Abstract submission now open "(Un)Making Europe: Capitalism, Solidarities, Subjectivities" 13th European Sociological Conference European Sociological Assocation Athens, Greece, 29 August to 1 September 2017 http://www.europeansociology.org./conferences/13th-conference-2017/ Abstract submission via https://www.conftool.pro/esa2017/ Abstract submission deadline: February 1, 2017 Invited speakers include David Harvey, Yanis Varoufakis, Donatella della Porta, Eva Illouz, Hartmut Rosa, Silvia Federici, Ruth Wodak, Gerard Delanty, Margaret Abraham, Maria Kousis, Markus Schulz, Michel Wieviorka, and others. The conference will feature keynote talks, invited semi-plenaries, sessions by ESA's 37 thematic networks, 17 research streams, midday specials, and a pre-conference PhD workshop. In addition, the ESA conference provides for the first time the opportunity for submission of abstracts to selected semi-plenary session topics. Such Semi-plenary topics now open for submission include for example the themes "(Un)Making Europe", "Un)Making Capitalism", "(Un)Making Solidarities", "(Un)Making Subjectivities", and other topics. Call details: http://www.europeansociology.org/download/esa2017_CFPs.pdf Please consult the details of the call and have a look at the guidelines before you start submission. In order to make use of the reduced conference fee, renew your ESA membership early or become a new ESA member now: New membership: http://www.europeansociology.org/member/ Renew membership: http://www.europeansociology.org/membership_renewal/ Conference theme "(Un)Making Europe: Capitalism, Solidarities, Subjectivities" Europe can be made or unmade, and this is especially true since the ‘Great Recession’ of 2008. European society, and even the very idea of Europe, is under threat. First, the inherent contradictions of capitalism are obviously stronger than we thought: Greece, where the emphatic idea of “Europe” originated, has experienced severe austerity measures; Europe has seen a deepening of neo-liberal politics, threats to what remains of the welfare state and increasing inequality. Second, solidarities are fragmented in and between societies across Europe. The new world economic crisis formed a context for both the constitution and the undermining of solidarities. On the one hand, from the Arab Uprisings to the various Occupy and Indignados movements and their manifestations at the level of political parties we have seen rebellions by citizens demanding political change. On the other hand, refugees fleeing wars have been denied human rights and their lives have been threatened by the closure of borders and the lack of a coordinated European strategy. Third, subjectivities are formed that do not only result in resistance and protest, but also in apathy, despair, depression, and anxiety. Authoritarianism, nationalism, racism, xenophobia, right-wing extremism, spirals of violence, and ideological fundamentalisms have proliferated throughout the world, including in Europe. As a result, the promise of Europe and the geographical, political, and social borders of Europe have been unmade and this ‘unmaking’ poses a profound challenge for sociology and the social sciences more generally. It is in this context that the European Sociological Association’s 2017 Conference takes place in Athens at the epicentre of the European crisis. The underlying question for the conference is: How and where to should a sociology that matters evolve? How can sociology’s analyses, theories and methods, across the whole spectrum of ESA’s 37 research networks and various countries, be advanced in order to explain and understand capitalism, solidarities and subjectivities in the processes of the making, unmaking and remaking of Europe? -- Christian Fuchs ESA 2017 Conference Committee Chair "(Un)Making Europe: Capitalism, Solidarities, Subjectivities" 13th ESA Conference Athens, 29 August - 1 September, 2017 www.europeansociology.org