Transition.Crisis.Change.Hu / 2nd Call

Scope

It is widely assumed that it was a mistake not to be consequent enough in complying with the apparently successful recipes. In addition, it is more likely that the present crisis seems to be not an isolated, but a permanent phenomenon. The goal of sociological analysis cannot be reduced to diagnosis, it must include prognosis as well. We consider responsibility immanent part of sociology: we should be retrospective and find possible explanations of being so uncertain in our predictions and giving future views.

It was a demanding and hardly fulfilled promise of sociology to be able to provide an up-to-date and accurate diagnosis of ages. Even Karl Mannheim, who launched this program, scarcely managed to put it into practice. The reason of his inability to fulfill his own program was his belief that the crisis of his own time itself would facilitate the solution. He considered the crisis a huge observatory, which reveals the hidden structure of the world. It did not last long for him to realize how wrong he was.

Sociology cannot wait. We are far from being united in thought. Let us exchange our ideas and think together at this annual conference of the Association! The crisis is reluctant to present itself, but inspires us to explore its wilderness. Let us exploit this opportunity!

Dénes Némedi

president

Plenary session

Call

1. Crisis and renewal
2. Social memory, history and media
3. Economy and society in times of crisis
4. Exit, voice and loyalty in crisis
5. Determination and option
6. The crisis of education and the system change of education. Diagnosis and ideology
7. Ethnic cooperation, co-existence and confrontation in the last two decades in Hungary
8. Interethnic relations. Romas in the XXI. century
9. Identities in Central-Europe
10. Sustainable urban areas
11. Critical social science after the transition to political pluralism and market economy
12. Revolution in social sciences
13. Brave new world? Prediction and predictability in complex systems. Future views, social movements
14. New results and methodological dilemmas in interview research
15. European comparative research (ESS - European Social Survey)
16. Education of sociology after Bologna
17. Other topics

Abstracts and posters are invited on the topics outlined within the scope of the meeting. The language of the conference is Hungarian and English.

Application

Requirements for giving a presentation at the conference:

• Submitting an abstract poster.
• Submitting the Registration Form.
• Transferring the registration fee.

Scientific Committee

• Native Hungarian speakers are asked to prepare their abstracts in Hungarian and English languages.
• Other lecturers are asked to prepare their abstracts in English language.
• One lecturer is allowed to submit maximum two abstracts in different sessions.
• Minimum 1500, maximum 2500 character.
• Document in .doc.; Times New Roman letters; size 12; Margins: 2.5 cm. No other formatting!
• Indicate the followings after the author(s) and title:
  • scientific degree (Ph.D. student, Ph.D., C.Sc., D.Sc.),
  • position,
  • institute / workplace (full name, address),
  • If the author is PhD student and employee at the same time, please indicate both! E.g.:
    Flower Petit
    PhD student, University of Palermo, Italy
    Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
• In case of co-author(s), underline the name of the presenter.
• Please indicate the followings in the abstract:
  • the language of the presentation
  • if it is not presentation but poster

Evaluation criteria:

• Relevance of the topic (topicality, hypotheses)
• Methodology
• Perspectives drawn from the results or potential results
• General quality of the abstract (structure, use of technical terminology, etc.)

The notification for abstracts receipt will be sent to applicants by e-mail until 4 October at latest. The notification of acceptance / refusal will be sent applicants by e-mail on 15 October. The abstracts will be published on the website of the Association and in case of the conference is awarded a grant, they will be published on CD.

Posters

Please indicate in the abstract that your presentation is a poster. For further details please contact the Organizing Committee: mszt(at)socio.mta.hu

Registration Form

Each presenter should register for the conference. Please find the Registration Form:

• Registration Form for lecturers: (word 119 kb) or (pdf 71 kb)

Registration fees for lecturers

• In case of acceptance of abstract(s) a registration fee should be paid.
• Registration fee for each lecturer: 1500 HUF
• Please transfer the fee to:
  • Name: Hungarian Sociological Association
  • Bank: ERSTE Bank 11991102-02102940-00000000
  • Remark: your family name + 2009 conference
• If you cannot transfer HUF, you can pay by cash (HUF) on the spot (this option is only available to presenters from abroad).

