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Sixth Essex Graduate Conference in Political Theory
'Difference, Borders, Others'
13th and 14th May 2005
Guest Speakers:
Bonnie Honig (Northwestern University)
David Owen (University of Southampton)
Ernesto Laclau (University of Essex)
Aletta J. Norval (University of Essex)
The Department of Government (www.essex.ac.uk/government), in collaboration with the Centre for Theoretical Studies (www.essex.ac.uk/centres/TheoStud/) and the Doctoral Programme in Ideology and Discourse Analysis (www.essex.ac.uk/ida), is pleased to invite you to the Sixth Essex Graduate Conference in Political Theory to be held at the University of Essex between the 13th and 14th of May 2005. The conference has achieved a renowned reputation for the quality of the papers presented and the large number of international participants. Previous guest speakers have included Wendy Brown, Judith Squires, Quentin Skinner, Joan Copjec, James Tully, Fred Dallmayr, David Campbell and Chantal Mouffe, among others. The conference provides an important opportunity to engage with the contemporary challenges and possibilities of social and political theory and to exchange views on ongoing research. Papers are encouraged from a wide variety of backgrounds in the field of social and political theory. Broad themes include:
Issues in Political Theory
Inclusion, Exclusion and Representation
Consensus, Agonism and Democracy
Immigration, Ethnicity and Race
Identity Politics and Mobilisation
Modes of Subjectivity and Psychoanalysis
Please send proposed paper abstracts of 300-400 words to the e-mail address given below by Friday 25th March 2005.
Registration form and general information available at: http://www.essex.ac.uk/government/research/conferences.shtm
Conference fees: £25 (Attendance Only); £20 (Paper Givers)
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