The year 2010 marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities. On this occasion, the Centro Ricerche e Documentazione 'Piero Sraffa', with the support of the Università degli Studi Roma Tre, promotes an international Conference on Piero...

For over forty years the UK HET conference has been the principal annual event in Britain for historians of economic thought to present and discuss their current research. [gemäß den Informationen des Anbieters - according to site editor's information] The website is no longer available.

Topics: - The role of values in economic and business life - Universal ethics and cultural diversity in business - Corporate values and their effective integration in managing organisations - Ethics and accountability instruments - Business ethics and CSR in non profit organisations and in...

The production of art is a political, ideological and economic activity. It can only be properly comprehended within the political economy of artists, the state, private or public funders, auction houses, academics, critics, patrons and audience-consumers. This conference seeks to examine how...

Conference Theme: Matters of Communication - Political, Cultural and Technological Challenges

Topics: Media in a Globalising world; New Media and Old Media; Media and Cultural Identit; Media and Development; Media and Democracy; Media and Ethics; Media and Good Governance; Media and Gender; Media and Youth; Media Law and Regulation; Alternative and Community Media; Media Industry Trends and...

Topic areas: - Political Systems and Institutions - Law and Legal Institutions - Regulation, Public Procurement, and Public Provision - Development and Economic Transition - Historical Analysis of Institutions and Organization - Organization and Markets - Norms, Culture, & Behavior

Plenary speakers: - Richard Seaford (Exeter): Money, Abstraction, and the Genesis of the Psyche - Alberto Toscano (Goldsmiths): The Dead Pledge of Society: Methodological Problems and Political Consequences of 'Real Abstraction' - Christopher Arthur: Abstraction, Universality and Money - Martin...

The special theme of the conference is: The shifting boundaries between public and private in economics. As with past STOREP conferences, proposals for sessions or submissions of papers concerning any other aspect of the history of economic thought are also welcome.

Papers are being sought that focus e.g., on the following topics: - Dynamic models of cultural transmission and cultural diversity - Cultural diversity and discrimination - Political economy of culture and institutions - Socioeconomic and cultural determinants of crime - Globalization, migration...