{"id":13,"date":"2024-11-05T14:26:35","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T12:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/esarts2025\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2025-05-02T14:49:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T12:49:54","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/esarts2025\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT US"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-verd-tropic-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2fe4dd292e3e5933a3b137ffe4c4cf51\">About Us<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeansociology.org\/research-networks\/rn02-sociology-arts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">European Sociological Association<\/a> provides an international platform for sociologists across Europe and beyond.<br>ESA aims to foster sociological research, teaching and communication among scholars, while giving sociology a strong voice in European affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">ESA also supports the development of younger generations of sociologists and the internationalisation of European academic life.<br>It is composed of <strong>38 Research Networks<\/strong> and has over <strong>3,000 members<\/strong>. The ESA holds <strong>biennial conferences<\/strong> in cities across Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-verd-tropic-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-182a0b3c7f478b1e32e424d186ba64c6\">About RN02 \u2013 Sociology of the Arts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">The <strong>Research Network 02 \u2013 Sociology of the Arts (RN02)<\/strong> was established in <strong>1999<\/strong> during the ESA General Meeting in <strong>Amsterdam<\/strong>.<br>Its first conference was held in <strong>Exeter (2000)<\/strong>, thanks to the foundational efforts of <strong>Tia DeNora<\/strong>, <strong>Anna Lisa Tota<\/strong>, <strong>Robert W. Witkin<\/strong>, <strong>Jan Marontate<\/strong>, and other key members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">RN02 has grown steadily over the years, reaching <strong>over 100 regular members by 2016<\/strong>.<br>It has fostered long-standing collaborations with the <strong>Arts Management Studies Research Stream (AMSRS)<\/strong> and <strong>RN7 \u2013 Sociology of Culture<\/strong>, among other ESA networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">RN02 promotes the sociological understanding of the arts in all their forms and social functions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-verd-tropic-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e8a830b4a39d9ccc06b57c6f34728247\">Local Organising Committee \u2013 ESArts 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">The organiser of this edition\u2019s congress is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Dafne Muntanyola-Saura<\/strong><br>\ud83d\udce9 <a class=\"\">dafne.muntanyola@uab.cat<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Dafne Muntanyola-Saura<\/strong> (PhD, 2008) is Associate Professor and Vice-Dean of Communication, Professionalization and Final Projects at the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology, Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona (UAB).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">She is President of the <strong>Committee on Sociology of Culture and the Arts<\/strong> of the <strong>Spanish Sociological Association<\/strong>, and also chairs the Culture and Religion Committee of the Catalan Sociological Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Dafne has been a postdoctoral researcher at the <strong>University of Nice<\/strong> and at the <strong>University of California, San Diego (UCSD)<\/strong>. She has received <strong>Fulbright-MEC<\/strong> and <strong>Alianza<\/strong> scholarships and has taught at both UCSD and UAB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">She is currently <strong>co-director of the Board of RN02<\/strong> \u2013 Sociology of the Arts within the <strong>European Sociological Association<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Us The European Sociological Association provides an international platform for sociologists across Europe and beyond.ESA aims to foster sociological research, teaching and communication among scholars, while giving sociology a strong voice in European affairs. ESA also supports the development of younger generations of sociologists and the internationalisation of European academic life.It is composed of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/esarts2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/esarts2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/esarts2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/esarts2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/esarts2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/esarts2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":309,"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/esarts2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions\/309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/esarts2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}