LANCASTER UNIVERSITY – 30 JUNE 2016
John Urry’s last solo book, ‘What is the Future?’ (Polity Press) was launched on 30 June 2016
The event took place at Lancaster University and was followed by a reception.
Speakers included Monika Büscher, Nick Dunn, Bob Jessop, Scott Lash, Andrew Sayer, Mimi Sheller, Sylvia Walby and others
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Mobile Lifeworlds: An ethnography of tourism and pilgrimage in the Himalayas by Christopher A. Howard, Routledge, 2016 with dedication to John Urry
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INTERNATIONAL SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION FORUM, VIENNA – 12 JULY 2016
Commemoration Film for John Urry’s Works and his sociological Influences around the world:
Featuring Sociologists: Mimi Sheller(Centre for Mobilities Research and Policy, Drexel University, US), Monika Buscher & members (Centre for Mobilities Research/ Institute of Social Futures, Lancaster Univ., UK), Sven Kesselring (Cosmobilities, Germany), Jørgen Ole Bærenholdt (Roskilde Univ., Denmark) , David Bissell (The Australia National University, Australia), Tim Edensor (Manchester Metropolitan Univ, UK), Rothanthi Tzanelli (Leeds Univ., UK) , David Tyfield (China), Kingsley Dennis (Futurist, Andalucia, Spain), Saulo CweRner (Brazil, Isarael, UK), Alexander ArelLano(Univ. of Ottawa, Canada), Chia-ling Lai (National Taiwan Normal Univ, Taiwan) and many more…
Time: 9:00am, 12, July, 2016 Venue: Hauptgebaude, Horsaal 34., Vienna University, Austria
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Royal Geographical Society and IGB
Kevin Hannam and Thomas Birtchnell ‘Remembering John Urry’ 1 September 2016
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September 2016 issue of Global Dialogue – GD6.3 – edited by Michael Burawoy, Berkeley, four essays on John’s work (Bob Jessop, Scott Lash, Andrew Sayer and Mimi Sheller) – translated into 15 languages.
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Blog post Mimi Sheller (2016) “Moving with John Urry” published online by Theory, Culture and Society and will also appear later in print: http://www.theoryculturesociety.org/moving-with-john-urry-by-mimi-sheller/
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Theory, Culture & Society e-Special Issue: John Urry, editor Mimi Sheller:
http://www.theoryculturesociety.org/mimi-shellers-introduction-to-the-e-special-issue-on-john-urry/
Mimi Sheller (2016) “John Urry: E-Special Introduction”, Theory, Culture & Society August 31, 2016 0263276416665469
PDF available: http://tcs.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/0263276416665469v1.pdf?ijkey=AtJ2Pw022bNfguE&keytype=finite
Published online before print August 31, 2016, doi:10.1177/0263276416665469
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Anthropology Now – review of ‘What is the Future’ by Jenny Huberman, University of Missouri, Kansas City
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BSA Network – appreciation by Anthony Elliott, Chris Rojek and others (publication date TBA)
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TRAMA: creative industries in review, a journal edited by Estacio de Sá University (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), http://periodicos.estacio.br/index.php/trama/index.
“Mobilities and Everyday Life” – includes a special text from Dr Bianca Freire-Medeiros in memory of Jonh Urry, to whom we dedicated this issue, and an interview with Dr Monika Büscher (CeMoRe/Lancaster University) about John Urry’s work and legacy.
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Annual Taiwan Sociology Association 26-27 November 2016 National Dong Hwa University
Dr Joyce Hsiu-yen Yeh (former John Urry PhD, Lancaster) has organised a session and book exhibition where the Chinese version of The Tourist Gaze 3.0 will be highlighted.
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