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CALL FOR PAPERS LSA 2008

Community, Capital and Cultures:
Leisure and Regeneration as Cultural Practice

8-10 July 2008, Hosted by Liverpool John Moores University, UK

In the apt setting of Liverpool during its year as “European Capital of Culture”, the 2008 Leisure Studies Association Conference seeks to appeal to a wide audience of academics, researchers and practitioners.

MAIN THEMES

The conference themes are diverse and offer participants an opportunity for engagement with, analysis and critique of key current issues salient to a broad range of concerns in leisure studies.

For complete details see

http://www.leisure-studies-association.info/LSAWEB/2008/Main.html

OPEN STREAM ­

In addition to papers addressing one of the main conference themes, novel research outside these thematic foci is also welcome. The open stream of the conference is designed to encourage / enable conference participation for Members and others for whom the current year’s theme is not within their particular area of interest, but who have a contribution to make to leisure studies pedagogy, theory, methodology or policy.

SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS (main and open stream)

Please consult guidelines for submission of abstracts on

http://www.leisure-studies-association.info/LSAWEB/2008/Guidelines.html

Deadline for submission of abstracts is January 15, 2008

Contact the conference organising team at LSA2008@ljmu.ac.uk to submit your abstract, register interest or request further information.

FOR MORE INFORMATION — SEE LSA 2008 CONFERENCE WEB SITE

http://www.leisure-studies-association.info/LSAWEB/2008/Main.html

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