Uadphilecon (University of Athens Doctoral Program in Economics) 2Nd Semester Highlights

UADPhilEcon (University of Athens Doctoral Program in Economics) 2nd Semester Highlights

2nd Semester Highlights

1. Open 2nd yr Lectures – From March to June 2008

2. The 4th Annual Public Lecture on Economics and Philosophy in Honour of K. Psychopaidis – 27th May 2008

3. The Launch of Two Books published by Routledge and connected to UADPhilEcon – 3rd June 2008

For more details, see below.

1. Open 2nd yr Lectures – From March to June 2008

During 2nd Semester, UADPhilEcon will be hosting a number of distinguished visiting professors as part of our 2nd year courses. However, as these lectures are of wider significance and appeal, all students, staff and also the wider public are invited to attend.

Open 2nd yr Lectures will all take place in UADPhilEcon’s 6th Floor Seminar Room. Below they are listed chronologically:

Professor Susan Feiner (University of Southern Maine), Co-founder of the journal Feminist Economics Dates: 3/3,4/3,5/3 and 6/3, at 15.00 Course: EcT201 Foundational Texts in Philosophy and Economics Theme: The importance of gender to economic analysis. Professor Feiner will base her four lectures on her 2004 book entitled Liberating Economics: Feministic perspectives on Families, Work and Globalization, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Professor Christine Oughton (Birkbeck College, University of London) Dates: 18/3,19/3,20/3 and 21/3 at 15.00 Course: EcΤ217–The Political Economy of Globalisation Theme: Issues of industrial policy in the USA and the EU in the context of a globalising economy

Professor Deirdre McCloskey (University of Illinois at Chicago) Dates: 11/4, 14/4 and 14/4. Classes are scheduled from 15.00 to 21.00! Course: EcT201 Foundational Texts in Philosophy and Economics Theme:Professor McCloskey will be addressing three of the major topics of her outstanding research over the years:

 Friday 11/4: The Cult of Statistical Significance: How the Standard Error is Costing Us Jobs, Justice, and Lives. (Click the preceding title for a relevant article.)

 Monday 14/4: Bourgeois Virtues: On reclaiming the true spirit and ethic of capitalism

 Tuesday 15/4: The rhetoric of economics: Lessons for fledgling academic economists. Click the preceding title for a relevant article.)

Professor Joseph Halevi (Universities of Sydney and Nice) Dates: 13/5, 14/5 , 15/5 and 16/5, at 15.00 Course: EcΤ217–The Political Economy of Globalisation Theme: In his first two lectures, Professor Halevi will focus on the political economy of European Integration (click here for his paper on Europe from 1950 to 1969 and here for his paper on Europe from the end of Bretton Woods in 1971 to European Monetary Union). In his last two lectures, Professor Halevi will address the political economy of China and Latin America. (click here for a relevant paper).

Professor Gavan Butler (University of Sydney) Dates: 19/5, 22/5, 26/5 and 28/5, at 15.00 Course: EcΤ217–The Political Economy of Globalisation Theme: Professor Butler will concentrate on the political economy of South East Asia. Papers and a more detailed syllabus will appear here soon.

Professor Stuart Holland (University of Coimbra) Dates: 10/6, 11/6, 12/6 and 13/6, at 15.00 Course: EcΤ217–The Political Economy of Globalisation Theme: Professor Holland will offer a comparative study of the USA and European experiences since the end of WW2. Click here for some reviews of Professor Holland’s books.

Professor Christian Arnsperger (Catholic University of Louvain) Dates: 29/5, 2/6, 4/6 and 6/6, at 15.00 in the 6th Floor Seminar Room. Course: EcT201 Foundational Texts in Philosophy and Economics Theme: Professor Arnsperger will offer a far reaching introduction to the great debates in Political Philosophy regarding Justice, Fairness and the Good Society, in particular reference to the Social Contract Tradition as it was shaped by John Rawls’ famous 1971 book.

2. The 4 th Annual Public Lecture on Economics and Philosophy in Honour of K. Psychopaidis – 27th May 2008

This year’s Annual Public Lecture on Economics and Philosophy in Honour of Kosmas Psychopaidis is the fourth one to be delivered and builds nicely on a truly exceptional tradition. Our previous three speakers were Bob Sugden (2005), Maurice Godelier (2006) and Axel Leijonhufvud (2007).

In 2008 UADPhilEcon is honoured to announce our fourth speaker, Professor Geoffrey Brennan (Duke University and Australian National University), a leading light in the field of Public Choice, author of over 100 articles and of nine books, including, with James Buchanan, The Reason of Rules: Constitutional Political Economy (1985); with Loren Lomasky, Democracy and Decision: the Pure Theory of Electoral Preference (1993); with Alan Hamlin, Democratic Devices and Desires (2000) and most recently, with Philip Pettit, The Economy of Esteem (forthcoming). He is also the author of over 100 articles. Theme: Economic Ethics: An ethics for action? Date: 27/5 at 19.00 in the Dracopoulos Amphitheatre at the Main University Building on Panepistimiou Street. For more information please click here.

3. The Launch of Two Books published by Routledge and connected to UADPhilEcon – 3rd June 2008

Two books, published in London and New York recently by Routledge, will be officially launched by UADPhilEcon. Their titles: (1) Critical Political Economy and (2) Consumer Capitalism. The reason is simple: Both books were developed, at least partly, within UADPhilEcon. Their authors, Professors T. Korkotsidis (Athens) and Christian Arnsperger (Louvain) worked on the books, and presented earlier versions of them, during a period of intense intellectual involvement with UADPhilEcon. Date: 3/6, 15.00-18.00