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PAST CONFERENCES

The conferences of the
International Social Theory Consortium
have taken place in


Ames (Iowa, USA)
​Brighton (UK)
Brixen/Bressanone (Italy)
Cambridge (UK)
Chicago (Illinois, USA)
Copenhagen (Denmark)
Cork (Ireland)
Dubrovnik (Croatia)
Innsbruck (Austria)
Knoxville (Tennessee, USA)
Lexington (Kentucky, USA)
Roanoke (Virginia, USA)

St. Augustine (Florida, USA)
Singapore
Tampa (Florida, USA)
and
Toronto (Canada)


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2023

21st Annual Conference

INSECURITY AND THE ECLIPSE OF ENLIGHTENMENT

Conference Web-site
Call for Papers


October 26-28, 2023
Free University of Bolzano
Brixen/Bressanone, Italy

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2022

20th Annual Conference

NAVIGATING THE EMERGING NEW WORLD:
SOCIAL DYNAMICS BETWEEN HUMAN RIGHTS AND DIGITALIZED POWER


Conference Web-site
Call for Papers


June 9-11, 2022
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee
(online)
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2021

19th Annual Conference

DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS . . . DEMOCRACY IN PERIL?

Conference Web-site
Call for Papers


June 17-19, 2021
University of South Florida
Tampa, Florida
(online)

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2019

18th Annual Conference

CAPITALISM, SOCIALISM, AND DEMOCRACY IN THE 21ST CENTURY:
"SYSTEM" AS THE FUTURE OF MODERN SOCIETY?


Conference Web-site
Call for Papers


June 5-7, 2019
Inter-University Center
Dubrovnik, Croatia

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2018

17th Annual Conference

MODERNITY BETWEEN THE DAMAGED LIFE AND SANE SOCIETY:
SOCIAL THEORY IN THE AGE OF URGENCY


Conference Web-site
Call for Papers

June 17-19
Department of Sociology
Loyola University
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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2017

16th Annual Conference

THE FUTURE BETWEEN PROGRESS AND REGRESSION:
FROM PHILOSOPHY TO CRITICAL SOCIAL SCIENCE AND BACK


Conference Web-site
Call for Papers

May 24-26
Department of Sociology
University of Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
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2016

15th Annual Conference

CAPITALISM, CULTURE, AND CRITIQUE

Conference Web-site
Call for Papers

June 9-10
Department of Sociology
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa, USA

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2015

14th Annual Conference

RECONSTUCTING SOCIAL THEORY, HISTORY AND PRACTICE

Conference Web-site
Call for Papers

June 17-19
Department of Sociology
Cambridge University
Cambridge, UK


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2014

13th Annual Conference

GLOBALIZATION, CRITIQUE, AND SOCIAL THEORY
NAVIGATING THE DIVIDE BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE


Conference Web-site

May 15-17
Department of Sociology
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee, USA


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2013

12th Annual Conference
THE SOCIAL PATHOLOGIES OF CONTEMPORARY CIVILIZATION

Call for Papers

June 27-29
Department of Sociology and Social Work
Aalborg University
@
Aalborg University Campus
Copenhagen, Denmark


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2012

11th Annual Conference
THEORY AND POLITICS BETWEEN THE GLOBALIZATION OF MODERNITY
AND STRUGGLES FOR FREEDOM AND CHANGE


Conference Web-site
Call for Papers


May 17-20
Flagler College
St. Augustine, Florida, USA


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2011

10th Annual Conference
METHODS OF THEORIZING
REFLECTIVE SEARCHES FOR WAYS, IDEALS, AND MEASURES

​
Conference Web-site
Call for Papers


June 16-17
School of Sociology & Philosophy
University College Cork
Cork, Ireland


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2010

9th Annual Conference
THE FUTURE OF CAPITALISM AND DEMOCRACY

Call for Papers

June 3-4
Centre for Social and Political Thought
University of Sussex
Brighton, England


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2009

8th Annual Conference
RE-VISIONING THE FUTURE
MODERNITY BETWEEN UTOPIA AND DYSTOPIA


Conference Web-site

May 14-16
Department of Sociology
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee, USA


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2006
THEORIZING POWER IN THE POST 9/11 WORLD

7th Annual Conference

Call for Papers
Program

May 18-21
Alliance for Social, Political, Ethical
and Cultural Thought (ASPECT)
Virginia Tech
@
Roanoke, Virginia, USA


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2005

6th Annual Conference
ALTERNATIVE MODERNITIES:
HOPE FOR PEACE AT A TIME OF TURMOIL


Call for Papers
Program


June 9-11
In partnership with
Thesis Eleven Centre for Critical Theory
School of Social Sciences
La Trobe University, Australia
@
Department of Sociology
National University Singapore
Singapore


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2004

5th Annual Conference
DISCORD

Call for Papers
Conference Poster
Program

June 6-9
Graduate Program in
Social and Political Thought
York University
Toronto, Canada


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2003
SOCIAL THEORY IN THE WORLD
AND WORLDS OF SOCIAL THEORY


4th Annual Conference

Call for Papers
Program

​May 18-21
Center for Social and Political Thought
University of South Florida
Tampa, Florida, USA


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2002
SOCIAL THEORY IN CENTRAL EASTERN EUROPE

3rd Annual Conference

Call for Papers

July 1-4
The Social Theory Centre
University of Warwick
@
Inter-University Centre
Dubrovnik, Croatia


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2001
Social Spaces and Modalities of Social Theory

2nd Annual Conference

Call for Papers

July 5-8
Centre for Social and Political Thought
University of Sussex
Brighton, UK


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2000

Inaugural Conference

Call for Papers

May 11-14
Committee on Social Theory
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky, USA


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