[Englecturers] FNEER CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT - Social Capital

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>From: Claire McIlroy <cmcilroy at cyllene.uwa.edu.au>
>Subject: NEER CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT - Social Capital
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>Dear Network Participants,
>
>Could I please ask your assistance in advertising the following event to 
>your colleagues, postgraduate students and interested members of the 
>community. Please direct any initial enquiries to Miss Catherine England 
>(address below).
>
>Much appreciated
>Claire
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>>I am writing on behalf of Dr Nick Eckstein, of the Department of History in
>>the School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry at the University of
>>Sydney.  He is convening a conference in August 2005, with a theme which may
>>be of interest to you or your students, of "Sociability and its Discontents:
>>Civil Society, Social Capital, and their Alternatives in European and
>>Australian Society".
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>>I have pasted a paragraph about the conference below.  Please also see the
>>attached flyer for further information.  We would be very grateful if you
>>would consider printing the flyer and displaying it in your departments, or
>>emailing it on, for the information of your colleagues and students.  Please
>>email socialcapitalconference at fastmail.com.au with any enquiries.
>>
>>Thank you kindly,
>>Sincerely,
>>Catherine.
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>>This conference has assembled scholars researching fundamental concepts of
>>trust and community upon which all civil societies - including our own -
>>depend, and which David Putnam has recently described as 'social capital'.*
>>The conference traces, examines and critiques the concept of social capital
>>across a range of periods and societies, from Ancient Rome, Medieval Europe,
>>Renaissance and Early-Modern Italy, to the Ottoman Empire, modern and
>>contemporary Britain, Australia and America.  Papers scrutinise a large range
>>of historical themes including poverty, compassion and caregiving, bonds of
>>obligation and trust, patterns of community, employment, social activism,
>>piety and religious belief. The conference also investigates phenomena that
>>complicate, challenge or undermine social capital, such as anger and anxiety,
>>violence, scandal, envy and rivalry.
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>>   [*See David Putnam, Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern 
>> Italy
>>and Bowling Alone: the Collapse and Revival of American Community (Princeton,
>>N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1993)]
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>>
>>--
>>Miss Catherine England
>>Ph.D. candidate, Department of History,
>>School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry,
>>The University of Sydney
>>--
>>Catherine England,
>>11 Britannia St,
>>Stockinbingal, N.S.W., 2725
>>--
>>Phone: +61 02 69431447
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>--
>Dr Claire McIlroy
>Coordinator
>ARC Network for Early European Research M208
>Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
>University of Western Australia
>35 Stirling Hwy
>CRAWLEY  WA  6009
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>Tel: +61 (08) 6488 1173
>Fax: +61 (08) 6488 1069
>CRICOS Provider No. 00126G
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