EH.N: CfP: Andre Gunder Frank Conference

[Robert Fagley]

Call for Papers

Andre Gunder Frank's Legacy of Critical Social Science

April 11-13, 2008
University of Pittsburgh, David Lawrence Hall

This is to be a major, international conference, honoring the life 
and work of Andre Gunder Frank, a pioneer in global analysis in 
history and social science. He died at age 76 in April 2005 after 
more than fifty years of prodigious output in economic and social 
analysis of global interaction. The conference will gather the major 
scholars with whom Frank has worked and debated, to remember his 
contribution, to take stock, and to identify future directions of 
study. It also provides encouragement for scholars of all ages and 
disciplines to take the next steps in debate and documentation of 
these key social issues.

Featured Speakers: Giovanni Arrighi, John Beverley, Christopher 
Chase-Dunn, Barry K. Gills, Kenneth Pomeranz, Anibal Quijano, Kaoru 
Sugihara, and Immanuel Wallerstein.

Conference Topics. The conference is organized with attention to (but 
not limited to) the following six topical areas of Gunder Frank's 
writings:
1. Underdevelopment and dependency in Latin America.
2. World accumulation and world system.
3. 5000-year world system.
4. East Asia in the World Economy.
5. Social Movements.
6. Contemporary political and economic analysis.

Deadline for Proposals: October 1, 2007.

Submit proposals electronically to AGFRANK at pitt.edu.

Form of Proposals.
* Author's name, address (postal & e-mail), and institutional affiliation.
* Paper title.
* Abstract (250 words).
* Author's biography (up to 150 words).
* Options: feel free to suggest additional topics or panels; 
proposals from graduate students are encouraged.

Contact. For all conference issues contact Conference Coordinator 
Robert Fagley at AGFRANK at pitt.edu.

Conference website: 
http://www.worldhistorynetwork.org/dev/AGFRANK-conference.htm.

Conference Registration. Registration fee: U.S. $40 for general 
registration; U.S. $20 for students. Certain plenary sessions will be 
open to the general public.

Travel and Lodging. The Pittsburgh International Airport is served by 
USAirways and numerous other airlines. There is a direct and regular 
connection by city bus to the University of Pittsburgh campus and 
conference hotels. Lodging at moderate rates will be available at 
hotels close to the University of Pittsburgh campus.

Conference Committee and Sponsorship. Patrick Manning (University of 
Pittsburgh), Director; Barry K. Gills (University of Newcastle), 
Co-Director; John Beverley (University of Pittsburgh); Thomas Rawski 
(University of Pittsburgh); Salvatore Babones (University of 
Pittsburgh); Robert Fagley, Conference Coordinator.

The conference is supported by a GAP (Global Academic Partnership) 
grant from the Global Studies Program at the University of 
Pittsburgh. On Andre Gunder Frank: for biographical and bibliography, 
see www.rrojasdatabank.org/agfrank/.