Human Figurations 4 (2): Reflections on Global Power Relations
Posted on March 5, 2015 by Stephen Mennell A special issue of Human Figurations has just been published. Its theme is ‘Reflections on Global Power Relations’. Its contents are: Katie Liston: Editor’s Introduction Stephen Mennell: ‘Explaining American hypocrisy’ Bruce Mazlish:...
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Read moreInternational Social Theory Consortium 18-19 June 2015
Posted on March 1, 2015 by Stephen Mennell This conference may be of interest to subscribers. The theme of “Reconstruction” is welcome. It begins to look as though “social theorists” are rediscovering the real world after some decades of what...
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Read moreWriting workshops with Farhad Dalal
Posted on February 28, 2015 by Stephen Mennell Some subscribers to the blog may be interested in these workshops, taught by Farhad Dalal, the group analyst and Elias enthusiast. Non-Fiction Writing in the Company of Others – one year Supervision...
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Read moreJohn Goodwin’s Inaugural Lecture at Leicester
Posted on February 24, 2015 by Stephen Mennell Professor John Goodwin, Department of Sociology, University of Leicester, will give his inaugural lecture under the title ‘The Sociogenesis of a Sociologist: Intersections of History and Biography’ on Tuesday 24 March 2015....
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Read moreCivilizing Offensives: special issue of Human Figurations
Posted on February 20, 2015 by Stephen Mennell The special issue of Human Figurations on Civilising Offensives is now published online at: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/humfig/11217607.0004.1*?rgn=full+text Contents: Introduction to the Special Issue of Human Figurations on Civilising Offensives Flint, John; Kruithof, Bernard; Powell,...
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Read moreWorkshop: Sports, Leisure and Culture in the works of Elias
Posted on January 22, 2015 by Stephen Mennell A workshop ‘Sports, leisure and culture in the works of Norbert Elias: connecting thoughts from unpublished material’ will take place on 9–10 April 2015 in Frankfurt am Main. The idea of the...
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Read moreNew Norbert Elias Essay Prize
Posted on December 16, 2014 by Stephen Mennell With some regret, the Norbert Elias Foundation has decided to discontinue the biennial Norbert Elias Prize for the best first book by a sociological author. Reasons included other prizes being established...
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Read moreTwo new GTA/GRA posts at the Dept of Sociology, University of Leicester
Posted on December 15, 2014 by Jason Hughes The Sociology Department at the University of Leicester is expanding. An integral part of this expansion involves the development and growth of its postgraduate research community. The latest opportunity is for two fully...
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Read moreTwo new GTA/GRA posts at the Dept of Sociology, University of Leicester
Posted on December 15, 2014 by Jason Hughes The Sociology Department at the University of Leicester is expanding. An integral part of this expansion involves the development and growth of its postgraduate research community. The latest opportunity is for two fully...
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Read moreCFP: EASS Sociology of Sport Conference, Dublin
Posted on December 9, 2014 by Paddy Dolan We encourage all figurational researchers with an interest in sport to submit abstracts to the next European Association for Sociology of Sport Conference, to be held in Dublin, Ireland, next June. Further...
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