Dear All,

The BSA Bourdieu Study Group’s Inaugural Biennial Conference 2016: The contemporary relevance of the work of Pierre Bourdieu is nearly fully booked. 

If you are planning on attending it is advisable to register as soon as possible. You can register at http://portal.britsoc.co.uk/public/event/eventBooking.aspx?id=EVT10481

A programme, book of abstracts and speakers and workshop profiles has been attached for you information. 

Best wishes, Jenny


The contemporary relevance of the work of Pierre Bourdieu: BSA Bourdieu Study Group’s Inaugural Biennial Conference 2016

Organised in association with the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies, University of Bristol 

4-6 July, 2016

Pierre Bourdieu has been one of the most influential sociologists of the second half of the 20th Century. His work, which has been translated into more than 24 languages, has had a significant impact on contemporary sociology internationally. Bourdieu’s importance shows no signs of decreasing as newer generations of sociologists unpack and expand his theoretical framework to a wide range of present-day sociological issues and case studies. Nonetheless, previous arguments repeatedly seem to resurface on whether Bourdieu’s ideas – developed over 50 years ago in a different era and the specific context of France – are empirically persuasive today. 

From its establishment in 2012, the British Sociological Association’s (BSA) Bourdieu Study Group has sought to critically examine and extend the application of Bourdieusian social theory in contemporary research. This conference aims to further this endeavour by bringing together international researchers from different areas of inquiry and stages of career who are using Bourdieu. Through doing so, this two day event will highlight and pull together the various complementary ways in which Bourdieu’s intellectual heritage is being developed internationally.