With apologies for cross-postings. Please also note that this event is
for doctoral students only, and any queries should be directed to
either Epaminondas or Armin (their contact details are at the bottom of the
mail).
INVITATION FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
CRITICAL MANAGMENT STUDIES PHD FORUM: 'RADICAL PRACTICE IN THE ACADEMY:
CONFESSIONS OF DANGEROUS (BUSINESS) MINDS'
LEICESTER, UK. SEPTEMBER 17 - 18, 2005.
'I say that political action belongs to a category of participation
completely different from these writings or bookish acts of participation.
It is a problem of groups, of personal and physical commitment. One is
not radical because one pronounces a few words; no, the essence of being
radical is physical; the essence of being radical is the radicalness of
existence itself.' Michel Foucault (1978)
CRITICAL MANAGEMENT STUDIES ANYONE?
Spectres of Foucault and other thinkers have haunted British management
schools over the last 20 years. Under the banner 'Critical Management
Studies' (CMS), new and diverse approaches to management, business and
organisation have developed, with the latest CMS conference in 2005 set
to attract several hundred scholars.
We think it is time for an open forum for PhD students in management
and related disciplines, with an interest in what might be subsumed under
the banner 'CMS', to meet and discuss their ideas in a friendly
environment. To this end, PhD students from the University of Leicester
Management Centre (ULMC) and Warwick Business School (WBS) would like to
invite likeminded students to participate in the CMS Postgraduate Forum, to
be held at Leicester on the 17th & 18th September '05.
CRITICAL, RADICAL, OR ON THE ROCKS?
Rather than asking the obvious question that is commonly levelled at
CMS scholars - 'what does critical mean?' - we would like the forum to
focus on radical practice in the academy. The forum can be seen as an
attempt at 'personal and physical commitment', of infusing 'radicalness'
into our existence (a consciously humble aim!).
As PhD students, we are probably already involved in the (re)production
and dissemination of discourses and knowledges of/on management. We
would like to give participants in the forum the opportunity to reflect
critically, in a student-led environment, on their practice as research
students, teachers, and future members of the academy.
CONTRIBUTIONS
Possible topics for contributions might include: the ethics/politics of
teaching/writing management; the role of business schools in management
discourse: language, ideology, power; your research as critique; the
autopoetic business school; entropy and the business school; in defence
of business schools. This list is suggestive rather than authoritative.
We invite contributions from any postgraduate students. Contributions
can take various forms - paper presentations, group presentations,
guided discussion groups, movie viewings etc. - please feel free to contact
any of the organisers to discuss your ideas.
The deadline for submissions is the 15th of May 2005. Please email
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a charge for attendance to cover costs (around £65 incl. one night
accommodation & catering) - details to follow.
Please consult http://www.le.ac.uk/ulmc/research/events.html for
up-to-date information.
Contacts:
WBS: Epaminondas Koronis
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ULMC: Armin Beverungen ([log in to unmask])
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