"Biographical Research Quo Vadis?" RC38 Conference at ELTE

04/09 - 06/09

04. September 2024. - 06. September 2024.

ELTE Faculty of Social Sciences (H-1117 Budapest, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A) and CEU (H-1051 Budapest, Nádor utca 15.)

09/04 - 09/06

2024. September 04. - 2024. September 06.

ELTE Faculty of Social Sciences (H-1117 Budapest, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A) and CEU (H-1051 Budapest, Nádor utca 15.)


The international conference "Biographical research quo vadis? New and recurring challenges in the study of life (hi)stories and social change" – organized by the International Sociological Association, ELTE Faculty of Social Sciences and CEU – will approach the question of the current state of biographical research in relation to one of its central focal areas: researching social change.

The issue of social change has always had special importance in biographical research and is especially visible in such diverse areas as migration, gender, work, violence and political transformation. By creating a platform for biographical researchers to come together and jointly reflect on their craft, this conference seeks to identify and address current and re-emerging challenges to social analysis from the perspective of sociological biographical research.

The conference will take place partly at the Faculty of Social Sciences of Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE TáTK), partly at CEU Democracy Institute in Budapest, Hungary, 4-6 September 2024. It is organized by Júlia Vajda and Juli Székely (ELTE Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Sociology), the Biography and Society Research Committee (RC38) of the International Sociological Association (ISA) and CEU Democracy Institute.

The deadline for the call for papers has already passed, but there is still an opportunity to join the conference as a participant! If you would like to register, please, fill out this form until the 18th of August. The participation fee for the entire 3 days is 50 Euros (or 20000 Ft), including lunch and snacks during coffee breaks.

The language of the conference is English.

Download Preliminary Program

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