The Bhaskar Memorial Fund A sustainable, diversified global society in which the free flourishing of each is a condition of the free flourishing of all. This, for Roy Bhaskar (1944-2014), is the core objective (moral alethia) of the human species.… Read More »Applications invited to the Bhaskar Memorial Fund: 2021
Call for Papers ANTHROPOLOGICAL NOTEBOOKSGuest Editors:Andrej Grubačić, California Institute of Integral StudiesŽiga Vodovnik, University of Ljubljana Commenting on the role of anthropology, James C. Scott wrote that anthropology should be viewed as a »natural partner of other social sciences«. It complements… Read More »Towards a Dialogical Anthropology: For David Graeber
A guest post by Jamie Morgan, introducing an open access series of interviews with leading critical realists. [Updated 15/9/21: we now have a permanent page with pointers to these and other interviews here. Also added a link to the second… Read More »Interviews with Critical Realists and fellow travellers
Update: the closing date for nominations has been extended to Friday May 21st, 2021. The International Association for Critical Realism (IACR) invites nominations for the Cheryl Frank Memorial Prize. The prize is awarded annually for a book that constitutes, motivates or… Read More »Cheryl Frank book prize: call for nominations
The Centre for Critical Realism and the Critical Realist Network would like to invite scholars of every level to recommend their favourite CR readings related to different fields and disciplines. This will be organised into a living document to be… Read More »Help us crowd source a Critical Realism bibliography
A guest post by Priscilla Alderson about her new book: Alderson P. 2021. Critical Realism for Health and Illness Research: A Practical Introduction. Policy Press. https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/critical-realism-for-health-and-illness-research-3 All are welcome to the book launch on Wednesday 21st April 5-6pm, London time.… Read More »Critical Realism for Health and Illness Research
Are you interested in the relationship between pragmatism and critical realism? Would you like to publish a paper about it? The Journal of Critical Realism has invited submissions for a special issue. Here’s the text from the call for papers:… Read More »Pragmatism and critical realism: Call for papers
Guest post from Lene Nyhus On behalf of the Cheryl Frank Memorial Prize Committee 2020 I have the pleasure of announcing the following: About the Prize: The Cheryl Frank Memorial Prize is awarded annually for a book or article that constitutes, motivates… Read More »The Cheryl Frank Memorial Prize 2020 winner
Dear IACR members and friends, We are looking forward to seeing you at the IACR conference this year! Website: https://iacr2020.uksw.edu.pl/ Abstract deadline: September 28thThe abstracts can be sent to email IACR.Warsaw2020@gmail.com Pre-conference: EUR 10Conference fee (full paying/non-members): EUR 50Conference fee… Read More »Registration open for IACR 2020 online conference
By Mark Carrigan and Dave Elder-Vass Online events are likely to be a dominant feature in the academic landscape for the foreseeable future. This is a transition which was already slowly beginning to happen on both environmental and accessibility grounds, with a growing recognition of… Read More »How do we ensure that our online events feel like events?