From facultynews@email.TheIHS.org Wed Feb 18 07:22:31 2009 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on mserv4.XXXXXXX.XXX X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=disabled version=3.2.5 Received: from email.TheIHS.org (email.TheIHS.org [209.183.228.183]) by smtp.XXXXXXX.XXX (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n1IFMTKe020595 for ; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:22:29 -0800 Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:22:08 -0500 (EST) From: Nigel Ashford Reply-To: facultynews@TheIHS.org To: Message-ID: <357.734.433420.164672.64892924.722@TheIHS.org> Subject: IHS Faculty Network Newsletter - February 2009 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Security: MIME headers sanitized on mserv4 See XXXXXXXwww.impsec.org/email-tools/sanitizer-intro.html for details. $Revision: 1.140 $Date: 2004-02-11 20:47:43-08 X-Security: The postmaster has not enabled quarantine of poisoned messages. Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_3595738_23272193.1234970528351" X-Mailer: Eloop Mailer Importance: normal X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.94.2/9001/Tue Feb 17 20:29:20 2009 on mserv4 X-Virus-Status: Clean ------=_Part_3595738_23272193.1234970528351 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable If you use email filters or blocking software, please add the domain theIHS= .org to your safe list to ensure you receive our updates & e-newsletters. 1.15.09 IHS Faculty Newsletter Dear XXXXXXXXXXX, IHS offers 12 free summer seminars on the theme of liberty occurring June t= hrough August throughout the USA, for undergraduates, recent graduates, and= advanced graduate students.=C2=A0 Topics include: Liberty and Society, Fre= edom and Tolerance, Liberty & Current Issues, Poverty & Prosperity, Social = Change, Scholarship and a Free Society, Cinema and Literature, Journalism, = and Morality & Capitalism. Application deadline: March 31. www.theIHS.org/s= eminars ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util/link.jsp?e=3D47YNycyx_pKXJlMxZ4G= 3rDzMX0sIhKChnS8C6FuFDJgfBfg..A&s=3D8WiT7bwhwyONbl0r9QgSA2A..A&v=3D3Ul8Bl7K= GfB8.A ). Thanks for drawing these to the attention of your students.=20 All the best for 2009. Cheers, Nigel Dr. Nigel Ashford Senior Program Officer Institute for Humane Studies IHS PROGRAMS IHS Summer Seminars ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util/link.jsp?e=3D3HAdVkr= GLcwEJ1VfAFh0qQB5HnXpsgC85iP-NGTujn8JbFQ..A&s=3D8WiT7bwhwyONbl0r9QgSA2A..A&= v=3D3Ul8Bl7KGfB8.A ) IHS offers 12 free summer seminars on the theme of liberty, June through Au= gust, throughout the USA, for undergraduates, recent graduates, and advance= d graduate students.=C2=A0 Topics include: Liberty and Society, Freedom and= Tolerance, Liberty & Current Issues, Poverty and Prosperity, Social Change= , Scholarship and a Free Society, Cinema and Literature, Journalism, and Mo= rality & Capitalism. Deadline: March 31.