Conference announcement
Religion, politics and the postsecular city
Groningen, The Netherlands, 12-15 November 2008
With support from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
Chairs:
Justin Beaumont, Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Arie L. Molendijk, Theology and Religious Studies, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Confirmed speakers include:
James A. Beckford, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of Warwick, UK
Paul Cloke, Geography, University of Exeter, UK
Harvey G. Cox, Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, US
Kim Knott, Theology and Religious Studies, University of Leeds, UK
David Martin, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, UK
Birgit Meyer, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Free University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Edward W. Soja, Urban Planning, University of California at Los Angeles, US
Theme:
Claims are increasingly made these days about the possibilities of religions in general and faith-based organizations (FBOs) in particular, for tackling social and political issues such as poverty, injustice, discrimination, and racism. The Economist recently devoted a special report to religion and public life across the globe. Combined with recent governments in the US and the UK revalorizing FBOs and “faith communities” in matters of social policy, urban regeneration and social cohesion in state-regulated urban policies, the European public sphere is dense with unresolved questions about the ways religions are imbricated in the social and political concerns of the day. Despite these developments contemporary relations between religion, politics and urban societies remain poorly understood. The conference brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines to theorize the changing and mutually constitutive relations between religion, politics and urban societies in ways that transcend the urban as merely built environment and physical form. The primary focus is relations between the ascendancy of public religions, deprivatization of religions and theorizations of modernity and modernities to gain sense of the postsecular city, with the closely related and more empirically relevant role of FBOs in tackling social and political issues in across various cities today. International publications are envisaged from the event.
A number of seats are available for non-speaking participants and the closing date for registration is: 27 October 2008.
Registration fee which includes coffee/tea and conference materials: regular rate (€100), (PhD) student rate (€25)
For further information please contact Ms. M. Wubbolts (m.r.b.wubbolts@rug.nl)
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Faculty of Spatial Sciences
University of Groningen
The Netherlands
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International Conference: Religion, Politics and the Postsecular City, Groningen, 12-15 November 2008
EU-7FP FACIT project: Faith-based organizations and exclusion in European cities
Book Reviews Editor: Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie (TESG)
Wednesday 4 June 2008
Postdoctoral Scholarship: Space, the city and organization
Posted on behalf of Dr. Timon Beyes, who is currently a visiting
Leverhulme Fellow in the Department of Geography at Swansea University.
Postdoctoral Scholarship: Space, the city and organization
The Haniel Foundation (Germany), the University of St. Gallen
(Switzerland) and the Leuphana University Lueneburg (Germany) invite
applications to a 12 months-Postdoctoral program dedicated to “Space, the
city and organization”. The scholarship is scheduled for the academic year
of 2008/09, to start on October 1, 2008.
The last years brought a renaissance of “space” as conceptual and
analytical category as well as renewed attention to the spatiality of
human life. Viewing space as an ongoing area of activity, the city as
organizing platform is now (again) at the forefront of debate in the
social and human sciences.
Applicants for the Postdoctoral Scholarship must hold a PhD in the Social
Sciences or the Humanities and should have a number of publications in
either of these fields. The ideal candidate should have a strong
interdisciplinary interest in the issues outlined above. Furthermore, the
candidate would be a productive and independent person preparing for an
international academic career. The successful applicant will be based at
the University of St. Gallen’s Center for Social Enterprise. The duration
of the PostDoc-Scholarship is for a minimum of one year with the
posssibility for extension. The salary is 2500 EUR per month and also
covers travel expenses.
Furthermore, the prospective scholar will be involved in setting up a
seminar series at the universities in St. Gallen and Lueneburg, bringing
together an international group of leading researchers in the field of
spatial and urban theory to share their insights and ideas.
Interested candidates should electronically submit application documents
along with a brief outline of research interests – and the corresponding
research intentions as regards the scholarship – to Dr. Timon Beyes
(timon.beyes@unisg.ch). Please send pdf-files only. Applications must be
received no later than June 20, 2007.
Both Universities are committed to increase the number of women in science
and therefore encourage women to apply for this PostDoc position.
