I didn't realise how tragic being 55 was but I guess I will have to face up to it.
I shall go back to polishing my bald spot and dreaming of better hair days.
Noel Gilzean
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From: Newsletter of the European Sociological Association (ESA) on behalf of Darren Reed
Sent: Fri 20/07/2007 12:31
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS Facing Tragedies
I turn 41 tomorrow. I wasn't worried until I read this email
--Darren
On 20 Jul 2007, at 12:01, Nicholas Petropoulos wrote:
Do you mean that sociologists over 40 cannot make a contribution? That indeed is a "tragedy"!
Dr. N. Petropoulos,
69 years old and
Socially Excuded!
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gottfried Schweiger" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 10:00 AM
Subject: CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS Facing Tragedies
CALL FR CONTRIBUTIONS
FACING TRAGEDIES
International Conference, Salzburg, May 6-9 2008
Tragedies happen. They transform people's lives beyond recognition,
imposing the
authority of nonresolution. Tragedies as serious and irreversible events
with sad outcomes, as disruptions of order and fortune, cannot be
explained away. They leave open wounds and pose ongoing challenges, they
change the human situation, sometimes irrevocably. World hunger and
unemployment, the drama of refugees, 9/11, floods and earth quakes, the
dark chapters of European history - these are tragic stories unfolding
between human failure and natural catastrophes.Tragedies hit people on
an individual level, but they can also transform communities and even
continents. How can we cope with tragedies? How should we remember
tragedies? How can we respond to tragedies that hit a whole community or
even an entire nation? How can we live with the irreversiblity of
non-resolution? There is a need for creativity and courage, sensitivity
and prudence
when facing tragedies.
The Center for Ethics and Poverty Research (CEPR), University of
Salzburg, invites contributions from all areas responding to these
questions of facing tragedies. The conference will be organized in four
clusters: (1) The concept of tragedy and an ethics of coping, (2)
unemployment and exclusion as social tragedies, (3) catastrophes and
disasters, and (4) the challenge of terrorism and insecurity. Your
contribution should develop one creative idea for one of these clusters.
It can be a current or historical "good practice" or "best example"
based on your experience or academic expertise, it can be a provocative
new idea, it can be a concrete suggestion, it can be one single point
you would like to make. It should be a "one point paper" of 3 - 5 pages.
Contributers should not be older than 40 years. The CEPR will cover your
stay and provide a travel costs reimbursement up to a maximum of 350,- EURO.
Closing deadline: November 30th, 2007
Participants will be selected by an international committee. They will
be announced by the end of december 2007.
Please send your paper together with a short CV to:
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Center for Ethics and Poverty Research
Universit?t Salzburg
Franziskanergasse 1/IV
A-5020 Salzburg
www.uni-salzburg.at/zea
Dr Darren Reed
SATSU
Science and Technology Studies Unit
University of York
York, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1904 433047
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