Society for Socialist Studies • Société d'Études Socialistes

Welcome to the Society for Socialist Studies!

The Society for Socialist Studies (SSS) is an association of progressive academics, students, activists and members of the general public. Formed in 1967, the Society''s purpose is to facilitate and encourage research and analysis with an emphasis on socialist, feminist, anti-racist and ecological points of view.

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June 6, 2013
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Spring 2013 Edition of Socialist Studies Now Online

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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 note about Roxana’s many important academic, activist and pedagogical contributions by editor Elaine Coburn on behalf of the journal.

The theme of this special issue is ‘Transgressive Pedagogies and Research’ and begins with a mini-symposium on Indigenous research with a reprint of Emma LaRocque’s poem, Long Way From Home, and articles by George Sefa Dei, Makere Stewart-Harawira, and Elaine Coburn. In addition, Catherine O. Fox contributes an article on queer pedagogy, Peter McLaren writes about revolutionary critical ecopedagogy, Margaret Kovach considers the practices of teaching treaty, Aziz Choudry describes and analyses activist research practices and William K. Carroll shares his experiences teaching ‘playdough capitalism’.

At this time, we would like to announce that Elaine Coburn is stepping down as editor and therefore we are seeking new editors, with a deadline for proposals of November 30, 2013. We particularly encourage scholars with expertise in anti-racist, feminist and Indigenous perspectives as these inform socialism to apply. The full call for editors may be accessed on the Society for Socialist Studies Facebook page and both formal and informal inquiries should be directed to Elaine Coburn at ecoburn@aup.fr or coburn@stanfordalumni.org.

The new issue, as well as back issues, are freely available online at www.socialiststudies.com. We urge you to share the link with interested colleagues.

Socialist Studies is an increasingly strong voice for important and rigorous scholarship on the left. Our international reach now includes readers in over seventy countries. Authors with manuscripts may submit for peer-review through the journal website or directly to the editor, Elaine Coburn, at ecoburn@aup.fr. Those with ideas for special issues of the journal or other contributions should contact the editor directly.

Authors who would like to have their books reviewed or who would like to propose a review essay should contact our new book editor, Adrian Smith, at adrian_smith@carleton.ca.

Finally, the website for the Society for Socialist Studies and information about membership is available at www.socialiststudies.ca.

You may join our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/SocietyForSocialistStudies.

Best wishes,

Elaine Coburn
Editor, Socialist Studies\Etudes Socialistes

May 29, 2013
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Social Democracy and BC’s Working Class: A Community Workshop

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 programs and the balance of power in the workplace and communities.
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May 24, 2013
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Call for Editors

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 Socialistes is currently in its ninth successful year and is an increasingly important, interdisciplinary on-line journal based in Canada with an international profile. The journal draws upon disciplines ranging from philosophy to political science to history and more to make an original contribution to issues and debates in the area of socialist studies in Canada and worldwide. Editing the journal is a critical contribution to maintaining a lively, rigorous and wide-ranging discussion among socialists in academia. Editorial teams are able to shape the journal and make an important contribution to the development of socialist theories and analyses of socialist practices and movements. The journal normally appears twice a year, in the autumn and in the spring. Editorship is a significant but rewarding intellectual and administrative investment, requiring ongoing outreach and promotion.

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March 24, 2013
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Congress Registration Reminder – Cheaper Fees if Registering by March 31

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 online by March 31 at http://www.ideas-idees.ca/register.

The Congress and Socialist Studies meeting fees are separate from our Society membership fees (which can be paid at our table at Congress).

January 14, 2013
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Congress 2013 – Travel Grant Applications

The deadline for Travel Grant Applications is March 31.

If you’re presenting a paper with Socialist Studies at Congress 2013 in Victoria and you’re a low-income individual and/or a student or contract faculty member requiring some financial assistance, you can apply for a travel grant.

The application form is available at the following link. Please read carefully for details on the process and instructions for submitting the application.

Travel Grant Application 2013  (Word document).

January 9, 2013
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Preliminary Program Information – SSS at Congress 2013

We’re working on an exciting line-up of events for the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences in Victoria, June 5-8. And we’re still accepting papers!

Some highlights (subject to change):

“Twenty-First Century Socialist-Feminism”
Keynote Address by Johanna Brenner

Eric Hobsbawm Memorial Lecture by Bryan D. Palmer

Other speakers/participants include: Peter Hudis, Paul Kellogg, Marjorie Griffin-Cohen, Greg Albo, Ingo Schmidt, Rachel Tutte, Guoxin Xing, Xinying Hu, Cathy Walker, William Carroll, Leo Panitch, Fernanda Sanchez Jaramillo, Beth Dollaga, Sandra Rein, William Pelz, Ottokar Luban, Meg Luxton, Susan Spronk, Janice Newson, Herbert Pimlott, Claire Polster, Taiaiake Alfred, Jeff Corntassel, Elaine Coburn, Alan Sears, Alex Levant, Abigail Bakan, Karin Doerr, Sima Aprahamian, Kanchan Sarker, Gerardo Otero, Efe Can Gürcan, Murray Cooke and Dave Broad.

