ISA-RC21 Conferences in 2008: Barcelona and Tokyo

Barcelona Conference: First ISA World Forum of Sociology (September 5 - 8, 2008)

(ISA Barcelona Link for more information and RC21 Program)

Venue: University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

· RC21 Program

· Abstracts

· RC21-FURS Travel Grants and Application Form

· ISA Travel and Registration Grants (Closed)

· Call for Papers (Closed)

ISA Theme: Sociological research and public debate and RC21 theme: Rethinking cities & regions in the troubled world

Venue: University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Organizing Committee: Marisol Garcia (University of Barcelona, Spain) marisolgarcia@ub.edu, Kuniko Fujita (Michigan State University, Japan and USA) fujitak@msu.edu, Fernando Diaz Orueta (University of Alicante, Spain) Fernando.diaz@ua.es, and Marc Pradel (University of Barcelona) marcpradel@ub.edu

Tokyo Conference (December 17 - 20, 2008)

(http://www.rc21tokyo.com)

Venue: International House of Japan, Tokyo, Japan

· Call for Papers (25 Sessions)

· Rationale

· Tentative Schedule

· Conference Fees and Registration

· RC21-FURS Travel Grants and Application Form

· About the International House of Japan

Theme: Landscapes of Global Urbanism: Power, Marginality and Creativity

Organizer: Takashi Machimura (Graduate School of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan)

pdc01117@nifty.ne.jp

Organizing Committee: John Clammer (United Nations University), Kazutaka Hashimoto (Kanto Gakuin University),

Takashi Machimura (Hitotsubashi University), Tetsuo Mizukami (Rikkyo University), Hideo Nakazawa (Chiba University), Shiho Nishiyama (University of Yamanashi), Asato Saito (National University of Singapore), Masahisa Sonobe (Sophia University), Kennosuke Tanaka (JSPS Research Fellow/University of Tokyo), Kahoruko Yamamoto (Yamaguchi University)

Supported by Japanese Association of Regional and Community Studies, Japanese Association for Urban Sociology, and Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences (JSPS)