British Sociological Association Annual Conference 2009
Thursday 16th – Saturday 18th April 2009 @ Cardiff City Hall, Cardiff
The 2009 Conference is a new way of organising the annual conference of the Association. Instead of the conference being organised under a single conference theme, participants can present on whatever topics they wish within broad streams (and open streams) that reflect the core research areas of the membership:
- Consumption
- Culture, Media and Society
- Economy and Society
- Education
- Generations and the Lifecourse
- Medicine, Health and Illness
- Methods
- Religion
- Theory
- Science and Technology Studies Social Divisions / Social Identities
- Social Relationships
- Space, Mobility and Place
- Open Stream(s)
All BSA study groups have been strongly encouraged to contribute posters/ papers and other activities addressed to these streams. There will also be opportunities for study groups to meet independently.
Plenary speakers at the conference have been confirmed as Patricia Hill Collins from the University of Maryland, USA and Boaventura de Sousa Santos from the University of Coimbra, Portugal and University of Madison-Wisconsin, USA. They will speak on topics relating to the 2009 conference theme:
The Challenge of Global Social Inquiry
Within each of the main streams a sub-plenary will be organised to address the Conference theme. These sub-plenaries will be staggered across the Conference timetable.
Further information available from: BSA Website
E-mail: BSAConference@britsoc.org.uk
