SOCIAL MOVEMENTS CONFERENCE - CALL FOR PAPERS
From 1995 to 2003, Manchester Metropolitan University hosted a series of
very successful annual international conferences on 'ALTERNATIVE FUTURES
and POPULAR PROTEST'. The Tenth conference, planned for April 2004, had to
be cancelled.
We're very happy to announce that the Tenth conference will now be held,
between Wednesday 30th March and Friday 1st April 2005.
The Conference rubric remains as in previous years. The aim is to explore
the dynamics of popular movements, along with the ideas which animate
their activists and supporters and which contribute to shaping their fate.
Reflecting the inherent cross-disciplinary nature of the issues, previous
participants (from over 40 countries) have come from such specialisms as
sociology, politics, cultural studies, social psychology, economics,
history and geography. The Manchester conferences have also been notable
for discovering a fruitful and friendly meeting ground between activism
and academia.
CALL FOR PAPERS
We invite offers of papers relevant to the conference themes. Papers
should address such matters as: * contemporary and historical social
movements and popular protests* social movement theory * utopias and
experiments
* ideologies of collective action* etc.To offer a paper, please contact
either of the conference convenors with a brief abstract:
EITHER Colin Barker, Dept. of Sociology OR Mike Tyldesley, Dept. of
Politics and Philosophy Manchester Metropolitan University Geoffrey
Manton Building, Rosamond Street West Manchester M15 6LL, England
email: c.barker@mmu.ac.uk Tel: M. Tyldesley 0161 247 3438 email:
m.tyldesley@mmu.ac.uk Fax: 0161 247 6312 (+44 161 247 6312) (Wherever
possible, please use email, especially as Colin Barker is now a retired
gent, only occasionally collecting physical mail from the Department.)
CONFERENCE PAPERSThose giving papers are asked to supply them in advance,
for inclusion in the bound volumes of papers which will be available from
the conference opening.
* Preferred method: send the paper to Colin Barker as an email attachment
in Word.
* if this is impossible, post two single-spaced copies, on A4 or US Letter
paper, with one inch margins, and with a copy of the text on a DOS disk in
MS Word format
* Word limit 7,000 words (including notes etc.)
* Final date for receipt of abstracts: Monday 31st January 2005
* Final date for receipt of actual papers: Monday 7th March 2005*
Participants who do not supply their papers by the final date are asked to
bring 50 copies to the Conference for distribution. Advance submission is
much preferred, since the bound volumes of papers are sent to the British
Library but loose papers are excluded.FURTHER INFORMATION
A selection of papers from the 1995 conference appeared in early 1996 as:
Colin Barker & Paul Kennedy (eds.), To Make Another World: Studies in
Protest & Collective Action, Avebury, 1996
Manchester University Press published a volume of papers inspired by
previous conferences: Colin Barker, Alan Johnson & Michael Lavalette,
eds., Leadership in Social Movements (MUP, 2001).
A few recent sets of conference papers (two vols. in each year, 25.00
each set, post free) may still be obtained from Colin Barker. Email in
advance to check availability. Cheques with orders, please, to Manchester
Metropolitan University. Please order direct rather than through
booksellers.
CONFERENCE ARRANGEMENTS AND COSTSThe conference will run from lunch-time
Wednesday 30th March to lunch-time Friday 1st April 2005.
Cost, inclusive of three lunches, teas/coffees and copies of the bound
Proceedings, will be 110 (students 72).
Bed and Breakfast accommodation in student bedrooms can be booked through
the conference organizers at nearby UMIST, at 30 per night. Delegates
preferring ensuite hotel accommodation should make their own bookings. The
most convenient hotel is IBIS, Charles Street, Manchester M1 7DG (tel 0161
272 5000).
Conference participants will be invited to dine together at two local (and
not too expensive) restaurants on the two conference evenings. Payment for
dinners should not be made in advance, but directly to the restaurants on
the night.
BOOKING FORM
ALTERNATIVE FUTURES and POPULAR PROTEST X30 March to 1 April 2005
Name __________________________________
Address _________________________________
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__________________ postcode_________
Tel No. _____________________________
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Conference fee 110.00 ............. Student
fee (post- & under-grad) 72.00 ............. Bed
and Breakfast Wednesday night 30.00
............. Thursday night 30.00
............. TOTAL
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Cheques should be made payable to "Manchester Metropolitan University"
Credit Card payment (Visa and Mastercard only)
Card Number ......... ......... ......... .........
Expiry Date ...... / ......
Please let us know of any dietary or other requirements.
Please return the Booking Form to Colin Barker (address above)