In attendance: Debbie Dergousoff; David Huxtable; Ben Levy; Bill Pelz; Jean Chapman; Robert McGray; Thom Workman; Greg Albo; Errol Sharpe; Wayne Antony; Elaine Coburn; Ingo Schmidt; Bill Carroll; Danny Goldstick; Kanchan Sarkar; Garry Potter; Murray Cooke Kanchan called the meeting to order. Approval of agenda and minutes from 2012 AGM – moved – Danny Goldstick/Gary […]
Shortly after the 2013 General Meeting in Victoria, the Executive began a discussion on the decline in annual memberships. It appears that memberships are very closely attached to participation in our annual conferences held at Congress, when people participate, they pay their membership fee, when they do not, they often allow it to laps for […]
Dear friends, Once again, I am asking people to make a donation to the Society and its Ryerson Fund. One of the most important contributions of the Society for Socialist Studies to critical and radical research is the support it offers to young academics and others of limited financial means to participate in presenting their […]
The Society for Socialist Studies is renewing, rebuilding and reaching out! It’s time for the many scholars and activists who have affinities for Socialist Studies but who do not belong, to become members (and for lapsed members to renew). Our membership drive, our newsletter and much-improved website and Facebook all fit into an outreach that […]
Socialist Studies will be holding its 2014 conference from May 27-30 as part of the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences at Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. Keynote Address: Dr. Prabhat Patnaik Professor Emeritus, Jawaharlal Nehru University Read Professor Patnaik’s Bio The theme of the 2014 Congress is “Borders Without Boundaries”. To socialist critics, this […]
We are pleased to announce the latest issue of Socialist Studies/Etudes Socialistes: www.socialiststudies.com The beautiful cover art has been donated by Metis visual artist Christi Belcourt (www.christibelcourt.com). The issue features a contribution by Sara Carpenter, Genevieve Ritchie and Shahrzad Mojab honouring the memory of late advisory board member, Roxana Ng, as well as a short […]
A Community Workshop organized by the Canadian Committee on Labour History Fresh on the heels of the BC provincial election, this workshop brings together activists and academics to consider the past, present and future of social democracy and BC’s working class. It seeks to provide context to current debates and strategies over labour laws, social […]
CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST TO EDIT THE SOCIETY FOR SOCIALIST STUDIES JOURNAL Socialist Studies/Etudes Socialistes DEADLINE FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST: November 30, 2013. The Society for Socialist Studies invites expressions of interest to edit the Society’s journal Socialist Studies/Etudes Socialistes for early 2014, with some flexibility, for a three year renewable term. Socialist Studies/Etudes […]
Society for Socialist Studies Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences University of Victoria June 5 – June 8, 2013 SSS Program 2013 (Word document) Includes schedule, room locations, presenters, paper titles and abstracts. empire@the.edge
Registration for Congress and the Society for Socialist Studies conference To attend or participate in our conference (June 5-8 at the University of Victoria), you must register for Congress itself and indicate that you are registering for our meetings as well. Note that the Society for Socialist Studies is association #58. For cheaper fees, register […]