Due to the current situation caused by the Covid-19 outbreak we decided to postpone the JSHET Conference, which was originally scheduled on 30-31 May 2020, to 17-18 October 2020.

JSHET Conference Organizing Committee in chief

Seiichiro Ito

Sunday, 18 October 2020

Time

Room 1

Room 2

Room 3

08::45-09:00

Preliminary

09:00-09:50

1-1 Daisuke Kobayashi(Hokkaido University)

Pragmatist, Schumpeter ― his solution to the Methodenstreit

Chair: Midori Wakamori (Osaka City University)

Discussant: Taku Eriguchi(Seinan Gakuin University)

2-1Tomoki Hirase(Hosei University)

Price Rigidity and Underemployment Equilibrium

Chair:Atsushi Naito(Ohtsuki City College)

Discussant:Toichiro Asada(Chuo University)

3-1 Hiroyuki Okon(Kokugakuin University)

Eternal Validity of “Die Wirtschaftrechnung im sozialistischen Gemeinwesen”: A Centenary Appraisal

Chair:Makoto Nishibe(Senshu University)

Discussant:Masanori Taishido(Toyo University)

10:00-10:50

1-2 Akio Hoshino(Kanto-Gakuin University, Emeritus professor)

Smith and Marx in the Theory of Productive Powers

Chair:Satoshi Niimura(Okayama University, Emeritus professor)

Discussant:Shigemasa Sato(Onomichi City University, Emeritus professor)

2-2 Takeshi Kohira(The University of Tokyo, Ph. D. Student)

Keynes on Public Debt Sustainability

Chair:Hiroyuki Shimodaira(Yamagata University)

Discussant:Atsushi Komine(Ryukoku University)

3-2 Wang Kesong (Hokkaido University, Ph. D. student)

Ludwig von Mises and Contemporary Free Banking Theory

Chair:Shimpei Yamamoto(Hokusei Gakuen University)

Discussant:Yukihiro Ikeda(Keio University)

11:00-11:50

1-3 Tomonori Isaka(National Institute of Technology, Ibaraki College)

Chair:Yuji Sato(Rikkyo University)

Discussant:Hiromi Morishita(Hokkai-Gakuen University)

2-3 Keita Tanaka(Shobi University)

L. Robbins’s Rationality and Irrationality from Competitive Paradigm Approach

Chair:Kensuke Sasaki(Hokkaido University)

Discussant:Kayoko Misaki(Shiga University)

3-3 Akihiko Murai(Kansai University)

Neo-Cardinalism and Eclipse of Substansive-Felicific Utility Theory

Chair:Ryo Hongo(Kwansei Gakuin University)

Discussant:Isao Mutoh(National Defense Academy)

11:50-13:00

Lunch

13:00-13:50

1-4 Kiyoshi Tachkawax(Seijo University)

Edmund Burke’s Economic Liberalism

Chair:Chikakazu Tadakoshi(Chuo University)

Discussant:Tetsuya Yanagisawa(Saitama University)

2-4 Nao Saito(Hokkaido University)

Arrow and the Market Failure: The Normative Implications of the Fundamental Theorems of Welfare Economics

Chair:Nanako Fujita(Nagoya City University)

Discussant:Kazumi Nishimoto(Chubu University)

3-4 Tadashi Ohtsuki(Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and Economics in Wartime

Chair:Kuniaki Makino(Setsunan University)

Discussant:Manabu Kawaguchi

14:00-14:20

Greetings from Kensuke Sasaki (Hokkaido University) and Masashi Izumo (President of JSHET) / Addresses from Winners of JSHET Awards.

