The Italian Association for the History of Political Economy (STOREP: http://www.storep.org) is pleased to announce the third edition of the STOREP European Summer School (SESS) in Bressanone/Brixen from September 6 to September 16, 2007.

SESS is organized by a committee chaired by Ferdinando Meacci, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche 'Marco Fanno', Università di Padova, and is held at the Accademia Cusano/Cusanus Akademie, piazza Seminario n. 2. Bressanone/Brixen. The official language of SESS is English. SESS is financed by tuition fees and by special grants from Comune di Bressanone, Provincia di Bolzano, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Bolzano, Comunità Comprensoriale Valle Isarco, Facoltà di Scienze Politiche e Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche 'Marco Fanno', Università di Padova.

The main aims of the STOREP European Summer School are:

• to provide advanced training for postgraduate students in economics of any affiliation, orientation and field of specialization;
• to broaden the horizons of young economists on the relevance of the history of political economy for a better comprehension and further advancement of contemporary economics;
• to allow young economists to meet fellows and scholars from different countries with different backgrounds and aspirations but with the same research interests in the wide field of political economy or related disciplines.

The lectures of the 2007 edition will be devoted to: Post-Keynesian Theories of Accumulation, Theory and Institutions of Equity Markets, 20th Century Transformations of Microeconomics, Alfred Marshall and the Historical School, A Post-Mortem on Keynesian Economics, Laws and Models in Economic Theory.

Lectures and seminars will be given by: Geoff Harcourt (University of Cambridge, UK), Jan Kregel (UNDESA, United Nations, New York , and Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia), Axel Leijonhufvud (University of California at Los Angeles, USA, and University of Trento, Italy), Tamotsu Nishizawa (Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, Japan), Andrea Salanti (University of Bergamo, Italy), Ulrich Witt (Max Planck Institute and University of Jena, Germany).

Students are expected to discuss their dissertations or current research work. They will present dissertation projects, first draft of dissertation chapters or newly completed papers in panel sessions. Private consultations with lecturers are also scheduled.