The 40th World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology (IIS) will take place at India Habitat Centre in Delhi on 16–19 February, 2012.The theme of the congress is After Western Hegemony: Social Science and Its Publics.
During the afternoons of the congress (on Friday, 17 February, Saturday, 18 February, and Sunday, 19 February), there will be room for a large number of parallel regular sessions. Each session is 90 minutes long and consists of an oral presentation of 3 to 4 papers. All regular sessions (including abstracts and contact details) are listed on the congress website: www.iisoc.org/iis2012.
If you are interested in presenting a paper in one of these sessions, please contact the session convener directly with an abstract. Please note that the deadline for submitting a paper proposal for the regular sessions is on 25 August, 2011. In the case of the Figurational Sociology session(s), please contact Professor Stephen Vertigans, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen (s.vertigans@rgu.ac.uk).