Conference Programme
Monday 6th September
Welcome Address
Michael Arthur, Vice-Chancellor
Mark Davis, Director of the Bauman Institute
Plenary Session 1:
The Contemporary Relevance of Zygmunt Bauman
Neal Lawson
Parallel Sessions 1:
Special Session: Remembering Janina Bauman
Peter Beilharz, Bryan Cheyette, Griselda Pollock, Keith Tester, Janet Wolff
The Social Thought of Zygmunt Bauman
Leonard Nevarez, Alan F Beattie
Consumerism and Sustainability
William Young, Dirk Holemans
Renewing Politics and Civil Society
Mark Lacy, John Schwarzmantel
Globalization, Risk and Uncertainty
Gabe Mythen, Dean Curran
Plenary Session 2:
In the Shadow of our Liquid Modernity
Saskia Sassen
Parallel Sessions 2:
Special Session: Hosted by ‘Leeds Love It Share It’ (LLISI)
Future city governance: Harnessing waste and finding potential
Guy Julier, Rachael Unsworth, Katie Hill, Phil Wood, Irena Bauman
Consumerism and Sustainability
Richard M. Baldwin, Peter Doran, Leon Sealey-Huggins
Renewing Politics and Civil Society
Stephen Tasson, Mariá-Isabel Garrido Gómez, Margaret Austin Smith, Mohammed A. Bamyeh
Globalization, Risk and Uncertainty
Frank Go, Mariapina Trunfio, Dirk Hofäcker, Catarina Delaunay, Mark Featherstone
Plenary Session 3:
Counterpoint
Daniel Libeskind
Tuesday 7th September
Parallel Sessions 3:
The Social Thought of Zygmunt Bauman
Rodanthi Tzanelli, Ronit Lentin, Jasna Balorda, Julian Littler
Consumerism and Sustainability
Denize Dall’ Bello, Jörg Wiegratz, Şansel Özpinar, Claudia Megele
Renewing Politics and Civil Society
Ian Orton, Vasco Lub, Matthijs Uyterlinde, Britta Baumgarten, John Pardy
Globalization, Risk and Uncertainty
Milos Debnar, Sonia Paone, Andrew Wallace, Tan Soo-Yean
Parallel Sessions 4:
The Social Thought of Zygmunt Bauman
Austin Harrington, Janet Wolff, Kieran Flanagan
Consumerism and Sustainability
Andreea Chifu, Radosław Filip Muniak, Sam de Boise, Michał Bogdan
Renewing Politics and Civil Society
Tomasz Krawczyk, Sławomir Czapnik, Uri Ram, Sever Plocker
Globalization, Risk and Uncertainty
Hirofumi Utsumi, Dariusz Brzeziński, Haimo Schulz Meinen, Anne Sophie Krossa
Plenary Session 4:
Rationalization, Consumption and Globalization: Bauman and Beyond
George Ritzer
Parallel Sessions 5:
The Social Thought of Zygmunt Bauman
Antony Bryant, Matt Dawson, Nick Stevenson, Poul Poder
Consumerism and Sustainability
Tony Blackshaw, Shay Hershkovitz, Bruce Davis, Sue Bailey
Rethinking Global Society
Simon Susen, Philippe Gruca, Yasmine Jouhari, Denyse Côté
The Social Thought of Zygmunt Bauman
Jesse Carlson, Thomas Campbell, Chris Till, Natasa Milovic, Ayşe Mermutlu
Special Panel Session: Engaging with Zygmunt Bauman: Personal Reflections
Antony Bryant, Bryan Cheyette, Griselda Pollock, Vic Seidler, Max Silverman, Janet Wolff
Closing Address
Sociology - Whence and Whither?
Zygmunt Bauman