The British Sociological Association Theory Study Group is organising a re-launch conference to be held at the Birkbeck Institute of Social Research 3-4, July 2008. The conference, '1968: Impact and Implications', is timed to coincide with the fortieth anniversary of the tumultuous events of 1968 and seeks to assess the impact of those events academically and globally. Our line-up of internationally renowned keynote speakers is complemented by a very strong field of submitted papers from the UK and globally and we are confident that the event will be very high profile and well attended.

Our keynote speakers are high-profile academics in their own right and strongly associated - both in their academic work and their political projects - with the changes brought forth by the events of 1968. From the UK, we have

• Paul Gilroy, Anthony Giddens Professor in Social Theory at the London School of Economics
• Juliet Mitchell, Professor of Psychoanalysis and Gender Studies, University of Cambridge
• William Outhwaite, Professor of Sociology, University of Newcastle
• Ken Plummer, Professor of Sociology, University of Essex
• Lynne Segal, Anniversary Professor of Psychology and Gender Studies, Birkbeck College, University of London

And, from the United States, Distinguished University Professor, Patricia Hill Collins, from the Department of Sociology at the University of Maryland has agreed to present a keynote address at the conference. Professor Collins has also just been elected the 100th President of the American Sociological Association.

Professor Sue Scott, the current President of the British Sociological Association will be introducing Professor Collins' talk and other senior academics within the sociological community - such as Professor John Scott, University of Essex and Professor John Holmwood, University of Birmingham - have also expressed their support and enthusiasm for this conference.

Booking Form and further details are available to download from the Study Groups webpage, see:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/sociology/staff/academicstaff/bhambra/gurminderkbhambra/research/bsatheorygroup/ 
The earlybird booking deadline to save £20.00 is the 28th February 2008.

If you require any further information please contact either Debbie Brown at the BSA office or Dr Gurminder K. Bhambra, convenor of the BSA Theory Study Group.

  
Best wishes,
 
Debbie Brown
BSA Membership Secretary
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Gurminder K. Bhambra 
Convenor of the BSA Theory Study Group
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University of Warwick
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Deborah Brown
BSA, Membership Secretary

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