XVII ISA World Congress of Sociology (original) (raw)

elIas FouNdatIoN With great sadness we have to report the death of Maria Goudsblom-Oestreicher, wife of Joop Goudsblom, at home in Amsterdam on 31 March 2009. An obituary appears on p. 15. the Norbert elias Prize Nominations for the 2009 Norbert Elias Prize, to be awarded to the best fi rst book by an author published in the years 2007 and 2008, closed on 31 March. Nineteen books were nominated, including no fewer than 11 submitted by the University of Chicago Press. That no doubt reflects the success of Georgi Derlugian, who won the prize for his remarkable book, Bourdieu’s Secret Admirer in the Caucasus, also published by Chicago, in 2007. The jury, consisting of past winners of the prize, are reading the books now. This year’s winner will be announced in Figurations 32. PeoPle • Stephen Mennell retires from the