The Oxford Handbook Of Sociology, Social Theory And Organization Studies: Contemporary Currents

7th November 2014

Edited by Paul S. Adler, Paul du Gay, Glenn Morgan, and Mike Reed, including chapters by Andrea Mennicken and Peter Miller, Barbara Czarniawska, Franck Cochoy, Mike Power, Nicolai J. Foss and Peter G. Klein. DISCOUNTS CODES AND FLYERS AVAILABLE HERE Read More

DISCOUNTS for recent books by Charisma authors

14th October 2014

Discount flyers for Materialising Poverty by Erin B Taylor and Devising Consumption by Liz McFall can be found right HERE! Read More

Everyday Market Lives

14th October 2014

Call for papers for a workshop at Warwick University, organised by Lynne Pettinger and Liz Moor, exploring everyday market lives, including the ways in which people come to understand themselves as economic actors, and the kinds of knowledge about markets that they deploy, develop or acquire in doing so. Deadline for abstracts October 31st. Read More

Cultural Intermediaries Reader Now Out

15th September 2014

edited by Jennifer Smith Maguire and Julian Matthews offers a critical overview of Bourdieu’s sketchy notion… Read More

Public-Private Markets and Valuation: New CBS research cluster

21st July 2014

New research cluster at the Copenhagen Business School just launched, examining the consequences of the proliferation of valuation devices in the strategy of public and private organisations, led by Christian Frankel, José Ossandón and Trine Pallesen – events to features speakers including Philip Mirowski, Annelise Riles, Daniel Breslau, and Daniel Neyland Read More

Repeat! The Logics of Exercises, Trainings, Tests and Rehearsals

23rd June 2014

Call for papers for “Repeat! The Logics of Exercises, Trainings, Tests and Rehearsals” – a conference to take place at Goldsmiths in November. Deadline for abstracts July 20th. Read More

Are Markets Good for People? Exploring the politics and culture of social insurance

13th June 2014

Outlines, reading lists and presentations from the SUNY NEH seminar exploring social insurance schemes Read More

Silent lectures

5th June 2014

David Stark introduces his ‘silent lectures’, which are available to download. There are four silent lectures – Performance, Models, Demonstrations, and (with Gernot Grabher) Frequently Asked Questions Read More

Economization of Uncertainty: New Journal of Cultural Economy Special Issue

2nd June 2014

New Special Issue of Journal of Cultural Economy on the ‘Economization of Uncertainty’ out now. Edited by Turo-Kimmo Lehtonen and Ine Van Hoyweghen, the issue contains articles by Pat O’Malley & Alex Roberts, Stephen J. Collier, José Ossandón, Turo-Kimmo Lehtonen, Ine Van Hoyweghen, Luis Lobo-Guerrero, plus review articles by Dean Pierides and Christopher Kelty. Read More

The Limits of Performativity: Politics of the Modern Economy now out in HBB

2nd May 2014

Edited by Franck Cochoy, Martin Giraudeau, Liz McFall

The economy is often described either as the apolitical realm of calculation or as the fully political one of domination… Read More