LANCASTER UNIVERSITY – 30 JUNE 2016<\/p>\n
John Urry’s last solo\u00a0book, ‘What is the Future?’ (Polity Press)\u00a0was launched on 30 June 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n The event\u00a0took place at Lancaster University and\u00a0was followed by a reception.<\/p>\n Speakers included Monika B\u00fcscher, Nick Dunn, Bob Jessop, Scott Lash, Andrew Sayer, Mimi Sheller, Sylvia Walby and others<\/span><\/p>\n ++++++++++<\/p>\n Mobile Lifeworlds: An ethnography of tourism and pilgrimage in the Himalayas<\/a> by Christopher A. Howard, Routledge, 2016 with dedication to John Urry<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>++++++++++<\/p>\n INTERNATIONAL SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION FORUM, VIENNA – 12 JULY 2016<\/p>\n Commemoration Film for John Urry\u2019s Works and his sociological Influences around the world:<\/strong><\/p>\n 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), J\u00f8rgen Ole B\u00e6renholdt (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\u2026<\/p>\n Time: 9:00am, 12, July, 2016\u00a0\u00a0 Venue: Hauptgebaude, Horsaal 34., Vienna University, Austria<\/p>\n ++++++++++<\/p>\n Royal Geographical Society and IGB<\/p>\n Kevin Hannam and Thomas Birtchnell ‘Remembering John Urry’ 1 September 2016<\/p>\n ++++++++++<\/p>\n September 2016 issue of Global Dialogue<\/em> – GD6.3<\/a> – edited by Michael Burawoy,\u00a0Berkeley, four\u00a0essays on John’s work (Bob Jessop, Scott Lash, Andrew Sayer and Mimi Sheller)\u00a0– translated into 15 languages.<\/p>\n ++++++++++<\/p>\n Blog post Mimi Sheller (2016) “Moving with John Urry”\u00a0published online by Theory, Culture and Society and will also appear later in print: http:\/\/www.theoryculturesociety.org\/moving-with-john-urry-by-mimi-sheller\/<\/a><\/p>\n ++++++++++<\/p>\n Theory, Culture & Society e-Special Issue: John Urry, editor Mimi Sheller:<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.theoryculturesociety.org\/mimi-shellers-introduction-to-the-e-special-issue-on-john-urry\/<\/a><\/p>\n Mimi Sheller (2016) “John Urry: E-Special Introduction”,\u00a0Theory, Culture & Society\u00a0August 31, 2016\u00a0<\/strong>0263276416665469<\/p>\n