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• François Dépelteau (1963–2018)

  We are sorry to have to report the death of our friend and colleague François Dépelteau, of Laurentian University, Sudbury, Canada. François had suffered a recurrence of cancer, and died in Brazil on 3 August. We extend our sympathy to his widow, Tatiana Savoia Landini and the ... Read More

  Last edited on:13,Aug 2018 10:18:47 by Stephen Mennell

• The case of Mesut Özil as part of an Established-Outsiders Figuration

  Fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer as a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And ... Read More

  Last edited on:24,Jul 2018 06:52:51 by Norbert Elias Foundation

• Reinventing Elias: International Postgraduate Workshop

  4–5 December 2018, Université Saint-Louis Brussels A postgraduate workshop led by Professors Robert van Krieken (University of Sydney) and Stephen Mennell (University College Dublin) will be held on 4–5 December, immediately before the opening of the conference on ‘Globa ... Read More

  Last edited on:07,Jun 2018 02:26:05 by Stephen Mennell

• Elias Conference, Brussels, 5–8 December 2018

  GLOBAL INTERDEPENDENCIES: What’s new in the human society of individuals? – The political and academic relevance of Norbert Elias’s work today The full call for papers can be read on the conference website: https://eliasbrussels2018.wordpress.com/a-propos/call-for-s ... Read More

  Last edited on:22,Mar 2018 06:34:23 by Stephen Mennell

• New book: Claire Pagès, ed., Norbert Elias et les disciplines

  Norbert Elias et les disciplines(dir. Claire Pagès) Presses universitaires François-Rabelais, 2018 PRÉSENTATION Norbert Elias est l’un des plus grands sociologues du XXe siècle. Tout en mettant en oeuvre une collaboration entre sociologie, histoire et psychologie, il a ... Read More

  Last edited on:12,Mar 2018 10:23:33 by Stephen Mennell