Great Expectations: Arts and the Future

This conference is organised by the University of Surrey and serves as the mid-term conference for the European Sociological Association’s Research Network on the Sociology of the Arts.  It will be held in Guildford, England from 1-3 September 2010. 

The Research Network aims to provide the sociological context for understanding the multi-faceted and interwoven social aspects which characterize the artistic world.  The theme of the Guildford conference asks us to look from the present to the future.  The conference also aims to be inclusive and will include papers on many topics within the sociology of the arts.