=20 The Koch Summer Fellow Program is a paid, 10 week internship program that o= ffers placements for students and recent graduates interested in federal or= state public policy. All internships include participation in the Washingt= on, DC opening and closing workshops, a $1,500 stipend, travel reimbursemen= t, and housing (or a housing allowance). Internships are located both in Wa= shington DC and in 40 different states. Deadline: January 31, 2009. IHS ACADEMIC EVENTS IHS@ International Studies Association, New York, February 15-18 Nigel Ashford will host a reception. IHS@ Eastern Economics Association, New York, February 26-March 1=C2=A0 Ed Lopez of IHS will attend. IHS@ Public Choice Society, Las Vegas, March 5-8 Ed Lopez of IHS=C2=A0will attend.=C2=A0 IHS@ Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 2-5 Nigel Ashford will host a reception. IHS@ APEE, Guatemala, April 5-7=C2=A0 Ed Lopez of IHS will host a reception for graduate students only at APEE on= Sunday April 5th at 5pm. Graduate students attending should receive a dire= ct invitation. FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS=C2=A0 Graduate Fellowship, International Property Rights ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIH= S.org/util/link.jsp?e=3D2O_odGyzg9UHXsR_lt2roFsdP7QMdk9HY8G-o2yJyyE-cuA..A&= s=3D8WiT7bwhwyONbl0r9QgSA2A..A&v=3D3Ul8Bl7KGfB8.A ) Property Rights Alliance in Washington DC offers a fellowship to a graduate= student interested in property rights and global affairs, to work on the I= nternational Property Rights Index. Deadline: March 15.=20 Grants for Academic Work on Ayn Rand ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util/lin= k.jsp?e=3D1G-ss0U1sXVo-1AQMl4hlCDH3yAorU6_-EPNVSg1ibxfmEQ..A&s=3D8WiT7bwhwy= ONbl0r9QgSA2A..A&v=3D3Ul8Bl7KGfB8.A ) Various grants available for academic work on Ayn Rand. Fellowships and fun= ds for multi-year research and teaching; project grants; travel and visitin= g scholar grants; and scholarships for course tuition. Gifts are made only = to institutions, not individuals.=C2=A0 Grants=C2=A0for Philosophy and Education ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util= /link.jsp?e=3D0-jkh8dCkTHn-qkJdT6KB-x1gYDiskeKJgcntqZQFiRkedA..A&s=3D8WiT7b= whwyONbl0r9QgSA2A..A&v=3D3Ul8Bl7KGfB8.A ) Spencer Foundation will fund research proposals up to $40,000 on Philosophy= and Educational Policy and Practice. Grants for Profound Questions of Nature and Humanity ( XXXXXXXwww.email.The= IHS.org/util/link.jsp?e=3D975MMUkUrHzLY4D59u1T80SFlJ55euEeZGLv2TGEFhhK5DY9O= MrQ8l3fPX3nVnpj1&s=3D8WiT7bwhwyONbl0r9QgSA2A..A&v=3D3Ul8Bl7KGfB8.A ) $30,000 grants available for the transdisciplinary exploration of the most = profound questions of nature and humanity by five or more university based = scholars. =20 Senior Fellow, Science and Religion, Metanexus Institute ( XXXXXXXwww.email= .TheIHS.org/util/link.jsp?e=3D8jWmlAaxQ17EkBiFeoHVd1PLCSWdx0l8e6CUMeKMF1dYB= 3Xg09LMfLQNG8MgK8Fup&s=3D8WiT7bwhwyONbl0r9QgSA2A..A&v=3D3Ul8Bl7KGfB8.A ) Metanexus Institute created the position of Senior Fellow in 2003 as an imp= ortant endeavor to promote interdisciplinary scholarship and engage a broad= er audience in the Metanexus vision.