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Johan Goudsblom (1932-2020)

With great sadness, we have to report that our friend Johan Goudsblom, co-founder and longtime chairman of the Board (1983–2017) of the Norbert Elias Foundation, died on 17 March. No one has done more for the recognition of Norbert Elias...

Last edited on: 2021-09-29

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XVIII SIPC – International Symposium on Civilizing Processes

The National University of Colombia (UNAL) and the Department of Citizen Culture of the Secretary of Culture, Recreation and Sports of Bogotá are organizing the eighteenth edition of the International Symposium on Civilizing Processes (SIPC) in Bogotá, Colombia, from 17...

Last edited on: 2021-09-29

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Postponement – II Symposium Civilizing Processes in Panamazonia

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, following the protocol established by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the recommendations of the Brazilian government, the event coordination informs that the II Symposium Civilizing Processes in Panamazonia – that would happen between the...

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Call for papers – Norbert Elias and Sociology of Childhood

Submissions are invited for the book Norbert Elias and Sociology of Childhood  to be edited by Tatiana Savoia Landini (Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil) and Norman Gabriel (University of Essex, United Kingdom) Since its emergence in the 1990s, the growing field...

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1st International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Spatial Methods for Urban Sustainability

Posted at the request of Professor Dr Nina Baur, TU Berlin “1st International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Spatial Methods for Urban Sustainability” (SMUS Conference) and “1st RC33 Regional Conference – Africa: Botswana” in cooperation with ESA RN21 “Quantitative Methods” 15...

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II SYMPOSIUM CIVILIZING PROCESSES IN PANAMAZONIA

The Research Group on Civilizing Processes in PanAmazonia - GPPCPAM, with funding from the Amazonas State Research Support Foundation - FAPEAM - and support from the Postgraduate Program Society and Culture in the Amazon - PPGSCA, from the Institute of...

Last edited on: 2020-02-09

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Norbert Elias Book Prize 2020

The Board of the Norbert Elias Foundation has decided to revive the Norbert Elias Prize, which has been in abeyance for the last few years. The new prize, of €1,000, will be awarded every two years. Pivotal is an original...

Last edited on: 2020-01-21

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Tom Shakespeare on Staring

Tom Shakespeare, A Point of View, BBC Radio 4, 22 September 2019 –https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0008jqz A Point of View is a quick 10-minute slot on BBC Radio 4 at 8.50 on Sunday mornings, in which a prominent British intellectual expresses, well, a...

Last edited on: 2020-01-16

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Workshop: Law and constitutions in the civilizing process(es)

Workshop Law and constitutions in the civilizing process(es)   5–6 December 2019 Université Saint-Louis–Bruxelles (Boulevard du Jardin Botanique 43)   This two-days workshop brings together scholars from various disciplines (law, sociology, anthropology and political science) in order to open a...

Last edited on: 2019-11-06

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Manchester Psychoanalytic Matrix event to discuss ‘Norbert Elias, Group Analysis and Sociology’

From: "PSYCHOSOCIALSTUDIESNETWORK@JISCMAIL.AC.UK" <PSYCHOSOCIALSTUDIESNETWORK@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> on behalf of "David.Jones" <david.jones@OPEN.AC.UK> Reply to: "David.Jones" <david.jones@open.ac.uk> Date: Monday, 4 November 2019 at 10:20 To: "PSYCHOSOCIALSTUDIESNETWORK@JISCMAIL.AC.UK" <PSYCHOSOCIALSTUDIESNETWORK@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> Subject: Norbert Elias, Group Analysis and Sociology   This may be of interest:     Manchester Psychoanalytic Matrix...

Last edited on: 2021-10-19

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