Cfp: "Adorno -- 40 Years On," Centre for Social and Political Thought, University of Sussex, August 6, 2009.

The Centre for Social and Political Thought (University of Sussex) is hosting a one-day conference on the 6th August 2009 to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the death of Theodor W. Adorno. Anyone interested in presenting at this event is invited to submit either a paper proposal or abstract (no more than 500 words) to adorno.spt@gmail.com no later than June 30, 2009. Please include with proposals/abstracts your full name, email address, institutional affiliation, and position within institution. We welcome papers on any issue directly related to (or influenced by) Adorno's work - areas of interest may include aesthetics, memory, technology, ethics, politics, ideology, literature, theory/praxis, fetishism, culture and critique, as well as Adorno's legacies, influence and contemporary relevance. Decisions regarding the final programme will be made shortly after the deadline.For any further information, please contact either Simon Mussell mailto:s.p.mussell@sussex.ac.uk? or Chris O'Kane co41@sussex.ac.uk. Visit the conference webpage here: http://adorno2009.blogspot.com/2009/03/call-for-papers-adorno-conference-6th.html. (From www.continental-philosophy.org.)