Summing up: Should the ‘figurati’ become public intellectuals?
Posted on August 21, 2012 by Stephen Mennell [I asked John Lever and Matt Clement to sum up the recent discussion about whether the “figurati” should become “public intellectuals”. Ryan Powell also chipped into the summary below.] To some extent,...
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Read moreSociology and International Relations: Human Figurations 2
Posted on July 30, 2012 by Stephen Mennell The second issue of Human Figurations, on “Sociology and International Relations” has just been published online at: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/humfig/11217607.0001 Contents: Andrew Linklater, Editor’s Introduction: Sociology and International Relations: The Future? Godfried van...
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Read moreNew and enlarged edition of What is Sociology?
Posted on July 18, 2012 by Stephen Mennell Just published! Norbert Elias, What is Sociology?, translated by Grace Morrissey, Stephen Mennell and Edmund Jephcott, edited by Artur Bogner, Katie Liston and Stephen Mennell (Dublin: UCD Press, 2012 [Collected Works, vol....
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Read moreExtended deadline for XIV SIPC, Brazil, November
Posted on June 29, 2012 by Stephen Mennell The Coordination Committee of the XIV SIPC (International Symposium on Civilising Processes), Dourados, Brazil, 19–24 November 2012, has announced that the deadline for submission of abstracts has been extended until 23 July...
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Read moreRevised title for Graz Conference
Posted on June 25, 2012 by Stephen Mennell A small change has been made to the title of the conference planned for Graz in April 2013. In order to make clear that contributions will be welcome on a wide range...
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Read moreHabitus, War and Civilisation
Posted on June 20, 2012 by Stephen Mennell Department of Sociology, University of Graz. Graz, Austria, 25–27 April 2013 Call for papers This conference is to honour Helmut Kuzmics on the occasion of his retirement from his chair at Graz...
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Read moreElias’s masterpiece out in the Collected Works – buy online!
Posted on June 17, 2012 by Stephen Mennell Norbert Elias, On the Process of Civilisation: Sociogenetic and Psychogenetic Investigations, translated by Edmund Jephcott, edited by Stephen Mennell, Eric Dunning, Johan Goudsblom and Richard Kilminster (Dublin: UCD Press, 2012 [Collected Works,...
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Read moreWorld Conference on Psychology and Sociology
Posted on June 4, 2012 by Stephen Mennell 28 November– 1 December 2012 Queen Elizabeth Elite Suite Hotel & Spa, Antalya, Turkey This conference may be of interest to readers of the blog. Further details can be found at: www.psysoc.net...
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Read moreAmsterdam Conference 22 – 23 June 2012
Posted on May 16, 2012 by admin Reinventing Norbert Elias: For an open sociology Programme and conference information: http://www.aissr.uva.nl/eliasconference
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Read morePreliminary Programme, Amsterdam Conference 22-23 June 2012
Posted on April 28, 2012 by Stephen Mennell Preliminary program Reinventing Norbert Elias: For an open sociology Amsterdam, 22 and 23 June 2012 PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS THE PRELIMINARY PROGRAM. THE FINAL PROGRAM WILL BE MADE AVAILABE ONLINE AROUND MAY...
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