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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gregory, Helen [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 09 October 2007 19:34
> Subject: BSA Theory Conference Call for Papers - Second Round
>
> Dear colleague
>
> The BSA Theory Study Group is due to hold its conference in London
> in 2008,
> in collaboration with Birkbeck Institute for Social Research. Due
> to high
> levels of interest in this conference, we are now opening a second
> round of
> call for papers. The deadline for this call is 14th December 2007.
> Submitters will be notified in January as to whether or not their
> proposal
> has been accepted. Early registration is before the end of
> February 2008.
> I would very much appreciate it if you could spread the word as
> widely as
> possible to your colleagues, members, students and any other
> interested
> parties. The call for papers is attached to this e-mail. Thank
> you for
> your help with this.
>
> Helen Gregory
> University of Exeter
> Department of Sociology
> School of Humanities and Social Sciences
>
> www.hgregory.co.uk
>
> 1968: Impact and Implications
>
>
>
> BSA Theory Study Group Conference
>
> in collaboration with Birkbeck Institute for Social Research
>
>
>
> 3-4th July, 2008, Birkbeck, University of London
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Call for Papers
>
>
>
> This conference is timed to coincide with the fortieth anniversary
> of May 1968. It seeks to provide a forum for reflecting back on the
> events of that time as well as thinking about their implications
> for current and future endeavours – theoretical and political.
> Alongside plenary events with keynote speakers and roundtables,
> there will also be a number of parallel paper sessions. We would
> welcome ideas for roundtables and papers on the following streams:
>
>
> § The Legacy of 1968: Sociological and Theoretical Considerations
>
> § Feminism and Women’s Movements
>
> § Gender and Sexuality
>
> § Critical Theory, Poststructuralism and Marxism
>
> § Culture
>
> § The Post-68 Subject: Personhood and Self
>
> § Social Movements: Theory and Practice
>
> § Global Considerations
>
> § Empire, Decolonization, Postcolonial Others
>
> § Questioning Science and Expertise
>
> § Civil Rights Movements in the US
>
> § Critical Theory and Protest
>
> § The Situationists and Subversion
>
> § Structuralism, Post-structuralism, Politics
>
> § Black Power and Pan-Africanism
>
> § Student Politics and the Politics of Education
>
> § Open stream
>
>
>
> KEYNOTE SPEAKERS (confirmed):
> William Outhwaite, Professor of Sociology and Social and Political
> Thought, University of Sussex, author of The Future of Society,
> Social Theory and Postcommunism (with Larry Ray) and contributor to
> The Disobedient Generation: Social Theorists in the Sixties
> Ken Plummer, Professor of Sociology, University of Essex, author of
> Inventing Intimate Citizenship and editor of Sexualities: Critical
> Assessments
> Lynne Segal, Professor of Psychology and Gender Studies, Birkbeck
> College, author of Making Trouble
>
> Those interested in presenting papers or organizing sessions on the
> topics listed above are invited to submit proposals to the
> conference organizing team by December 14th, 2007. For paper
> presentations please submit an abstract of up to 300 words,
> specifying the stream you would like to be considered for, to
> [log in to unmask]; if you would like to organize a panel
> session please email us a brief synopsis of the session together
> with contributors and titles of papers.
>
>
>
> Conference Organizing Team:
> Gurminder K. Bhambra (Warwick), Ipek Demir (Leicester), Helen
> Gregory (Exeter),
> Timo Juetten (Sussex), Steve Kemp (Edinburgh), Maki Kimura (Open
> University),
> Sasha Roseneil (Birkbeck)
>
>
>
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