Re: Joya Misra's call for Southern Soc'l Soc. participation:
>Rebecca Adams, president of the Southern Sociological
>Society, created the theme because (as she states) "If we are
>to have any impact on life outside of our discipline, we
>must. . . find ways of inciting sociological thought among
>nonsociologists. We must find ways of engaging
>administrators, policy makers, members of the communities
>we study, members of other disciplines, and other
>professionals in sociological dialogue."
Nice point and I agree.
Do people like the idea of a PEWS conference on "What Activists and Citizens
Need to know about World-Systems Theory" ?? The goal would be to translate
our work into a handbook written in plain English, with case-studies of
important cases.
Just an idea.
Timmons Roberts
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>Subject: call for papers
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>I'm writing to invite all world-system folk to submit papers
>to the Southern Sociological Society meetings. More information
>about the meetings is appended. The theme this year,
>"Inciting Sociological Thought: Engaging Publics in
>Dialogue," is an exciting one, and one I think is particularly
>relevant for our scholarship, particularly given the "Whither
>PEWS" discussions published in PEWS NEWS the last few years.
>
>Rebecca Adams, president of the Southern Sociological
>Society, created the theme because (as she states) "If we are
>to have any impact on life outside of our discipline, we
>must. . . find ways of inciting sociological thought among
>nonsociologists. We must find ways of engaging
>administrators, policy makers, members of the communities
>we study, members of other disciplines, and other
>professionals in sociological dialogue."
>
>For further information about how to submit a paper, look in
>The Southern Sociologist, or contact me, and I'll email the relevant
>information. I'm on the program committee this year, so I will be
>putting together many of the political soc and PEWS sessions --
>I really would like it if we were able to have several PEWS-
>oriented session at this meeting. All you need to do is send in
>the submission form and an abstract by October 15th! Please send
>this to students and others who may be interested...
>
>Thanks!
>
>Joya Misra
>cmsjoya@uga.cc.uga.edu
>
>
>CALL FOR PAPERS
>
>SOUTHERN SOCIOLOGICAL SOCIETY
>APRIL 2 - 5 1998, Atlanta, Georgia
>
>INCITING SOCIOLOGICAL THOUGHT:
>ENGAGING PUBLICS IN DIALOGUE
>
>The 1998 Annual Meetings of the Southern Sociological
>Society will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 2 - 5, at
>the Radisson Hotel. The Theme for the meeting will be
>Inciting Sociological Thought: Engaging Publics
>in Dialogue. Submissions must be mailed directly to the
>Program Chair by October 15, 1997, and must include 2
>copies of the Submission Form and of a short (under 150
>words) abstract. Also include in the mail a copy of the short
>abstract on an MS-DOS disk (Wordperfect or ASCII format)
>or a processing fee of $10.00 if you send a submission
>without a disk. Mail submissions to: Rhonda Zingraff,
>Program Chair, Department of Sociology & Social Work,
>Meredith College, Raleigh, NC 27607-5298. Inquires about
>submissions may be addressed to Rhonda Zingraff, Program
>Chair, at the address above or by phone (919) 829-8564; by
>FAX (919) 829-7487; or e-mail: zingraffr@meredith.edu.
>
-- ****************************************************************** Timmons Roberts Associate Professor Department of Sociology/Center for Latin American Studies Tulane University New Orleans LA 70118 tel: 504-865-5820/FAX 504-865-5544 timmons@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu ****************************************************************** disclaimer: the views above are those of the author and not of the institution. ****************************************************************** "So many ways to understand. One for every woman and man." -- Bruce Cockburn ******************************************************************