KPolanyi Int, Conference Call for Papers

2017-03-24 Thread Norma Rantisi
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Date: Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 10:56 AM
Subject: KPolanyi Int, Conference Call for Papers
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*PLEASE  NOTE*

*NEW conference date: October 12-14, 2017*

*NEW deadline for abstract submission: May 31, 2017*



*14th International Karl Polanyi Conference*

*“The Great Transformation” & Contemporary Crises”*

*Karl Polanyi Institute Asia (KPIA), Seoul, South Korea*

*October 12-14, 2017*



*Call for Papers*



The 14th International Karl Polanyi Conference will be hosted by the *Karl
Polanyi Institute Asia (KPIA)* in Seoul, South Korea, October 12-14, 2017.



Colleagues at the KPIA are issuing a call for papers on the following wide
ranging themes. As this is the first International Karl Polanyi conference
to be held in Asia, the many themes proposed will provide an important
occasion to bring together numerous perspectives, disciplines and practice
inspired and influenced by Karl Polanyi. This conference will provide an
opportunity for dialogue between scholars, students, practitioners and
government representatives across continents with a large participation
from Asia, for the first time.



As in previous conferences, we invite individual abstracts and/or proposed
panels on a selected theme. In all cases, please provide name, title,
university, association or organization, and department or division.



Please send abstracts to *kpolanyia...@gmail.co *
with a copy to *polanyi.instit...@concordia.ca
*  by *May 31, 2017. *



*Themes*



*I. Macroeocnomics & Contemporary Crises *

   - Post-Keynesian Economics and Polanyi
   - Polanyian Perspectives on “Secular Stagnation”
   - Market Fundamentalism & Inequality
   - Polanyi and the Ecological Crisis
   - Economic Crisis, Social policy and Welfare



*II. Double Movement and Populism *

   - Anti-globalization Movements – Seattle, Occupy Movement, Anti-FTA,
   etc.
   - New Right Populism: Brexit, Trump, Europe
   - Candle Demonstration in Korea
   - Polanyian Progressive Movements (labor movement, social movements,
   environmental movement, etc.)



*III. Polanyi and Democracy in Complex Society *

   - Polanyian Alternatives for Contemporary Crises – Sustainable and
   Equitable Economy?
   - Polanyi and Renewed Socialism
   - Polanyi and Direct Democracy
   - Basic Income
   - Substantivist Economics for Local Economies
   - Polanyian Perspective on the “Transition Economy”



*IV. Polanyi and Theory*

   - Fictitious Commodities and Contemporary Crises
   - Embeddedness of What?
   - Polanyi and the Commons
   - Polanyi and Marx; Polanyi and Keynes; Polanyi and Ostrom etc.



*V. Polanyi and the Social economy *

   - Polanyian Thought and the Social Economy
   - The Social Economy and Social Innovation
   - The Social Economy and an Ageing  Problem (including Japan)
   - The Social Economy in Practice



*VI. Polanyi in Asia *

   - The Social Economy in Asia  (including economic and social value of
   the social economy in Korea)
   - Polanyi Studies in Asia







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Norma M. Rantisi, Ph.D.
Professor & Graduate Program Director, Ph.D./M.Sc. programs
Department of Geography, Planning & Environment
Concordia University
1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West
Montreal, Quebec H3G 1M8
Tel.: 514-848-2424, ext. 2018
E-mail: norma.rant...@concordia.ca OR norma.rant...@gmail.com
Webpage: http://www.concordia.ca/faculty/norma-rantisi.html

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Re: Research Associate in Finance and Geography at Oxford University

2017-03-24 Thread Dariusz Wojcik
Research Associate in Finance and Geography at Oxford University


We are seeking to appoint a Research Associate to work on the project 'Cities 
in Global Financial Networks: Financial and Business Services and Development 
in the 21st Century', funded by the European Research Council. The successful 
candidate will contribute to a team working on a large and exciting project on 
the cutting edge of financial geography.

Applicants need to have (or have recently submitted) a PhD in economic 
geography, business studies, economics, sociology, anthropology, political 
science or other discipline relevant to the project, have skills in qualitative 
and quantitative analysis, and a strong interest in finance and business 
services. A track record of peer-reviewed publications on relevant topics is 
essential.



The closing date for applications is 12.00 noon on 5 April 2017.

For details see: http://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/news/jobs/

Dariusz Wójcik
Professor of Economic Geography
Director of Graduate Studies (Research)
School of Geography and the Environment
Edgar Jones Fellow in Human Geography, St Peters College
Oxford University