14:20-17:20

Plenary Session: The Future of the History of Economic Thought in Theory and History: Celebrating Seventy Years of JSHET)

Tomoji Onozuka (The University of Tokyo)  How does history of economics differ from economic history?: the real, distance, and an ideal relation between them

Hirokazu Takizawa(Chuo University) Current states of modern economics as viewed from institutional analyses

Chair:Seiichiro Ito(Ohtsuki City College)、Hiroki Hirose(Fukui Prefectural University)

Discussant:Hiroshi Takemoto(Kwansai Gakuin University, Emeritus professor)、Takayuki Nakamura(Aoyama Gakuin University)、Sora Sato(Toyo University)

17:20-17:50

Online Socializing

 

JSHET 2020, 84th Annual Conference at Hokkaido University

The Japanese Society for the History of Economic Thought (JSHET) will hold its 84th Annual Conference at Hokkaido University, Sapporo on May 30 and 31, 2020. The JSHET Annual Conference is one of the largest conferences on the history of economic thought in the world.

Dates: May 30 (Sat.) and 31 (Sun.) 2020

Place: Hokkaido University (Kita-8, Nishi-5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan), Humanities and Social Sciences Classroom Building

  • Access from New Chitose Airport: https://www.global.hokudai.ac.jp/about/access-maps/sapporo-campus-map/
  • We recommend catching the 40 minutes JR Rapid Airport Line from the airport to Sapporo Station which runs every 15 minutes. Fare: Adult 1,150 yen.
  • After arriving at Sapporo station, it is a short walk to the main gate of the campus. Upon disembarking the train, aim for the west ticket gates and then take the north exit out of the station.

Campus Map: https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/international3/campusmapeng2.pdf or https://www.global.hokudai.ac.jp/maps/?p=sapporo

Profile of Sapporo City: https://www.city.sapporo.jp/city/english/index.html

Schedule:

May 30 (Sat.)      Presentations, General Meeting, Party

09:00 – 12:20       Presentations (Morning)

12:20 – 13:20       Lunch break

13:20 – 14:15       General Meeting

14:25 – 18:20       Presentations (Afternoon)

19:00 – 21:00       Party (Mystays Hotel)

May 31 (Sun.)     Presentations

09:00 – 12:20       Presentations (Morning)

12:20 – 13:20       Lunch break

13:20 – 16:40       Presentations (Afternoon)

Hotels:

Many hotels are located near Sapporo Station and Susukino Downtown Area.
Please make early reservations because the city has so many tourists in this season.

Outline and Conference/Party Fee:(CFP has been closed in early November 2019):

We need an outline of your presentation (up to 1,500 words). The deadline is March 10, 2020.
This outline will be distributed to our members in a printing form and will be available on the web.

Please send your outline to Seiichiro[atmark] mtj.biglobe.ne.jp

You are requested to make your payment for the Conference fee and Party fee via “PayPal” by March 10, 2020.
https://jshet.net/eng/conference/c-fee/

Payment Plans (via Paypal):

  • Conference Fee: 6,000 yen.
  • Conference Fee + Party Fee for regular employees: 12,000yen
  • Conference Fee + Party Fee for students and non-regular employees: 11,500yen

When you pay for the Party fee at the reception desk on the first day of our conference, it would be:
Party Fee at the reception: 8,000yen for regular employees and 7,000yen for students and non-regular employees.

Contact:
Local Committee
    Tsutomu HASHIMOTO (Hokkaido University)
    e-mail: hashimoto [at mark] econ.hokudai.ac.jp
Conference Organizing Committee
    Seiichiro ITO (Ohtsuki City College)
    e-mail: seiichiro[at mark]mtj.biglobe.ne.jp


Call for Papers for the JSHET Annual Conference, 2020

The 84th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for the History of Economic Thought (JSHET) will be held at Hokkaido University, Sapporo on May 30th and 31st, 2020. Proposals for papers or sessions on all aspects of the history of economic thought are welcome. An abstract of about 400 words for a paper and 800 words for a session should be submitted on the online application form no later than November 9th, 2019.

Online application form:

 https://www.secure-cloud.jp/sf/1566867132mmHeScKV

JSHET website:

     https://jshet.net/eng/

Contact:

Local Committee
    Tsutomu HASHIMOTO (Hokkaido University)
    e-mail: hashimoto [at mark] econ.hokudai.ac.jp

Conference Organizing Committee
    Seiichiro ITO (Ohtsuki City College)
    e-mail: seiichiro[at mark]mtj.biglobe.ne.jp