Power & Difference
3rd International Conference
Tampere, Finland
27–29 August 2012

Call for Papers

Inspired by the great success of the Second International Conference on Power & Knowledge held on 6-8 September 2010, we carry on probing questions of power. This year the conference will concentrate on linkages between power and difference.

Keynote speakers will include:

Lisa Adkins, University of Newcastle, Australia Leena Alanen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland Karen Armstrong, University of Helsinki, Finland Colin Bennett, University of Victoria, Canada Laura Huttunen, University of Tampere, Finland Jan Nederveen Pieterse, University of California Santa Barbara, USA Göran Therborn, University of Cambridge, UK George Thomas, Arizona State University, USA

The programme contains a large variety of sessions ranging from childhood studies to global governance and economy.

For the list of sessions, please go to
http://www.uta.fi/yky/power2012/sessions/index.html.

To propose a paper, please submit an abstract (150–200 words) through the conference management system athttp://www.paredix.com/ocs/index.php/Power2012/conf/login/ on 15 June 2012 at the latest.

For more information on the conference, please go to http://www.uta.fi/power2012/.

Welcome to Tampere!

Pertti Alasuutari
Academy Professor
Chair of the Organizing Committee
University of Tampere, Finland

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Marjukka Virkajarvi
Research Secretary
Work Research Centre
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FINLAND
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E-mail: marjukka.virkajarvi@uta.fi
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