=C2=A0 Science, Humanities & Social Sciences, National Science Foundation ( http:/= /www.email.TheIHS.org/util/link.jsp?e=3D7hv18xaQi1B7tsM1ud6OgTyKSMh8p1RqpHD= g2ey_k8U-vME3scyWph2Uaw8EwtiHr&s=3D8WiT7bwhwyONbl0r9QgSA2A..A&v=3D3Ul8Bl7KG= fB8.A ) Grants available to fund research on Science, Ethics & Values, History & Ph= ilosophy, Social Studies, and Studies of Policy.=C2=A0 Programs include:=C2= =A0 fellowships, postdoctoral fellowships, doctoral fellowships, and confer= ence awards. CONFERENCES=C2=A0 Perspectives on Ayn Rand, Austin, TX, March 4 ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org= /util/link.jsp?e=3D6VV6nbIXFHiMh4yQpi76wOHC_hm2tkMEOs1oQMhT9SgK846ub0QyB6aP= Su62wHvCy&s=3D8WiT7bwhwyONbl0r9QgSA2A..A&v=3D3Ul8Bl7KGfB8.A ) A symposium offering contemporary perspectives on Rand=E2=80=99s magnum opu= s, both as philosophy and as literature. All sessions will include question= periods, and an open reception with the speakers will be held immediately = afterwards.=C2=A0 European Public Choice Society, Athens, Greece, April 2-5 ( XXXXXXXwww.emai= l.TheIHS.org/util/link.jsp?e=3D5qDN8oH44U3fWIAJ937bX3az0XrPAP2M7UP8zyMSheAP= 9lT1le2GiJ-Nf0ijMrwI6&s=3D8WiT7bwhwyONbl0r9QgSA2A..A&v=3D3Ul8Bl7KGfB8.A ) The European Public Choice Society promotes scientific research on the econ= omics and politics of public and non-market decision-making, political econ= omy and the economics of institutions. Papers and abstracts must be receive= d not later than January 10, 2009. Metaphysics and Mind, St Louis University, MO, June 8-July 17 ( XXXXXXXarts= ci.wustl.edu/~neh09 ) NEH Summer Institute. Experimental Philosophy, Utah, June 22- July 17 ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.o= rg/util/link.jsp?e=3D3HAdVkrGLcwEJ1VfAFh0qQB5HnXpsgC85iP-NGTujn8JaFQ..A&s= =3D8WiT7bwhwyONbl0r9QgSA2A..A&v=3D3Ul8Bl7KGfB8.A ) NEH Summer Institute Economic Theory, Policy, and Applications, Athens, Greece, August 3-9 ( htt= p:// www.atiner.gr/docs/Economics.htm ) Deadline to submit abstracts: 12th of January 2009.=C2=A0 Law Junior Faculty Forum, Boston, November 6-8 ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.or= g/util/link.jsp?e=3D2O_odGyzg9UHXsR_lt2roFsdP7QMdk9HY8G-o2yJyyE-duA..A&s=3D= 8WiT7bwhwyONbl0r9QgSA2A..A&v=3D3Ul8Bl7KGfB8.A ) The purpose of the Forum is to stimulate the international exchange of idea= s and research among members of the legal academy, to encourage and further= the work of younger scholars in the international community, and to surmou= nt barriers between scholars of different traditions and cultures, in the i= nterest of the development of legal scholarship on a transnational basis.= =C2=A0 Applied Business and Entrepreneurship, Honolulu, November 18-20 ( XXXXXXXww= w.email.TheIHS.org/util/link.jsp?e=3D1G-ss0U1sXVo-1AQMl4hlCDH3yAorU6_-EPNVS= g1ibxfnEQ..A&s=3D8WiT7bwhwyONbl0r9QgSA2A..A&v=3D3Ul8Bl7KGfB8.A ) Deadline: August 15. RESEARCH AND TEACHING RESOURCES=C2=A0 Campus Speech Codes 2009 ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util/link.jsp?e=3D0-= jkh8dCkTHn-qkJdT6KB-x1gYDiskeKJgcntqZQFiRkfdA..A&s=3D8WiT7bwhwyONbl0r9QgSA2= A..A&v=3D3Ul8Bl7KGfB8.A ) Foundation for Individual Rights in Education publishes its annual report, = Spotlight on Speech Codes 2009: The State of Free Speech on Our Nation=E2= =80=99s Campuses Freedom Flix