Author: Tommaso Vitale Date: To: ML movimenti Bicocca Subject: [movimenti.bicocca] 10th anniversary Conference of the European
Journal of Social Theory
> > 10th anniversary Conference of the European Journal of Social Theory
> University of Sussex, Brighton, UK 2008
>
> Hosted by the Centre for Social and Political Thought, University
> of Sussex
> and the European Journal of Social Theory
>
> 19-21 June, 2008
>
> "Europe since 1989: Interpreting Social Change"
>
> Confirmed keynote speakers to include:
> Johann Arnason, Klaus Eder, Heidrun Friese, William Outhwaite, Krishan
> Kumar, Liana Giorgi, Alana Lentin, Yasamin Soysal, Larry Ray, Chris
> Rumford, Goran Therborn, Laurent Thévenot
>
>
> For more information and registration see:
> http://www.sussex.ac.uk/cspt/1-4-3-3.html >
> Or contact conference convenors: Dr Paul Blokker
> (p.a.blokker@???)
> or Professor Gerard Delanty (g.delanty@???).
>
> Centre for Social and Political Thought,
> School of Social and Cultural Studies,
> University of Sussex,
> Brighton,
> BN19SN
> UK.
> Email: ejst@???
>
>
> Call for Papers
>
> The implications of 1989 have not frequently been taken as an explicit
> point of departure for the rethinking of social theory. General
> notions of
> social thinking, such as ‘globalization’, ‘late modernity’,
> ‘identity’,
> or ‘diversity’, have remained rather untouched by the event. In this,
> social change in post-1989 Europe has mostly been understood as a
> moment of
> accelerated convergence towards a (post-) modern form of society,
> rather
> than implying diversification. There has also been an over-emphasis on
> Europeanization. This lack of attention for the deeper implications
> of 1989
> seems unfortunate, as 1989 in its various significations has had a
> decisive
> impact not only on the possibility of any critical kind of social
> theory,
> and on imaginations of the social as such, but also on the shape of
> the
> future of Europe as well as on how we interpret the European
> historical
> legacy.
>
> The conference will address these considerations around four themes:
> - critical theory,
> - post-western and multi-ethnic Europe,
> - the idea of the social,
> - interpreting the European political heritage.
>
> We invite individual paper proposals (300-word abstracts) on any of
> the
> four themes. Submissions can be sent to: ejst@???. The
> deadline
> for abstracts is 30 March, 2008. Registration details and
> information on
> travel/accommodation will be soon available on the website. Please
> note
> that accommodation and travel costs will not be covered by the
> organizers.
> There will be a reduced fee for early registration.
