Call for Papers
Research Network for the Sociology of the Arts

7th Conference European Sociological Association
Torun, Poland
September 9-12, 2005

The next meeting of the Research Network for the Sociology of the Arts of ESA (European Sociological Association) will take place from 9-12 September, 2005, at the 7th Conference of the European Sociological Association, in Torun, Poland.

The board of the ESA Arts Network looks forward to seeing proposals for conference papers or poster presentations. Topics are invited in the following and related fields:

-	Art and everyday life
-	Production of culture: networks, art worlds, cultural industries
-	Artistic professions, practices and careers
-	Distribution of high and popular art forms
-	Public, non-profit and for-profit futures of the arts
-	(New) technology, (new) media and the arts
-	Change and continuity in the arts and cultural industries
-	Cultural globalisation and the arts
-	Cultural policy and national cultures
-	The arts and the city
-	Arts audiences, tastes and lifestyles
-	Consumer society, culture and the arts
-	The body and/in the arts
-	Social uses of the arts
-	Gender, race, ethnicity and the arts
-	Art, cultural heritage and collective memory
-	Mediating the arts: arts education, criticism and arts journalism
-	Role and performance of arts organizations and cultural institutions
-	Cross-national studies of art worlds and cultural fields
-	Comparative methodology
-	Theoretical and methodological issues in the sociology of the arts and culture

Proposals should be submitted before February 15, 2005.  They can be sent by email to: <a href="/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?LOGON=A3%3Dind0412%26L%3DEUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST%26E%3D7bit%26P%3D138734%26B%3D--------------020503050905010708010001%26T%3Dtext%252Frtf%3B%2520name%3D%2522CfP%2520Torun%25202005%2520%2520ESA%2520RN%2520Sociology%2520of%2520the%2520Arts.rtf%2522%26N%3DCfP%2520Torun%25202005%2520%2520ESA%2520RN%2520Sociology%2520of%2520the%2520Arts.rtf" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>.  A decision on acceptance will be provided by March 31, 2005.

For a proposed paper or poster presentation, please provide a 200-word abstract in English, which gives a clear picture of the contents of the paper or poster. Please include a title, the name(s) of the author(s), institutional affiliation (both university and department), mailing address, email address, fax and phone number.

PLEASE NOTE that according to the ESA guidelines for this conference, abstracts should not exceed 200 words and individuals should not be the first author (i.e. the presenter) of more than one paper at the ESA-conference. Moreover, abstracts should only be sent to the above address and not to the Local Conference Organisers in Torun.

Information updates will be regularly posted on the website of the ESA Research Network for the Sociology of the Arts http://www.esa-arts.net

For more information about Research Network’s activities during the ESA Conference in Torun, please contact the current chair of the Network, Susanne Janssen: <a href="/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?LOGON=A3%3Dind0412%26L%3DEUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST%26E%3D7bit%26P%3D138734%26B%3D--------------020503050905010708010001%26T%3Dtext%252Frtf%3B%2520name%3D%2522CfP%2520Torun%25202005%2520%2520ESA%2520RN%2520Sociology%2520of%2520the%2520Arts.rtf%2522%26N%3DCfP%2520Torun%25202005%2520%2520ESA%2520RN%2520Sociology%2520of%2520the%2520Arts.rtf" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>
For more information about the ESA conference at large, visit
http://www.7thesaconference.umk.pl/index1.html