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conferences, new econ journal, Shackle lectures, and a visiting position

 Dear Colleagues,
 
More notices about heterodox conferences, journals, lectures, and visiting positions.
 
Fred Lee
 
1.    HOW CLASS WORKS â 2004 Conference at Stony Brook University June 10-12, Thursday to Saturday --
 Please direct all questions to Mike at michael.zweig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Dear Friends and Colleagues
You are invited - to see the full program and register online at

www.workingclass.sunysb.edu

for the HOW CLASS WORKS â 2004 Conference at Stony Brook University June 10-12, Thursday to Saturday
or call the Stony Brook University Office of Conferences and Special Events at 631.632.6320 to request a registration form.

SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
Walden Bello, Medea Benjamin, Congressman David Bonior, Heather Boushey, Gene Bruskin, Jefferson Cowie, Stan Goff, Thea Lee, Jack OâDell, Adolph Reed, Leslie Sklair, Joan Williams, plus 150 others

PRESENTATIONS FROM:
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Cyprus, Italy, South Africa, Thailand, Trinidad, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Class is ever more obvious as a force shaping public policy and our lives and life chances. The How Class Works conference explores ways in which an explicit recognition of class helps us to understand the social world in which we live.

Sponsored by The Center for Study of Working Class Life
631.632.7536 â Michael.Zweig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx âwww.workingclass.sunysb.edu

Thank you

Michael Zweig
Director, Center for Study of Working Class Life
631.632.7536
michael.zweig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.workingclass.sunysb.edu
 
2.    Cambridge Conference on "Theorising Ontology" --Proposals need to be submitted ASAP by the end of March

        The conference runs from August 17 to 19, 2004. The plenary speakers lined up are Sandra Harding

        (ontology and feminist theorising), Margaret Archer (ontology and human subjectivity), and John Dupre

        (ontology in biology: genes and genomes).  For those of you located (or with students located) in

        poor regions we can provide some financial aid.  For full details of the conference go to:

        http://www.csog.group.cam.ac.uk/iacr/home.htm

        Best wishes

        Tony Lawson
3.        The Polish Economic Society is hosting a conference on "Contemporary models of the market economy and the thought of Oskar Lange."  The conference commemorates the 100th anniversary of the great Polish scientist.  If you want more information contact Jan Kruszewski, Secretary General, Polish Economic Society.  The e-mail address is ptezk@xxxxxx.
 
4.    There is another heterodox economics journal called "interventions Ãconomiques " - economic interventions at this website:

www.teluq.uquebec.ca/interventionseconomiques.  Past issues are in French, but we now open to English and eventually Spanish.

Diane Gabrielle Tremblay, Titulaire de la chaire de recherche du Canada (niveau 1) sur les enjeux socio-organisationnels de l'Ãconomie du savoir, professeure et directrice de la recherche, Tele-universite, 4750 avenue Henri Julien, Montreal, Quebec, Canada  H2T 3E4

websites: www.teluq.uquebec.ca/chaireecosavoir

www.teluq.uquebec.ca/chairebell

www.teluq.uquebec.ca/chaireecosavoir/cvdgt

revue Ãlectronique:www.teluq.uquebec.ca/interventionseconomiques

email: dgtrembl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

tel: 514-843-2015

ou 840-2747 poste 2280

fax: 514-843-2160

5.    Call for partecipants for G.L.S. SHACKLE CENTENARY LECTURE

âMemorializing George L.S. Shackle: A Centennial Tributeâ by Professor Mark Perlman (Emeritus Professor of Economics at

the University of Pittsburgh, USA) at St. Edmundâs College, Cambridge, CB3 0BN on

Date: 18th May 2004 at 5.30pm

6.    Visiting Professor Position at Connecticut

Please direct all questions to Candace at chow@xxxxxxxxxxxx

Macroeconomics

The Department of Economics invites applications for a one-year full-time visiting position for the 2004-05 academic year, beginning end of August 2004.  There is a possibility that the position will be extended for a second year. Ph.D. or near completion required. Responsibilities include teaching two sections of introductory macroeconomics and 3 upper-level elective courses in the candidate's field with two preparations per semester. We seek candidates with demonstrated excellence in undergraduate teaching of macroeconomic principles courses and any of the following topic areas: open economy macro, globalization, or related fields. Salary and benefits will be competitive. Applications must include a cover letter curriculum vita, three letters of recommendation, sample of scholarship, unofficial graduate school transcript, and evidence of teaching effectiveness. Review of applications will begin on April 1, 2004 and continue until the position is filled. Connecticut College is a private, highly selective liberal arts college with a strong commitment to the liberal arts tradition and an emphasis on broad interdisciplinary teaching and research.  Developing diversity and sustaining a diverse faculty and staff further the Collegeâs educational mission. An equal opportunity-affirmative action employer.

CONTACT: Candace Howes, Chair, Box 5381 Connecticut College, 270 Mohegan Ave, New London, CT 06320 chow@xxxxxxxxxxxx

 
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