For All You Critical Realist Fans Out There
IACR ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2002 - CALL FOR PAPERS
The International Association for Critical Realism [IACR] is holding its
sixth annual conference at the University of Bradford, UK, on August
16-18, 2002. The Conference will include a variety of streams crossing
various disciplines and it will include plenary talks, presentations of
papers, workshops and panel discussions.
Conference Theme:
*Realism, Research and Practice*
There will be three main streams:
Critical Realism: what it is and how it is developing
Critical realism is an international and multidisciplinary movement in
philosophy and the human sciences and cognate practices closely
associated with, though by no means restricted to, the work of Roy
Bhaskar. How do its various moments or parts (transcendental realist
philosophy of science, critical naturalist philosophy of social science,
the theory of emancipatory critique, dialectical critical realism, and
the spiritual turn) relate to each other and the whole? What is the
nature of the intellectual challenge it presents to other philosophies,
and how does it meet their own?
Research Using Realism
What constitutes critical realist empirical research? In what ways does
a critical realist perspective influence or facilitate substantive
research? We are particularly interested in papers providing answers to
these and other questions in the best possible way - by reporting the
results of substantive research undertaken from a realist perspective.
Social Change
In what ways does the theory of explanatory critique need amending,
qualifying or developing? What does it have to offer social movements
seeking emancipatory change, or the researcher seeking to explain them?
How does it relate to the dialectic of freedom? What does this dialectic
and the dialectic of self-realisation have to offer the current anti-
capitalist or anti-globalisation movements and their comprehension?
Presentations:
Presentations may take the form of individual papers and media
presentations, panels, and workshops.
For individual papers and media presentations, please submit abstracts
of 250-500 words or completed papers of no more than 20 pages,
preferably by email or post and not by fax.
For panels and workshops, please submit abstracts or proposals of 1,000
words.
For all submissions, please include your mailing address and email
address. Notification of acceptance and responses to inquiries will be
by email, insofar as possible. Also, please indicate what, if any, audio
visual or electronic equipment is desired.
Submission Deadline for Abstracts: May 13, 2002
Notification of Acceptance: May 31, 2002
Send all submissions and direct all inquiries to:
Wendy Olsen
The Graduate School Email: [log in to unmask]
University of Bradford Telephone: 0044-1274-235889
Bradford BD7 1DP Fax 0044-1274-235585
Yorkshire UK
Workshop and Conference Coordinator: Thandie Hara.
Workshop:
A special workshop for postgraduate students and others interested in an
introduction to critical realism will be held at the same venue on
August 15th, 2002.
Registration:
http://www.criticalrealism.demon.co.uk/iacr/annual_conference.html
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Mervyn Hartwig
Editor, Journal of Critical Realism (incorporating 'Alethia')
13 Spenser Road
Herne Hill
London SE24 ONS
United Kingdom
Tel: 020 7 737 2892
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Subscription forms:
http://www.criticalrealism.demon.co.uk/iacr/membership.html
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