[ Informação Power Conference ]
CfP: “Power & Governance: Forms, Dynamics, Consequences”
Tampere, Finland, 27–29 August 2018
Call for Sessions and Papers
Power, domination, enforced cooperation, consent, and hegemony. Violence, threat of violence, scarcity, need, constrained interaction, charisma, and ritual. Structure, system, dispositif, institution, custom, fashion, habit, and drive. These are some of the words used to describe power and governance, i.e. patterned social interaction in which some actors are better off than others, and some paths for the future are opened while others closed. In the sixth biennial Power Conference we gather at the University of Tampere in August 2018 to probe whether something general can be said about the forms, dynamics and consequences of power. We study alternative ways to approach the issue and ask what kind of irreconcilable contradictions there are. We also seek ways to open and promote new and fruitful approaches in the field. Parallel, open sessions provide the possibility to discuss versatile topics, whereas plenary sessions with two keynote talks and a related special session with three or four papers are this time on the following topics: theorizing power relations, global governance, power and knowledge, and critique of power. Welcome to Tampere to feel the power!
The keynoters who also act as discussants in the special sessions are:
• Amy Allen, Pennsylvania State University
• Robin Celikates, University of Amsterdam
• Gili Drori, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• Risto Kunelius, University of Tampere
• Vivien A. Schmidt, Boston University
• Peeter Selg, Tallinn University
• Sylvia Walby, Lancaster University
For more information, please see the conference website at http://www.uta.fi/yky/en/power2018/.
A special session of 3–4 papers follows each of the four thematic plenaries with the plenarists as discussants. We are delighted to invite you to submit abstracts for one of the special sessions, a parallel session, or as a general submission (list of sessions accepted thus far and reaching its final form on 15 January 2018 is available at http://www.uta.fi/yky/en/power2018/).
To submit a session proposal, please send the title and description of the planned session (length 100–250 words) through the conference management system at https://www.lyyti.in/power2018_cfs by 31 December 2017 at the latest. Session organizers will be notified by 15 January 2018.
To submit a paper proposal, please send the title and abstract (100–200 words) through the conference management system https://www.lyyti.in/power2018_cfp by 30 March 2018 at the latest. Please select whether you want your paper to be included in one of the special sessions, one of the other accepted parallel sessions, or as a general submission. Contributors will be notified by 15 April 2018.
[ Informação Marta Kolodziejska ]
CfP: ESA RN34 bi-annual conference “Religions and Identities in the European Migration Crisis”
Religions and Identities in the European Migration Crisis
30 August -1 September 2018
TURIN (IT), University of Turin, Campus Luigi Einaudi
The relation between immigration, citizenship, integration/participation in host societies, and religion has been for quite some time central to the interest of scholars. Over time, the increase of migrations from non-European countries has further enriched the debate, drawing attention to various religious traditions. The growth in the number of Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists (as well as other religious affiliations) has re-directed scholars to the question of whether religious belonging (leading to convinced behavior) improves or hinders the process of integration of immigrants and, above all, of their children in the host society. At the same time, migration patterns have become quite complex. Migration from Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe has intensified and traditionally emigrant countries, particularly in Southern Europe, have also become destination countries. In addition, refugees and asylum seekers, associated with what has been usually termed as the “Mediterranean Crisis”, have prompted a profound social and political crisis across different European countries, contributing to anti-immigrant feelings. The issue of religious pluralism has thus become linked to wider interrelated issues such as citizenship rights; “deserving” and “non-deserving” migrants; how states and other institutions, including old and new religions, and in particular educational institutions, are managing the rising number of migrants; relations between different types of secularities and religious identities; understandings of cultural identities and so on.
The aim of the ESA RN34 mid-term conference is to respond to such challenges by welcoming papers that may contribute to:
– clarifying the relations between migrants and faiths in host societies;
– understanding the role played by ethnic churches/mosques/worship associations in the broader integration process;
– investigating about how native Europeans develop their identity in response/ relationship to the religious identities of the newcomers;
– addressing the relations between the European Convention on Human Rights and the role of regional and local authorities in managing religious pluralism;
– scrutinizing the issues of anti-religious racism, right-wing extremism, radicalization and fundamentalism;
– interrogating the treatment of various religious identities and different secular identities in host societies;
– exploring the relations between religions and gender in the context of migration;
– examining the implications for how immigrants, belonging both to first- and second-generations, (re)configure religious arrangements in the context of anti-immigrant discourse;
– contributing to an innovative research agenda on to what extent religions matter in migrants’ daily life.
Other topics related to the theme of the conference are also welcomed.
Beside papers, session /panel proposals are welcomed too.
PhD students and post-doc fellows are particularly encouraged to submit a paper. There is a possibility to propose also a poster session, including work in progress. The best poster will get a small, but nice prize.
A specific workshop will be organized on “Mixed-methods in exploring religiousness within diaspora communities” for non-academic researchers.
We look forward to your proposals and to welcoming you in Turin!
Roberta Ricucci & Siniša Zrinšcak
(ESA – RN34 Coordinator & Vice-Coordinator)
Abstract/panel session submission deadline: January 10th, 2018
Abstracts of papers should be of max 300 words;
Session/panel proposals (including: convener and at maximum 4 speakers) should be of max 700 words. Please send your abstracts to turin2018.rn34@gmail.com
We kindly ask you to circulate the call among your colleagues and PhD students.
[ Informação Fundación iS+D ]
Convocatoria de artículos: Revista Prisma Social – Nº 20 “Envejecimiento y Género: Investigación y Evaluación de Programas”
Desde la Fundación iS+D para la Investigación Social Avanzada les informamos de que tienen la oportunidad de presentar artículos para el Número 20 de la Revista Prisma Social, revista de Ciencias Sociales e investigación social (ISSN 1989-3469), coordinado por Mª Silveria Agulló Tomás (Profesora titular, dpto. Análisis Social. Doctora en Sociología/Psicología Social-UCM. Master en «Evaluation and Social Research», Univ. of North London. Subdirectora del Instituto Univ. de Estudios de Género de la UC3M. Programa ENCAGE-CM, España), Vanessa Zorrilla Muñoz (Doctora en Análisis y Evaluación en Procesos Políticos y Sociales por la UC3M y Doctora en Ingeniería Mecánica por la UNEX. Profesora y consultora. Investigadora del Instituto Universitario de Estudios de Género de la UC3M y del Programa ENCAGE-CM), España) y Victoria Gómez García (Profesora titular, dpto. Análisis Social, UC3M. PhD University of Stirling-Escocia, MsC Urban Studies Oxford Brookes University. Investigadora del Instituto Universitario de Estudios de Género de la Univ. Carlos III de Madrid y del Programa ENCAGE-CM), España).
DATOS CLAVE
Nº 20 | Envejecimiento y Género: Investigación y Evaluación de Programas
Fecha de publicación: Junio de 2018.
Fecha límite de recepción de propuestas:
– Resúmenes: 1 de marzo de 2018.
– Trabajos completos (tras la aceptación del resumen previo): 1 de abril de 2018.
Más información en http://isdfundacion.org/2017/11/07/convocatoria-de-articulos-revista-prisma-social-no-20-envejecimiento-y-genero-investigacion-y-evaluacion-de-programas/