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Monday 6th September

9.00 - 10.00am

Registration

Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre FOYER

10.00 - 10.30am

Welcome Address [video available]

MICHAEL ARTHUR, Vice-Chancellor
MARK DAVIS, Director of the Bauman Institute

Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre

10.30 - 11.30am

PLENARY SESSION 1: [video available]

The Contemporary Relevance of Zygmunt Bauman
NEAL LAWSON

Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre

11.30 - 11.45am

Tea/Coffee

Parkinson Court North/South

11.45 - 12.45pm

Parallel Sessions 1:

*Special Session: Remembering Janina Bauman* [video available]

Peter Beilharz, Bryan Cheyette, Griselda Pollock, Keith Tester, Janet Wolff

Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre

The Social Thought of Zygmunt Bauman

Leonard Nevarez, Alan F Beattie

Room 1

Consumerism and Sustainability

William Young, Dirk Holemans

Room 2

Renewing Politics and Civil Society

Mark Lacy, John Schwarzmantel

Room 3

Globalization, Risk and Uncertainty

Gabe Mythen, Dean Curran

Room 4

12.45 - 1.45pm

Lunch

Parkinson Court North/South

1.45 - 3.00pm

PLENARY SESSION 2: [video available]

In the Shadow of our Liquid Modernity
SASKIA SASSEN

Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre

3.00pm - 3.15pm

Tea/Coffee

Parkinson Court North/South

3.15 - 4.45pm

Parallel Sessions 2:

Special Session: Hosted by ‘Leeds Love It Share It’ (LLISI)
Future city governance: Harnessing waste and finding potential

Guy Julier, Rachael Unsworth, Katie Hill, Phil Wood, Irena Bauman

Room 1

Consumerism and Sustainability

Richard M. Baldwin, Peter Doran, Leon Sealey-Huggins

Room 2

Renewing Politics and Civil Society

Stephen Tasson, Mariá-Isabel Garrido Gómez, Margaret Austin Smith, Mohammed A. Bamyeh

Room 3

Globalization, Risk and Uncertainty

Frank Go, Mariapina Trunfio, Dirk Hofäcker, Catarina Delaunay, Mark Featherstone

Room 4

5.00 - 6.30pm

PLENARY SESSION 3: [video available]

Counterpoint
DANIEL LIBESKIND

Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre

7.00pm

Evening Drinks Reception

All welcome.

Parkinson Court North/South

Tuesday 7th September

9.00 - 10.30am

Parallel Sessions 3:

The Social Thought of Zygmunt Bauman

Rodanthi Tzanelli, Ronit Lentin, Jasna Balorda, Julian Littler

Room 1

Consumerism and Sustainability

Denize Dall’ Bello, Jörg Wiegratz, Şansel Özpinar, Claudia Megele

Room 2

Renewing Politics and Civil Society

Ian Orton, Vasco Lub, Matthijs Uyterlinde, Britta Baumgarten, John Pardy

Room 3

Globalization, Risk and Uncertainty

Milos Debnar, Sonia Paone, Andrew Wallace, Tan Soo-Yean

Room 4

10.30 - 10.45am

Tea/Coffee

Parkinson Court North/South

10.45 - 12.15pm

Parallel Sessions 4:

The Social Thought of Zygmunt Bauman

Austin Harrington, Janet Wolff, Kieran Flanagan

Room 1

Consumerism and Sustainability

Andreea Chifu, Radosław Filip Muniak, Sam de Boise, Michał Bogdan

Room 2

Renewing Politics and Civil Society

Tomasz Krawczyk, Sławomir Czapnik, Uri Ram, Sever Plocker

Room 3

Globalization, Risk and Uncertainty

Hirofumi Utsumi, Dariusz Brzeziński, Haimo Schulz Meinen, Anne Sophie Krossa

Room 4

12.15 - 1.15pm

Lunch

Parkinson Court North/South

1.15 - 2.30pm

PLENARY SESSION 4: [video available]

Rationalization, Consumption and Globalization: Bauman and Beyond
GEORGE RITZER

Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre

2.30 - 2.45pm

Tea/Coffee

Parkinson Court North/South

2.45 - 4.15pm

Parallel Sessions 5:

The Social Thought of Zygmunt Bauman

Antony Bryant, Matt Dawson, Nick Stevenson, Poul Poder

Room 1

Consumerism and Sustainability

Tony Blackshaw, Shay Hershkovitz, Bruce Davis, Sue Bailey

Room 2

Rethinking Global Society

Simon Susen, Philippe Gruca, Yasmine Jouhari, Denyse Côté

Room 3

The Social Thought of Zygmunt Bauman

Jesse Carlson, Thomas Campbell, Chris Till, Natasa Milovic, Ayşe Mermutlu

Room 4

4.15 - 4.30pm

Tea/Coffee

Parkinson Court North/South

4.30 - 5.30pm

Special Panel Session: [video available]

Engaging with Zygmunt Bauman: Personal Reflections
This panel will consist of brief reflections of six colleagues from a variety of disciplines who have known Zygmunt Bauman over the years.

ANTONY BRYANT, BRYAN CHEYETTE, GRISELDA POLLOCK, VIC SEIDLER, MAX SILVERMAN, JANET WOLFF

Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre

5.30 - 6.30pm

CLOSING ADDRESS: [video available]

Sociology - Whence and Whither?
ZYGMUNT BAUMAN

Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre

6.30pm

Conference ends

 

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