[ecrea] Call for Papers: VIII Annual Social Theory Forum

> We wish to draw your attention to a dynamic 
> conference coming up at the University of Massachusetts, Boston in April 2011.
>
> The Social Theory Forum is an annual 
> international conference that creatively 
> explores, develops, promotes and publishes 
> cross-disciplinary social theory in an applied and critical framework.
>
> DETAILS­AND THE COMPLETE CALL FOR PAPERS­APPEAR BELOW.
>
> Please send a one-page abstract or proposal as 
> an email attachment (MS Word Format) to 
> Conference Organizers­Professors Jorge Capetillo 
> and Glenn Jacobs­at 
> <mailto:(SocialTheoryAbstracts /at/ libraryofsocialscience.com)>(SocialTheoryAbstracts /at/ libraryofsocialscience.com).
>
> The deadline is January 15, 2010. However, we 
> know that scholars often send proposals a few 
> days before the deadline. We would be grateful, 
> therefore, if you can send your proposal by 
> December 22, 2010 (one month from now, three 
> days before Christmas). This will facilitate 
> planning of the conference­as well as of the 
> publication that will be based on the papers.
>
> This is a wonderful opportunity to visit 
> Boston­and to participate in an exciting meeting 
> exploring contemporary social theory.
>
> With regards,
> Hugh Galford, Marketing Director
> Library of Social Science
> 718-393-1104
>
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> Call for Papers
>
> The VIII Annual SOCIAL THEORY FORUM
> University of Massachusetts Boston
>   April 13 and 14, 2011
>
> Italian Social Theory: from
> Antonio Gramsci to Giorgio Agamben
>
>
> Organizing Committee
>
> Jorge Capetillo, Ph.D. Associate Professor of 
> Sociology, University of Massachusetts Boston
>
> Spencer M. DiScala, Ph.D.  Professor of History, 
> University of Massachusetts Boston
>
> Glenn Jacobs, Ph.D.  Associate Professor of 
> Sociology, University of Massachusetts Boston
>
> Charles Lemert, Ph.D.  John E Andrus Professor 
> of Sociology, Wesleyan University
>
> Siamak Movahedi, Ph.D.  Professor of Sociology, 
> University of Massachusetts Boston
>
> Alessandro Orsini, Ph.D. Professor of Political 
> Sociology, University of Rome "Tor Vergata".
>
> Kalpana Seshadri, Ph.D. Associate Professor of English, Boston College
>
>
> The Social Theory Forum cordially invites the 
> submission of papers and proposals for its 8th 
> annual meeting, to be held April 13-14, 2011 at 
> the University of Massachusetts Boston. The 
> theme of the conference is: Italian Social 
> Theory from Antonio Gramsci to Giorgio Agamben. 
> We invite proposals addressing the span of 
> modern Italian social theory, including but not 
> limited to thinkers such as Galvano Della Volpe, 
> Norberto Bobbio, Paolo Virno, Giovanni Arrighi, 
> Antonio Negri, and Umberto Eco.
>
> Relevant themes may include: hegemony, culture 
> wars, neo-Gramscianism and international 
> relations, globalization, shifts in global 
> capitalism; biopolitics, homo sacer, 
> immigration, ethnicity and the war on terror, 
> resistance, state sovereignty and power, 
> nationalism, propaganda and agitation, Negri?s 
> theory of ?exodus?; technology experience, 
> social media, digital labor, and Agamben?s ?bare life.?
>
> Conference organizers also welcome topics 
> bearing on the relevance of Italian Social 
> Thought for the understanding of cultural 
> studies, semiotics, textual analysis, 
> linguistics, structuralism, psychoanalysis, and 
> literary criticism in contemporary scholarship and scientific research.
>
> The conference will feature both invited and 
> submitted papers and presentations, as well as 
> audiovisual materials. Please send a one-page 
> abstract or proposals as email attachment (MS 
> Word Format) to Conference Organizers­Professors 
> Jorge Capetillo and Glenn Jacobs­at 
> <mailto:(SocialTheoryAbstracts /at/ libraryofsocialscience.com)>(SocialTheoryAbstracts /at/ libraryofsocialscience.com).
>
> Upon selection and notification of approval by 
> the organizing committee, submitters must send 
> completed presentation paper manuscripts (12-15 
> pages, preferably in ASA format) by March 15, 2011.
>
> We are in the process of securing a publishing 
> venue for selected papers. Papers will be 
> anonymously peer-reviewed for possible 
> publication. Details will be announced prior to the conference.
>
> About the Social Theory Forum
> Department of Sociology
> University of Massachusetts Boston
>
> Histories of sociology describe how the 
> discipline formed through nineteenth century 
> struggles to understand the combined upheavals 
> of socio-political revolutions and global 
> expansion of the industrial revolution. These 
> events radically altered established orders and 
> posed questions that remain with us today: 
> class, race, gender, and processes of social 
> change, among others. The twentieth century 
> brought even more tumultuous change, bringing 
> with it great implications for social theory.
>
> The Social Theory Forum (STF) is an annual 
> international conference organized jointly by 
> the sociology and other departments, interested 
> faculty and students at University of 
> Massachusetts Boston, in order to creatively 
> explore, develop, promote, and publish 
> cross-disciplinary social theory in an applied 
> and critical framework. STF offers faculty and 
> students of UMass Boston and other national and 
> international colleges and universities an 
> interactive medium to discuss various aspects of 
> the way in which particular theoretical 
> traditions can be relevant to present everyday 
> issues, as well as to the current state and the future of social theory.
>
> STF?s goals are:
>    * To critically engage with and evaluate 
> classical and contemporary social theories in a 
> cross-disciplinary and comparative 
> cross-cultural framework in order to develop 
> new integrative theoretical structures and practices;
>    * To foster individual and collective 
> self-reflexivity in exploring social theories 
> in global and world-historical contexts to aid 
> people effectively address social problems;
>    * To foster an interactive and dialogical 
> learning experience and research in theory 
> within and across faculty, students, and 
> community divides on and off campus; and
>    * To foster exchange of ideas open to 
> constructive and integrative exploration of 
> diverse and conflicting viewpoints, modes of thinking, and world-views.
>
> _______________________________________
>
> Correspondence address
> Attn.: Social Theory Forum
> Department of Sociology
> University of Massachusetts Boston
> 100 Morrissey Boulevard
> Boston, MA 02125
>
> <http://www.umb.edu/>www.umb.edu