There are signs of a Goffmanian turn in political economy, alongside renewed interest in the biographical trajectory of Goffman himself. What are, or could be, the hallmarks of a Goffmanian political economy? How did political economy concerns and questions figure in Goffman’s work and thought? What might the systematic incorporation into political economy scholarship (broadly defined) of Goffmanian concepts and sensibilities look like? What distinctive insights does the existing Goffman-influenced political economy scholarship offer?
We would like to bring together an interdisciplinary group of historically-minded social scientists interested in these and related questions via a series of panels at the 2026 meetings of the Social Science History Association (SSHA) in Atlanta, Georgia (November 19-22). If you are interested, please submit a provisional proposal no later than February 1 using this form: https://bit.ly/Goffmanian-Political-Economy
For more information, please contact:
Pierre-Christian Fink, University of Virginia (pfink@virginia.edu)
Stephanie Mudge, University of California-Davis (slmudge@ucdavis.edu)
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