Videos ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util/link.jsp?e=3D975MMUk= UrHzLY4D59u1T80SFlJ55euEeZGLv2TGEFhhJINRr_GZ1M40N3c8c0WDIr&s=3D8WiT7bwhwyON= bl0r9QgSA2A..A&v=3D3Ul8Bl7KGfB8.A ) Institute for Justice videos on property rights, school choice and free spe= ech. =E2=80=98I, Pencil=E2=80=99 ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util/link.jsp?e= =3D8jWmlAaxQ17EkBiFeoHVd1PLCSWdx0l8e6CUMeKMF1db8HGCB2gmktKaq7H2zUx7S&s=3D8W= iT7bwhwyONbl0r9QgSA2A..A&v=3D3Ul8Bl7KGfB8.A ) This classic article on the marvel of how the market provides a pencil is a= vailable for free download at www.fee.org OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS=C2=A0 FEE Summer Seminars ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util/link.jsp?e=3D7hv18xa= Qi1B7tsM1ud6OgTyKSMh8p1RqpHDg2ey_k8U-Fcxp8GqmEW768RVjuo_Lj&s=3D8WiT7bwhwyON= bl0r9QgSA2A..A&v=3D3Ul8Bl7KGfB8.A ) Foundation for Economic Education will host seven free summer seminars on e= conomics, from high school students to young scholars, in New York, Denver = and Midland MI. Essay Contest: International Relations ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util/l= ink.jsp?e=3D6VV6nbIXFHiMh4yQpi76wOHC_hm2tkMEOs1oQMhT9SgIDZOtDTu2xQglbRbDpuR= Vt&s=3D8WiT7bwhwyONbl0r9QgSA2A..A&v=3D3Ul8Bl7KGfB8.A ) Millennium: Journal of International Studies hosts the Northedge essay comp= etition on any aspect of international relations from doctoral, master=E2= =80=99s or undergraduate students. Deadline: January 15.=C2=A0 millennium@l= se.ac.uk ( mailto:millennium@lse.ac.uk ) Objectivism Summer Conference, Boston, July 3-8 ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.o= rg/util/link.jsp?e=3D5qDN8oH44U3fWIAJ937bX3az0XrPAP2M7UP8zyMSheAOWAJW2ITeH6= cEZDkdIEJQd&s=3D8WiT7bwhwyONbl0r9QgSA2A..A&v=3D3Ul8Bl7KGfB8.A ) For this conference, the Ayn Rand Institute brings you nine days of social = and intellectual stimulation related to Objectivist scholarship. JOURNALS=C2=A0 The Objective Standard, Vol. 3, No.3 (Fall 2008) Articles on McBama, big government, the New Atheists, mandatory health insu= rance, property rights, Pragmatism, and the FDA. www.theobjectivestandard.com ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util/link.jsp?e= =3D47YNycyx_pKXJlMxZ4G3rDzMX0sIhKChnS8C6FuFDJgfHfg..A&s=3D8WiT7bwhwyONbl0r9= QgSA2A..A&v=3D3Ul8Bl7KGfB8.A )=C2=A0 Utilitarianism: the Aggregate Question Social Philosophy and Policy, Vol. 26, No. 1 (Winter 2009) PUBLICATIONS Andreasen on Nuclear Weapons ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util/link.jsp?e= =3D3HAdVkrGLcwEJ1VfAFh0qQB5HnXpsgC85iP-NGTujn8JdFQ..A&s=3D8WiT7bwhwyONbl0r9= QgSA2A..A&v=3D3Ul8Bl7KGfB8.A ) Steve Andreasen ed., Reykjavik Revisited: Steps Towards a World Free of Nuc= lear Weapons (Hoover Institution Press) Benedict on Eminent Domain ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util/link.jsp?e=3D= 2O_odGyzg9UHXsR_lt2roFsdP7QMdk9HY8G-o2yJyyE-auA..A&s=3D8WiT7bwhwyONbl0r9QgS= A2A..A&v=3D3Ul8Bl7KGfB8.A ) Jeff Benedict, Little Pink House: A True Story of Defiance and Courage (Gra= nd Central) Bernstein on Objectivism ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util/link.jsp?e=3D1G= -ss0U1sXVo-1AQMl4hlCDH3yAorU6_-EPNVSg1ibxfgEQ..A&s=3D8WiT7bwhwyONbl0r9QgSA2= A..A&v=3D3Ul8Bl7KGfB8.A ) Andrew Bernstein, Objectivism in One Lesson: An Introduction to the Philoso= phy of Ayn Rand (University Press of America) Chakrabarti & Peterson on School Choice ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util/= link.jsp?e=3D0-jkh8dCkTHn-qkJdT6KB-x1gYDiskeKJgcntqZQFiRkYdA..A&s=3D8WiT7bw= hwyONbl0r9QgSA2A..A&v=3D3Ul8Bl7KGfB8.A ) Rajashri Chakrabarti & Paul Peterson, School Choice International: Explorin= g Public Private Partnerships (MIT Press) Copper on Financial Crises ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util/link.jsp?e=3D= 975MMUkUrHzLY4D59u1T80SFlJ55euEeZGLv2TGEFhhK8xFRR9bDXBJhEv4O5nA-G&s=3D8WiT7= bwhwyONbl0r9QgSA2A..A&v=3D3Ul8Bl7KGfB8.A ) George Copper, The Origins of Financial Crises: Central Banks, Credit Bubbl= es, and the Efficient Market Fallacy (Vintage) De Djin on French Political Though ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util/link.= jsp?e=3D8jWmlAaxQ17EkBiFeoHVd1PLCSWdx0l8e6CUMeKMF1dZEnqoUHPJIQ3zfzrunPHKy&s= =3D8WiT7bwhwyONbl0r9QgSA2A..A&v=3D3Ul8Bl7KGfB8.A )t Annelien de Djin, French Political Thought from Montesquieu to Tocqueville:= Liberty in a Levelled Society? (Cambridge University Press) Fein on the Constitution ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util/link.jsp?e=3D7h= v18xaQi1B7tsM1ud6OgTyKSMh8p1RqpHDg2ey_k8U8sMJG2VThg2Ufiw_HbT1Dg&s=3D8WiT7bw= hwyONbl0r9QgSA2A..A&v=3D3Ul8Bl7KGfB8.A ) Bruce Fein, Constitution Peril: The Life and Death Struggle for Our Constit= ution and Democracy (Palgrave Macmillan) Fleckenstein on Greenspan ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util/link.jsp?e=3D6= VV6nbIXFHiMh4yQpi76wOHC_hm2tkMEOs1oQMhT9SgJ3eTCJ2Mi_JUO5V_wxQclH&s=3D8WiT7b= whwyONbl0r9QgSA2A..A&v=3D3Ul8Bl7KGfB8.A ) William Fleckenstein, Greenspan=E2=80=99s Bubbles: The Age of Ignorance at = the Federal Reserve (McGraw Hill) Furnham on Young People ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util/link.jsp?e=3D5qD= N8oH44U3fWIAJ937bX3az0XrPAP2M7UP8zyMSheAMklGD7ee7qYScdR8F1iVKQ&s=3D8WiT7bwh= wyONbl0r9QgSA2A..A&v=3D3Ul8Bl7KGfB8.A ) Adrian Furnham, The Economic Socialisation of Young People (Social Affairs = Unit) Gaus on Philosophy, Politics and Economics ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/ut= il/link.jsp?e=3D47YNycyx_pKXJlMxZ4G3rDzMX0sIhKChnS8C6FuFDJgfGfg..A&s=3D8WiT= 7bwhwyONbl0r9QgSA2A..A&v=3D3Ul8Bl7KGfB8.A ) Gerald Gaus, On Philosophy, Politics and Economics (Wadsworth) Hudgins on Objectivism=C2=A0and Religion ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util= /link.jsp?e=3D3HAdVkrGLcwEJ1VfAFh0qQB5HnXpsgC85iP-NGTujn8JcFQ..A&s=3D8WiT7b= whwyONbl0r9QgSA2A..A&v=3D3Ul8Bl7KGfB8.A ) Edward Hudgins ed., An Objectivist Secular Reader (Atlas Society) Knowles on Justice Kennedy ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util/link.jsp?e=3D= 2O_odGyzg9UHXsR_lt2roFsdP7QMdk9HY8G-o2yJyyE-buA..A&s=3D8WiT7bwhwyONbl0r9QgS= A2A..A&v=3D3Ul8Bl7KGfB8.A ) Helen Knowles, The Tie Goes to Freedom: Justice Anthony M. 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 IHS Faculty Newsletter


