Semi-Plenaries 1, 2 and 3:
Tuesday 4th September, 11.30-1.00pm
1. From Scottish Enlightenment to Civil Society Today
K 3.25 Lecture Hall, University of Strathclyde
Chair: Patrick Baert, University of Cambridge, UK
- David McCrone, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
‘Recovering Civil Society: Does sociology need it?’ - Robin Wagner-Pacifici, Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania, USA
‘From Moral Sentiments to Civic Engagement: Sociological Analysis as Responsible Spectatorship.’
2. Democratization, Urban Space and Conflict
Carnegie Lecture Theatre C001, Glasgow Caledonian University
Chair: Tuula Gordon, University of Helsinki, Finland
- Consuelo Corradi, Lumsa University, Rome, Italy
‘Between conflict and violence: Is classical sociological theory capable of understanding violence in modernity?’
- Janusz Mucha, AGH University, Cracow, Poland
‘Democratization in central and eastern Europe and the changing nature of minority issues’
3. Gender and Citizenship
Barony Hall, University of Strathclyde
Chair: Sara Arber, University of Surrey, UK
- Ruth Lister, Loughborough University, England
‘Citizenship, Civil Society and Conflict: A Gendered Perspective’
- Arnlaug Leira, University of Oslo, Norway
‘Caring and social citizenship: Gender matters
Semi-Plenaries 4, 5 and 6:
Wednesday 5th September, 11.30-1.00pm
4. Tolerance, Extremism and Conflicts
K 3.25 Lecture Hall, University of Strathclyde
Chair: Carlo Ruzza, University of Trento, Italy
- Anne-Sophie Lamine, University of Strasbourg, France
‘Religious Plurality and Conflicts in the Public Sphere’ - Andrej Zdravomyslov, Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
‘Priorities in Hierarchies of Conflicts within European Space’
5. Migration and Citizenship
Carnegie Lecture Theatre C001, Glasgow Caledonian University
Chair: Catherine Delcroix, University of Strasbourg, France
- Anniken Hagelund, Institute for Social Research, Norway
From rights to duties? Immigration and the welfare state.
- Maria Baganha, University of Coimbra, Portugal
'The modes of incorporation of immigrants and citizenship rights'
6. Social Movements, Identities and Social Institutions
Barony Hall, University of Strathclyde
Chair: Sokratis Koniordos, University of Crete, Greece
- Mario Diani, University of Trento, Italy
‘Towards movement societies? A social network perspective’
- David Silverman, Goldsmiths College and King’s College, University of London, UK
‘Putting society together: What qualitative research can and cannot say about identities and social institutions’