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The Department of Sociology at the University of Warwick is organising an advanced summer school for early career researchers and academics, including PhD students and postdoctoral fellows, on 'Theory for a Global Age: Postcolonial and Cosmopolitan Perspectives'.
With globalisation seen to be the existing condition of the world, it is necessary to examine the different theoretical perspectives on globalisation that are emerging from across the world. Two such perspectives are those of postcolonialism and cosmopolitanism. While both perspectives engage with similar questions, they offer different analyses and, significantly, these are offered independently of any engagement between these perspectives. With this advanced summer school we will bring these perspectives into a productive tension with each other while considering some of the most urgent social and political issues facing us today.
The summer school is from 6-10th July 2009 and will take place at Millburn House, University of Warwick. The cost of the summer school is £250 which includes accommodation, breakfast and lunch, and all course materials. Travel costs and evening meals are not included in the price.
The school is organised around guest lectures, seminars and workshops by faculty from the University of Warwick as well as by invited academics internationally recognised in their fields.
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