FOREDRAG MED PROFESSOR LAURENT THÉVENOT 22. MAJ

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THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES:

the new power vested in individuals on the grounds of a certified world

Open lecture and discussion with Professor Laurent Thévenot

About Laurent Thévenot

Professor Laurent Thévenot is Directeur d’études at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris and Senior researcher at the Centre d’Etudes de l’Emploi.
As a leading figure in the foundation of the pragmatic sociology of engagement and the “Convention Theory”, Thévenot has been very influential in the new French social sciences. He co-authored, with Luc Boltanski, the book “On Justification. The Economies of Worth” (2006) which is considered one of the most important works in pragmatic sociology. He also co-edited two books concerning new approaches of action, the practical engagement of objects and social cognition:Les objets dans l’action, and Cognition et information en société

Abstract

Along the historical metamorphoses of authorities and powers claiming legitimacy, the most recent step led to a significant move. It shifted from a kind of government concentrated in sovereigns, rulers and representatives, to a different kind of “empire” of individuals. This power distributed on the “investiture” of individuals is actually based on a new kind of global – and largely non-state – mode of governing through certification standards.

Questions

What kind of sociology is needed to grasp this change which affects both political communities and personalities? Which new oppressions result from this government? How can an embarrassed critique find new expressions?

Directions: On this link you see a map of CSS: csc.ku.dk/bygninger_og_adresser/css/CSSOversigtskort2.pdf Building 1 is by Entrance A. Go to the left in the gate and to the second floor to room 1.1.18.

When: Thursday, May 22, 2014, 15.30 to 17.30

Place: ”Center for Sundhed og Samfund”, Øster Farimagsgade 5 a, room 1.1.18.

The lecture is free and everyone is welcome www.sociologi.dk

NORDIC DEMOGRAPHIC SYMPOSIUM – EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS

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We have decided to extend the deadline for submission of abstracts for the 19th Nordic Demographic Symposium. New deadline is April 30th. The attached call for papers is updated.

Please distribute the information in your network.

Further, the symposium webpage will be updated with more information regarding the symposium during the next couple of weeks so be sure to visit http://demografi.dk/the-19th-nordic-demographic-symposium.html

We’re looking forward to seeing you in Aalborg.

On behalf of the board of Danish Demographic Society,

Lene Tølbøll Blenstrup

EXPLORING BLIND SPOTS, 27TH NSA CONFERENCE, DEADLINE EXTENSION

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Exploring Blind Spots – 27th Conference of the Nordic Sociological Association

Lund University, August 14-16, 2014

Extended deadline for abstract submission: April 28

The program promises thought provoking keynote addresses from

* Michael Burawoy, Berkeley

* Eva Illouz, Hebrew University

* Guy Standing, SOAS

And no less than four engaging plenary sessions where academics and intellectuals discuss

* The Future of Social Solidarity – Europe at a cross-road

Peter Abrahamson, Mary Daly, Kajsa Ekis Ekman, Göran Therborn

* The Precariat

Kirsti Lempiäinen,  Guy Standing, Thomas Steinfeld

* High-speed Society

John Urry, Karin Widerberg, Per Svensson

* Asian Encounters – Exposing or creating blind spots?

Hilda Roemer Christensen, Ravinder Kaur, Feng Wang

And of course, a number of

* Regular sessions with topical presentations, discussions, and debates, from sociologists in the Nordic countries and beyond.

Plus, for PhD students:

* PhD pre-conference, What does it mean to be a sociologist tomorrow?,  August 13

* PhD workshop on cultural sociology, August 12

Welcome to Lund!!

 

Important URLs

Conference website1: nsa2014.se

Conference website2: www.malmokongressbyra.se/NSA2014

Abstract submission (April 28): www.malmokongressbyra.se/NSA2014/abstract_information

Conference registration: www.malmokongressbyra.se/NSA2014/registration

 

PhD pre-conference: nsa2014.se/phd-pre-conference/

PhD workshop on cultural sociology: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/39577023/PhD%20Pre_workshop_Lund_2014.pdf

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Due to a malfunctioning server earlier this week, the web page was innaccessible for several days.

As an effect, we have decided to extend the abstract submission deadline until April 28.

Notifications will be sent no later than May 12, and the early registration fee will be in effect until May 21.

LØSLADT OG GÆLDSAT

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Dansk Sociologforening præsenterer foredrag ved Annette Olesen, Syddansk Universitet.

