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5th - 6th June 2008
A two day conference to be held on 5th-6th June 2008.
Representation, participation, freedom, accountability, citizenship, time, responsibility, majority rule ..what happens when people attempt to put these concepts into practice?
Left to right: Karen Celis (Hogeschool Gent, Belgium); Mike Saward (Open University); Anika Gauja (Cambridge University); Brendan Evans (University of Huddersfield); Adriana Jimenez-cuen (London School of Economics); Andrew Clifton (University of Newcastle); John Craig (University of Huddersfield); Albena Kuyumdzhieva (Institute of Pubic Administration and European Integration, Bulgaria); Georgina Blakeley (Open University); Philip Wood (Queens University, Canada); Valerie Bryson (University of Huddersfield); Chris Gifford (University of Huddersfield); Polly Flinders (University of Huddersfield); Peter McLaverty, (Robert Gordon University); Andrew Taylor (University of Sheffield); Esref Aksu (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand); Chris McInerney, (University of Limerick).
This November 2004 conference sought to bring together political theorists and scientists with a range of specialist interests, to assess the implications and impact of feminist critiques for key concepts of political thought.
'The Impact of Feminism' - book cover, which came fom the Just Something for the Girls conference.
In November 2002, the Division of Criminology, Sociology & Politics arranged a follow up conference 'Classic Concepts of the Left' . The conference examined how concepts such as class, exploitation, imperialism are absent from academic and public policy debates on the left as well as the right of British politics. The conference evaluated whether they are indeed obsolete, or whether they can contribute to an understanding of existing society that can help change it for the better.
Professor Valerie Bryson and Dr. Georgina Blakeley at the launch of their book, "Contemporary Political Concepts: A Critical Introduction" which arose out of the Classic Concepts of the Left conference.
Dr. John Craig and Dr. Georgina Blakeley, and Professor Valerie Bryson and Stephen Brown at the Classic Concepts of the Left conference 2002.
'Marx and other Four Letter Words' book cover which arose out of the Classic Concepts of the Left conference.
The 'Apologies for Capitalism?' conference, held in November in 1999, explored the usefulness of concepts such as governance, post-modernism, civil society, citizenship and the Third Way. The conference gave rise to an edited volume: Blakeley, G. and Bryson, V. eds, (2002) Contemporary Political Concepts: A Critical Introduction (Pluto Press)
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