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REGISTRATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JAN 10th - FEW SPACES REMAINING
Economies of Favour after Socialism:
A Comparative Perspective
20th and 21st of January, 2012
Wolfson College, Oxford
www.ecofavour.info
A two-day conference with keynote lectures by Prof Alena Ledeneva, Prof Caroline Humphrey, and Prof Chris Hann.
Organisers: Nicolette Makovicky (University of Oxford) and David Henig (University of Kent)
One of the most pervasive features of ‘actually existing socialism’ of former state-socialist societies was the use of personalized connections to get access to goods, services, and information. Despite evidence that these practices and ideas have persisted well into the post-socialist era, the manner in which they are embedded in the socio-economic, political, and moral fabric of contemporary post-socialist societies has received only fragmentary attention from scholars to date. Economies of Favour after Socialism will gather scholars from across the Social Sciences to reflect on contexts and issues of contemporary ‘economies of favour’; reevaluate the applicability and relevance of established approaches; and throw light on under-researched areas of study such as religion and spirituality, moral economies, creativity, and resistance.
Speakers:
Prof Alena Ledeneva (UCL)
Dr Dimitris Dalakoglou (Sussex)
Dr Deema Kaneff (Birmingham)
Dr Steffen Gross (Brandenburg)
Prof Caroline Humphrey (Cambridge)
Dr David Henig (Kent)
Dr Katherine Swancutt (Oxford)
Prof Charles Stafford (LSE)
Prof Michael Carrithers (Durham)
Dr Tomasz Rakowski (Warsaw)
Dr Nicolette Makovicky (Oxford)
Dr Gareth Hamilton (Durham)
Prof Chris Hann (MPI, Halle)
Dr Christopher Davis (Oxford)
Dr Peter Rodgers (Leicester)
Dr Marrkku Lonkila (Helsinki)
Attendance is subject to a registration fee of £35, which includes all materials, lunch, tea/coffee on both days, and dinner on Friday the 20th. Please register with Nicolette Makovicky or David Henig at [log in to unmask] by January 10, 2012. PLEASE NOTE: FEW PLACES REMAINING
Economies of Favour after Socialism- a comparative perspective is organized jointly by School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies, University of Oxford; Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent; and Wolfson College, Oxford.
Dr. Nicolette Makovicky
Lecturer in Russian and East European Studies
Review Editor, Home Cultures
School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies
University of Oxford
12 Bevington Road
Oxford, OX2 6LH
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