Event: British Sociological Association Theory Study Group Conference (in collaboration with Birkbeck Institute for Social Research) 3-4th July, 2008, Birkbeck, University of London
This conference is timed to coincide with the fortieth anniversary of May 1968. It seeks to provide a forum for reflecting back on the events of that time as well as thinking about their implications for current and future endeavours – theoretical and political. Alongside plenary events with keynote speakers and roundtables, there will also be a number of parallel paper sessions. We would welcome ideas for roundtables and papers on the following streams:
– The Legacy of 1968: Sociological and Theoretical Considerations
– Social Movements: Theory and Practice
– Global Considerations
– Feminism and Women’s Movements
– Questioning Science and Expertise
– Civil Rights Movements in the US
– Empire, Decolonization, Postcolonial Others
– Transforming Sexualities: Gay Liberation and Beyond
– Poetry, Art, and Performance
– Critical Theory and Protest
– The Situationists and Subversion
– The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of Marxism
– Structuralism, Post-structuralism, Politics
– Black Power and Pan-Africanism
– Student Politics and the Politics of Education
– The Post-68 Subject: Personhood and Self
– Poster Presentations
– Open stream
Keynote speakers (confirmed): William Outhwaite, Professor of Sociology and Social and Political Thought, University of Sussex, author of The Future of Society, Social Theory and Postcommunism (with Larry Ray) and contributor to The Disobedient Generation: Social Theorists in the Sixties. Ken Plummer, Professor of Sociology, University of Essex, author of Inventing Intimate Citizenship and editor of Sexualities: Critical Assessments. Lynne Segal, Professor of Psychology and Gender Studies, Birkbeck College, author of Making Trouble.
Modalities:
Those interested in presenting papers or organizing sessions on the topics listed above are invited to submit proposals to the conference organizing team by September 14th, 2007. For paper presentations please submit an abstract of up to 300 words, specifying the stream you would like to be considered for, to Debbie.Brown[at]britsoc.org.uk; if you would like to organize a panel session please email us a brief synopsis of the session together with contributors and titles of papers; for posters please email us a short outline of your ideas.
Conference Organizing Team: Gurminder K. Bhambra (Keele/Warwick), Ipek Demir (Leicester), Helen Gregory (Exeter), Timo Juetten (Sussex), Steve Kemp (Edinburgh), Maki Kimura (Open University), Sasha Roseneil (Birkbeck).