Dear XXXXXXXXXXX,

If you have students whom you believe would enjoy a free summer seminar on the ideas of liberty, can you forward the paragraph below to them. Thank you. 

The Institute for Humane Studies offers 12 free summer seminars on the theme of liberty occurring June through August throughout the USA, for undergraduates, recent graduates, and advanced graduate students.  Topics include: Liberty and Society, Freedom and Tolerance, Liberty & Current Issues, Poverty & Prosperity, Social Change, Scholarship and a Free Society, Cinema and Literature, Journalism, and Morality & Capitalism. Application deadline: March 31. www.theIHS.org/seminars.

Thanks for drawing these to the attention of your students. 

  Cheers, 

  Nigel
  
  Dr. Nigel Ashford
  Senior Program Officer
  Institute for Humane Studies
  facultynews@TheIHS.org

 

 



FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS
 
 
 
CONFERENCES
 
RESEARCH AND TEACHING RESOURCES
 
 
OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS
 
 
 
JOURNALS
 
PUBLICATIONS
 
  

IHS PROGRAMS

IHS Summer Seminars
IHS offers 12 free summer seminars on the theme of liberty, June through August, throughout the USA, for undergraduates, recent graduates, and advanced graduate students.  Topics include: Liberty and Society, Freedom and Tolerance, Liberty & Current Issues, Poverty and Prosperity, Social Change, Scholarship and a Free Society, Cinema and Literature, Journalism, and Morality & Capitalism. Deadline: March 31.

Summer Production Internships  
Paid internships in film, screenwriting, video game production, animation and more. Deadline: March 1, 2009.

IHS ACADEMIC EVENTS

IHS@ Eastern Economics Association, New York, February 26-March 1 
Ed Lopez of IHS will attend.

IHS@ Public Choice Society, Las Vegas, March 5-8
Ed Lopez of IHS will attend. 

IHS@ Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 2-5
Nigel Ashford will host a reception on Thursday, April 2, 7:00-9:30 pm. Political scientists, local professors, and graduate students will receive an invitation.

IHS@ APEE, Guatemala, April 5-7 
Ed Lopez of IHS will host a reception for graduate students only at APEE on Sunday April 5th at 5pm. Graduate students attending should receive a direct invitation. 

FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS
 
The Jack Miller Center seeks proposals for supporting university centers devoted to teaching the American heritage.
 
Kauffman Prize for $50,000 prize to a scholar under the age of forty for a significant contribution to entrepreneurship.
 
$1,000 award to PhD, JSD or LLM students in the writing stage of their dissertation on any aspect of international organizations. Deadline: March 13.
 
The Federalist Society provides fellowships to support young legal scholars to write and develop their scholarship. Deadline: March 16.
 
FDIC funds research proposals of $10,000. Deadline: March 31.
 
$3 million request for proposals on the science of generosity in the human and social sciences, from a variety of disciplines. Deadline: April 1.
 
Kauffman Foundation recognizes junior faculty who contribute to the literature on entrepreneurship. Deadline: April 6.
 
Pioneer Institute seeks proposals to improve healthcare. Deadline: April 13. 

Postdoctoral Fellowships, Munich
Ludwig Maximilian’s University offers 20 postdoctoral fellowships in any discipline. Deadline: April 15.
 
Open to those 35 and under. Deadline: May 31.
 
Upjohn Institute for Employment Research awards a $2,000 prize for a dissertation on policy- oriented research on employment. Deadline: July 6.
 
Kauffman Foundation awards dissertation fellowships to doctoral students in the area of entrepreneurship. Deadline: July 6.
 
 
CONFERENCES

Monetary Policy Challenges, France, September 24-25
Call for papers: March 27
 
For young faculty and advanced graduate students engaged in research or teaching on the American founding.
 
Bruno Leoni Institute. Funds available for travel. Call for papers: February 28.
 