Dr Richard G. Smith,
Senior Lecturer in Human Geography,
Centre for Urban Theory,
Department of Geography,
School of Environment & Society
Swansea University,
Singleton Park,
Swansea,
SA28PP,
UK
Email: r.g.smith@swan.ac.uk
Tel: +44(0)1792 602558
Fax: +44(0)1792 295955
Web Page:
http://www.swan.ac.uk/staff/academic/EnvironmentSociety/Geography/smithrich
ardg/
Forthcoming Book, Jean Baudrillard: Fatal Theories:
http://www.routledgesociology.com/books/Jean-Baudrillard-isbn9780415464420
Forthcoming Event (welcoming Paper & Poster Submissions), UGRG Annual
Conference "Urban MultipliCITIES":
http://www.urban-geography.org.uk/
Leverhulme Fellow in the Department of Geography at Swansea University.
Postdoctoral Scholarship: Space, the city and organization
The Haniel Foundation (Germany), the University of St. Gallen
(Switzerland) and the Leuphana University Lueneburg (Germany) invite
applications to a 12 months-Postdoctoral program dedicated to “Space, the
city and organization”. The scholarship is scheduled for the academic year
of 2008/09, to start on October 1, 2008.
The last years brought a renaissance of “space” as conceptual and
analytical category as well as renewed attention to the spatiality of
human life. Viewing space as an ongoing area of activity, the city as
organizing platform is now (again) at the forefront of debate in the
social and human sciences.
Applicants for the Postdoctoral Scholarship must hold a PhD in the Social
Sciences or the Humanities and should have a number of publications in
either of these fields. The ideal candidate should have a strong
interdisciplinary interest in the issues outlined above. Furthermore, the
candidate would be a productive and independent person preparing for an
international academic career. The successful applicant will be based at
the University of St. Gallen’s Center for Social Enterprise. The duration
of the PostDoc-Scholarship is for a minimum of one year with the
posssibility for extension. The salary is 2500 EUR per month and also
covers travel expenses.
Furthermore, the prospective scholar will be involved in setting up a
seminar series at the universities in St. Gallen and Lueneburg, bringing
together an international group of leading researchers in the field of
spatial and urban theory to share their insights and ideas.
Interested candidates should electronically submit application documents
along with a brief outline of research interests – and the corresponding
research intentions as regards the scholarship – to Dr. Timon Beyes
(timon.beyes@unisg.ch). Please send pdf-files only. Applications must be
received no later than June 20, 2007.
Both Universities are committed to increase the number of women in science
and therefore encourage women to apply for this PostDoc position.
Dr Richard G. Smith,
Senior Lecturer in Human Geography,
Centre for Urban Theory,
Department of Geography,
School of Environment & Society
Swansea University,
Singleton Park,
Swansea,
SA28PP,
UK
Email: r.g.smith@swan.ac.uk
Tel: +44(0)1792 602558
Fax: +44(0)1792 295955
Web Page:
http://www.swan.ac.uk/staff/academic/EnvironmentSociety/Geography/smithrich
ardg/
Forthcoming Book, Jean Baudrillard: Fatal Theories:
http://www.routledgesociology.com/books/Jean-Baudrillard-isbn9780415464420
Forthcoming Event (welcoming Paper & Poster Submissions), UGRG Annual
Conference "Urban MultipliCITIES":
http://www.urban-geography.org.uk/
Urban Geography Research Group Annual Conference
Urban Geography Research Group Annual Conference
6-7 November 2008
Queen Mary, University of London
Call for Contributions
Building on two earlier conferences - Paradigmatic Cities? and Approaching
the City - this year's UGRG conference aims to examine the multiplicities
of 'the urban'. Rather than the unitary object implied by the terms 'the
urban' or 'the city', multiple urbanisms are currently being called forth
by research that, for instance: challenges conventional representations
and hierarchies of cities; 'parochialises' cities of 'the North'; develops
research into 'ordinary cities'; uncovers/explores diverse ways of
inhabiting urban space; re-examines urban histories; or employs inventive
methods of investigating urban experiences.
Urban MultipliCITIES aims to bring some of these proliferating fields into
creative contact, and we are seeking contributions from a wide range of
urban research that reflect the rich variety of work being undertaken in
the field. Topics and methodologies might include (but are in no way
restricted to):
* gender and sexuality
* methods: e.g. visual, aural, tactile, oral, performative, participatory
* non-'Western' urban experiences
* poetics and politics of urban imaginaries
* post-coloniality
* regeneration projects and everyday life
* socio-technical materialities
* suburban studies
* practice, activism and politics
Over two days, the conference will take the form of keynote presentations,
shorter papers, and include a poster session by postgraduate students. We
hope to leave plenty of time for discussion, stimulated by papers that
engage with Urban Multiplicities - in research, methods or practice.
