[Commlist] cfp - International Conference in Ideology and Discourse Analysis 2019

International Conference in Ideology and Discourse Analysis 2019
Logics, Critical Explanation and the Future of Critical Political 
Theory: Applying Discourse Analysis in Multiple Contexts
University of Essex
May 31 - June 1 2019

Call for Papers & Panels
Deadline for paper submissions: February 4, 2019
Deadline for panel proposals: January 14, 2019

The publication of Hegemony and Socialist Strategy in 1985 stimulated 
the emergence of a new post-Marxist approach to social and political 
analysis. It also presented a radical challenge to both the mainstream 
methods of social science and our styles of critical and political 
engagement. In synthesizing key aspects of continental philosophy, 
Marxist political economy, political theory, structural linguistics and 
psychoanalysis, Laclau & Mouffe’s text captured the mood of the times. 
But this ‘originary text’ of the Essex School of Discourse Theory also 
embodies a dramatic provocation for scholars, citizens and political 
projects alike. Indeed, Hegemony and Socialist Strategy produces just as 
many challenges and invitations as it does clear solutions. At the same 
time, much has changed since the 1980s: the fall of communism, the rise 
of neoliberal globalization and its various discontents, not to mention 
the ‘populist moment’ and the threat of catastrophic climate change. Yet 
the relevance of this intervention and its productive reception is still 
pressing today.
This conference marks the 12th anniversary of the publication of another 
key text associated with the Essex School of Discourse Theory: Jason 
Glynos and David Howarth’s Logics of Critical Explanation in Social and 
Political Theory. The ‘logics approach’ addresses important issues of 
method and critique by operationalizing key insights of Laclau and 
Mouffe’s work - and poststructuralism more generally - for the conduct 
of critical empirical research. This text has also served to inspire and 
provoke a new generation of scholars across the globe in a wide range of 
disciplines. It has disclosed new research puzzles and questions, while 
also inviting further inquiry into its founding assumptions and 
empirical applications.
Organized by the IDA PhD Collective at the Centre for Ideology and 
Discourse Analysis, University of Essex, this conference will serve as a 
forum to explore the present and future trajectories of critical 
empirical analysis and political discourse theory. We invite PhD 
students, as well as early career and established researchers, to share 
their findings and experiences of working with the logics approach and 
poststructuralist discourse analysis more generally. We welcome paper 
and panel proposals that address issues of theory, method, and critique, 
whether in the context of case studies or not. (See below for possible 
fields and themes.)
Keynote/Plenary Speakers: Chantal Mouffe, Jodi Dean, Karen West, Jason 
Glynos, David Howarth (more TBC)

For more information and updates about the conference and our centre 
please visit cida-essex.co.uk
DEADLINE for paper abstracts: 4 February 2019, with notifications of 
outcome planned for March 2019
DEADLINE for panel abstracts: 14 January 2019, with notifications of 
outcome planned for February 2019
Paper abstracts: 200 words
Panel abstracts: 400 words. Panel abstracts can include suggested panel 
members, but they can also be ‘open’. Once accepted, panel proposers can 
then advertise through their networks.
Titles and abstracts should be sent to: (cida /at/ essex.ac.uk)
Conference Registration fees
Essex DTC and SeNSS PhD students Free*
Other PhD Students and young researchers £35*
Academics and other participants £90
*Essex DTC and SeNSS PhD students should send evidence of their 
studentship status. Other students must send a valid scanned copy of 
their student ID or a copy of their enrolment confirmation to the cIDA 
Conference Team by midnight (UK time) on 15 February 2019

Indicative Fields & Themes
• Discourse Theory, Materialism and Social Analysis
• Critical Theory (broadly understood)
• Feminism and Gender Politics
• Populism, Collective Action and Social Movements
• Radical Democracy and the Commons
• Lacan and the Critique of Ideology
• Neoliberalism and After
• Global Crises and Challenges (Environment, Migration, Authoritarianism)
• Hegemony and Post-hegemony
• Governance, Governmentality and Power
• Subjectivity, Identity and Agency
• Critical Policy Studies
• Nationalism, Socialism and Neo-Fascism
• The Promises and Perils of Technology
• Media, Representation and the Future of Journalism
• Art History, the Role of the Artist and Curator
• Borders, Frontiers and Transgressions
• Rethinking Organisation and Institutions
• Space, Territoriality and Boundaries
• Critique, Normativity and Emancipation
• Digital Humanities

This conference is supported by the ESRC (Economic and Social Research 
Council) Essex DTC.
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