Sunday, September 30, 2007

4th Ralahine Utopian Workshop Nov. 2nd 2007

Fourth Ralahine Utopian Studies Workshop
“Ecology and Utopia”
2 November 2007
Millstream Building, MC2-005
University of Limerick
10:30-10:45 Coffee/tea

10:45-11:00 Welcome and introduction: Tom Moylan (UL)

11:00-11:15 Ecopolitics Online Journal: Liam Leonard (NUIG)
Sustainability Research Network: Henrike Rau (NUIG)

11:15-12:15 John Barry (Queens-Belfast)
“Concrete Utopias, Sustainable Living, and Green Politics”

12:15-1:15 Marius de Geus (Leiden University,)
“Ecological Utopias”
1:15-2:30 Lunch

2:30-3:30 Mark Garavan (GMIT, Castlebar)
“Trying to Make Sense: Campaigns and the Structure of Discursive Opportunities”
3:30-4:30 Liam Leonard (NUIG)
“Sustaining Ecotopias: Habitus, Identity, and Place”

4:30-4:45 Davie Philip (Sustainable Living & Learning Centre)
Cloughjordan Ecovillage

4:45-5:00 Conclusion: Tom Moylan and Liam Leonard

5:15 --- Launch of Ecopolitics Online Journal
With Vincent Cunnane, Vice President Research
Mill Stream Commons



This Ralahine Workshop is sponsored by the Ralahine Centre for Utopian Studies, the COH Humanities Institute for the Study of the Knowledge Society, the Department of Sociology, the NUIG Social Science Research Centre, and Ecopolitics Online Journal.