Dear ISHPSSB listserv moderator,
We're co-organising a conference that might be of interest to you and your
colleagues, and so I'd be very grateful if you can forward this email to any
relevant researchers.
The conference is the first of a series of annual international events based
around the Essex school of discourse theory developed by Ernesto Laclau and
Chantal Mouffe. Though typically this theory has been applied to analyse
traditional political practices, its central ontological critique of the
separation between the material and the ideational means there is the potential
for a useful linkage to biological research. As such, it would be interesting to
organise a panel discussing the discursivity of biology and its implications for
understanding the relationship between social practices and the physical body
(human or animal). Presenters would be expected to provide a ten minute oral
presentation of their research, and then participate within a discussion session
with fellow presenters and the audience.
Unfortunately the conference can't provide finance to cover travel or
accommodation, but if this event sufficiently interests you or your colleagues
then hopefully that isn't a problem.
Included below is the formal call for papers with more detailed information on
the conference proceedings.
Thanks very much!
Michael Strange
CALL FOR PAPERS AND PANELS
Inaugural World Conference:
Ideology and Discourse Analysis (IDA)
Rethinking Political Frontiers and Democracy in a New World Order
Keynote speaker:
Ernesto Laclau
University of Essex/Northwestern University
8-10 September 2008
Roskilde University, Denmark
Organizing Committee
Torben Dyrberg, Allan Dreyer Hansen & Michael Strange (Roskilde University)
Jason Glynos, David Howarth & Aletta Norval (University of Essex)
Over the course of the last 25 years, the Essex School in Ideology and Discourse
Analysis (IDA) has established itself as an important and distinctive
alternative to mainstream social science approaches. Established in 1982 by
Professor Ernesto Laclau, the intellectual programme in Ideology and Discourse
Analysis draws on a wide range of traditions and disciplines to develop a novel
set of conceptual tools intended to enhance theoretical, empirical, and
normative research.
IDA has expanded understanding of a rapidly changing world order through
concretely theorising the emergence of new social configurations, covering
global economic forces to 'risky' food.
Taking an anti-essentialist conception of discourse as a central theoretical
category, the IDA programme draws on and engages with post-marxism,
post-structuralism, psychoanalysis, post-Heideggerian phenomenology and
hermeneutics, post-analytical philosophy, among others. Discourse theory, as
deployed by the IDA research programme has thus come to be associated with a
series of proper names, such as Marx, Gramsci, Althusser, Saussure, Barthes,
Laclau and Mouffe, Lacan, Zizek, Derrida, Wittgenstein, and Foucault.
It is in the context of its now quarter-century history that we are pleased to
announce the inaugural IDA world conference, held at Roskilde University,
Denmark. This conference aims to support the continuing development of the IDA
approach and to establish dialogues with related approaches. The conference is
thus designed to offer opportunities for discussion and debate on a range of
theoretical, methodological and substantive topics of analysis.
Panel topics might include:
Political theory
Post-marxism
Discourse Analysis
Identity
Ideology
Ethics
Critique
Psychoanalysis
Rhetoric
Democracy
Critical Management Studies
Critical Policy Analysis
Policy Networks
Political Economy
Methodology
Multiculturalism
Islamism
New world orders
Environmentalism
We welcome paper and/or panel proposals from all scholars with an interest in
ideology and discourse analysis. We also welcome paper proposals from doctoral
students.
Paper proposals should include name and affiliation of presenter, title of
paper, and abstract (max 200 words). Please send to adh@ruc.dk
Panel proposals should include name and affiliation of panel convenor, as well
as panel title and short panel description. In addition, panel proposals should
include name and affiliation of panel chair and three presenters, of which one
may be a discussant. Include name and affiliation, title, and abstract for each
panel paper. Please send panel proposals to adh@ruc.dk.
Deadline for panel and paper proposals: 21 May 2008
Preliminary programme:
Monday, September 8:
1200-1300: Reception and Registration
1315-1330: Welcome
1330-1530: Plenary Session: Prof. Ernesto Laclau
1530-1600: Coffee break
1600-1800: Discussion panels, session I
1900: Conference dinner
Tuesday, September 9:
0900-1100: Discussion panels, session II
1100-1130: Coffee break
1130-1330: Discussion panels, session III
1330-1430: Lunch
1430-1630: Discussion panels, session IV
1630-1700: Coffee break
1700: Cultural event tba
Wednesday, September 10:
0900-1100: Discussion panels, session V
1100-1130: Coffee break
1130-1330: Discussion panels, session VI
1330-1430: Lunch
1430-1630: Plenary session: roundtable discussion
The conference is organized by the World Network in Ideology and Discourse
Analysis (IDA World) in association with Department of Society and
Globalisation, Roskilde University. Additional supporters of the conference
comprise the Centre for Theoretical Studies in the Humanities and Social
Sciences and the Department of Government, both of the University of Essex.
Web: http://www.essex.ac.uk/idaworld/ and http://www.ruc.dk/isg/discourse
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