Post/social/isms - ephemera conference 2018

Post/social/isms an ephemera conference

The almost 30-year history of postsocialism has largely eluded organization theory. The unfettered expansion of neoliberalism as a theory of the post-social has benefitted from and been pronounced to be vindicated by the collapse of the former eastern bloc. This makes it timely to consider what has happened with (post)socialist organizations, the accompanying translational flows of broadly ‘western’ concepts of management and organizing, coupled with the flow of FDI into the postsocialist region and its accommodating waves of privatization. Building on the 2015 ephemera conference in Moscow around the theme of ‘emergence’, this year’s conference asks participants to reflect on what has emerged during arguably the biggest socio-political change of the late-20th century. We invite papers that in addressing ‘post/social/isms’ explore and extend the links between postsocialism, the post-social, and theory and politics in organization.

Participation fee

Free for attendess without institutional funding
£20 for delegates who have access to funding

Catering

Lunch (2-3 vegan/vegetarian courses with meat option) will be arranged for participants to buy at a cost of ~£5.5 (approx. 1800HUF depending on the numbers). We are working on securing cofee/tea throughout the conference. Please indicate your intention of having lunch at the venue by "buying" a lunch ticket as well (which will have to be paid for at the conference in Hungarian Forints).

[“Berlino, East Side Gallery: Trabant” by Emanuele is licensed under CC BY 2.0]