CfP: The Non-Death of Neoliberalism

York St. John University, Friday 25^th May 2018

 

Building on the inaugural Crime, Culture and Social Harm conference at York St. John University last year, the ‘Non-Death of Neoliberalism’ conference invites papers that explore the impact of neoliberalism on social, cultural and political harm. The aim of the conference is to facilitate a range of interdisciplinary antagonisms that push back against nascent forms of neoliberalism – that is, those adapted/adapting manifestations borne of the decade-old financial crisis – and the variety of increasingly destructive problems these approaches create: this might involve new and terrifying financial realities, neoliberal designs on the imagined future of post-Brexit Britain, or tactical interventions that seek to dismantle damaging ideological frameworks. Either way, the intention is to develop a network and space for conversations with critical practitioners and scholars of zemiology, and encourage future collaborative projects stemming from the conference.

 

We are especially keen to welcome early career researchers who deal with, amongst other things, the following indicative topics:

 

·         Power and political economy

·         Government policy, democracy and austerity

·         War and technology

·         Debt and gambling

·         Brexit and freedom

·         Public services, the NHS and education

·         Gentrification and housing

·         The decline of the academy

·         The military-industrial-entertainment complex

·         Cultural articulations of neoliberal doctrine

·         Public Ownership/ Carillion

 

 

Submission of abstracts:

Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be submitted – alongside a biography of no more than 100 words – to [log in to unmask]. Proposed papers can take a variety of forms: we encourage creative thinking around this.

 

The deadline for submissions is March 16^th. Successful speakers will be contacted the following week.