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From: c.barker@???
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 9:34 AM
To: SOCIAL-MOVEMENTS@???
Subject: Manchester social movements conference. Final call for papers


SOCIAL MOVEMENTS CONFERENCE - FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS
abstracts due by 4th February 2008


From 1995 to 2007, Manchester Metropolitan University hosted a series of very successful annual international conferences on 'ALTERNATIVE FUTURES and POPULAR PROTEST'.


We're very happy to announce that the Thirteenth AF&PP Conference will be held, between Monday 17th March and Wednesday 19th March 2008.


The Conference rubric remains as in previous years. The aim is to explore the dynamics of popular movements, along with the ideas which animate their activists and supporters and which contribute to shaping their fate.


Reflecting the inherent cross-disciplinary nature of the issues, previous participants (from over 40 countries) have come from such specialisms as sociology, politics, cultural studies, social psychology, economics, history and geography. The Manchester conferences have also been notable for discovering a fruitful and friendly meeting ground between activism and academia.


CALL FOR PAPERS


We invite offers of papers relevant to the conference themes. Papers should address such matters as:
* contemporary and historical social movements and popular protests
* social movement theory
* utopias and experiments


* ideologies of collective action
* etc.
To offer a paper, please contact either of the conference convenors with a brief abstract:

EITHER Colin Barker, Dept. of Sociology   
OR Mike Tyldesley, Dept. of Politics and Philosophy   
Manchester Metropolitan University   
Geoffrey Manton Building, Rosamond Street West   
Manchester M15 6LL, England   
email: c.barker@???   
Tel: M. Tyldesley  0161 247 3438    
email: m.tyldesley@???   
Fax: 0161 247 6312 (+44 161 247 6312)   
(Wherever possible, please use email, especially as Colin Barker is now a retired gent. Surface mail and faxes should only be addressed to Mike Tyldesley)   

CONFERENCE PAPERS
Those giving papers are asked to supply them in advance, for inclusion on a CD of the complete papers which will be available from the conference opening.


* Preferred method: send the paper to Colin Barker as an email attachment in MS Word. Any separate illustrations etc. should be placed at the end of the paper, in .jpg format.


* if this is impossible, post a copy of the text to Mike Tyldesley on a CD disk in MS Word format


* Final date for receipt of abstracts: Monday 4th February 2008


* Final date for receipt of actual papers: Monday 3rd March 2008


CONFERENCE ARRANGEMENTS AND COSTS
The conference will run from lunch-time Monday 17th March to lunch-time Wednesday 19th March 2008.

Cost, inclusive of three lunches, teas/coffees and copies of the Proceedings on CD, will be £128 (students and unwaged £78).     

Bed and Breakfast accommodation in student bedrooms can be booked through the conference organizers at nearby University of Manchester accommodation, at £34 per night (ensuite rooms £46 per night). Delegates preferring hotel accommodation should make their own bookings. The most convenient hotel is IBIS, Charles Street, Manchester M1 7DG (tel 0161 272 5000).


Conference participants will be invited to dine together at two local (and not too expensive) restaurants on the two conference evenings. Payment for dinners should not be made in advance, but directly to the restaurants on the night.


BOOKING FORM


ALTERNATIVE FUTURES and POPULAR PROTEST XIII
17 March to 19 March 2008


Name __________________________________


Address _________________________________

                   ___________________________________   

__________________ postcode_________

Tel No.           _____________________________   

Email _____________________________

Conference fee                     128.00      .............   
Student fee    
(post- & under-grad)              78.00      .............   
Bed and Breakfast     
Monday night                         34.00      .............   
            ensuite                        46.00     .............
Tuesday night                         34.00      ............. 
            ensuite                        46.00     .............

            TOTAL       £ stlg                      .............   

Cheques should be made payable to "Manchester Metropolitan University"


Credit or Debit Card payment (Visa and Mastercard only)


Card Number ......... ......... ......... .........

Expiry Date         ...... / ......      

Three-digit security code (on back of card) ..


Please let us know of any dietary or other requirements.


Please return the Booking Form by email to Colin Barker (c.barker@???), or by email, fax or post to Mike Tyldesley (m.tyldesley@???; fax +44 161 247 6312; Dept of Philosophy and Politics, Manchester Metropolitan University, Geoffrey Manton Building, Rosamond Street West, Manchester M15 6LL, England)