Conferences
In general, the Norbert Elias Foundation gives financial support only to those conferences that it has itself organised or sponsored.
Forthcoming Conferences
Globalisation and Civilisation in International Relations: University College Dublin, 9–10 April 2010. Contact: globalisationandcivilisation@gmail.com.
Figurational Sociology sessions (within Research Committee 20, Comparative Sociology), XVII ISA World Congress, Göteborg, 11–17 July 2010. (Paper submissions now closed.)
Beyond Dichotomous Thinking – The Society of Individuals: The Legacy and Continuing Relevance of Norbert Elias’s Sociology, Firenze, Polo delle Scienze Sociali, Università degli studi di Firenze, 7–8 October 2010. Contact: angela.perulli@unifi.it.
Past Conferences
The following list includes international and national sociological conferences at which ‘figurational’ sessions formed part of the programme.
2009
Workshop: Habitus: Soziologisch – literarisch – literatursoziologisch, Graz, 21–23 May 2009.
1er Foro Internacional sobre Civilidades y Des-Órdenes Sociales, Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico, 27–29 May 2009.
International Institute of Sociology (IIS) 39th World Congress of Sociology, Yerevan, Armenia 11–14 June, 2009.
10e Congrès de l'Association Française de Science Politique, Section Thématique 44: Sociologie et histoire des mécanismes de dépacification du jeu politique, Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Grenoble, 7–9 September 2009.
XII International Symposium on Civilising Processes, Recife, Brazil, 10–13 November 2009.
2008
Zur Genealogie des Zivilisationsprozesses: Friedrich Nietzsche und Norbert Elias [On the Genealogy of the Civilising Process: Friedrich Nietzsche and Norbert Elias], Humboldt University, Berlin, 26–7 September, 2008.
Care or Control of the Self: The Sociology of the Subject in the Twenty-First Century, University of Hamburg, 3–5 July 2008.
XI International Civilising Process Symposium: Civilisation, Culture and Institutions, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1–4 July 2008.
International Institute of Sociology (IIS) 38th World Congress of Sociology, Budapest, 26–30 June 2008.
Symposium on Informalisation in Honour of Cas Wouters, Amsterdam, 18 April 2008.
2007
Civilising and Decivilising Processes: A Figurational Approach to American Studies, Frankfurt, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Zentrum für Nordamerikaforschung 22–24 November, 2007.
Conference celebrating the completion of the publication of the Gesammelte Schriften of Norbert Elias in 19 volumes, Deutches Literaturarchiv, Marbach am Neckar, 14–15 September 2008.
2006
Elias in the Twenty-First Century, University of Leicester, 10–12 April 2006.
37th World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology, Stockholm, Sweden, 5–9 July, 2005.
Towards widespread self-regulation of health, body and living?: Dialogues in relation to Norbert Elias, Maison des Sciences de l’Homme–Paris Nord, 9 June 2005.
2005
From Young Workers to Older Workers: Reflections on work in the Life Process, Centre for Labour Market Studies, Leicester, 13 April 2005.
2003
Court Society and Civilising Process: Norbert Elias’s Work in Interdisciplinary Perspective, Akademie der Diözese Rottenburg–Stuttgart, Stuttgart-Hohenheim, 1–3 May 2003.
Contemporary Social Transformations in a Long-Term Perspective, Amsterdam School for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam, 11 March, 2003.
2002
International Sociological Association, XV World Congress of Sociology, Brisbane, Australia, 8–13 July 2002.
British Sociological Association Annual Conference, University of Leicester, 25–27 March 2002.
2001
VI International Symposium on Civilising Process, Assis, S.P., Brazil 12–14 November 2001.
2000
Colloque International Norbert Elias, Université de Haute Bretagne – Rennes II, 13–14 October 2000.
Norbert Elias and Social Anthropology/Norbert Elias et l’ethnologie, Colloque du Société d’ethnologie française, University of Metz (France), 20–22 September 2000.
1999
Norbert Elias in Wroc?aw/Breslau, University of Wroc?aw, Poland, 24–25 September, 1999.
1998
Ad Hoc Sessions on Figurational Sociology, ISA World Congress of Sociology, Montreal 26 July–1 August 1998.
Norbert Elias and the Social Sciences at the end of the Twentieth Century: International Symposium, Bucaramanga, Colombia, 24–26 June 1998.
Sommes-nous civilisés? – ilan du XXe siècle, Société des Gens de Lettres, Paris, 10 April 1998.
Early Modern History and the ‘Civilising Process’, University of Leicester, 14–16 April 1998.
1997
Organized violence: the formation and breakdown of monopolies of force – conditions and consequences. Norbert Elias Centenary Conference, Amsterdam 18–20 December 1997.
Manners, Emotions and Sociological Theory: Norbert Elias Centenary Student Conference, Stranmillis College, Belfast, 27 November 1997.
Special Session 370, entitled ‘Norbert Elias, 1897–1990 – Centenary Session’, American Sociological Association, Toronto, 12 August 1997.
The Formation of the Parliamentary State: Elias Centenary Colloquium, Université de Paris X – Nanterre, 16–17 May 1997.
Elias Foundation Centenary Conference, Zentrum für Interdisziplinäre Forchung, Bielefeld, 20–22 June 1997.
First North American Norbert Elias Conference, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada 20–22 March 1997.
1995
The Elias Paradigm and Social Science History, Roundtable at Annual Conference of the Social Science History Association (SSHA), Chicago, November 1995.
The Civilising of the Female Ego, University of Hamburg, Germany 23–25 June 1995.
1994
Beyond Elias, Ad Hoc Sessions on Figurational Sociology, ISA World Congress of Sociology, Bielefeld, 18–24 July 1994.
Norbert Elias and Political Analysis, Université de Paris X – Nanterre, 7-8 April 1994.