The registration fee includes:

• Opportunity of presenting based on the evaluated abstract(s)
• Use of technical background and service
• Publication(s) of full papers
• Admission to all sessions
• Abstract booklet
• Buffet lunch and refreshments at the venue during the conference days
• Admission to reception on the first conference evening
• Admission to the opening and closing ceremonies

Deadlines

• Abstracts and registration forms should be sent by e-mail to mszt(at)socio.mta at the same time. Deadline: 30 September, 2009.
• Deadline for transfer payment of registration fee: 31 October, 2009.

Full papers

The Association provides the opportunity for publishing full papers.

• The full papers will also be evaluated by the Scientific Committee. The evaluation criteria will be sent by e-mail to presenters in September.
• Guidelines for full papers: https://szociologia.hu/submission/
• Deadline for sending full papers: 10 December, 2009. Deadline for sending full papers: 10 December, 2009.
• The studies will be published on the website of the Association, as the part of the conference. The Association applied for a grant in order to publish CD and printed versions as well. If the conference is awarded a grant, (of which the Association will inform the lecturers as soon as possible):
  • a Conference CD will be produced with abstracts and full papers and
  • selected studies will be accepted into the special issue of the Review of Sociology, the periodical of the Association.

Presentations

• The length of presentations depends on the total number of lectures in one session. Each session will last between 2 hours and 2 hours and half, therefore each lecture should be 20-25 minutes long. This is a temporary estimation of the time given for lectures. It may change!
• Laptop and projector will be available in each session room. Further details will be sent by e-mail to presenters after 15 October.

Program

The draft program of the conference will be published in the middle of October, the final program on 9 November.

Registration for audience

All attending conference participants must pay the registration fee. Registration fees for audience:

• Adult: 3000 HUF
• Student and pensioner: 1500 HUF

The fee should be paid on the spot.

If you would like to attend the reception on the first evening of the conference please notify your presence no later than 5 November. (e-mail to mszt@socio.mta.hu)

The registration fee includes:

• Admission to all sessions
• Abstract handbook
• Buffet lunch and refreshments at the venue during the conference days
• Admission to reception on the first conference day
• Admission to the Opening and Closing Ceremonies

Travel, accommodation

Participants are solely responsible for their own travel to Debrecen and for their own hotel accommodation. We inform you that the “Zeneművészeti Főiskola Weiner Leó Kollégium” (Students's hostel in Debrecen) Address: H-4032 Debrecen, Egyetem tér 2., tel. and fax: +36 52419366; fax: +36 52 411226) provides 2-8 bed rooms for participants during the conference altogether for 25 persons. Participants are responsible for their reservation.

• Reservation:
  o Name: PÉRCSY Antalné (administrator, University of Debrecen)
  o Tel/Fax: +36 52 512-900 / 22118 extension
  o Fax: +36 52 454-241

Further information about accommodation:

• Please find attached the list of hotels, private apartments.
• Tourinform Bureau
  • Address: H-4024 Debrecen, Piac utca 20.;
  • Tel: +36 52 412250; Fax: +36 52 535323;
  • E-mail: tourinform(at)ph.debrecen.hu; debrecen@tourinform.hu

Organizing Committee

• Éva HELESZTA, Head of Secretary, Hungarian Sociological Association
• István MURÁNYI, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Debrecen; Secretary, Section of the Great Hungarian Plain, Hungarian Sociological Association
• Veronika PAKSI, Scientific Secretary, Institute of Sociology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
• Ildikó SZABÓ, Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Debrecen; President, Section of the Great Hungarian Plain, Hungarian Sociological Association
• Tímea TIBORI, Secretary General, Hungarian Sociological Association

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