From David Ladipo (David.Ladipo@nottingham.ac.uk)
I am hoping you will be willing to publicize the upcoming Work, Employment and Society Conference which takes place at the University of Nottingham on September 11-13, 2001. Plenary papers - addressing the theme of "Winning and Losing in the New Economy" - will be given by Naomi Klein, Theo Nichols, Kate Purcell and Richard Sennett. Sub-themes will address issues relating to:
- Inequalities of wealth and power
- Emotional labour
- The historical meanings of work
- Working (up a) class identity
- Risk, flexibility, insecurity
- Stress and work intensification
- Re-regulating the labour market
- Slavery - old and new
Papers addressing other themes will also be welcome. If you would like to present a paper, please send a short abstract (300 words max) to the conference organisers by April 20th, 2001. Registration forms can be found at the conference website: www.nottingham.ac.uk/wes2001.
For more details, please contact linda.poxon@nottingham.ac.uk or call +44 (0) 115 951 5407
Posted: 31 January 2001