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2nd Witten Lectures in Economics and Philosophy, Witten (Germeny), 27/28 Oct 2008

Prof. Thomas Schelling, University of Maryland, Nobel Laureate in 
Economics in 2005 will deliver the 2nd Witten Lectures in Economics and 
Philosophy

"What is Game Theory? A Practitioner's Assessment", October 27, 2008 at 
5.30pm (Audimax) and "An Astonishing Sixty Years: A Nuclear World Without
 
Nuclear War", October 28, 2008 at 5.30pm (Halle)

Witten/Herdecke University, Alfred-Herrhausen-Str. 50, 58448 Witten, German
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Witten/Herdecke University has launched in 2007 the "Witten Lectures in 
Economics and Philosophy" to be delivered annually at the University. 
Appointment as a Witten Lecturer is a recognition for uncommon achievement
 
and outstanding quality in the field of economics and philosophy widely 
interpreted to include work that has fundamentally changed the way we 
think of the economic, political or social order. The delivery of the 
Witten Lectures in Economics and Philosophy is accompanied by an award of
 
15,000 EURO.

An international committee consisting of 8 members decides the recipient
of the award:

Prof. C. Mantzavinos, Witten/Herdecke University, Chairman (ex officio)
Prof. Bertil Tungodden, University of Bergen, editor of Economics and
Philosophy (ex officio)
Prof. Hans Albert, University of Mannheim
Prof. Luc Bovens, London School of Economics and Political Science
Prof. Geoffrey Brennan, Australian National University and Duke University
Prof. John Broome, University of Oxford
Prof. Uskali Mäki, Academy of Finland
Prof. Philip Pettit, Princeton University

No registration is required. The lecture language is English. Further
information about the Witten Lectures in Economics and
Philosophy can be found here:

http://wga.dmz.uni-wh.de/wiwi/html/default/jpuh-6y5epe.en.html