Social Movements Conference
Manchester, UK, Apr. 19-21, 2006

From 1995 to 2005, Manchester Metropolitan University hosted a
series of very successful annual international conferences on
'ALTERNATIVE FUTURES and POPULAR PROTEST'.

We're very happy to announce that the Eleventh AF&PP
Conference will be held, between Wednesday 19th April and
Friday 21st April 2006.

The Conference rubric remains as in previous years. The aim is to
explore the dynamics of popular movements, along with the ideas
which animate their activists and supporters and which contribute
to shaping their fate.

Reflecting the inherent cross-disciplinary nature of the issues,
previous participants (from over 40 countries) have come from
such specialisms as sociology, politics, cultural studies, social
psychology, economics, history and geography. The Manchester
conferences have also been notable for discovering a fruitful and
friendly meeting ground between activism and academia.
CALL FOR PAPERS

We invite offers of papers relevant to the conference themes.
Papers should address such matters as:

* contemporary and historical social movements and popular
protests

* social movement theory

* utopias and experiments

* ideologies of collective action

* etc.

To offer a paper, please contact either of the conference
convenors, by 6th February 2006, with a brief abstract:

EITHER Colin Barker, Dept. of Sociology

OR Mike Tyldesley, Dept. of Politics and Philosophy

Manchester Metropolitan University

Geoffrey Manton Building, Rosamond Street West

Manchester M15 6LL, England

email: c.barker@mmu.ac.uk

Tel: M. Tyldesley 0161 247 3438

email: m.tyldesley@mmu.ac.uk

Fax: 0161 247 6312 (+44 161 247 6312)

(Wherever possible, please use email, especially as Colin
Barker is now a retired gent. Surface mail and faxes should
only be addesssed to Mike Tyldesley)

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Those giving papers are asked to supply them in advance, for
inclusion in the bound volumes of papers which will be available
from the conference opening.

* Preferred method: send the paper to Colin Barker as an email
attachment in Word.

* if this is impossible, post two single-spaced copies to Mike
Tyldesley, on A4 or US Letter paper, with one inch margins, and
with a copy of the text on a DOS floppy or CD disk in MS Word
format

* Word limit 7,000 words (including notes etc.)

* Final date for receipt of abstracts: Monday 6th February 2006

* Final date for receipt of actual papers: Monday 20th March 2006

* Participants who do not supply their papers by the final date are

asked to bring 50 copies to the Conference for distribution.
Advance submission is much preferred, since the bound volumes
of papers are sent to the British Library but loose papers are
excluded.

CONFERENCE ARRANGEMENTS

The conference will run from lunch-time Wednesday 19th April
March to lunch-time Friday 21st April 2006.

We are currently awaiting University approval of the conference
budget. Details of costs will follow shortly, and will be inclusive
of
three lunches, teas/coffees and copies of the bound Proceedings.
The cost to students will be lower than for full-time staff.

Bed and Breakfast accommodation either in student bedrooms or
in ensuite accommodation can be booked through the conference
organizers at nearby University of Manchester accommodation
night. Delegates preferring hotel accommodation should make
their own bookings. The most convenient hotel is IBIS, Charles
Street, Manchester M1 7DG (tel 0161 272 5000).

Conference participants will be invited to dine together at two
local (fixed price, not too expensive) restaurants on the two
conference evenings. Payment for dinners should not be made in
advance, but directly to the restaurants on the night.

If, within two weeks, you have not received a further copy of this
notice, including conference costs and booking form, please
contact Colin Barker at c.barker@mmu.ac.uk.