The Mediated Construction of Reality: Recovering Elias for Media Theory
Lecture by Professor Nick Couldry (LSE) Discussant: Professor Giselinde Kuipers (UvA) Date: Friday, May 27 Time: 15:00-16:30 Location: REC, Room B2.08 In this talk Nick Couldry will outline the project of his recently completed book, The Mediated Construction of Reality...
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Read moreNote on the Brazilian and Latin American unfolding (decivilizing) process
Esteban Castro, writing from Brazil, has posted a highly topical article entitled “The need to preserve the historical memory and defend the democratization process in Brazil and the region” on the ISA’s new “Social Justice and Democratisation Space” – see http://sjdspace.sagepub.com/?p=1372.
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Read moreNow online: Human Figurations, Vol. 5, Issue 1
Human Figurations, volume 5, issue 1, is now online http://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/humfig/11217607.0005.1*?rgn=full+text Contents are as follows. Note that they include Arjan Post’s transcription and edition of a previously unpublished 1984 lecture by Norbert Elias. Editor’s Introduction Liston, Katie Civilised Provocations in the Lion’s...
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Read moreFinal reminder: deadline for ISA Vienna Forum 2016
Posted on September 12, 2015 by Stephen Mennell Please remember that 30 September is the absolute deadline by which abstracts have to be submitted for papers to be presented at the ISA Forum in Vienna, 10-14 July 2016. Figurational sociologists...
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Read moreREMINDER: Social character and historical processes: a conference in honour of Stephen Mennell
Posted on September 2, 2015 by Jason Hughes University College Dublin, 7–8 January 2016 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...
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Read moreElias in the Financial Times!
Posted on July 23, 2015 by Stephen Mennell Eric Jones drew my attention to a favourable mention of Elias in an unexpected place. I wrote the following comment to appear in the Figurations newsletter 43, but there wasn’t space for it,...
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Read moreCfP: Mass Violence and Emotions in the 20th/21st Centuries
Posted on July 22, 2015 by Stephen Mennell 3rd ISA Forum of Sociology: “The Futures We Want: Global Sociology and the Struggles for a Better World” – 10–14 July 2016 – Vienna, Austria RC48 Social Movements, Collective Actions and Social...
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Read moreCfP: Civilization, Decivilization, and International Relations – Current Trends
Posted on July 21, 2015 by Stephen Mennell 3rd ISA Forum of Sociology: “The Futures We Want: Global Sociology and the Struggles for a Better World” – 10–14 July 2016 – Vienna, Austria RC 20 Comparative Sociology Call for papers:...
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Read moreCfP: How does historical sociology see Europe?
Posted on July 21, 2015 by Stephen Mennell 3rd ISA Forum of Sociology: “The Futures We Want: Global Sociology and the Struggles for a Better World” – 10–14 July 2016 – Vienna, Austria Host committee: Working Group 02 Historical and...
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Read moreCfP: Can Comparative–Historical Sociology Help to Improve the Workings of the Modern World?
Posted on July 21, 2015 by Stephen Mennell 3rd ISA Forum of Sociology: “The Futures We Want: Global Sociology and the Struggles for a Better World” – 10–14 July 2016 – Vienna, Austria Working Group 02 Historical and Comparative Sociology...
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