Upcoming Events and Calls for Papers

The Centre for Social and Political Thought (University of Sussex) is hosting a one-day conference on the 6th August 2009 to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the death of Theodor W. Adorno.

Anyone interested in presenting at this event is invited to submit either a paper proposal or abstract (no more than 500 words) to adorno.spt@gmail.com

Please include with proposals/abstracts your full name, email address, institutional affiliation, and position within institution.

We welcome papers on any issue directly related to (or influenced by) Adorno's work - areas of interest may include aesthetics, memory, technology, ethics, politics, ideology, literature, theory/praxis, fetishism, culture and critique, as well as Adorno's legacies, influence and contemporary relevance.

The deadline for receiving abstracts or paper proposals has been extended until the 30th June 2009. Time allocations for presentations will be 45 minutes (25-30mins for the paper, with an additional 15-20mins for questions).

We have three key speakers confirmed for the conference. They are Prof. Max Paddison (University of Durham), Drew Milne (University of Cambridge), and Nicholas Joll (Open University).

Please send abstracts/proposals via email to either Simon Mussell s.p.mussell@sussex.ac.uk or Chris O'Kane co41@sussex.ac.uk

Philosophy of Social Science Roundtable, Seattle, March 7-9, 2008 http://philosophy.ucsc.edu/RPSS/callforpapers08.html

International Essay Competition on Population Politics, Migration and Human Rights Conference and workshop participation in Berlin February 2007 ICS Scholarship/ Grant for 2007

New Extended Deadline: September 24th, 2006 The Irmgard Coninx Foundation is continuing its program on human rights with an international conferences and adjunct workshops to address the social, political, theoretical, and pragmatic issues of human rights today.

The topic of the new focus is: Population Politics and Human Rights.

As in the years before the “Berlin Roundtables on Transnationalism” will start its new topic with an essay/working paper competition.

The 2007 conference and workshops will focus on Population Politics and Human Rights:

Up to 45 essayists will be selected by an international jury and invited to join the international conference and workshops in Berlin from February 15th – 20th 2007.

The Irmgard Coninx Foundation will cover costs of travel to and accommodation in Berlin for invited participants.

Furthermore, for the best essay the Irmgard Coninx Foundation will award to up to three workshop participants a three months research grant in Berlin for the year 2007 at the Social Science Research Centre Berlin (WZB) and the Humboldt University. The recipient will also be invited to join the workshop in 2006. The Irmgard Coninx Foundation will provide for a monthly stipend of 1000 Euro plus accommodation.

Applicants should be recent Ph.D.s (maximum 5 years after PhD). For essay details, application procedure and additional information, please visit our website:
www.irmgard-coninx-stiftung.de
info@irmgard-coninx-stiftung.de

Southern California Theory Group:
To mark the beginning of its fourth year of monthly meetings, there is now a website for the the Southern California Theory Group, a reading and discussion group of (mostly sociology) faculty in and near Los Angeles.

We welcome you to visit the site, consider the readings that we have discussed at previous meetings, and recommend recent works (books, articles, or journal special issues) of or about sociological theory which would worthy of our time and attention.
http://www.socaltheory.org/

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