I Danmark hæfter domfældte i straffesager for de nødvendige omkostninger, der er medgået til behandlingen af deres sag. Disse udgifter består bl.a. af forsvarssalær, udgifter til tekniske undersøgelser, DNA-analyser og lægeerklæringer. Idømmes domfældte en fængselsstraf, løslades pågældende til en offentlig gæld, der ofte virker som en uoverskuelig og ubetalelig ekstra straf. Gældssituationen påvirker de løsladte forskelligt. De løsladte, der forsøger at leve kriminalitetsfrit, oplever i højere grad de negative følger af gælden, hvorimod de løsladte der genoptager en kriminel løbebane gerne udvikler alternative handlingsstrategier, der kompenserer for de negative følger af gælden.

Annette Olesen (1982), cand. scient. soc. og ph.d. (jura), adjunkt på Juridisk Institut, Syddansk Universitet. Hendes ph.d.-afhandling “Løsladt og gældsat” danner baggrunden for oplægget.

Tid: Onsdag d. 2. april 2014, 17.00-19.00.

Sted: Center for Sundhed og Samfund, Øster Farimagsgade 5,1014 København K, lokale 2.0.63

På dette link ses adressen og lokalet, som er i bygning 2.

csc.ku.dk/bygninger_og_adresser/css/

Gå ind på kortet (3. linie under billedet), bygning 2 er ved indgang “D”. Gå til højre i porten og ind til lokale 63, som ligger i stuen.

Foredraget er gratis og alle er velkomne!

Nyhedsbrev fra Dansk Sociologforening, marts 2014.

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Call for papers til Nordisk Demografisk Symposium 2014,  som Dansk Demografisk Forening er værter for. Symposiet har temaet Regional Development og finder sted i dagene mellem den 18. og den 20. september 2014 på Nordkraft og i Utzon Center på havnefronten i Aalborg. Se alle oplysninger her:

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Dansk Sociologforening præsenterer foredrag ved Annette Olesen, Syddansk Universitet:

Løsladt og gældsat

I Danmark hæfter domfældte i straffesager for de nødvendige omkostninger, der er medgået til behandlingen af deres sag. Disse udgifter består bl.a. af forsvarssalær, udgifter til tekniske undersøgelser, DNA-analyser og lægeerklæringer. Idømmes domfældte en fængselsstraf, løslades pågældende til en offentlig gæld, der ofte virker som en uoverskuelig og ubetalelig ekstra straf. Gældssituationen påvirker de løsladte forskelligt. De løsladte, der forsøger at leve kriminalitetsfrit, oplever i højere grad de negative følger af gælden, hvorimod de løsladte der genoptager en kriminel løbebane gerne udvikler alternative handlingsstrategier, der kompenserer for de negative følger af gælden.

 Annette Olesen (1982), cand. scient. soc. og ph.d. (jura), adjunkt på Juridisk Institut, Syddansk Universitet. Hendes ph.d.-afhandling “Løsladt og gældsat” danner baggrunden for oplægget

 Tid: Onsdag d. 2. april 2014, 17.00-19.00.

 Sted: Center for Sundhed og Samfund, Øster Farimagsgade 5,1014 København K, lokale 2.0.63

 På dette link ses adressen og lokalet, som er i bygning 2.

Gå ind på kortet (3. linie under billedet), bygning 2 er ved indgang “D”. Gå til højre i porten og ind til lokale 63, som ligger i stuen.

Foredraget er gratis og alle er velkomne!

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Tidsskriftet Dansk Sociologi indkalder hermed artikler til kommende åbne numre med beregnet udgivelse i efteråret 2014 samt foråret 2015.

Tidsskriftet er et videnskabeligt funderet sociologisk tidsskrift. Det henvender sig til alle med interesse for aktuelle samfundsmæssige spørgsmål.

Tidsskriftet er især relevant for forskere, undervisere og fagfolk, som i deres arbejde er beskæftiget med sociologiske problemstillinger. Tidsskriftet henvender sig imidlertid også til læsere, som blot er nysgerrige efter at vide, hvad sociologien som fag beskæftiger sig med. Dansk Sociologi udkommer fire gange om året.