Papers are welcomed from researchers (including PhDs) at any stage of
their careers, but the Poster Session is specifically designed for
postgraduates.
If you would like to contribute a PAPER or a POSTER, contact Margo Huxley
at M.Huxley@sheffield.ac.uk or Richard Smith at R.G.Smith@swansea.ac.uk
Deadline for 250 word Abstracts is Friday 19 September 2008
Dr Richard G. Smith,
Senior Lecturer in Human Geography,
Centre for Urban Theory,
Department of Geography,
School of Environment & Society
Swansea University,
Singleton Park,
Swansea,
SA28PP,
UK
Email: r.g.smith@swan.ac.uk
Tel: +44(0)1792 602558
Fax: +44(0)1792 295955
Web Page:
http://www.swan.ac.uk/staff/academic/EnvironmentSociety/Geography/smithrich
ardg/
Forthcoming Book, Jean Baudrillard: Fatal Theories:
http://www.routledgesociology.com/books/Jean-Baudrillard-isbn9780415464420
Forthcoming Event (welcoming Paper & Poster Submissions), UGRG Annual
Conference "Urban MultipliCITIES":
http://www.urban-geography.org.uk/
6-7 November 2008
Queen Mary, University of London
Call for Contributions
Building on two earlier conferences - Paradigmatic Cities? and Approaching
the City - this year's UGRG conference aims to examine the multiplicities
of 'the urban'. Rather than the unitary object implied by the terms 'the
urban' or 'the city', multiple urbanisms are currently being called forth
by research that, for instance: challenges conventional representations
and hierarchies of cities; 'parochialises' cities of 'the North'; develops
research into 'ordinary cities'; uncovers/explores diverse ways of
inhabiting urban space; re-examines urban histories; or employs inventive
methods of investigating urban experiences.
Urban MultipliCITIES aims to bring some of these proliferating fields into
creative contact, and we are seeking contributions from a wide range of
urban research that reflect the rich variety of work being undertaken in
the field. Topics and methodologies might include (but are in no way
restricted to):
* gender and sexuality
* methods: e.g. visual, aural, tactile, oral, performative, participatory
* non-'Western' urban experiences
* poetics and politics of urban imaginaries
* post-coloniality
* regeneration projects and everyday life
* socio-technical materialities
* suburban studies
* practice, activism and politics
Over two days, the conference will take the form of keynote presentations,
shorter papers, and include a poster session by postgraduate students. We
hope to leave plenty of time for discussion, stimulated by papers that
engage with Urban Multiplicities - in research, methods or practice.
Papers are welcomed from researchers (including PhDs) at any stage of
their careers, but the Poster Session is specifically designed for
postgraduates.
If you would like to contribute a PAPER or a POSTER, contact Margo Huxley
at M.Huxley@sheffield.ac.uk or Richard Smith at R.G.Smith@swansea.ac.uk
Deadline for 250 word Abstracts is Friday 19 September 2008
Dr Richard G. Smith,
Senior Lecturer in Human Geography,
Centre for Urban Theory,
Department of Geography,
School of Environment & Society
Swansea University,
Singleton Park,
Swansea,
SA28PP,
UK
Email: r.g.smith@swan.ac.uk
Tel: +44(0)1792 602558
Fax: +44(0)1792 295955
Web Page:
http://www.swan.ac.uk/staff/academic/EnvironmentSociety/Geography/smithrich
ardg/
Forthcoming Book, Jean Baudrillard: Fatal Theories:
http://www.routledgesociology.com/books/Jean-Baudrillard-isbn9780415464420
Forthcoming Event (welcoming Paper & Poster Submissions), UGRG Annual
Conference "Urban MultipliCITIES":
http://www.urban-geography.org.uk/
Regen Seminar Glasgow
Seminar on regeneration that may be of interest to you....
DEPARTMENT of URBAN STUDIES
Seminar Series: May-June 2008
New Approaches to Regeneration in Scotland and England: Single Outcome
Agreements and Local Area Agreements in Comparative Perspective
Alisdair McIntosh (Housing and Regeneration Directorate, Scottish
Government)
Helen Sullivan (Cities Research Centre, University West of England)
Friday, 13 June 2008 2.00-4.30 p.m.
