Call for Proposals- 5th Annual Public Sociology Conference- Structures of Violence: Engaging the Public Imagination

Structures of Violence: Engaging the Public Imagination

5TH ANNUAL PUBLIC SOCIOLOGY CONFERENCE

APRIL 9th, 2016 AT GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA

The graduate students of the Public Sociology Program at George Mason University organize an annual conference that critically engages contemporary social problems with diverse publics. Public sociology is an approach to the study of social problems and structures that transcends the boundaries of academia to engage the public in discourse, political and institutional change, and social empowerment.
 
This year we seek papers that confront structures of violence in an effort to engage the public imagination. In the spirit of public sociology, we encourage submissions from outside of academia and from related disciplines that speak to the conference theme. Crossing multiple spheres of life, the public imagination uses dialogue to create new possibilities for action. A public imagination against structures of violence  recognizes that violence exists in multiple forms and is not experienced universally.

Topics may include, but are not limited to:
- Newtown
- Ferguson
- Paris - 11/13/2015
- Guantanamo
- Intimate Partner Violence
- Racial Discrimination
- Elder neglect
- Etc.
 
Email submissions (Maximum 500 word abstracts) and a short bio to [email protected]
 
Deadline: January 15, 2016
 
For more information visit https://gmupublicsoci.wordpress.com/2016-conference/