
> Ithaca, New York 14853
>
> 3. A CALL FOR PAPERS FOR A JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH INTERNATIONAL
> SYMPOSIUM
WILL BE ISSUED SOMETIME SOON--SO BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR IT.  THE
SYMPOSIUM WILL TAKE PLACE IN PARIS SEPTEMBER 23-25, 2004.
>
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ECONOMICS AT UTAH

> Sometime back in the past I sent out an article that described the
Economics Department at Utah.  The article generated two letters that
further described the Department and which you might find interesting.
I was asked to send these letters around many months ago but simply
screwed up--so here they are.
>
> Salt Lake City Weekly - Insufficient Light
>
> Letters - January 2, 2003
>
>
> Certainly what distinguishes the Economics Department at the
> University of
Utah from many others in the country is its tolerance, no, its embrace,
of varying approaches to the discipline: neoclassical, Keynesian,
neo-Keynesian, institutionalist, variants of Marxism, among others
[Marxist Utahpia,; Dec. 19, City Weekly]. This embrace of diversity is
formally embedded in the curriculum, faculty research, open dialogue in
weekly seminars, special discussions and presentations of research.
Ideas are tested in a broad forum. Students are exposed to contending
ideas, and presented with a large menu of choices. The department> '> s
diversity establishes the bedrock for the ideals of a liberal education.
>
> Mr. McCammon informed me, in his extensive interview with me for the
article, that the motivation to do a story on Marxism in the department
stemmed from the positive experience that an acquaintance of his had in
one of Professor Ehrbar> '> s undergraduate classes. This is certainly a
legitimate topic, but its narrowness risked mischaracterization of the
department. In the interview, I attempted to provide a broader context
for his piece, and suggested that McCammon interview other faculty
members. Such context and additional information evidently didn> '> t
fit well with his concept. As Plato suggested in his cave parable,
illuminating the shadows may hold important clues, but doesn> '> t
necessarily shed light on the subject.
>
> Norman J. Waitzman
> Associate Professor, Economics, U of U
> Salt Lake City
>
Variety Pack of Economics

> I teach in the Economics Department of the University of Utah, and I
> am
not a Marxist. Nonetheless, I have great respect for Professor Hans
Ehrbar, who was profiled in your story on Marxists in our Department
[Marxist Utahpia,; Dec. 19, City Weekly]. Dr. Ehrbar is a talented
economist and econometrician as well as an excellent teacher. One story
will illustrate why he is such a valued professor.
>
> Dr. Ehrbar was the first among our faculty to embrace the web and
> designed
an e-mail course on Marxian economics more than 10 years ago before
search engines and before web surfing. This was well before web courses
or the governor> '> s virtual university were even on the horizon. Hans,
an excellent mathematician and computer programmer, wrote all the needed
programs to make the course user friendly.
>
> Back then, a student of mine who had done poorly on a midterm came to
> my
office one day for tutoring. After the tutor session, I asked him how
his other classes were going. When he told me he was taking Professor
Ehrbar> '> s Marxian Economics course, I asked him how he liked it. He
said he loved it! He explained: He worked in human resource management
for the LDS Church. In this job, he had to continually travel across the
country while trying to go to school. As a consequence, he missed the
session I gave to prepare my students for the midterm.>
>
> But he never fell behind in Professor Ehrbar> '> s Marxian economics
course. He could be anywhere in the country, log on to his portable
computer with a modem, see how he was doing in Hans> '> ; course, submit
assignments and catch up on class lectures. So there you have it.
User-friendly Marxian economics was a hit with at least one member of
LDS Church labor management. I never did learn whether the content of
Professor Ehrbar> '> s course ever affected church labor-management
policies. But I have always wondered.
>
> We> '> re not all Marxists in the Economics Department at the
> University,
but I for one have always found it important to have a few Marxists on
our faculty. They join a highly diverse faculty of neoclassical,
Keynesian, institutional, feminist, development and historical
economists dedicated to the highest standards of scholarship and
teaching. For those interested in economics, there is probably nowhere
else in the country that you can go and get a broader range of
perspectives on this vital subject than the Economics Department at the
University of Utah. We> '> re the Variety Pack of economics and proud of
it.
>
> Peter Philips
> Professor, Economics, U of U
> Salt Lake City
>
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> POSSIBLE JOURNAL FOR HETERODOX ECONOMISTS
>
> 1. INVESTIGACION ECONOMICA
>
> This is the scientific journal of the Faculty of Economics of UNAM
(Mexico's National University).  It is a 60 year-old refereed journal
that publishes papers in bith Spanish and English.  It is listed in
several indexes, most notably, Econ-Lit and the Mexico's National
Research Council ranks it amongst Mexico's top five economics journals.
If you would like to copy of the journal so to just check it out e-mail
the journal at
invecon@servidor.unam.mx with your request and postal address.
>
>
>
> >  <<teachingmarx.doc>> > >  <<icape1.doc>> > >  <<icape2.doc>>












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