 
Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy invites papers: February 20.

European School on the New Institutional Economics, Corsica, May 18-27
Workshop for students and young researchers. Call for papers: March 8.
 
Deadline: April 31. 

European Economic Policy, Venice, July 6-11
Call for papers.
 
 
Workshop for young scholars on Global Public-Private Partnerships. Deadline: March 1.

Limited Cognition, Strategic Thinking and Learning in Games, Bonn, Germany, July 20-31
Deadline: March 15. Scholarships available.

Entrepreneurship Boot Camp, Cambridge, MA, July 22-25
NBER and the Kauffman Foundation sponsor this boot camp designed to encourage research into entrepreneurship, for PhD students in economics and finance. Free. Deadline: March 31.
 
Theme: The Human Consequences of State Action. Call for papers: May 1.
 
RESEARCH AND TEACHING RESOURCES
 
World index of economic freedom by the Heritage Foundation and Wall Street Journal
 
Degree descriptions, rankings etc
 
 
Information on the work of Milton Friedman.
 
StimulusWatch.org was built to to help the new administration keep its pledge and to hold public officials to account.
 

OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS
 
Cato University provides competitive scholarships for students.

The past, present and future of Objectivism.
 
Fundamentals of Freedom: 2009 Asia essay contest for young people under the age of 28 from Asia. First prize: $500. Deadline: April 1.
 
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education offer summer legal internships.
 
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education offers undergraduate internships. Deadline: March 31.
 
Center for International Private Enterprise seeks essays on engaging youth in reform in the following areas: citizenship, education, entrepreneurship. Eligible are students and young professionals 18-30, with special weight to essays from non-OECD countries. Prize: $1,000 for winning essays. Deadline: March 1.
 
MA fellowships for students in preparation for a career in business or public policy to attend the MA program in economics at George Mason University. Deadline: March 15.
 
Student scholarships deadline: March 9.
 
Scholarships for graduate students.
 
Each Southern University with a PhD program may nominate a graduate student to attend and present their work. Deadline: May 15. GoldsmithA@wlu.edu
 
American Economics Association training program for rising juniors and above interested in graduate study in economics. Deadline: March 15.
 
JOURNALS

Adam Smith and his Sources
XXXXXXXwww.adamsmithreview.org/vol4.html
 
EconJournalWatch, Vol. 6, No. 1 (January 2009)
Articles on education and technology, gender differences, bandwagon demand, rent control, Smithians.
 
Healthcare: State Failure
Theme in Economics Affairs, Vol. 28, No. 34 (December 2008)
 
Journal of Markets and Morality, Vol. 11, No. 2
Articles on subprime lending, philanthropy, Friedman on business ethics, Friedman on income inequality, Christian realism, and business ethics.
 
Symposium on the Myth of the Rational Voter
Critical Review Vol. 20, No. 3 (Fall 2008)
 

PUBLICATIONS
 
Boris Begovic et al, From Poverty to Prosperity: Free Market Based Solutions (Center for Liberal Democratic Studies )
 
Walter Block, Labor Economics from a Free Market Perspective: Employing the Unemployable (World Scientific)
 
David Boaz ed., Cato Handbook for Policymakers (7th Edition, Cato Institute)
 
Michel Boldrin & David Levine, Against Intellectual Monopoly (Cambridge UP)
 
Reuven Bremmer et al, A World of Chance: Betting on Religion, Games, Wall Street (Cambridge UP)
 
Eric Brousseau & Jean-Michel Galchant eds, New Institutional Economics: A Guidebook (Cambridge UP)
New Institutional Economics
 
Eamonn Butler, The Rotten State of Britain (Gibson Square Books)
 
John Coleman & Joe Carter, How to Argue like Jesus: Learning Persuasion from History’s Greatest Communicator (Crossway Books)
 
Ward Connerly, Lessons from My Uncle James: Beyond Skin Color to the Content of Our Character (Encounter)
 
Harold Demsetz, From Economic Man to Economic System: Essays on Human Behavior and the Institutions of Capitalism (Cambridge UP)
 
