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The 25th Qualitative Analysis Conference will be jointly hosted by the Department of Sociology, University of New Brunswick, and the Atlantic Centre for Qualitative Research and Analysis, St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada from May 21st to May 24th 2008. The 2008 Qualitatives will celebrate both the 25th anniversary of the conference and the 85th anniversary of the publication of Nels Anderson's The Hobo, one of the Chicago School ethnographies. In order to celebrate this special anniversary, we have significantly expanded the themed portion of the program and have confirmed the participation of an exciting array of speakers. The conference remains the major Canadian venue for the presentation of qualitative research of all types and across diverse disciplines. The conference theme, The Chicago School & Beyond, pays homage to the Chicago School roots of the conference while remaining open to research using other forms of qualitative inquiry. We welcome papers from both novice and veteran qualitative researchers on:
- any substantive topic
- qualitative research design and methodology
- the history and impact of the Chicago School of Sociology
- the life and contribution of Nels Anderson
- Presenting author's family name, given name, initials
- Institutional affiliation and department
- Title of paper
- Brief abstract 150-200 words. Include a clear statement of the research design employed and the methods of data collection used in the study on which your paper is based
- Full names and contact information for all authors (phone, fax, email, post)
American Sociological Association Annual Meetings in Boston
August 1-4, 2008
See the official Call for Papers for information on sessions and how to submi your paper. Particularly note the session on "The History of Sociology/Social Thought" and the session entitled "From Kansas' Elements of Sociology to ASA's Teaching Resource Center: The History of Teaching and Learning in Sociology," both of which will be accepting submissions until January 16, 2008.
PERSPECTIVES FROM THE PERIPHERY: An International Conference on the History of Sociology and the Social Sciences
ISA RCHS Interim Conference
Umeå University, Sweden, August 21-24, 2008
In August 21-24, 2008, the Interim Conference of the International Sociological Association's (ISA) Research Committee on the History of Sociology (RCHS) will take place at Umeå University, Sweden. The conference will be thematically focused on "Perspectives from the Periphery".
In the centre of attention will be issues related to different geographical, social, disciplinary and temporal peripheries. How is the local related to the global? Is there a political geography of social theory? In what ways have gender, ethnicity and class structured the production of social knowledge -- and our understandings of it? What do experiences from the non-western margins say about today's spatial and temporal limits, and power relations? Is a trans-national history of the social sciences without a cognitive centre possible, and how would in that case such a history look like?
The conference especially welcomes papers related to one or several of the following sub-themes and topics. But since the aim of the conference is to offer an open and inclusive understanding, papers on other aspects of the history of sociology and the social sciences are welcome as well:
- Geographical peripheries: history of sociology and the social sciences in Sweden and other small or non-western countries; glocal and/or postcolonial perspectives, etc.
- Social peripheries: women as forgotten pioneers and newcomers on the sociological scene, social scientific couples, class and ethnic perspectives, power relations, etc.
- Institutional peripheries: extra-academic social research; state investigations and non-governmental organisations; disciplinary boundaries and academic hierarchies, etc.
- Temporal peripheries: 1968 -- forty years later; long-term historical perspectives; cultural historical perspectives, etc.
- Prof. Saïd A. Arjomand (Department of Sociology, State University of New York - Stony Brook)
- Prof. Raewyn Connell (Faculty of Education and Social Research, University of Sydney)
- Prof. Johan Heilbron (Centre de sociologie européenne, Paris, and Erasmus University, Roterdam)
- Prof. Eileen Yeo (Department of History, University of Strathclyde)
Submission deadline for paper abstracts: January 31, 2008!
For further information go to the conference website at www.periphery2008.se.
For questions regarding the scientific programme or if you are interested in proposing a session, please contact the conference organisers Prof. Hedvig Ekerwald (Uppsala University), Dr Per Wisselgren (Umeå University) and Prof. Björn Wittrock (SCAS) via email periphery2008@histstud.umu.se.
For practical issues please contact the Conference Secretary Mrs Kaarina Streijffert, Umeå Congress AB, at kaarina.streijffert@umea-congress.se.
If you would like to submit a call for papers, please contact
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