"What is an Organization? Materiality, Agency, and Discourse," a preconference sponsored by the Organizational Communication, Public Relations, and Language & Social Interaction divisions, will take place in Montreal, May 21-22, 2008. The preconference will pay tribute to James R. Taylor, Emeritus professor and founder of the Department of Communication at the University of Montreal. Professor Taylor is a member of both the LSI and the Organizational Communication Divisions.
Keynote speakers include Barbara Czarniawska (Science Research Council/Malmsten Foundation Chair in Management Studies at Gothenburg Research Institute, School of Economics and Commercial Law, Goteborg U); Bruno Latour (Gabriel Tarde Chair, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris); Linda Putnam (George T. and Gladys H. Abell Professor of Communication, Texas A&M U); and Hari Tsoukas (Professor of Organisation Studies, Industrial Relations and Organisational Behaviour Group, Warwick Business School, U of Warwick).
Prospective contributors interested in presenting a paper should send an abstract of max. 1,000 words to the conference organizers (groupelog@umontreal.ca) by October 1, 2007. Notification of acceptance will be given by December 15, 2007. Authors will need to send full papers by April 1, 2008 if they want their paper to be included in the conference proceedings. Abstracts should be typed, double-spaced, in .doc format and include: a title; names and affiliations of authors; and author contact information. All papers will be presented in English.
More information can be found at http://www.groupelog.umontreal.ca/anglais/colloque/index.htm.
Conference Registration is open to anyone, even if a paper is not submitted.
