Dear Colleague (with apologies for cross-postings)
CHALLENGING ORTHODOXIES: CRITICAL GOVERNANCE STUDIES CONFERENCE
AT WARWICK UNIVERSITY, UK, DEC 13/14 2010
The Critical Governance conference takes place at a time of great turbulence within the university system and society at large. This event will bring together scholars and practitioners from across the social sciences to consider what taking a critical position on the study and practice of governance will mean in the coming years.
Our keynote speaker is the world-renowned Professor Nancy Fraser (New York’s New School for Social Research). Professor Nigel Thrift (Vice Chancellor, University of Warwick), will give the opening address. Other distinguished contributors include professors Mark Bevir (Berkeley, California), Catherine Casey (Leicester), Colin Crouch (Warwick), Janet Newman (Open University), Helen Sullivan (Birmingham) and Hugh Willmott (Cardiff). The conference is attracting papers from many parts of the world on a fascinating variety of topics and will be the venue of a vibrant cross-disciplinary dialogue.
We welcome individual abstract submissions from now until Friday 26th November and invite colleagues to submit abstracts on themes that might include, among others, critical approaches to the governance of citizens, space, money, networks, risk, security, science and universities. Proposals for panels and streams along these lines are also welcome. Abstracts for both panels and individual papers should be between 200 and 500 words and including the names, positions, affiliations and contact details of all proposers and contributors.
As the conference theme is “challenging orthodoxies”, we ask colleagues to address it directly in abstracts and papers by describing a problematic orthodoxy, subjecting it to critical challenge and outlining new areas of inquiry and new social practices based on the critical approach. At the same time, we encourage people to problematize the key terms, governance, orthodoxy and critique.
After the conference, we plan to publish an edited collection with selected papers, showcasing the best critical governance research from across the disciplines.
We are able to offer a small number of discounts to scholars and doctoral students who would otherwise be unable to attend. If you wish to apply for a discounted fee, please state this at the end of your abstract and explain why you need financial support.
Please email abstracts and any questions you may have about the event to [log in to unmask] and register for the conference at http://www.wbs.ac.uk/events/2010/12/13/Critical/Governance/Conference.
We look forward to meeting you at the conference.
Jonathan S Davies and Penelope Tuck
Institute of Governance and Public Management (IGPM)
Warwick University, Coventry UK
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