Vi i redaktionen håber meget, du vil finde interesse i at formidle din forskning i tidsskriftet. Alle artikler, som redaktionen vurderer egnede, gennemgår peer review. Skrivevejledning og andre informationer finder du på www.dansksociologi.dk

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Foredrag af Nikolas Kompridis

The Department of sociology, University of Copenhagen, has in cooperation with the Research group “Knowledge, uncertainty and trust” and the Danish Sociological Association invited:

Professor Nikolas Kompridis,  Research professor and director of the Institute for Social Justice, Australian Catholic University Sydney.

Professor Kompridis gives two talks. He is the third guest in the department’s lecture series about the fourth generation of critical theory

•Struggling for Recognition or Building Receptivity? Rethinking Politics and Critique in the Age of the Anthropocene.

May 20 (Tuesday): 13-15. CSS 16.2.55. In cooperation with the research group “Knowledge, uncertainty and trust”

Abstract: “In this talk, I argue for a shift of ethico-political paradigm from recognition to receptivity. The proposed shift of paradigm from recognition to receptivity allows us to rethink our obligations to, and the challenges of, diverse others, human and non-human, in ways that overcome the limitations of Hegel’s recognition model and its contemporary iterations. And it refigures 21st century politics as a politics of building receptivity rather than of struggling for recognition.”

•Rethinking Democracy’s Relation to Crisis: Is the Concept of Crisis itself in Crisis?

May 21 (Wednesday) 17-19. CSS 1.1.18. In cooperation with the Danish sociological association

Abstract: ”In this talk I will make two seemingly dissonant but interrelated claims: 1) that “crisis” in a strictly defined sense is internal to democracy, both inescapable and necessary, from which circumstance distinctive normative, conceptual and institutional implications follow, and 2) that the concept of “crisis” is itself in crisis, making it an increasingly suspect if not meaningless category of diagnosis and critique.”

Both talks are public. The first one is more seminar-like. You are welcome to contact Mikael Carleheden (mc@soc.ku.dk) to get material for the seminar.

Kompridis research areas are Critical theory; democratic theory; theories of agency and action; theories of rationality; theories of identity, recognition, and culture; secularism and modernity; the role of social criticism in social change; the renewal of romanticism; and issues in philosophy of art, literature, music and film. Kant, Hegel, Heidegger, Adorno, Arendt, Habermas, Foucault, Taylor, Cavell.

His latest book is: The Aesthetic Turn in Political Thought. London; New York: Continuum. See also; Critique and disclosure: critical theory between past and future. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press.

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ESA RN 34 MIDTERM CONFERENCE

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We’re pleased to announce that the registration for the second bi-annual conference of the ESA Sociology of Religion Research Network in Belfast (3-5. September 2014) is now open.

See below for more information, including a reminder of key dates and deadlines, including 18 April for the submission of abstracts and 30 June for the end of reduced, early-bird registration fees.

Conference website: http://belfast2014.esareligion.org/

Dates & Deadlines in 2014

March 14 Submission of abstracts and online registration starts (Please email your abstracts, both in the text of the email and as a Word attachment, to belfast2014@esareligion.org. Abstracts can be submitted both for papers and the postgraduate posters and should not exceed 250 words.)

April 18 Submission of abstracts ends

May 9 Acceptance of abstracts

June 30 Early-bird registration ends

September 3 – 5 Conference

Contact:belfast2014@esareligion.org

Details on fees and registration at:http://belfast2014.esareligion.org/fees/

Should you have any questions, please email me at: ma.kolodziejska@gmail.com

With kind regards,

Marta Kołodziejska

ESA RN 34 Communications Officer

5TH CONFERENCE OF EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF STUDIES IN SYMBOLIC INTERACTION

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5th Conference of European Society of Studies in Symbolic Interaction

August 27th – 29th 2014

Aalborg University, Denmark

The Times they Are a-Changin’

The Significance of Symbolic Interactionism in Contemporary Social Sciences and Humanities

The theme of the conference is how the tradition of symbolic interactionism is applied and elaborated in contemporary research on social processes such as communication, identity, and everyday life. It explores the theoretical and methodological challenges symbolic interactionism faces in the light of the social transformation of modernity, and the following developments within the social sciences and humanities.

The conference invites presentations offering analyses of contemporary mind, self or society from a symbolic interactionist perspective, as well as presentations that consider theoretical and methodological changes within the perspective of symbolic interactionism over time, as well as challenges within contemporary society.