To download Word version: SSS Preliminary Program

And don’t forget our Call for Papers

January 9, 2013
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Congress Accommodations – Book Now!

If you’re planning on attending our meetings at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences in Victoria, BC in June (and of course you’re going to be there!) then check out this link for info on booking accommodations:

http://www.congress2013.ca/plan-your-trip/accommodations

On-campus accommodations at the University of Victoria can now be booked. Plus there is information on local hotels.

December 31, 2012
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2013 Conference submissions due January 30

To download, click here – SSS Call for Papers 2013 (Word document)

The Society for Socialist Studies is calling for paper proposal submissions for its annual conference as part of the 2013 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. The deadline for paper proposals is January 30, 2013.

The sessions listed below are accepting paper proposals. Abstracts (maximum of 100 words) for paper proposals should be submitted to the organizer(s) of the specific session by January 30.

Or you can submit a proposal for an individual paper. The Programme Committee will try to find a place for it. Please send individual paper proposals (with abstract) to: Ingo Schmidt, Programme Committee Chair, ingos@athabascau.ca by January 30. Papers also need to be sent to session organisers (email addresses below).

Sessions currently accepting paper proposals:

Title/Topic: Subverting the Corporatization of Canada’s Universities

Organizers: Janice Newson, Department of Sociology, York University. janewson@eagle.ca, Herbert Pimlott, Communication Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University. hpimlott@wlu.ca, and Claire Polster, Department of Sociology and Social Studies, University of Regina, claire.polster@uregina.ca

The Marxist sociologist, Erik Olin Wright, has called on progressives to envision “real utopias” which are “clear-headed, rigorous, and viable alternatives to existing social institutions that both embody our deepest aspirations for human flourishing  and take seriously the problem of practical design” (in Contexts 10(2): 37). At the same time, the Marxist cultural theorist, Slavoj Zizek, has argued that the conditions of the 21st century call for nuanced, accessible interpretations of changes taking place in our social, cultural and political institutions that reveal how these changes intensify our present subjugation to global capitalism. This session calls for papers that do one or both of these things in the context of the Canadian university. That is, papers will offer accounts, real or potential, of imaginative social experiments or ongoing struggles within/around our universities that could transform the social relations of academic work toward progressive social purposes. Additionally or alternatively, they offer thoughtful and nuanced interpretations of how current conceptions that circulate within the corporatized university, such as those regarding the value of various kinds of academic work or the social purpose of the university more generally, align with the needs of capitalism. The overarching aim of this session is to encourage faculty and others to think critically and creatively about both our ideas and approaches to transforming the university, so that we don’t merely reproduce ongoing problems, but find conceptual or practical ways out of them. Thus, short papers that offer opportunities for discussion and interaction among presenters and audience are particularly welcome.

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November 21, 2012
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Autumn 2012 Edition of Socialist Studies Now Online

RACE, CLASS AND EMPIRE

We are pleased to announce the latest issue of Socialist Studies/Etudes Socialistes featuring contributions by Leo Panitch, an interview with Sunera Thobani, reflections on the life of Eric Hobsbawm by Wade Matthews, and articles by Roland Boer, Abigail Bakan, Adrienne Roberts, John Peters, Bob Barnetson, and Leslie J Nichols. Tim Fowler contributes a research note and the rich book review section, under book review editor Murray Cooke, includes review essays by Paul Christopher Gray and Alan Sears. The new issue, as well as back issues, are freely available online at:

www.socialiststudies.com

We urge you to share the link with interested colleagues.

Socialist Studies is an increasingly strong voice for important and rigorous scholarship on the left. Our international reach now includes readers in over seventy countries. Authors with manuscripts may submit for peer-review through the journal website or directly to the editor, Elaine Coburn, at ecoburn@aup.fr. Those with ideas for special issues of the journal or other contributions should contact the editor directly.

Authors who would like to have their books reviewed or who would like to propose a review essay should contact our new book editor, Adrian Smith, at adrian_smith@carleton.ca.

Finally, the website for the Society for Socialist Studies and information about membership is available at www.socialiststudies.ca.

You may join our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/SocietyForSocialistStudies.

Best wishes,
Elaine Coburn, editor, Socialist Studies