Room T316, Adam Smith Building
Abstract
The last five years have seen enormous changes to the way regeneration is
done at the neighbourhood level across the UK. The end of intensive
area-based initiatives and the development of local-authority wide and
Single Outcome Agreements/ Local Area Agreements within the context of
strategic partnerships raise important questions as to how regeneration is
carried out. This seminar seeks to reflect on experience thus far:
particularly the lessons from the Regeneration Outcome Agreements developed
for community regeneration activity in Scotland as well as the first round
of Single Outcome Agreements submitted to the Scottish Government in spring
2008. The seminar will also consider experience from England, especially of
LSPs and Local Area Agreements. Key questions for debate and discussion
include:-
. The nature and development of governance relationships between
national government, local authorities, and localities.
. The role of partnerships and local authorities within governance as
the role and existence of QUANGOs and executive agencies is changing
. The emphasis placed on the fortunes of deprived communities within
new government performance frameworks.
For further details of this Seminar (including final confirmation) please
contact Betty Johnstone (b.johnstone@lbss.gla.ac.uk) on 330 4121. After the
Seminar, refreshments will be served in Coffee Area of 25 Bute Gardens.
DEPARTMENT of URBAN STUDIES
Seminar Series: May-June 2008
New Approaches to Regeneration in Scotland and England: Single Outcome
Agreements and Local Area Agreements in Comparative Perspective
Alisdair McIntosh (Housing and Regeneration Directorate, Scottish
Government)
Helen Sullivan (Cities Research Centre, University West of England)
Friday, 13 June 2008 2.00-4.30 p.m.
Room T316, Adam Smith Building
Abstract
The last five years have seen enormous changes to the way regeneration is
done at the neighbourhood level across the UK. The end of intensive
area-based initiatives and the development of local-authority wide and
Single Outcome Agreements/ Local Area Agreements within the context of
strategic partnerships raise important questions as to how regeneration is
carried out. This seminar seeks to reflect on experience thus far:
particularly the lessons from the Regeneration Outcome Agreements developed
for community regeneration activity in Scotland as well as the first round
of Single Outcome Agreements submitted to the Scottish Government in spring
2008. The seminar will also consider experience from England, especially of
LSPs and Local Area Agreements. Key questions for debate and discussion
include:-
. The nature and development of governance relationships between
national government, local authorities, and localities.
. The role of partnerships and local authorities within governance as
the role and existence of QUANGOs and executive agencies is changing
. The emphasis placed on the fortunes of deprived communities within
new government performance frameworks.
For further details of this Seminar (including final confirmation) please
contact Betty Johnstone (b.johnstone@lbss.gla.ac.uk) on 330 4121. After the
Seminar, refreshments will be served in Coffee Area of 25 Bute Gardens.
POLICY & POLITICS: CALL FOR "THEMED SECTION" PROPOSALS
+++ Apologies for cross-posting +++
POLICY & POLITICS
CALL FOR "THEMED SECTION" PROPOSALS
Deadline: 30 June 2008
Policy & Politics is a leading international and multi-disciplinary journal
analysing the theory, origins and impact of public policy. The journal
focuses on topical issues that cut across a wide range of policy areas
including governance and democracy, state and civil society, globalisation
and internationalisation, policy making and implementation.
We are currently inviting proposals to form a 'themed section' within the
journal. We are planning to publish 4 to 5 related papers with a short
editorial by a guest editor. Likely publication date will be either October
2009 or January 2010. Proposals should contain a name and affiliation of
the guest editor; a title for the themed section; a brief description of
the theme including its topicality and originality; and titles and
(confirmed) author names of the papers.
The deadline of the proposals is 30 June 2008. For further details, please
contact the editor, Misa Izuhara (M.Izuhara@bristol.ac.uk), Policy &
Politics
POLICY & POLITICS
CALL FOR "THEMED SECTION" PROPOSALS
Deadline: 30 June 2008
Policy & Politics is a leading international and multi-disciplinary journal
analysing the theory, origins and impact of public policy. The journal
focuses on topical issues that cut across a wide range of policy areas
including governance and democracy, state and civil society, globalisation
and internationalisation, policy making and implementation.
We are currently inviting proposals to form a 'themed section' within the
journal. We are planning to publish 4 to 5 related papers with a short
editorial by a guest editor. Likely publication date will be either October
2009 or January 2010. Proposals should contain a name and affiliation of
the guest editor; a title for the themed section; a brief description of
the theme including its topicality and originality; and titles and
(confirmed) author names of the papers.
The deadline of the proposals is 30 June 2008. For further details, please
contact the editor, Misa Izuhara (M.Izuhara@bristol.ac.uk), Policy &
Politics
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