CONFERENCE UPDATES, INCLUDING DETAILS ON REGISTRATION AND SUBMISSION OF PAPERS:

www.esssi2014.aau.dk

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Patricia Adler, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA

Peter Adler, University of Denver, USA

Margareta Bertilsson, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Nick Crossley, University of Manchester, UK

Philip Lalander, Malmoe University, Sweden

IMPORTANT DATES

Deadline for submission of paper: April 15th 2014

Deadline for conference registration and payment: July 10th 2014

HVOR KOMMER PENGE FRA?

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–          Og hvorfor så sociologerne heller ikke den finansielle krise komme?

Dansk Sociologforening præsenterer foredrag ved Ole Bjerg, CBS.

Med afsæt i bogen Gode penge – Et kontant svar på gældskrisen (2013) præsenterer Ole Bjerg en analyse af den nuværende økonomiske krise, der lokaliserer problemet i selve den måde, som nye penge skabes og sættes i cirkulation. Analysen lægger blandt andet op til en diskussion af, hvorvidt sociologien overhovedet er klædt på til at forholde sig til de mest presserende problemer i vor tid.

Tid: Mandag d. 24. februar 2014, 17-19.

Sted: Center for Sundhed og Samfund, , Øster Farimagsgade 5 a, lokale 1.1.18.

På dette link ses adressen og lokalet, som er i bygning 1.
csc.ku.dk/bygninger_og_adresser/css/
Gå ind på kortet (3. linie under billedet), bygning 1 er ved indgang “A”. Gå til venstre i porten og op til 1. sal til lokale 18.

Gratis og åbent for alle interesserede.

NORDIC DEMOGRAPHIC SYMPOSIUM. CALL FOR PAPERS

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THE 19TH NORDIC DEMOGRAPHIC SYMPOSIUM 2014

18th – 20th September 2014
Nordkraft & Utzon Center, Aalborg, Denmark

Regional development with a focus on rural areas

The Planning Committee of the Nordic Demographic Symposium 2014 is pleased to open for paper abstracts. The submission deadline is April 15th, 2014, after which proposals will be evaluated and organized into sessions.

The topic for the symposium is Regional development with a focus on rural areas; however we welcome papers on all topics related to demography. There will be a mix of plenary sessions with keynote speakers and parallel panel sessions.

The symposium will take place at the harbour front in the city centre of Aalborg, Denmark. Here, years of effort to transform the city’s old industrial identity into an image characterising the city as being modern, enterprising and a centre of knowledge has resulted in the transformation of the old coal-powered power plant, Nordkraft, into a centre for culture, learning and sports and the building of the Utzon Center and Musikkens hus, the latter to be opened in Marts 2014. In these surroundings, the 19th Nordic Demographic Symposium will take place.

Theme

In the last 20-25 years, areas far away from the big cities have undergone significant demographic changes. In the public debate, words are that these areas are being depopulated; young women are seeking educational attainment in cities and metropolitan areas, while young men are left behind. Further, unemployment rates in these areas are high. Houses are empty and public institutions are fever just as local administrations struggle to cover the expenses for a growing number of elderly people. At the same time local employers have difficulties in attracting higher educated employees.

The wish for this symposium is to communicate the latest research in this field. The questions to answer could be: Which challenges do small cities and rural areas face in the future with respect to the population size and composition? What characterise areas that experience different developments? How has this development been administered, and does one find municipalities having managed to change a negative development and prosper as a community?

Submission and more information

If you wish to submit an abstract and present a paper related to demography at the symposium, please visit the symposium webpage for more information on the requirements for abstracts and the submission process as well as on other information relevant to the Symposium.

demografi.dk/the-19th-nordic-demographic-symposium.html

We welcome the abstracts no later than April 15th. We’re looking forward to seeing you all in Aalborg!

On behalf of the Planning Committee
Lene Tølbøll Blenstrup
Head of board, Danish Demographic Society

Travel grant for MA students

It has been decided to award up to four stipends to MA students, covering the conference fee, accommodation, and travel costs not exceeding 1.500,- DKR.

Eligible applicants must be either current or recent (graduated after June 2012) MA students studying demography or demography-related issues, who are paying members of one of the national demographic societies. The grantee must present a paper at the Nordic Demographic Symposium.

Applicants have to submit an abstract for the symposium as described above AND send an extended abstract (2-4 pages) or a full paper to the Planning Committee (info@demografi.dk) along with a short letter stating that this is an application for a MA travel grant.

The Planning Committee, Danish Demographic Society