David Doerr, California’s Tax Machine: A History of Taxing and Spending in the Golden State (CTA)
 
Dennis Dutton, The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure and Human Evolution (Bloomsbury)
 
Ivan Eland, Recarving Rushmore: Ranking the Presidents on Peace, Prosperity and Liberty (Independent Institute)
 
Marc Eliot, Reagan: the Hollywood Years (Harmony Books)
 
Yuri Felshinsky & Vladimir Problovsky, The Corporation: Russia and the KGB in the Age of President Putin (Encounter)
 
Michel Foucault, The Birth of Biopolitics: Lectures at the College of France, 1978-1979 (Palgrave Macmillan)
 
Joseph Golec & John Vernon, Pharmaceutical Price Regulation: Public Perceptions, Economic Realities, and Empirical Evidence (AEI Press)
 
Samuel Gregg & James R Stoner, Rethinking Business Management: Examining the Foundations of Business Education (Witherspoon Institute)
 
David Horowitz, One Party Classroom:How Radical Professors at America’s Top Colleges Indoctrinate Students and Undermine Our Democracy (Crown Forum)
 
XXXXXXXXXXX Horner, Red Hot Lies: How Global Warming Alarmists Use Threats, Fraud, and Deception to Keep You Misinformed (Regnery)
 
Philip K. Howard., Life Without Lawyers: Liberating Americans from Too Much Law (Norton)
 
Jesus Huerta de Soto, The Theory of Dynamic Efficiency (Routledge)
 
Otmar Issing, The Birth of the Euro (Cambridge UP)
 
Bill Kauffman, Forgotten Founder, Drunken Prophet: The Life of Luther Martin (ISI Books)
 
Terence Kealey, Sex, Science and Profits (Heinemann)
Timothy Lynch ed., In The Name of Justice: The Aims of the Criminal Law (Cato Institute)
 
Lawrence McQuillan & Robert Murphy, The Sizzle of Economic Freedom: How Economic Freedom Helps You and Why You Should Demand More (Pacific Research Institute)

Jeremy Millett, People Unlike Us (Prometheus)
 
Melanie Randolph Morris, An Incautious Man: the Life of Gouverneur Morris (ISI Books)
 
George Nash, Books and the Founding Fathers (Butler Books)

Robert Novell, Up From History: The Life of Booker T. Washington (Harvard UP)
 
Anthony O’Hear, The Great Books: A Journey through 2,500 years of the West’s Classic Literature (ISI Books)
 
Ivan Pongracic, Employees and Entrepreneurship: Coordination and Spontaneity in Non-Hierarchical Business Organizations (Edward Elgar)
 
Virgiliu Pop, Who Owns the Moon?: Extraterrestrial Aspects of Land and Mineral Resource Ownership (Springer)
 
David Post, In Search of Jefferson’s Moose: Notes on the State of Cyberspace (Oxford UP)
 
Larry Purdy, Getting Under the Skin of Diversity: Searching for the Color Blind Idea (Robert Lawrence Press)
 
Dominic Raab, The Assault on Liberty; What Went Wrong with Rights (Harper Collins)
 
Mark Skousen, The Making of Modern Economics: The Lives and Ideas of the Great Thinkers (2nd edition, Eagle Publishing)
 
Victor Suvorov, The Chief Culprit: Stalin’s Grand Design to Start World War II (Blue Jacket)
 
Alan Vaird ed., Tax Policy: Lessons from the 2000s (AEI Press)
 
Bradley Watson, Living Constitution, Dying Faith: Progressivism and the New Science of Jurisprudence (ISI Books)

Barry Werth, Banquet at Delmonico’s: Great Minds, the Gilded Age, and the Triumph of Evolution in America (Random House)
 
Martin Wolfe, Fixing Global Finance (Forum on Constructive Capitalism)
 
Piotr Zientara, New Europe’s Old Regions (Institute for Economic Affairs)





 

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