SIXTH ISA WORLDWIDE COMPETITION FOR JUNIOR SOCIOLOGISTS DEADLINE MAY 1, 2013

The deadline for the submission of papers to the Sixth ISA Worldwide Competition for Junior Sociologists is May 1, 2013, which is coming soon. The winners of the competition will be invited to a five-day seminar and the ISA World Congress of Sociology in Yokohama in June, 2014. They will be given many opportunities to meet their peers and senior sociologists from around the world. As the chair of the committee of the competition, I was wondering if you would encourage junior sociologists on your research committee to submit papers to me at ysato@sal.tohoku.ac.jp by the deadline. The details of the competition are posted on the ISA website at http://www.isa-sociology.org/wcys/index.htm.

Thank you for your attention and cooperation.

-Yoshimichi Sato

2 GÆSTEFORELÆSNINGER MED PROFESSOR NIKOLAS KOMPRIDIS

The Department of sociology, University of Copenhagen, has together with the Danish Sociological Association invited Professor Nikolas Kompridis, School of Humanities and Communication Arts. Democracy and Human Rights Research Initiative at University of Western Sydney

He will be the third guest in the department’s lecture series about the fourth generation of critical theory

April 9th 17-19. “Why Public Reason Can’t Be Secular” (CSS 1.1.18)

April 10th 10-12 “The Internal Relation between Democracy and Crisis” (CSS 16.2.55)

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.

For further information about Kompridis: <http://uws.edu.au/hca/school_of_humanities_and_communication_arts/key_people/academic_staff_directory/professor_nikolas_kompridis>

GÆSTEFORELÆSNING VED PROFESSOR EMERITUS ELMAR ALTVATER

Freie Universität Berlin med titlen ” Economic growth and capitalist accumulation – in the perspective of a sustainable transformation”

Tid: Onsdag d. 6. marts kl. 14.00 Roskilde Universitet, hus 30, auditorium 3

I stigende grad har Elmar Altvater beskæftiget sig med sammenhængen mellem kapitalisme og økologisk krise, aktualiseret af den nuværende verdenskrise og med mulige svar på den: en anden form for – bæredygtig – økonomi, utopiers betydning.

Han er tilknyttet attac og har tætte forbindelser til bl.a. alternative initiativer i Latinamerika. – Forelæsningen er på engelsk.

Yderligere information om forelæsningen kan findes her

CALL FOR SESSION ORGANIZERS/CHAIRS

Call for Session Organizers/Chairs for the 27th Conference of the Nordic Sociological Association, Lund University, August 14-16, 2014

We are looking for session organisers for the following “regular” sessions usually featured at NSA conferences.:

– Cultural sociology
– Life Course
– Medical sociology
– Migration and ethnicity
– Organisational sociology
– Social movements
– Social policy and welfare
– Social stratification and labour market
– Sociology of gender
– Trust and social capital
– Urban studies

We also welcome suggestions for new sessions not listed above or in the complete list of sessions available and regularly updated at https://dl.dropbox.com/u/39577023/List%20of%202014%20sessions.pdf.

If you are interested in chairing one of the regular sessions above or in organizing a new session, please send an email to [christofer.edling(a)soc.lu.se] before May 31, 2013. 
For new sessions, we would appreciate a short motivation.

Looking forward to meeting you in Lund 2014,
The Organizing Committee

BUD PÅ VÆRTSSKAB FOR ISA FORUM OF SOCIOLOGY I 2016

I slutningen af december måned var jeg med til at aflevere, på vegne af Sociologisk Institut på KU og Dansk Sociologforening, et bud på at København skal være vært for ISA Forum of Sociology i 2016. Buddet er blevet udarbejdet i et samarbejde mellem Dansk Sociologforening, Sociologisk Institut på KU, Wonderful Copenhagen og Bella Center. Buddet kan ses her. For nylig blev jeg af ISA gjort opmærksom på, at følgende også havde indgivet et bud: Wien, Budapest og København. Repræsentanter for de tre skal præsenterer deres bud for ISA’s exekutiv komité i Bilbao, Spanien d. 14-15 marts 2013.

Anders Petersen

Nyhedsbrev Januar 2013 – 2

Materiale til generalforsamlingen

SociologNyt med materiale til generalforsamlingen: forslag til dagsorden, div. beretninger, regnskab og budget, er nu tilgængeligt på foreningens hjemmeside: sociologi.dk/fileadmin/docs/SociologNyt2013.pdf.

Dansk Sociologforening opfordrer alle dets medlemmer til at stille op til foreningens bestyrelse, herunder til posten som formand. Kontakt venligst nuværende formand Anders Petersen (apt@socsci.aau.dk), hvis det har din interesse.

Med venlig hilsen

Anders Petersen

THIRD CALL:7TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOCIOLOGY, 6-9 MAY 2013, ATHENS, GREECE

The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) organizes its 7th Annual International Conference on Sociology, 6-9 May 2013, Athens, Greece. The conference website is: www.atiner.gr/sociology.htm. The aim of the conference is to bring together scholars and students from all areas of Sociology, Social Work and other related fields. Theoretical and empirical research papers will be considered.

The registration fee is €300 (euro), covering access to all sessions, two lunches, coffee breaks and conference material. Special arrangements will be made with a local luxury hotel for a limited number of rooms at a special conference rate. In addition, a number of social events will be organized: A Greek night of entertainment with dinner, a special one-day cruise in the Greek islands, an archaeological tour of Athens and a one-day visit to Delphi. Details of the social program are available at http://www.atiner.gr/2013/SOC-SOC.htm

Please submit a 300-word abstract by 28 February 2013 via email, atiner@atiner.gr to: Dr. Gregory A. Katsas, Head, Sociology Research Unit, ATINER and Associate Professor, The American College of Greece-Deree College, Greece or by regular mail to: ATINER, 8 Valaoritou Street, Kolonaki, 10671 Athens, Greece. Tel. + 30 210 363 4210 Fax: + 30 210 3634-209. Please include: Title of Paper, Full Name(s), Current Position, Institutional Affiliation, an email address and at least 3 keywords that best describe the subject of your submission. Please use the abstract submitting form available at http://www.atiner.gr/2013/FORM-SOC.doc. Decisions are reached within 4 weeks. If you want to participate without presenting a paper, i.e. organize a panel (session, mini conference), chair a session, review papers to be included in the conference proceedings or books, contribute to the editing of a book, or any other contribution, please send an email to Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, President, ATINER (gtp@atiner.gr).

The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) was established in 1995 as an independent academic association with the mission to become a forum, where academics and researchers – from all over the world – could meet in Athens to exchange ideas on their research and to discuss future developments in their disciplines. Since 1995, ATINER has organized more than 200 international conferences, symposiums and events. It has also published approximately 150 books. Academically, the Institute consists of five Research Divisions and twenty-three Research Units. Each Research Unit organizes an annual conference and undertakes various small and large research projects. Academics and researchers are more than welcome to become members and contribute to ATINER’s objectives. The members of the Institute can undertake a number of academic activities. If you want to become a member, please download the form (membership form). For more information or suggestions, please send an email to: info@atiner.gr