UPCOMING EVENTS
What is Capitalism? Reading & Discussion Group:
Coming Soon: Friday, Nov. 21, 2025 at 3 PM ET
For questions, contact appeal@politicaleconomylaw.org
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APPEAL
Association for the Promotion of Political Economy and the Law
A Program of the LPE Collective
www.lpecollective.org
ANNOUNCING: CALL FOR EMERGING SCHOLAR SUBMISSIONS
Heterodox Economics Meets Law and Political Economy:
Reclaiming Democracy
Saturday, November 8, 2025
9:00am–5:00pm ET
John Jay College
524 W 59th St, New York, NY 10019
SUBMIT HERE
At our Fall 2025 workshop, we seek to feature multi-disciplinary and intersectional emerging scholarship reflecting on the relationships between politics, law, economics, and society. On the heels of the New York mayoral election, this workshop will be organized around the theme of “Reclaiming Democracy”.
Students and emerging scholars interested in presenting law and political economy-informed analysis of class, gender, race, imperialism, and more, are welcome to submit a 100–300 word abstract with titles by October 17, 2025, click here. In keeping with a commitment to methodological pluralism, research utilizing quantitative or qualitative methods, analytic or institutional approaches, and other techniques from a variety of disciplines, will all be considered. We are especially interested in soliciting abstracts that cut across disciplinary lines involving economics, law and institutionalism, politics, history, etc.
We encourage proposals and projects at every stage of their development; completed papers are not necessary at the time of the workshop. If you are unsure if your proposal fits the submission guidelines, please do not hesitate to contact the organizers by mailing to appeal@politicaleconomylaw.org.
In addition to highlighting the work of students and emerging scholars, this workshop will feature a panel discussion on the methods of law and political economy and keynote lectures by Kimberly Kracman and Zephyr Teachout on the role of left movements in bringing about economic democracy in the past and present.
Kimberly Kracman is an Associate Research Scholar in the Department of Sociology at Princeton University. Kim’s research uses the methods of historical sociology and economic history, critical accounting theory, stratification economics and conflict economics to study the origins, mechanisms, and justification of the distribution of wealth in the United States in the context of global systems of capital accumulation.
Zephyr Teachout is Zephyr Teachout is a Professor at Law at Fordham Law School where she focuses on the intersection of corporate power and political power. Her most recent book, Break 'em Up (2020), makes a case for reimagining the relationship between democracy and antimonopoly law.
If you are interested in presenting or attending, please note that, while the workshop and conference are free of charge and will include lunch and refreshments, we are unfortunately unable to provide support for travel or lodging.
Co-organizers and Sponsors:
The Association for the Promotion of Political Economy and the Law (APPEAL), a program of the LPE Collective;
John Jay College Economics Department;
John Jay College Law and Political Economy Society; and
UMass Amherst LPE Group