New Issues in Process Sociology: One-day conference, Berlin 5 December 2011
Posted on November 7, 2011 by Stephen Mennell The conference will be held at Wissenschaft Zentrum Berlin [WZB], on 5 December 2011 The aim of this conference is to examine and discuss both interpretations of Elias’s thought and new empirical...
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Read moreCall for Papers: Emotions and Power
Posted on November 3, 2011 by Stephen Mennell Call for Papers: Emotions and Power: Special Issue of the Journal of Political Power (Routledge) Editors: Jonathan G. Heaney and Helena Flam Power permeates all human relationships. It is constitutive of society,...
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Read moreSocial Sciences PhD Scholarships – repost
Posted on October 31, 2011 by admin The School of Social Sciences is providing opportunities for promising academic talent to undertake doctoral study. This is a significant opportunity for those who show academic excellence in our areas of expertise. Successful...
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Read moreCfP: Figurational Studies and Contemporary Social Processes (Copenhagen)
Posted on October 7, 2011 by Stephen Mennell Papers are invited for a session on “Figurational Studies and Contemporary Social Processes” at the Copenhagen conference, 2-4 April 2012. The session organisers are Matt Clement (UWE, Bristol), John Lever (Jblresearch) and...
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Read moreRadically revised edition of The Symbol Theory
Posted on September 9, 2011 by Stephen Mennell Norbert Elias, The Symbol Theory, edited by Richard Kilminster (Dublin: UCD Press, 2011 [Collected Works, vol. 13]). xxvi + 193 pp. ISBN: 978-1-906359-10-2. €60.00 [for 20 per cent discount, order online direct from...
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Read moreIIS World Congress, Delhi 16-19 February 2012
Posted on August 16, 2011 by Stephen Mennell The 40th World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology (IIS) will take place at India Habitat Centre in Delhi on 16–19 February, 2012.The theme of the congress is After Western Hegemony:...
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Read moreSociology, Psychoanalysis and the Psychosocial Study Group
Posted on August 1, 2011 by Stephen Mennell The British Sociological Association is launching a new Study Group on Sociology, Psychoanalysis and the Psychosocial. The inaugural meeting will be held on 28 October 2011 at Birkbeck College, University of London,...
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Read moreCfP: Figurational Sociology: Prospects for the Future, 2–4 April 2012
Posted on July 4, 2011 by Stephen Mennell Norbert Elias and Figurational Sociology: Prospects for the Future Copenhagen, 2–4 April 2012 Call for papers Department of Political Science & Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 2–4 April, 2012. The focus...
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Read moreCivilization Deconstructed: A Figurational Theory of Genocide
Posted on July 2, 2011 by Chris Powell Just published: Christopher Powell, Barbaric Civilization: A Critical Sociology of Genocide. (Montréal, Ithaca, and London: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2011) 368 pp. ISBN: 9780773538566. Why have the largest mass murders in human history...
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Read moreJohan Heilbron delivers Uhlenbeck Lecture: What about the European Union of Scholars?
Posted on June 14, 2011 by Stephen Mennell Johan Heilbron was invited to give the 29th Uhlenbeck Lecture at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS), Wassennaar. The prestigious annual lecture was delivered before an audience of past and present...
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