--- CK Vishwanath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > --------------------------------- > Subject: [historicalmaterialism] 1968 Conference: > Impact and Implications, 3-4 July 2008 > > > > http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/sociology/staff/academicstaff/ > > > bhambra/gurminderkbhambra/research/1968conference/ > > > The British Sociological Association's Theory Study > Group will be > hosting a conference on the events of May 1968 in > collaboration with > the Birkbeck Institute of Social Research. > The conference is timed to > coincide with the fortieth anniversary of May 1968 > and seeks to provide > a forum for reflecting back on the events of that > time as well as > thinking about their implications for current and > future endeavours - > theoretical and political. > > Confirmed Keynote Speakers: > > Patricia Hill Collins, Distinguished University > Professor, Department > of Sociology, University of Maryland, and 100th > President of the > American Sociological Association (2008-09) > > Paul Gilroy, Anthony Giddens Professor in Social > Theory, LSE, author > of Ain't No Black in the Union Jack and The Black > Atlantic > > Juliet Mitchell, Professor of Psychoanalysis and > Gender Studies, > University of Cambridge, author of Siblings: Sex and > Violence and Mad > Men and Medusas > PAPER: Women's liberation; feminism; gender studies > - 1968 lives o > > William Outhwaite, Professor of Sociology, > University of Newcastle, > author of Social Theory and Postcommunism (with > Larry Ray) and > contributor to The Disobedient Generation: Social > Theorists in the > Sixties > PAPER: When did 1968 end? > > Ken Plummer, Professor of Sociology, University of > Essex, author of > Intimate Citizenship: Private Decisions and Public > Dialogues and > Documents of Life -2: An Invitation to a Critical > Humanism > PAPER: Outsiders, deviants and countercultures: > subterranean tribes and > queer imaginations in 1968 > > Lynne Segal, Anniversary Professor of Psychology > and Gender Studies, > Birkbeck College, author of Making Trouble and Why > Feminism? Gender, > Psychology, Politics > PAPER: She's leaving home! Repositioning women in > narratives > of the sixties > > > > > ***** > Thanks to the Departments of Sociology at > Birmingham, Bristol, > Leicester, Newcastle, and Warwick Universities > for supporting the conference and, in particular, > for sponsoring > Professor Collins's participation in the event > > Thanks also to Birkbeck College for hosting the > event > > ***** > > Parallel Sessions > > Alongside plenary events with keynote speakers and > roundtables, there > will also be a number of parallel paper sessions > organised in the > following streams: > § The Legacy of 1968: Sociological and > Theoretical Considerations > § Social Movements: Theory and Practice > § Global Considerations: Empire, > Decolonization, Postcolonial > Others > § Feminism and Women's Movements > § Questioning Science and Expertise > § Transforming Sexualities: Gay Liberation > and Beyond > § Culture: Poetry, Art, and Performance > § Critical Theory: Marxism, the > Situationists, and > Post-structuralism > § Civil Rights and Northern Ireland > § The Post-68 Subject: Personhood and Self > > > WHEN: Thursday, 3rd & Friday, 4th July 2008 > > WHERE: Clore Management Centre, Birkbeck College, > University of London > > > BOOKING DETAILS > > Early Bird registration is by 28th Feb 2008 > > > > Conference Poster Please download and display! > > Conference Programme available soon > > > Conference Team > > Ipek Demir (Leicester) > Helen Gregory (Exeter) > Steve Kemp (Edinburgh) > Maki Kimura (Open University) > Sasha Roseneil (Birkbeck) > Gurminder K. Bhambra (Warwick) > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
