Social character and historical processes: a conference in honour of Stephen Mennell
Posted on April 29, 2015 by Jason Hughes On 7-8 January 2016, the School of Sociology, UCD, will hold a conference to honour the major contribution that Stephen Mennell has made to the discipline of sociology. Stephen who is now...
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Read moreProfessorship, Comparative Sociology, Bremen
Posted on March 30, 2015 by Stephen Mennell This post may be of interest to some readers of this blog: The Institute of Sociology in the Department of Social Sciences, University of Bremen, invites applications for the following academic position,...
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Read moreCall for papers: Norbert Elias and Violence
Posted on March 12, 2015 by Stephen Mennell Book project: Norbert Elias and Violence Edited by: Tatiana S. Landini (Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Brazil) and François Dépelteau (Laurentian University, Canada) To be published by Palgrave Macmillan In 2013 and 2014,...
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Read moreLast-minute Reminder: DEADLINE for session proposals, Vienna 2016
Posted on March 11, 2015 by Stephen Mennell The International Sociological Association’s “Forum” will take place in Vienna, 10-14 July 2016. BUT proposals for sessions have to be submitted RIGHT NOW! – by 15 March to be exact. The...
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Read moreHuman 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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