To encourage research of high quality on the arts and culture more generally, within and between countries. To fulfill this purpose the Committee engages in the following activities: it organizes sessions of the Sociology of the Arts at the meetings of the ISA; it sponsors international seminars on topics of theoretical, methodological or substantive importance in this field; it arranges for publication on matters related to research; develops an international roster of sociologists of the arts and culture, and organizations involved in similar pursuit; it fosters cross- national sociological research through the international membership in the research committee meetings, newsletter and other correspondence; it seeks to keep its members informed of RC37 activities; it engages in additional activities to disseminate its activities and encourage intellectual networks in and among many countries.

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President
Marta HERRERO, University of Plymouth, UK, marta.herrero@plymouth.ac.uk
Secretary
Eduardo DE LA FUENTE, Monash University, Australia, dela0104@flinders.edu.au
Board Members
Florent GAUDEZ, France
Jeffrey HALLEY, University of Texas, USA
Alexandra KOWALSKI, Central European University, Hungary
Simon MAPADIMENG, South Africa
Jan MARONTATE , Simon Fraser University, Canada
Paulo MENEZES, Brazil
Alain QUEMIN, LATTS, France
Vera ZOLBERG, New School for Social Research, USA

Past Boards

RC37 Newsletter: July 2008 issue, [ pdf file 323 KB]

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