Society for Socialist Studies (SSS) Annual Congress

At the 2007 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences
University of Saskatchewan
Wednesday, May 30 - Saturday, June 2, 2007

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 25TH 

CALL FOR Session Organizers

Society for Socialist Studies (SSS www.socialiststudies.ca )
At the 2007 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences
University of Saskatchewan
Wednesday, May 30 - Saturday, June 2, 2007

Call for Session Organizers

The 2007 Society for Socialist Studies Congress Programme Committee encourages you to submit proposals for session topics that fall 
within the sphere of focus of the Society. We have not set out a particular theme, but the committee hopes to see sessions on topics such as:  

·       public knowledge and/or the ongoing privatization of knowledge

·       public academics and/or research methods that aim to create public  knowledge (like institutional ethnography, participatory 
action research, etc)

·       knowledge outside of the academy

·       Canada's farming industries - food issues and/or food security

·       Co-operatives (farming, food, or other types of Co-ops)

Proposals may be submitted for any and all topics in which you have an interest and are willing to chair. We hope to have sessions in the 
traditional panel format, but also encourage other formats and will work to find suitable space for workshop sessions, round-table discussions,
etc. 

We also invite sessions under the Congress main theme (as selected by the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences):
 “Bridging Communities: Making public knowledge – Making knowledge public.” Sessions which fit this theme may be eligible for extra 
funding from the Federation. Please remember that all SSS sessions must be open to participation from SSS members and others. Sessions 
cannot be closed or already full at the time the Programme Committee receives the session proposal.

A note on joint sessions: you are encouraged to coordinate sessions that could be run jointly with other organizations. Please make sure 
that you submit the full information to both associations (them and us) and meet the deadline of each. Also, please make it clear to both 
which organization will be in charge of scheduling your joint session.

If you are interested in organizing a session at the 2007 SSS Annual Meetings, please complete the information IN THE ORDER INDICATED 
below by October 25, 2006. Early submissions will be much appreciated, so that the Programme Committee can get on with the process of 
calling for papers to fill our sessions.

Session proposal format (please be sure to include ALL of the information requested in the indicated order):

Session Title:

Your name as session organizer:

Email address:

Full Institutional Affiliation (if applicable):

Mailing Address:

Fax:

Phone:

Description (100 words maximum please): (indicated format if other than traditional paper panel)

Submit session proposals in one of the following ways:
* BY e-mail: alicja@watarts.uwaterloo.ca
* By fax: 519-746-7326 (send Attention to Alicja Muszynski)
* BY snail mail:
Alicja Muszynski (Programme Chair 2007)
Dept of Sociology
University of Waterloo
200 University Ave. West
Waterloo, ON, Canada, N2L 3G1
phone: 519-888-4567    x35187

If you have questions about Congress please e-mail Alicja as above or the Programme Committee Co-chair, Ian Hussey at hussey_ian@hotmail.com

Attention new scholars and academics with promising students.

The 2007 New Scholars Session is open for paper proposals. Proposed papers should be on a topic related to the purpose of the SSS, namely: “to facilitate and encourage research and analysis in Canada with emphasis on socialist, feminist, ecological and anti-racist points of view” (from the SSS Constitution, as amended in 2006). Papers on topics relating to the Congress theme (see above) are also welcome.

Please note that paper proposals will not be accepted from scholars who have already graduated with a Masters degree.

Email your proposals to Ian Hussey (hussey_ian@hotmail.com).

Paper proposal format (please be sure to include all of the information requested in the order listed):

Session Title: 2007 New Scholars Session

Your name(s) as author(s):

Email Address:

Full Institutional Affiliation (if applicable):

Mailing Address:

Fax:

Phone:

Paper Title: