Revisiting 'political economy: state of the art'

The exhibition – Political Economy: State of the Art – coincided with a conference considering the contributions Frank had made to the field of Political Economy (and which resulted in an edited collection, Challenging the Orthodoxy: The Contributions of Frank Stilwell to Political Economy [Schroeder and Chester 2014]). The exhibition themes aligned with those of the conference, traversing both topical and enduring issues, including: the green economy, cities and regions, economic inequality, the contest of economic ideas, economic policy and the pedagogy of political economy. These themes reflect areas in which Frank made significant impacts over his career and which, today, remain important areas for critical scholarship. In their differing modalities, both the conference and the exhibition honoured the contribution Frank made to research and teaching at the University of Sydney as well as to the broader Australian political economy movement.