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04/06/2016 - 04/08/2016 | Berlin

Agency and Austerity: German and British Perspectives

The conference is the first larger academic conference of the Berlin-Britain Research Network with its focus on critical austerity studies

Austerity is a political project with far-reaching consequences for those countries in which such measures are adopted. Rather than defining it as mere economic measures, the international and interdisciplinary Berlin-Britain Research Network understands austerity as a cultural and political construct with an impact in many different areas of society.

This conference will explore the relation between agency and austerity and look at ways in which agency is restricted in legal, social, cultural and political terms. Since austerity is a complex phenomenon which cannot be looked at from one discipline only, we have invited keynote speakers from different disciplines and in particular we have chosen speakers who tend to work across disciplinary borders.

Prof Mike Savage and Dr Rebecca Bramall both share an interest in culture, sociology and economics. Our speakers with a legal or political science background will add further perspectives on the issue. Speakers from Germany or with a German research focus will provide a comparative angle and the cultural studies group sheds light on the way in which austerity is constructed, represented and narrated in artistic practice and in the media.

Information on participating / attending:
Conference fee: €30
Reduced student fee: €15

If you are interested in attending, please download and complete the registration form www.gbz.hu-berlin.de/downloads/pdf/austerity-conference-registration-final.pdf and return it by email to: Corinna.radke@rz.hu-berlin.de

Date:

04/06/2016 17:00 - 04/08/2016

Registration deadline:

03/31/2016

Event venue:

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Centre for British Studies
Mohrenstr. 60
10117 Berlin
Berlin
Germany

Target group:

all interested persons

Relevance:

international

Subject areas:

Economics / business administration, Politics, Social studies

Types of events:

Conference / symposium / (annual) conference

Entry:

03/23/2016

Sender/author:

Ibou Diop

Department:

Stabsstelle Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit

Event is free:

no

Language of the text:

English

URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event53712

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