Political activism

We invite doctoral and early career researchers to present on themes of identity, belonging and activism at a one-day event. Our keynote speakers include Professor Anne-Marie Fortier (Lancaster) and Dr Elisabetta Zontini (Nottingham). The Enquire Conference is organised by postgraduate research students from the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the university and draws in participants from across the country. With this year’s theme, we aim to explore links between identity, lived experiences of belonging to local and global communities, and the structural barriers that may make inclusion difficult, particularly for marginalised groups.

The symposium “Violence and militant radicalisms in France’s public sphere from the 1980s to the present day” is part of the Vioramil program, selected and funded by the French National Agency for Research (ANR) (http://vioramil.univ-lorraine.fr/). Based on field surveys and/or corpus analyses, the contributions will cover four areas, exploring some of the following questions: 1. Mobilization and Communication Strategies of Radical Movements 2. Media Coverage, Narratives and Fictionalization of Militant Violence 3. Militant Violence: A Category under Discussion 4. Traces of Violent Acts: Commemorate, Celebrate, Archive...