Each year, typically in April, Duke University Press, which publishes the journal History of Political Economy, sponsors a small conference in which a select group of scholars is invited to focus on a specialized topic in the history of economics.  Papers from each HOPE conference are published as a hard-bound, special issue of History of Political Economy.  While participation in the conference is by invitation only, observers from the wider Duke community are welcome, and – subject to space and budget constraints – others interested in the topic may attend with the permission of the organizers.  (Contact information for upcoming conferences is given below).  The Duke HOPE Group welcomes proposals for these annual conferences; contact Professor Craufurd Goodwin.

Upcoming HOPE Conferences
May 1-2, 2009. The Unsocial Social Science? Economics and the Neighboring Disciplines since 1945.
Organizers
Roger Backhouse, University of Birmingham
Philippe Fontaine, École normale supérieure de Cachan  
Duke Contact:  E. Roy Weintraub

        Future HOPE Conferences 

2010.  The History of Econometrics.

Organizers
Marcel Boumans, University of Amsterdam
Ariane Dupont, INRETS ( French National Institute for Transport and Safety Research)
Duo Qin, Queen Mary College, University of London

Duke Contact:  Kevin Hoover   

      

2011.  A History of Observation in Economics.

Organizers
Mary Morgan, London School of Economics
Harro Maas, University of Amsterdam
Duke Contact:  E. Roy Weintraub