Ken Plummer Remembrance Conference programme (In-person) Where: EBS 2.34

Centre for Intimate and Sexual Citizenship (CISC)

This special event will be held in remembrance of the life and work of the pioneering sociologist Ken Plummer.

University of Essex Colchester Campus

This special event will be held in remembrance of the life and work of the pioneering sociologist Ken Plummer. Leading scholars will give presentations about Ken’s work and its enduring influence. There will be a presentation of the British Sociological Association’s Distinguished Service to Sociology Award, which recognizes outstanding contribution to British Sociology over a long career and was given to Ken posthumously. There will also be as the launch of a special issue on Ken’s work by the journal Sexualities: Studies in Culture and Society, which he founded. This will be a hybrid event.F﻿or queries, contact Agnes Skamballis: askamb@essex.ac.ukN﻿.B. The chair and speakers may be subject to change. P﻿LEASE NOTE: There are planned railway strikes on this day. There are alternative travel routes via coach. This would stop at East Hill and then you would need a bus to the university. Alternative routes include Stagecoach - https://www.stagecoachbus.com/ and National Express - https://www.nationalexpress.com/en If you have any concerns/questions, please contact Agnes Skamballis on the email address above. Dear all, 


Looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow, in-person, to celebrate the life and work of Prof. Ken Plummer. If you are unfamiliar with the University of Essex Colchester Campus, please do come a little earlier so that you do not miss any of the event. 



Travel Directions: If you are travelling from Colchester, follow signs for the University. At the large roundabout, with several mini roundabouts, continue to follow signs for the University/A133. At the traffic lights turn right onto Boundary Rd/Knowledge Gateway. At the roundabout, continue straight to stay on Boundary Rd. Then turn left onto North Towers Road. Essex Business School is the large, round building on the right and the car park is just in front of it (on the right).




If you are driving from Wivenhoe we advise not parking on the south side of campus, but rather to travel around to the north side, going down Clingoe Hill. At the traffic lights turn left onto Boundary Rd/Knowledge Gateway. At the roundabout, continue straight to stay on Boundary Rd. Then turn left onto North Towers Road. Essex Business School is the large, round building on the right and the car park is just in front of it (on the right).



Essex Business School, Colchester is on google maps and the directions look reliable, so that is an option too.

 



Where to find the event once parked:



When you park, if you face towards going to the towers, before you get to the first tower, there is a path on your right, you need to walk down the path (walking down the hill) and you should see the EBS building. Go through the main doors and you will enter the Foyer where there will be tea/coffee/other drinks. 







The RM number is 2.34 and there will be signs to direct you to where the celebration is being held. 



If you have any questions, please email askamb@essex.ac.uk

If you can no longer attend the in-person event, please contact askamb@essex.ac.uk The event is hybrid and access to the online event can be found at &#x27;Ken Plummer Remembrance (On-line Version) - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ken-plummer-remembrance-conference-online-version-tickets-623467968477

There will be a special issue of Sexualities Journal in memory of Ken Plummer. Some of the articles published can be found here - https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/sexa/0/0?pageSize=10&amp;startPage=1

Agenda

Refreshments in the EBS (Essex Business School) Building RM 2.34

Intro - Pam Cox Welcome and BSA award - Please go to RM 2.34 in EBS 

Pam Cox (Chair): Harvey Molotch -"Care from Ken"

Session 1: On Ken and the Sociological Imagination

Eamonn Carrabine (Chair): Paul Rock - Labelling, Stigma, and Symbolic Interactionism. Jeff Weeks - Sexualising Sociology.

Session 2: On Setting the Scene

Lunch

Neli Demireva (Chair): *Paul Thompson (Introducing speakers and snippet from pioneering interview) *Arlene Stein -Telling Stories in Order to Live: Ken Plummer’s Sociology of Storytelling *Peter Nardi - "Telling Friendship Stories"

Session 3: On Stories and Sexualities

Lydia Morris (Chair): Róisín Ryan Flood - Generational Sexualities: On lineage, LGBTQ identity and visibility ,Travis Kong - The mobility of Intimate Citizenship, Sasha Roseneil - The Gift of Creative Conceptualisation: some thoughts in gratitude for the work of Ken Plummer, & Christian Klesse - Strangers in the House, Strangers in the Streets, Strangers in the Bushes, Strangers in Cyberspace - Queering Counter publics and Intimate Citizenship.

Session 4: On Intimate Citizenship and Sexualities

Break

Nigel South (Chair): *Corrine Squires -Critical Humanism and HIV Narratives. *Neli Demireva - Women Pioneers of Social Research: Reflections on the Pioneers of Social Research Project. *Molly Andrews - “Passion and Political Narratives: The work of Ken Plummer”

Session 5: On Humanist and Sociologies: Texts, Theories and Teaching

Nigel South: Three Songs and Some Thoughts, Peter Nardi: Memories of Ken, and Róisín Ryan Flood: Launch of the Journal Special Issue

Session 6: Working with Ken - Some music, memories and contributions. 

Closing Remarks: Nigel South .

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