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Crisis and Social Change: Towards Alternative Horizons

Cambridge Sociology Conference
Crisis and Social Change: Towards Alternative Horizons Friday Sep 26 – Saturday Sep 27 2014 Department of Sociology, Free School Lane

Hi everyone,

You are all hereby invited to attend the Crisis and Social Change conference next week at the Department of Sociology. With 36 presenters from the UK and abroad, two plenary panels and four keynote speakers it is set to be a stimulating and memorable event.

Our keynote speakers are:

Professor Ted Benton (Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Essex)

Professor Donatella Della Porta (European University Institute, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies)

Professor Emeritus Goran Therborn (Faculty of Human, Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge)

Professor Greg Philo (School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow)

The final conference programme is attached below. Registration is free and takes place through our Eventbrite page found on the conference
website:
www.towardsalternativehorizons.wordpress.com/programme-and-registration

An informal conference dinner will be held on Friday, September 26th at
18:30 on the top floor of the Cambridge Centre (http://www.unicen.cam.ac.uk/food-and-drink/places-to-eat/main-dining-hall).
After Professor Ted Benton’s afternoon keynote, we will walk together to the dining hall. The dinner is open to the conference audience in the hope that it will allow for everyone to continue their conversations and discussions. After the dinner, we will head to The Mill downstairs for a digestif.