ASSOCIATION FOR HUMANIST
SOCIOLOGY
CALL FOR PAPERS
Power, Politics, People, and Knowledge
Annual Meeting of the Association for Humanist Sociology
November 4-6, 2021
Jackson, Mississippi
President: Johnny E. Williams, Trinity College
Program Chair: James M. Thomas, University of Mississippi
For Conference Registration, click here
THEME
How to transform our world into a beloved community?
The 2020 meeting theme is “Power, Politics, People, and Knowledge.” In an age when many college professors, politicians, and activists are cautious about their political views and lifestyles, it is important to reflect upon people as historical and social actors. We must be resolute in the face of a changing world and generous enough to recognize change is an outcome of people’s actions. We most certainly can unmake what people create. Therefore, it is essential for social scientists, activists, and artists to direct our attention to the great struggles and issues of our time. “It is” as C. Wright Mills’s once said, “one thing to talk about general problems . . . , and quite another to tell an individual what to do. Most ‘experts’ dodge that question. I do not want to.” The aim of the meeting is to ask how sociology and other academic disciplines are following Mills lead to help transform our world into a beloved community. What are the contributions of actors and epistemologies of regions in the nation and around the world? What are the main obstacles we face to tackle the struggles and issues of today? How can innovative sociological analyses contribute to grasping and to facing our common global problems?
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
Activist café featuring organizers with United Campus Workers
Activist café featuring Rukia Lumumba, Executive Director of the People’s Advocacy Institute
Plenary featuring Jackson, MS Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba
Submission Deadline:
September 10, 2021
Submit paper abstracts and session proposals of 200 words or less to James M. Thomas, jmthoma4@olemiss.edu
CALL FOR PAPERS
Power, Politics, People, and Knowledge
Annual Meeting of the Association for Humanist Sociology
November 4-6, 2021
Jackson, Mississippi
President: Johnny E. Williams, Trinity College
Program Chair: James M. Thomas, University of Mississippi
For Conference Registration, click here
THEME
How to transform our world into a beloved community?
The 2020 meeting theme is “Power, Politics, People, and Knowledge.” In an age when many college professors, politicians, and activists are cautious about their political views and lifestyles, it is important to reflect upon people as historical and social actors. We must be resolute in the face of a changing world and generous enough to recognize change is an outcome of people’s actions. We most certainly can unmake what people create. Therefore, it is essential for social scientists, activists, and artists to direct our attention to the great struggles and issues of our time. “It is” as C. Wright Mills’s once said, “one thing to talk about general problems . . . , and quite another to tell an individual what to do. Most ‘experts’ dodge that question. I do not want to.” The aim of the meeting is to ask how sociology and other academic disciplines are following Mills lead to help transform our world into a beloved community. What are the contributions of actors and epistemologies of regions in the nation and around the world? What are the main obstacles we face to tackle the struggles and issues of today? How can innovative sociological analyses contribute to grasping and to facing our common global problems?
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
Activist café featuring organizers with United Campus Workers
Activist café featuring Rukia Lumumba, Executive Director of the People’s Advocacy Institute
Plenary featuring Jackson, MS Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba
Submission Deadline:
September 10, 2021
Submit paper abstracts and session proposals of 200 words or less to James M. Thomas, jmthoma4@olemiss.edu
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