The Vienna Journal of African Studies published a call for papers for a special issue on social movements in Africa.
Deadline for abstracts of about 500 words: December 15
For more information, click on the link below.
Calls for papers
CfP: Feminism, women’s movements and women in movement
CALL FOR PAPERS, ISSUE 3/2 OF INTERFACE: A JOURNAL FOR AND ABOUT SOCIAL MOVEMENTS (DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS MAY 2011) „FEMINISM, WOMEN’S MOVEMENTS AND WOMEN IN MOVEMENT“
Issue editors: Catherine Eschle, Cristina Flesher Fominaya, Sara Motta, Laurence Cox
Feminist theory is a direct product of women’s movements, which in turn have been among the most powerful movements of recent decades and have had dramatic effects across societies. Despite this, much contemporary feminist theory avoids questions of collective agency, and is often disconnected from movement activism. Conversely most scholarship on social movements ignores feminist analysis or at best includes it as an add-on question about gendered participation. Arguably, such scholarship is reliant on restrictive conceptual frames that result in the invisibilisation, de-legitimisation and silencing of contemporary forms of feminism, women’s movement and women in movement. Both frameworks are therefore weak on understanding and conceptualising the nature of contemporary feminism-as-movement, engaging with women’s agency in the construction of new forms of popular politics and opening up productive questions about political strategy.
Panels at the political sociology section, ECPR General Conference 2011
At the ECPR General Conference in Reykjavik 2011, 8 panels are organized in the political sociology section. Click on the panel title to get more information.
Bringing ethnography back in: ethnographic approaches in political science (Martina Avanza, University of Lausanne, Alexandre Lambelet, Florida State University)
Exiting political violence (Lorenzo Bosi, European University Institute, Niall Ó Dochartaigh, National University of Ireland)
Intergenerational Continuities in Political Participation: Do Activists’ Children become Activists? (Julie Pagis, CNRS CERAPS, Laura Stoker (University of California, Berkeley)
Journalism vs Social Science ? Journalists and Researchers (Erik Neveu, IEP Rennes, Eric Darras, IEP Toulouse)
Political Parties, Resources and Context: Campaigning in Democratic Regimes (Oscar Mazzoleni, University of Lausanne, Günther Pallaver, University of Innsbruck)
Political Representation of Societal Cleavages (Daniel Gaxie, Paris I)
Post-conflict justice under the gaze of political sociology. (Briony Jones, University of Manchester, Cécile Jouhanneau, Sciences Po Paris)
Social and Political Networks: Ethnography of the Political Field (Lucie Bargel, University of Nice, Stéphane Latté, Université de Haute-Alsace)